Pics:Toyota unveils the Etios concept at the AE 2010. UPDATE: PRICES pg30!

karanraheja · 5th January 2010, 14:54

Seriously disappointing. I expected a lot better from Toyota, only good thing is 1.4 diesel and leg room !!! I think i would be better off opting for a Hyundai i20 .

rbp · 5th January 2010, 14:56

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According to Kazuo Okamoto, vice-chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation, over 2,000 engineers in India and Japan worked for at least four years to develop Etios.

And this is the out come

BenjiRoss · 5th January 2010, 14:56

The interiors shocked me - most cars displayed on auto expos have spruced up interiors to make the car look better.
This is the exact opposite.
It looks like they had only designed the exterior and the night before the display realised that the car needed interiors and hence put in something overnight while it was still dark!!!

chennai-indian · 5th January 2010, 15:10

Extremely disappointing. Indica Vista and Manza look way better than these two. What horrible interior color selection!!. The dashboard looks too plasticky.

mmmjgm · 5th January 2010, 15:10

Forget the engineers, it seems like a cost cutting team of Cost Accountants came around and lopped off budgets for the interior.

The interiors are "Plastic palace" = the slab of unglorious plastic trim on the door. Yuck.
The dash is fine, done to avoid die costs for left & right hand trim.
Dies for plastics do cost a huge amount.

raul · 5th January 2010, 15:18

Cheap and cheerful is often used to describe cheap cars slightly better put together, but in this case only the word cheap comes to mind, not an attractive design and the interiors are off putting, as if Toyota just wants to get this out of its hands.

Can't really compare this to Jazz or i20, at least those cars show some effort and care in their design and how they were put together, some respect for the potential buyer, this is just transportation.

Sorry for being harsh but one expects so much more from Toyota never mind the pricing, at least some ingenuity, some imagination.

Jaizcrzy · 5th January 2010, 15:19

Even before i could digest the exteriors, the interiors are made it indigestive. The word "concept" is misused as said by someone earlier. If a concept looks so cheap with the plasticky and towel like seat covers, what would the final outcome be?

MAy be we were expecting more from Toyotas. All the 2000 engineers have to fired who worked on this project.

darkchild82 · 5th January 2010, 15:45

Yuck! That's the best they could do? They have the Yaris hatch and they want to release this? Thanks Toyota, India feels "privileged"

gods-envy · 5th January 2010, 16:04

YUCK! BAD! UGLY!
i feel the interiors of my GP are way better than the one on the Etios.
Why could Toyota not just launch any of their existing models such as the Yaris hatchback or Sedan or even the small IQ?
Why experiment and produce a piece of crap!!

navan49 · 5th January 2010, 16:09

Dippy,

Congrats for the best pictures. It is so sad to see the poor interior etio.

Sudan_NFS · 5th January 2010, 16:29

This car looks are ok kind and the rear leg rooms seems to more and a falt floor at rear which would be first in hatch segment.
they should price this with swift or below.

ibcool · 5th January 2010, 16:30

the interiors look super cheap compared to anything in the market !!!

MaserQ · 5th January 2010, 16:31

The beige bit of the dash looks as if it is stuck on to the rest of the dash, like a cheap after market fitment. Even the seat fabric and colour combinations look ghastly! The rear lights on the hatch also manage to stick out like warts on an otherwise plain jane design.

The Etios sedan is a Logan lookalike. Cannot decide which is more ugly.

What were Toyota thinking?! Seriously uncool car!

pats · 5th January 2010, 16:45

Very Disappointing from Toyota. This was one car i was looking forward at the auto expo and the concept car looks horrible

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It is difficult to believe that this is the same Toyota which has designed cars like Prius.

geeash · 5th January 2010, 16:51

The front grill is smiling like a happy fool and did they get this from TATA?

What is the horizontal chromestrip doing in the rear? i suppose they struck the chrome strip which was mreant for the sides on the back of the car

why have they put a binocular vertically near the video screen

?

They have added body skirting for a small car !!!

the central dash with A/C knobs ( they have put old generation amby a/c knobs) look very plain

orange seats and orange gear knobs and orange steering wheel for a blue car

whats wrong with toyota? have they hired a few lunarics from asylum to design the so called concept for the world?

YUKK!! is the word

5th January 2010, 14:54	#16
karanraheja Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Coimbatore Posts: 1,961 Thanked: 436 Times	Seriously disappointing. I expected a lot better from Toyota, only good thing is 1.4 diesel and leg room !!! I think i would be better off opting for a Hyundai i20 .
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5th January 2010, 14:56	#18
BenjiRoss Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tamilnadu Posts: 1,066 Thanked: 1,330 Times	The interiors shocked me - most cars displayed on auto expos have spruced up interiors to make the car look better. This is the exact opposite. It looks like they had only designed the exterior and the night before the display realised that the car needed interiors and hence put in something overnight while it was still dark!!!
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5th January 2010, 15:10	#19
chennai-indian BHPian Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chennai Posts: 437 Thanked: 641 Times	Extremely disappointing. Indica Vista and Manza look way better than these two. What horrible interior color selection!!. The dashboard looks too plasticky.
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5th January 2010, 15:10	#20
mmmjgm BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: BOM, PNQ, DXB Posts: 398 Thanked: 30 Times	Forget the engineers, it seems like a cost cutting team of Cost Accountants came around and lopped off budgets for the interior. The interiors are "Plastic palace" = the slab of unglorious plastic trim on the door. Yuck. The dash is fine, done to avoid die costs for left & right hand trim. Dies for plastics do cost a huge amount.
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5th January 2010, 15:18	#21
raul BHPian Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pune Posts: 920 Thanked: 372 Times	Cheap and cheerful is often used to describe cheap cars slightly better put together, but in this case only the word cheap comes to mind, not an attractive design and the interiors are off putting, as if Toyota just wants to get this out of its hands. Can't really compare this to Jazz or i20, at least those cars show some effort and care in their design and how they were put together, some respect for the potential buyer, this is just transportation. Sorry for being harsh but one expects so much more from Toyota never mind the pricing, at least some ingenuity, some imagination. Last edited by raul : 5th January 2010 at 15:20.
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5th January 2010, 15:19	#22
Jaizcrzy BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Hyderabad/Vizag Posts: 77 Thanked: 2 Times	Even before i could digest the exteriors, the interiors are made it indigestive. The word "concept" is misused as said by someone earlier. If a concept looks so cheap with the plasticky and towel like seat covers, what would the final outcome be? MAy be we were expecting more from Toyotas. All the 2000 engineers have to fired who worked on this project.
	() Thanks

5th January 2010, 15:45	#23
darkchild82 Newbie Join Date: May 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 16 Thanked: 45 Times	Yuck! That's the best they could do? They have the Yaris hatch and they want to release this? Thanks Toyota, India feels "privileged"
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5th January 2010, 16:04	#24
gods-envy BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 474 Thanked: 38 Times View My Garage	YUCK! BAD! UGLY! i feel the interiors of my GP are way better than the one on the Etios. Why could Toyota not just launch any of their existing models such as the Yaris hatchback or Sedan or even the small IQ? Why experiment and produce a piece of crap!!
	() Thanks

5th January 2010, 16:09	#25
navan49 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: CHENNAI Posts: 1,000 Thanked: 73 Times View My Garage	Dippy, Congrats for the best pictures. It is so sad to see the poor interior etio.
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5th January 2010, 16:29	#26
Sudan_NFS BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: chennai Posts: 759 Thanked: 16 Times	This car looks are ok kind and the rear leg rooms seems to more and a falt floor at rear which would be first in hatch segment. they should price this with swift or below.
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5th January 2010, 16:30	#27
ibcool BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 75 Thanked: 7 Times	the interiors look super cheap compared to anything in the market !!!
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5th January 2010, 16:31	#28
MaserQ Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,196 Thanked: 166 Times	The beige bit of the dash looks as if it is stuck on to the rest of the dash, like a cheap after market fitment. Even the seat fabric and colour combinations look ghastly! The rear lights on the hatch also manage to stick out like warts on an otherwise plain jane design. The Etios sedan is a Logan lookalike. Cannot decide which is more ugly. What were Toyota thinking?! Seriously uncool car!
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5th January 2010, 16:45	#29
pats BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Mumbai Posts: 85 Thanked: 4 Times	Very Disappointing from Toyota. This was one car i was looking forward at the auto expo and the concept car looks horrible. It is difficult to believe that this is the same Toyota which has designed cars like Prius.
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5th January 2010, 16:51	#30
geeash Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Chennai Posts: 1,513 Thanked: 145 Times	The front grill is smiling like a happy fool and did they get this from TATA? What is the horizontal chromestrip doing in the rear? i suppose they struck the chrome strip which was mreant for the sides on the back of the car why have they put a binocular vertically near the video screen ? They have added body skirting for a small car !!! the central dash with A/C knobs ( they have put old generation amby a/c knobs) look very plain orange seats and orange gear knobs and orange steering wheel for a blue car whats wrong with toyota? have they hired a few lunarics from asylum to design the so called concept for the world? YUKK!! is the word
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