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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Mods - Please RENAME this THREAD to "WITH PICS" (tried to watermark them) Spotted the car between Bommanahalli to Electronic City, Bangalore - 5-Aug-2008 tusday Morning. It was a diesel and spewed a bit of smoke while revving away from me... The car had two South-East Asian Origin (Japnese - Trying to be politically Correct) gentlemen sitting at the back seat with a laptop, Indian Driver at the front. All 3 were not too comfortable with me and my friend clicking away these pics... Enjoy.... |
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| ![]() Thats indeed Toyota Yaris hatch !!! |
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| ![]() I wonder if this car is really coming to India. I feel that they are just testing the diesel motor for hot wheather testing. If its coming its good. With those covers on haadlights, the car was looking a bit lazy and sleeping to me. The indicators are not visible with those " sleepy " covers on it. |
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svsanthosh should be deemed as the Official Spotter for BLR in Team-BHP; Great Find buddy! | |
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| ![]() Yaris will best fit here & if its Diesel then its gonna Rock. Get it here Toyota! |
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| ![]() This indeed is Yaris hatch. I have seen a lot of these in US. Hope this is Toyota's small car. |
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| ![]() This cannot be the proposed TOYOTA SMALL CAR, but exactly the Toyota Yaris. It will be positioned in Swift category or higher I believe. Very good scoop. Magazines will go mad seeing these. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() It might be on the Yaris platform, a completely new designed car for india. They have already started localizing the interior & functional parts (same as they did for Innova). IMO, we can expect the price range to be in Swift category maybe slightly higher as the brand name carries weight. |
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| ![]() Before it is too late, do a proper watermarking 'over the car' or these photos will be pilfered. Pradeep Last edited by pradkumar : 5th August 2008 at 12:05. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() AFAIK, expect that to be in Q4-2009 or Q1-2010. They do many trial runs of prototypes (testing in various terrians) and manufcturing trial runs etc hence it may take a little longer unlike Qualis where they did only manufacturng trials |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() Great find SVC. Nice pics, the white colored one looks pretty good |
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| ![]() Good catch dude. Looks like the giant is beginning to wake from its slumber. |
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| ![]() Good Car... My friend has the same car in Australia.... |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Last week there was news from Toyota about starting the production of small cars in Bangalore. Is this in the list? May be premium hatch back list? |
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