Toyota India eyes upsurge in sales volume with Etios Liva

After extensive research and testing by a team of expert 2000 engineers, across India and Japan, Toyota India has finally made its debut in the fastest growing hatchback segment in India, by launching its small car Toyota Etios Liva, yesterday in Delhi. Its launch was a big success. By the launch of this long awaited car, Toyota India has plundered into a new era of small cars. Toyota India is now eyeing to grab large volumes in the rapidly growing passenger car market by its stylish hatchback Toyota Etios Liva.

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Published On Jun 28, 2011 14:38 IST

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Managing director, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM), Hiroshi Nakagawa said that countries like Japan and United States fall in the category of saturated market, generating less sales volumes so the company is focusing on countries like Russia, Brazil, China and India that serve as the potential markets for the passenger cars.

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Toyota Etios sedan has marked its entrant in Indian auto market in December 2010 and it has generated sales of upto 20,000 units till now. Toyota Etios Liva is developed on Toyota Etios platform and is expected to double the sales volume. Managing director, Hiroshi Nakagawa also said that they are expecting to take the sales volume to 140,000 units by 2011. Toyota Etios Liva is specifically designed for the Indian youth, moreover, Toyota India has decided the price of this small car judicially making it the cheapest offering from the Toyota.

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Deputy managing director, Sandeep Singh said that they are planning to sale approximately about 140,000 units of Toyota Etios and Toyota Etios Liva, this year and they expect to take this sales volume to 210,000 by 2012 and if both the sedan and the hatchback cars follow the same growth trajectory then by 2015 they will sell upto 350,000 units, which is equivalent to the sales that Hyundai Motors India has made in the domestic market in 2010-11.Since Toyota Etios Liva is based on the same platform as that of Toyota Etios so the company is saving about 10 to 15 percent in production cost per car. Thus with the launch of Toyota Etios Liva, Toyota India has plundered into the fastest growing and highly competitive Indian auto market.

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<p>A totally people's person Vikas Yogi ventured into journalism 5 years ago. He started his career as a journalist for an online media agency, where he worked on few of their best online projects. Later on, he was given command of their entire content development division, where he single handedly managed and developed content for various domains ranging from Telecommunications, Electronics, Home Appliances, Fashion, Lifestyle to his favorite 'Automobiles'.</p> <p>He has spent more than 3 years writing about the automobiles and being a car fanatic, he has got the right blend of enthusiasm and knowledge that is required to keep the readers' spirits up. Known for his wits and puns, Vikas is leading a team of journalists as an expert on automobiles but surely not limited to being one.</p>Read more

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