Toyota has confirmed electric car for the Indian market co-developed by Maruti Suzuki. Toyota and Suzuki have collaborated to strengthen both the Japanese carmakers’ alliance. With this alliance they will be sharing technologies for future and existing products. They kickstarted the cross-badging strategy with the launch of Toyota Glanza, which is a re-badged Maruti Baleno. … Read More
Toyota
Toyota is a Japanese carmaker that was found in 1937. Toyota is one of the largest carmakers in the world that offers a range of cars including hatchbacks, sedans, crossovers, SUVs, MPVs and pickup trucks. Toyota is present in India as Toyota Kirloskar Motor that was found in 1997. Toyota is amongst the top five carmakers in India with a current product portfolio of 10 cars. The most popular Toyota cars in India include Toyota Innova, Toyota Corolla Altis and Toyota Fortuner. Toyota also participates in motorsports with Etios Motor Racing championship.
Toyota Overtakes Honda, Tata In H1 FY20
Toyota has moved up the ladder from 6th position to 4th position in the sales charts. Toyota has brazed past Tata and Honda to become the 4th-largest car manufacturer in India in terms of market share. The company also makes premium utility vehicles like Innova and Fortuner and recorded a market share of 4.86% in … Read More
Toyota Mirai FCV, New Prius Under Consideration For India
Toyota has hinted at the possibility of importing the Mirai FCV to India for a feasibility study. The Toyota Mirai is based on the Toyota FCV-R (Fuel Cell Vehicle) concept car, showcased at the Tokyo Motor Show 2011, while in India, it was revealed at the 2016 Auto Expo. The only FCV by Toyota, the … Read More
Toyota Announces New GA-B Platform For Small Cars
Toyota has announced a new platform named GA-B that focuses on the development of future compact cars. Toyota’s famous TNGA (Toyota New Global Architecture) platform works as the basis of most medium-sized cars. The preceding GA-C platform for compact cars underpinned the C-HR crossover and the Corolla sedan. While the larger-sized vehicles such as the … Read More
Toyota & Suzuki To Acquire Stake In Each Other
Toyota and Suzuki are going to buy stakes in each other to strengthen their association. Toyota and Suzuki, two major Japanese automobile manufacturers, have announced that they are going to acquire stakes in each other. Toyota will buy 4.94% stake in Suzuki for an amount of 96 billion yen (Rs. 6510 crores) while Suzuki will … Read More
Toyota To Continue Making Diesel Engines Post BS6
Toyota has decided to keep diesel engines alive after BS6 kicks in. Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) is planning to keep its diesel engines alive even when the industry trend says the opposite. BS6 norms will be kicking in from 1st April 2020 and are set to make diesel cars significantly pricier and hence, other manufacturers … Read More
Toyota Plans 12 New Cars For India Including Re-Engineered Marutis
Toyota is planning a range of new cars including re-engineered Marutis, Etios twins to get discontinued. Toyota is betting big on the Indian market. The Japanese carmaker is planning to launch 12 new cars in the country in the next 5-7 years. Half of them will include re-engineered Maruti cars. The Toyota Etios sedan and … Read More
Toyota India Plant Visit – Report
Toyota India Plant Visit Toyota has completed 20 years of operations in the Indian market Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) was founded in 1997 and produced the first-ever Toyota Qualis in the year 2000. Since then the brand has seen nothing but success and to celebrate this triumph, the Japanese automaker invited us to visit their … Read More
Toyota Baleno Launch In June 2019
The upcoming Toyota-badged Baleno will sit above the Etios in the lineup. As part of the agreement between Toyota and Suzuki, the companies will share products with each other. It is a known fact that Toyota will be launching its own version of the Baleno and it has now come to light that the Toyota-badged … Read More
