It was around 2 years ago when we first heard about Toyota’s plan of bringing the Toyota Rush in India. But still there is no sign of it in our country. Around a year ago, Toyota Rush, again, came into news regarding its launch in India and we were expecting it to hit our shores this year. But again, nothing as of now. What is Toyota trying to do here is simply unfathomable.
2013 Toyota New Rush TRD Sportivo
Perhaps, in the past it wasn’t a good time to launch the Toyota Rush as the company was making a decent amount of profit by selling its other models like the Toyota Innova, Toyota Corolla and the Toyota Fortuner. But we think it is time now. The competition in the Indian car market has boosted up and in order to stay put Toyota has to bring in something new for the people. Maybe, the solution here is the Toyota Rush. Internationally, Toyota is selling its Rush in decent numbers. The international model of the Rush is powered by a 1.5 litre, 4 cylinder petrol engine which churns out a max power of 109 PS at 6000 rpm and generates a peak torque of 141 Nm at 4400 rpm. Toyota has also made available choices for the transmission system, a 5 speed manual or a 6 speed automatic transmission. Some safety features which are available on the international variant of Toyota Rush includes ABS, EBD and safety Airbags.
It is being anticipated that Toyota would reduce the overall length of the Rush for India and will keep it under 4 metres. This will make the Rush a compact SUV rather than a SUV. There is also some news regarding the type of engine which Toyota might put in into the Rush. As per the news there will be two engine options- a 1.5 litre VVT-i petrol engine and a 1.4 litre D4-D diesel engine which will be turbo charged. There are the same engines which have been currently employed to power up the Toyota Etios and Toyota Etios Liva. The international variant of the Toyota Rush is a 4WD but it is unlikely to make its way to the Indian model. Also, we will have to wait and watch whether Toyota incorporates the safety features of the international model of the Rush into the Indian model or not.
Toyota, still, hasn’t released any kind of details regarding the Rush. But the way the competition is growing it wouldn’t be long when we will see the Rush hitting our shores. Perhaps, Toyota will launch the Rush next year in India. We expect the Toyota Rush to fall in the price bracket of Rs 8-12 lakhs (Ex showroom) and we hope Toyota will not keep us longing too much for its Rush and launch it sooner than we’re expecting. Sometimes it is good to be a bit late in order to attract attention. But if you get too late then it becomes annoying and you’d be disliked rather than welcomed with open arms and smiles.
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