The Toyota Etios Liva was launched with much enthusiasm but after a few months competition has grown severely, leaving the Etios Liva without its USP. The Etios Liva is a good car, solely because it has good space and the Toyota badge. However, it lacks the traits of the Toyota brand. Quality is nothing to talk about, while the overall driving dynamics are just about average. Frankly, if you love driving, your better off buying a Swift, which is priced at Rs. 6.46 lakhs for the ZXi variant. Now coming to space, the Jazz trumps the Liva fair and square when it comes to interior room. The Honda Jazz X costs Rs. 7.06 lakhs and Jazz S costs Rs. 6.41 lakhs. While the Etios Liva VX costs 7.01 lakhs and the Etios V costs Rs. 6.43 lakhs (all prices on-road, Mumbai).
Now the price difference between the Jazz and the Liva are minimal. The Jazz offers almost everything more than the Liva, including a better engine, higher quality and more space. Equipment levels of both the cars are on par as well. Ideally though, the Etios Liva should be compared with the Brio, but due to the pricing, it necessitates a comparison with the Jazz. With the current pricing, we see the diesel version of the Etios Liva slotting right near/above Hyundai i20 and Volkswagen Polo territory, leaving us to wonder where will the Yaris/Premium Toyota hatchback fit? Toyota, please don’t take us for a ride!
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agreed! D liva sholud hav been priced low… its way too pricey for such a product! wonder how much d diesel is gonna cost ;) if dey do a price cut now, d liva owners wont b liking it… Im sure many f dem feel now dat dey should hav have waited and gone for jazz… Even wen d jazz got 1.75L discount frm dealers, ive heard many cancelling liva bookings and going for jazz… :) D liva should b compared wid brio nd all … It doesnt feel and luk lika premium hatchback !
JAZZ IS A CLEAR WINNER…IN ALL ASPECTS.
yes it needs a price cut. The top-end variant is way to expensive. u get the Jazz,i20 n the new swift’s top end variant wich costs less than it…till G Option the pricing is fine but nt after that
Honda’s price cut has really shaken the market and the competition. I guess even the Hatch super performer (Swift) will start to face the heat because of Honda’s move.
I dont mind spending 6.4 lakhs for the Liva provided i get the looks, neat interiors for the money i pay. At the signal, owner of Liva will really feel for his choice if he happen to see a new Swift or a Jazz near by his Car. Pride factor is missing in Liva.
Soon Liva will go south on the sales chart if Toyota is not striking back to retain the attention of prospective buyers.
Rajan, Toyota will strike back with the diesel engine, a weapon which Honda lacks.
Definitely not a car to buy. Nano has better designed interiors. Quality of the plastics are also not that good. Etios also has the same ugly interiors. Exteriors are also not that pleasing. Jazz is damn good in front of it. Jazz will trump Liva like anything. Even Swift appears much better. Honda are also planning to launch Diesel variants so it can be terrible for Toyota.