Diesel variants of Toyota twins spotted in Bangalore

Toyota India is aggressively testing the diesel variants of its Etios sedan and recently launched Toyota Etios Liva hatchback. Etios sedan and Etios Liva hatchback were caught undergoing test drives in Bangalore. It is being speculated that the diesel variant will inherit the same looks and features as that of its petrol sibling, except a badge which was conspicuous on the diesel variants.

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Published On Aug 20, 2011 15:35 IST

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The Etios twins will come affixed with a 1.4 liter turbo CRDI engine, enhancing the frugality by delivering a decent mileage of 21 kmpl. It will come with a 5-speed manual transmission. The Japanese auto major claims that it is all prepared with the diesel technology and is waiting for the right time to roll out the eagerly awaited diesel variants of Etios sedan and Etios hatchback. Etios sedan which was launched last year in the month of December received an overwhelming response in the Indian car market, thanks to the competitive pricing, it was successful in luring the customers in India. Looking at the market demand the diesel car segment is thriving due to the continual rise in the petrol prices coupled with sky rocketing interest rates. Car makers are vying to roll out diesel variants of their popular models in order to combat the slowdown in the Indian car market.

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Toyota recently debuted in the hatchback segment by launching the most inexpensive car under its stable in India, Toyota Etios Liva. Unfortunately the hatchback did not receive the kind of response the company thought it would get due to the lack of a diesel variant. With the launch of the diesel variant, the company envisages to witness a rampart growth in the Indian car market.

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Hatchback segment has seen a major growth over the years and car makers are trying to come up with low priced hatchbacks in order to sheen in the small car segment in India. Honda India is also all set to launch another hatchback in India christened Honda Brio, which is likely to be launched in the month of September.

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Meenal has been a writer since the time she knew what it is to write. Being a team lead at CarDekho, she guides her team to bring in fresh ideas and true stories to develop a brain storming news for the car enthusiasts across the world. Meenal started writing during her school and is continuing still. Being a post graduate in English Literature with Linguistics, Phonetics, and Grammar as her favorites, she topped throughout. And perhaps that's what helped her starting her career directly as an Editor with international clients from the very beginning. She also has been trained in and has got experience in pre-editing and master-editing journals and books. With almost 5 years of experience in journalism behind her, she still believes that she gets to learn new things about writing news every new day. She plans to start on another degree in psychology. Future plans for her include nothing more than a dynamic GROWTH for herself and SMILES on the readers' faces.Read more

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sudhir

Aug 27, 2011, 9:44:47 AM

plz call

subrat

Aug 24, 2011, 1:55:35 AM

I wana purchase a diesel hatch back with in a budget of 6.5lks,need ur sugestion.. Subrat

ramgopal agarwal

Aug 22, 2011, 12:37:48 PM

I want to buy diesel variants of Toyoto twins either Etios or Etios Liva at the earliest within September 2011. At present I have Swift Diesel and Iwant to replace the same with the above Toyota Models. Kindly give me feed back Regards Yours truly Ramgopal Agarwal Phone: 9436103631