Toyota Kirloskar Opens Booking For BS-VI Innova Crysta, More Details Inside

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) on Monday said it has commenced bookings for BS-VI compliant version of Innova Crysta which is priced between Rs 15.36 lakh and Rs 24.06 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). Supply of the model will begin next month onwards, across the country, subject to BS-VI fuel availability, TKM said in a statement.

The petrol and diesel variants of the BS-VI compliant Innova Crysta will be available in both manual as well as automatic transmission options, it added. "At Toyota, we are committed to bring advanced and environment-friendly technologies to the Indian market and align our concerted efforts with the government's policies to create a greener and cleaner tomorrow," TKM Senior Vice President, Sales and Service Naveen Soni said.

The company has opened bookings for the model at a celebratory price for a limited time period, he added. Vehicle stability control, hill assist control and emergency brake signal now come as standard feature across the Innova Crysta range. Pioneering the MPV segment in India for the last 15 years, the Innova has sold close to 9,00,000 units since its launch in 2005.

The company has sold close to 2.7 lakh units of the Innova Crysta so far, registering about 40 per cent of share in its segment, TKM said. Overall, the company has sold close to 9 lakh units of the Innova range till date since 2005.

Apart from this, Toyota Glanza which was launched in India in June last year at the price range of Rs 7.22 lakh to Rs 8.90 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). And now, the automaker has introduced a new G MT (manual transmission) base variant for its Maruti Suzuki Baleno-based premium hatchback Glanza.

The premium hatchback is offered in two variants - G and V, in four different iterations depending on the engine and transmission i.e. G MT, G MT (Smart Hybrid), V MT, G CVT and V CVT. The petrol engine on the Toyota Glanza are BS6 compliant, while there are no diesel engine options.

Toyota Glanza G variant comes equipped with the regular 1.2-litre VVT petrol engine. The 1197 cc, four-cylinder engine is tuned to churn out 82 bhp at 6,000 rpm, which is about 6 bhp less than what the mild hybrid version makes. The torque output, however, is the same 113 Nm at 4,200 rpm.

Toyota Glanza will get a 5-speed manual gearbox as well as the option of a CVT. Toyota Glanza rivals the likes of the Honda Jazz, Hyundai i20 in India. Since the launch, Toyota has sold over 11,000 units of the Glanza. Glanza is also the company's second best-selling car, after the Innova Crysta.

(With inputs from PTI)