The current Toyota Vios has not even received its mid-life facelift yet, and already purported initial details of the next-generation model have been revealed through a report by Indian news publication Mint.
Slated for a January 2018 launch in India, the new B-segment sedan is slated to be a global model. The last time the Vios was designed as such was with the previous-generation model, sold as the Belta in Japan and the Yaris Sedan in North America – the latter has since been replaced in Canada with a new version based on the Mazda 2 Sedan.
“It is a full model change of Vios that will be sold across the globe,” said a source close to Toyota in India. “India is doing much more work than just localising the model.”
Tweaked slightly for the Indian market, the new model will reportedly be sold with 1.6 litre petrol and diesel mills there – the former, likely the Dual VVT-i ZR engine used in the facelifted previous-generation Corolla Altis, probably won’t make it to certain tax-sensitive countries like China and Thailand.
There, tax relief benefits are offered for cars with engine displacements under 1.5 litres. In those markets (ours too), a 1.5 litre mill should soldier on, perhaps outfitted with Dual VVT-i like the facelifted Avanza.
It’s the oil burner that is quite intriguing. Toyota does not have an in-house 1.6 litre diesel engine, so the Vios could very well inherit the Verso’s BMW-sourced turbodiesel engine – which in turn is derived from the DLD engine developed by PSA Peugeot Citroën. Small world, this is.
Toyota is said to be positioning the Vios in India as a more aspirational model much like the Honda City, slotting in above the budget-minded Etios but below the Corolla Altis. The world’s largest carmaker was initially only aiming to sell 25,000 units there, but has raised its target to 65,000 units as it expects the passenger car market to post strong growth in two years’ time, another source told Mint.
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