Toyota, Maruti Suzuki and Honda, all of the three are major car makers which are fully established in the Indian market. All of them have at least one product in the MUV segment which are doing very well. Toyota has Innova, Maruti Suzuki has Ertiga and Honda recently launched its Mobilio. While the Ertiga and Mobilio falls below the Innova, the Innova is much more of a true MPV. So, Toyota has a new contender for the MUV segment. It is the Toyota Verso.
Toyota Verso
The Toyota Verso is a compact MPV and it is in the international markets since 2009. Toyota Verso would be a tough competition for the Maruti Ertiga and Honda Mobilio. The Ertiga has been in the game for many years now and with time it has started looking outdated. On the other hand, the Honda Mobilio is just launched but as we all know that it is based on the platform of the Honda Brio and Honda Amaze, it also looks pretty much similar to them. It is a new vehicle but it just doesn’t feel to be one, if you ignore the size. Now, Toyota has an edge here. The Verso is something which we haven’t seen before in the Indian market. Toyota has Innova but it did not copy the looks of Innova and put it on some other car. The Verso is brand new for the Indians and would really be appreciated by us all.
Another good feature about the Verso is that Toyota had joined hands with the German auto maker, BMW, and it is the first company to power its compact MUV with a 1.4 litre D 4D diesel engine manufactured by BMW. For most of us, this fact is also an attractive point. This makes it sure that the Toyota Verso not only looks better but it will also perform better than the rest of the players of the segment. If you put all the three vehicles side by side and ask anyone to pick one, just based on the looks of the car, then it would be the Verso which would be picked up. It has that dynamic and new modern look which the Ertiga and the Mobilio lacks.
Maruti Suzuki Ertiga did well when it was launched and it sold in great numbers. It was a middle class family’s Innova. That was its impression. Honda Mobilio is a good MPV. It will attract buyers and they will be nothing less than satiated but the looks of the Mobilio are outdated. Toyota Verso, which hasn’t been launched yet, will definitely shatter its competition. Toyota has got a great weapon with itself right now. It now depends on how the Japs uses it. If Toyota manages to price the Verso with a mouth-watering price tag then it is going to whip the Maruti Suzuki Ertiga and the Honda Mobilio. We do not know what Toyota is waiting for. Come on, Toyota. Do what you need to do!
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