Toyota says it has received strong advance orders in India for the Etios small car designed specially for the subcontinent's booming auto market.
The 1.5-liter sedan, priced from 496,000 rupees (about ¥920,000), is Toyota's first low-priced small passenger model for the Indian market. It is manufactured at a new plant in Bangalore that employs more than 2,000 people.
Before the car is rolled out and hits dealerships, advance orders have already reached 12,000 units since Dec. 1, or about 17 percent of the annual target of 70,000, Toyota said Wednesday.