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We have seen the shift towards diesel in the automotive market owing to the high rise in petrol prices and the subsidy which diesel fuel enjoys. Seeing the growing demand of diesel fuelled cars, all the auto manufacturers are contemplating on putting more focus on developing their diesel portfolio for the Indian market. At the [...]

The Japanese auto giant, Toyota has launched the face-lifted versions of its MPV, the Innova and its SUV, the Fortuner at the 2012 Auto Expo today. The Innova and Fortuner have received only cosmetic upgrades and no significant changes have been made to any stuff that liew beneath the hood though. The Innova facelift now [...]

The Japanese auto major, Toyota Motor Corporation is finally launching the face-lifted version of its very popular MPV, the Innova with which it has dominated the Indian MPV market for the past several years. To add more excitement and action to the Indian auto scenario, it is also launching the facelift of the Fortuner, the [...]

Toyota has already confirmed that the 2012 Fortuner and Innova facelifts will be showcased at the upcoming Auto Expo and will be launched next month. The cars have been spotted multiple times in different locations across the country. Now both the vehicles sans camouflage were spotted in Bangalore. The facelift is not a major one [...]

Toyota Kirloskar Motors is going to raise the prices of its entire range of vehicles assembled in India by up to 3%. This is one of the steepest price hikes by the company over a long time. The price rise will come into effect from January 1. The price hike decision of the company is [...]

The Japanese auto major, Toyota and the Bavarian auto giant, BMW have entered into a partnership in which the two companies will be jointly conducting research on new battery technologies and green vehicles and BMW will be supplying diesel engines to the Japanese auto company. In addition to the extensive battery research on the lithium-ion [...]

The Japanese car major, Toyota has announced that it has plans to enter into the motorsport culture of India. Toyota is planning to do so under the name of Toyota Racing Development, the motorsport arm of Toyota Motor Corporation. Toyota has announced its plans to enter into the Indian motorsport with a one make series. [...]

Toyota developed the Etios platform with the sole reason of developing low cost models which are intended for economically growing markets like India and Brazil. The Etios, although couldn’t garner the much expected sales volumes that the company was expecting however did turn out to do decent numbers. The Japanese automaker first rolled out the [...]

The Japanese auto majors, Toyota and Honda have started to look for new alternative suppliers for its components after the recent floods in Thailand, which is a key component supplier in the Asian markets, have completely disrupted their operations in India. Toyota is estimated to be incurring a loss of about 800 to 1000 vehicles [...]

Toyota India has commenced export operations of the Etios and Etios Liva to South Africa. The export versions of the Etios would have a few changes in technical specifications and features to suit the needs of the South African market. Toyota will export the petrol versions of the Made in India cars, which are manufactured [...]