The world’s bestselling auto company Toyota Motor is all busy bringing in new or refreshed cars in the globe’s market. As for the popular Toyota Innova, the Japanese auto major has already launched the vehicle’s facelift model in the car market of Indonesia very recently. The new refreshed Toyota Innova that came along with some slight cosmetic alterations and added accessories was launched in Indonesia last month by PT Toyota Astra Motor, the Japanese car giant’s Indonesian subsidiary.
It is a well known fact that the refreshed Toyota Innova will soon emerge in the Indian market as well, as the car is a segment leader here and is now getting great amount of competition. Toyota’s Indian presence in the form of the joint venture, Toyota Kirloskar Motor is reportedly braced up to unveil the facelift Innova within this month or early next month. The official Toyota dealers in India have been also notified by the company to sale off the present stock of the current Innova as soon as possible to make space for its refreshed avatar.
According to sources, apart from the altered features of the refreshed Innova Toyota will also introduce a new high-end trim model for the vehicle, which will be known as the ‘Z’ model. This new top trim Z is expected to carry a price tag of approximately Rs. 17.5 lakhs and is supposed to come with a new advanced all included infotainment system besides all the fancy and luxurious car features that are offered in the VX trim.
Moreover, Toyota is also expected to hike up the prices of the Innova across all its model trims. This is expected as a refreshed variant of a vehicle requires investment from the side of the auto makers that usually makes for a price hike. In the Indonesian car market Toyota’s price hike for the Innova accounted for a range of about Rs 10,000 to Rs 28,000 for its various model variants. However, it is still not known how much price hike Toyota has in store for the Indian market.
The refreshed Toyota Innova gets a more aggressive front fascia owing to its now larger chrome grill along with a new front bumper. At back of the vehicle, the new Innova flaunts some chrome finished decorations to make it look snazzier.
In the Indonesian car market, the new refreshed Innova does not get any changes for its powertrains. However, on the safety front even the base variants of the vehicle got 2 front airbags. The same exterior features of the Indonesian refreshed Innova are expected to make its way into the Indian car market. However, it is not still clear whether Toyota Kirloskar Motor will offer the same features in India or some of it will be dropped or altered as per Indian requirements and price point.
The facelift of the Innova is just a temporary action to maintain the position of the Innova, while the company has bigger plans for the next generation Innova, which has time till 2016.
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