Continuing from our post on the Toyota Corolla Altis Diesel Launch, jump over to read the official press release.
Speaking on the occasion Mr Sandeep Singh, (Deputy Managing Director-Marketing, TKM) said,
“Apart from the spacious interiors and luxury features of the Corolla Altis, the diesel variant has the best fuel efficiency, lowest NVH and the best ground [...]

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As we told you earlier, Toyota Kirloskar India has launched the much awaited Corolla Diesel D4-D in the Indian market.
The car comes powered by a 1.4 liter turbocharged common rail diesel engine producing 87 bhp of maximum power @ 3800 rpm and a healthy 209 nm of maximum torque and is mated to a 6-Speed [...]

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We all know VW’s ambition to topple Toyota as the no. 1 automaker on the planet by 2018 but as it turn out, VW’s CEO Martin Winterkorn no longer considers the Japanese company as its biggest rival.
In what will sound as music to Hyundai’s ears, VW sees the Korean company as its biggest rival in [...]

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Germans have yet again dominated this year’s International Engine Of The Year (IEOTY) awards which are judged by a panel of 65 renowned motoring journalists from 32 countries. The awards ceremony took place yesterday in Stuttgart, Germany.
Topping the list with the most coveted of them all, the IEOTY awards has gone to VW’s 1.4 Liter TSI Twincharger [...]

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Toyota’s chief test driver, 67 year old Hiromu Naruse, who has been credit with being the  ”Godfather of the LF-A” supercar, has died in a crash on highway 410 near the Nurburgring race track in Germany.

He was driving the Lexus LF-A Nurburgring Edition at the time of the accident which veered into the oncoming traffic [...]

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According to the latest buzz going around, Toyota is expected to launch the Corolla diesel 1.4 on 21st July 2010. The official word earlier suggested a August launch date which we reported here.

Corolla diesel will come powered by a 1.4 liter turbocharged common rail diesel engine which develops 90 ps of maximum power mated to [...]

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Toyota Kirloskar Motors have launched the “Innova Special Edition” to commemorate five successful years of the Innova in India.

The new special edition variant gets power windows, power door locks and air conditioning  and has been priced at Rs. 8,86,960 ex-showroom Delhi. The new variant will only come in one color -Premium Super White and will also [...]

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Toyota has officially confirmed the launch of the diesel version of the already hot selling Corolla Altis in India. This should be a final nail in the coffin of the Honda Civic which has already dropped down to a low of 188 units sold in the month of April 2010.
The news confirmed by our friends [...]

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Toyota has quietly launched the facelifted Corolla (sold in India as Corolla Altis) for the European market close on the heels of the upgraded Auris launch.
The new model gets subtle changes to the exteriors and the interiors in a typically Toyota fashion. The front gets new front bumper, fog lamps and front grille which has [...]

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Toyota had announced a voluntary recall on Monday for the 2010 Lexus GX460 after influential magazine Consumer Report reported a rollover risk and pushed the SUV in the “do not buy” list, a first for a Toyota branded vehicle. Toyota stopped the sales of the SUV soon after the report was published and started working [...]

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