Toyota Kirloskar Motor recently brought in some changes to their mid-size sedan, Yaris. New variants, dual-tone colour schemes and several other changes were introduced to jazz up the sales of their low selling sedan. Now, reports suggest that Toyota will bring a BS6 compliant Yaris to the Indian market soon.
Toyota will tweak the current 1.5-litre, four cylinder petrol motor into the BS6 iteration. Despite switching to new emission norms and cleaner technology, the performance of the engine will not be hampered.
The BS6 Toyota Yaris will continue to put out 106 bhp with a peak torque of 140 Nm. It will be mated to both 6-speed manual transmission and a 7-speed CVT. The ARAI certified fuel efficiency of the BS4 compliant engine sticks to 17.1 km/l and 17.8 km/l for the manual and automatic respectively. Once launched, we will see if the economy drops with the new model or not.
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The bookings for the sedan has already begun with a minimum price tag of Rs 51,000. Also, the prices of all the variants will be increased and reports suggest that it will be the lower trims which will see the highest price hike.
Toyota Yaris is the only sedan in its segment which offers most safety features. The sedan offers 7-airbags, Tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS), Middle rear three point seatbelt, Hill hold control, Front and Rear Parking Sensors, Traction control, ABS with EBD and ESP.
Toyota Yaris offers 7-inch touchscreen infotainment system, cruise control, disc brakes on all wheels, diamond cut alloy wheels, LED DRLs, power adjustable drivers seat, rear sunshade and among others.
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Even the base trim, J , of the Toyota Yaris is equipped with features like 7 airbags, projector headlights, manual AC, height adjustable driver seat, rear arm rest, parking sensors, seatbelt reminder and high speed alert system.
Toyota Yaris starts with a base price of Rs 8.77 lakh and the top model fetches up to Rs 14.18 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). Once the BS6 model rolls out, the prices will be increased significantly. The Yaris competes with Maruti Suzuki Ciaz, Honda City, Hyundai Verna, Volkswagen Vento and Skoda Rapid.
