Toyota is developing a 10% more fuel efficient small car for launch in India by early 2011 to beat current market leaders Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai. The company would introduce the small car with a four-cylinder engine that will be Bharat Stage IV compliant. The cars specifications will comply with lower excise duty norms applicable to small cars of certain dimensions and engine capacity. In order to reduce cost of production, Toyota India is looking at sharing components from other models with the proposed compact car.
“For our upcoming small car we have set the benchmark with Maruti’s Swift and Hyundai’s i20. We are targeting to develop the car with 10% more fuel efficiency than the Swift and i20,” Toyota Motor Corporation Chief Engineer, Yoshinori Noritake said. ”It is very important to reduce the cost. Commonalisation of components of various models is helpful and now we are assessing this aspect,” he added.
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November 3, 2009 at 10:37 am
I just hope they avoid the foolishness that has been the hallmark of Honda. Coming to think of it I still do not see Jazz( or whatever it is spelt, since I just dont care) in any whatsoever numbers on road and I wish it a very early death …. so that these global giants can learn some manners from Suzuki.
November 3, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Sweet! Fuel efficiency in small cars…that’s nice. At least small cars will not just be cute looking, it will also be fuel economy. That’s kinda great coming from Toyota…
November 3, 2009 at 9:16 pm
and i hope this time around they will not have a problem with recalls!