Toyota Yaris Launch Review – Price List, Engine & Specifications, Features & Safety

Toyota Yaris is launched at Rs 8.75 Lakh (ex-showroom, India) and is offered only in petrol engine options. Deliveries will start from May 2018.

Japanese automobile giant, Toyota Motors has launched its much anticipated Toyota Yaris sedan in the country. Starting with an introductory price of Rs 8.75 lakh for the base trim, it goes up to Rs 14.07 lakh for the high end trim (ex-showroom, pan India). The promising C-segment sedan unveiled earlier this year at the Auto Expo 2018 is offered in four variants namely J, G, V and VX.

Bookings & Competitors

Official bookings of the New Toyota Yaris mid-size sedan are on at the Toyota dealerships across India with a token amount of Rs 50,000, while the deliveries will take place from May 2018 onwards. Toyota Yaris is pitted against the Hyundai Verna, Maruti Ciaz and Honda City.

Engine & Specifications

Cashing upon the buyers’ soft corner for the petrol cars these days, the first C-segment sedan from Toyota is made available in sole choice of petrol engine. Toyota Yaris is powered by a refined 1.5L, 4-cylinder power mill that gives out a maximum power of 107 hp and a peak torque of 140 Nm. The gearbox comes with a choice of either 6-speed manual transmission or 7-step CVT automatic gearbox. Here, not only the top spec gets the convenience to choose the CVT automatic, but every trim gets the option of an automatic gearbox.

Comfort & Convenience Features

To mark upper hand in the competitive segment, Yaris comes packed with many segment-first features that include like a tyre pressure-monitoring system, 60:40 rear seat split, gesture control for the touch screen infotainment system, adjustable 3-point neck restraints for the rear seat, roof-mounted rear AC with ambient lighting, a powered driver’s seat and front parking sensors. Moreover, the paddle-shifters feature on the top end spec of the automatic variants.

Safety Features

Toyota Yaris safety feature list comprise of all-wheel disc brakes, front and rear parking sensors, as many as 7 airbags (including a driver knee airbag), Hill-Start Assist, Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) with Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD) and Electric Stability Program (ESP) and many others.

Price List

Four variants of Toyota Yaris are on offer and all four, besides the regular manual gearbox come equipped with a CVT Automatic transmission option. Check out the variant wise Toyota Yaris price list below:

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