At the height of the deluge of recalls that engulfed the global automotive industry back in 2010, Toyota Motor Corp executive vice president Yukitoshi Funo met a group of Indian journalists visiting Japan to specifically get a first hand experience of their cheapest global offering Etios. Read more

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Posted by Sumant Banerji on Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 11:33 pm
Filed under Cars · Tagged car-nama, Etios, General Motors, hindustan times, Hyundai, news, Renault Nissan, Sumant Banerji, Toyota, Toyota Motor Corp, Volkswagen, Yoshiniro Noritake, Yukitoshi Funo
It can be said without any shade of doubt that the festive months of October and November are always crucial for consumer centric sectors like cars. Read more

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Posted by Sumant Banerji on Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 10:59 pm
Filed under Cars · Tagged Audi S6, BMW GT, Chevrolet U-VA Sail, dzire, Etios, Fabia, hindustan times, i20, Indigo Manza CS, Mahindra, maruti, news, Nissan Evalia, polo, Ssangyong Rexton II, Sumant Banerji, swift, Tata Safari Storme, XUV5OO
It does duty in small cars like Maruti Swift, Ritz, Fiat Punto and Tata Indica Vista. It also powers sedans like Maruti Dzire, SX4, Tata Indigo Manza and Fiat Linea. Recently a utility vehicle in the form of Ertiga was added to its repertoire. Read more

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Posted by Sumant Banerji on Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 11:12 pm
Filed under Cars · Tagged Altis, Etios, Fiat, General Motors, hindustan times, Indica vista, Indigo Manz, liva, maruti, news, Sumant Banerji, Tata
It’s been out in the market for a good 16 months and generally that is enough to decide whether a car has hit the bull’s eye or not. The Toyota Etios though, is a curious case. Read more

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Posted by Sumant Banerji on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 9:25 pm
Filed under Cars, automobile · Tagged car, car-nama, Chevrolet Aveo, Etios, Ford Fiesta Classic, Hyundai Accent, liva, Mahindra, Mahindra Verito, maruti, maruti suzuki, Nissan, sedan, Sumant Banerji, swift dzire, Tata, Toyota
Thanks to Maruti’s persistent problems with its workforce at the manesar factory, the outstanding bookings of the new Swift has risen to 1.08 lakh units. Read more

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Posted by Sumant Banerji on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 8:55 pm
Filed under Cars · Tagged Brio, Etios, hindustan times, Honda, liva, maruti, news, Sumant Banerji, swift, Toyota