According to our good friends at Wheels Unplugged, Toyota Kirloskar Motors will launch their much awaited small car Etios hatachback and sedan on December 1st in India.
This will mark Toyota’s entry into country’s burgeoning hatchback and entry level sedan segment which will help achieve its ambition of capturing 10% of Indian automobile market by the [...]

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While they are fuel efficient and environmentally friendly, Hybrids like Prius aren’t exactly pedestrian friendly, especially for the blind… why you may ask? Well for the single reason that at low speeds they act as full electrics running on battery power alone making it difficult for the pedestrian to hear them while approaching.
To circumvent the [...]

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Toyota has launched the Fortuner Anniversary Edition to commemorate the SUV’s first anniversary in India.

The Fortuner was launched in India last year in August and has been an immediate success with waiting period running into months, trumping even the company’s own sales expectations with the vehicle. Toyota has already sold 10,000 units of the SUV so [...]

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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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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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