Toyota Liva to be Launched in India Soon

T oyota has recently launched Etios in December 2010 and now they are going to add new car in their fleet as Liva.The Etios which was priced at 4.96 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) certainly got its fair share of attention and now the company plans to bring the its Liva into the Indian market in April.

The Liva will get the 1.2-litre petrol engine which will help Toyota to get the duty cut. In Liva Toyota using a unique and boasts engine which is not present in any Toyota car so far. The wait for the sedan in the diesel avatar will also be something to look forward to this year.The 1.2-litre four-cylinder engine will be producing a peak power of close to 80PS, and will a superlight weight of only 890kg, should be a sprightly runner too. That power output is about 5PS shy of the Swift’s 1.2 K12 engine, but with a weight advantage of around 100Kg, the performance can be expected to be almost the same. The crtical factor here will be fuel efficiency. It’s important to note here that even with class leading power, the Swift and the Ritz return a very good fuel efficiency figure. The ARAI fuel efficiency of the Etios sedan (17+ kmpl) sounds promising, and we expect a better figure from the new, smaller engine.


The space inside the Etios Liva hatchback will remain the same as the Etios sedan, making it, without doubt, the most spacious hatchback in its segment. We are waiting with baited breaths to get hold of the official spec sheet of the Liva hatch, and more importantly, get our hands behind its wheel.