Toyota India made a good move to improve its sales in the domestic car market by launching the new Etios Cross in the month of May followed by the launch of the all new Corolla. The Etios Cross hatchback-crossover has received great response in the Indian car market owing to its superb aggressive styling, boosting the Japanese car maker’s monthly sales instantly.
Toyota Etios Cross Auto Expo
Now, soon after the India launch, Toyota has gone ahead by launching the India made Etios Cross in the South African car market. The new Toyota Etios Cross has launched in South Africa tagged at Rs. 159,800 Rand (approximately Rs. 8.99 lakhs). Similar to the Indian car market, the new Etios Cross has joined the Toyota Etios family containing the Liva hatchback and the Etios sedan in South Africa.
The Toyota Etios Cross for the South African car market is exactly the same car that has just recently launched in the Indian car market. The Toyota Etios Cross is a hatchback turned crossover model similar to that of the Volkswagen Cross Polo. The Etios Cross is a completely design overhaul and a beefier version of the same Toyota Etios Liva hatchback.
Nonetheless, the new Toyota Etios Cross looks much more attractive and aggressive that the Liva, owing to its added cosmetic features that have been smartly incorporated by Toyota. The Etios Cross has been fitted with a new body kit that comprises of full plastic body cladding in matte black with silver accents, new bumpers, sporty silver roof rails and side skirts and new 10 spoke diamond cut alloy wheels in dual color. These cosmetic changes help give the Etios Cross its trendy masculine new visual appeal, which already seems to be highly appreciated.
On the inside, Toyota endows the Etios Cross with a more premium feel by updating the Liva’s cabin thoroughly. The Etios Cross offers classy black themed upholstery along with a piano-black theme center console. The black seats covers get the ‘Cross’ logo sticked onto it with contrasting white stitching. The new Toyota Etios Cross is only available in the top of the line variant and thus, it packs in great safety features as well including dual airbags and ABS with EBD as standard.
While the Toyota Etios Cross is offered in the Indian car market in three petrol and diesel engine options, in South Africa it will be offered only with the 1.5 liter petrol motor that generates 89bhp of max power and 132Nm of peak torque. The engine is mated to a 5 speed manual transmission gearbox. In India, the Etios Cross is also available with a 1.2 liter petrol as well as a 1.4 liter diesel engine options.
The more affordable Etios range was developed by Toyota for the developing car markets of the world. While the Etios sedan and Etios Liva hatchback have been good sellers, the far attractive looking Etios Cross is expected to boost the range’s success further.
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