Toyota Etios sedan launch prices 4 variants, prices start at Rs. 4.96 lakh Toyota gears up for Etios launch in India on Wednesday

The wait is over. Toyota Kirloskar Motors has launched the Etios sedan (petrol) at prices ranging from Rs. 4.96 lakhs to Rs. 6.86 lakhs (ex-showroom Delhi), across four variants.

Toyota Motor Corporation President Akio Toyoda was present at the launch in Bangalore and announced the prices of the car.

The Etios concept was first shown at the Delhi Auto Expo 2010 and the company has invested Rs. 3,200 crore on the Etios project as it is especially designed for India and then may be exported to the world. Related: Toyota Etios hatchback and sedan: All we know

Photo: Toyota Etios official photo

Toyota Etios variants and prices: (ex-showroom Delhi)

Model	Colors	Interiors	Price
Etios J	White, Silver	Black	Rs. 4.96 lakh
Etios G	All six	Black	Rs. 5.46 lakh
Etios G + ABS, EBD	All six	Black	Rs. 5.96 lakh
Etios V + ABS, EBD	All six	Black & grey	Rs. 6.41 lakh
Etios VX + ABS, EBD	All six	Black & red	Rs. 6.86 lakh

The Toyota Etios is powered by a 1.5-litre petrol engine that produces 90 PS of maximum power and 140 Nm of peak torque. The gear box is a 5 speed manual. The 930 kg kerb weight of the Etios makes it one of the lightest sedans to be made in India. Fuel Efficiency is 17.6 kmpl* (claimed) and the fuel tank capacity is 45 litres giving it a range of 700 km on a full tank.

The Etios will be available in four trim levels namely the J, G, V and VX and in six attractive colors: Symphony Silver, Harmony Beige, Serene Bluish Silver, Vermilion Red, Celestial Black and White. Toyota Etios comes with black interiors for J and G trim levels, black and grey for V variant and black and red for the VX (top variant).

The Etios Liva, the hatchback version, will be launched in April 2011 and the bookings for the Etios sedan starts today with a booking price of Rs. 50,000 across all showrooms.

Toyota Etios technical specifications

ENGINE
Engine Capacity : 1.5 litres (1496 cc)
No of Cylinders : 4
Power : 88.7 bhp @ 5600 rpm
Torque : 132 Nm @ 3000 rpm
Mileage : 17.46 kmpl* as per ARAI
Tank Capacity : 45 litres
DIMENSIONS
Length : 4265 mm
Width : 1695 mm
Height : 1490 mm
Weight : 930 kg
Boot Space : 595 litres
Ground Clearance 170 mm
Wheels : 15 inch
Tyres : 185/60
Turning Radius : 4.9 meters
SUSPENSION
Front Suspension Independent McPherson Strut
Rear Suspension Non independent Torsion Beam
BRAKING
ABS and EBD as options
ENTERTAINMENT
DVD Audio System with AUX & USB
SAFETY
Dual Air bags
Safety Collision Absorbing Body
Side Impact Beams
Crumple Zone

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All Radia tapes should be made public apex court told Niira Radia tapes became public after Ratan Tata

The government is looking at how the Niira Radia tapes became public, after Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata group that is represented by Radia, approached the Supreme Court to protect his privacy.

The Supreme Court was Tuesday told that the transcripts of corporate lobbyist Niira Radias telephonic conversations relating to the 2G spectrum allocation scandal should not be held back from the public gaze as the people had a right to know how officials were functioning.

“People have a right to know what the public officials were doing," senior counsel Prashant Bhushan told an apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly.

Bhushan, who appeared in the apex court for the Centre for Public Interest Litigation, told the court that the intercepts were a telling commentary on how things were done in the government.

“I have just filed 104 conversations," Bhushan said, adding that there was an attempt that transcripts of 5,851 intercepts do not see the light of the day.

He said that people have a right to know about every transaction and conversation in the spectrum scandal.

The senior counsel told the court that these tapes revealed how corporate lobbyist Radia had access to nearly every bureaucrat and could get any information.

Bhushan said she was trying to manipulate the proceedings of parliament so that a particular corporate house could benefit to the tune of Rs.81,000 crore in tax concessions.

The court said: "In a way, you are trying to say that she is virtually controlling the parliamentary proceedings."

When Bhushan described Radia as a wheeler dealer, the court observed: “According to her she is a consultant and according to you she is wheeler dealer.”

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Wikileaks: India declines comment says candid dialogue on with US

India's external affairs ministry has refused to comment on the leak of secret US diplomatic cables, but asserted that it continues to have a 'candid' dialogue with the United States on various issues.
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New Delhi, Nov 30 – India’s external affairs ministry has refused to comment on the leak of secret US diplomatic cables, but asserted that it continues to have a ‘candid’ dialogue with the United States on various issues.

‘We would prefer not to comment on the issue of Wikileaks which purportedly are an account of privileged internal US government assessments and correspondence,’ said external affairs ministry spokesperson Vishnu Prakash.

The US has already reached out to India following WikiLeaks’ embarrassing disclosures that was condemned by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as the American envoy in India assured New Delhi that it welcomes its ‘greater global leadership’ role in the world.

‘We have a multi-faceted and forward looking strategic partnership with the United States and there is a regular, open and candid dialogue between the two countries, on a number of matters of mutual interest,’ asserted Prakash.

Clinton Monday branded the leaks as an ‘attack on the international community’, saying the illegal disclosure of secret information ‘puts people’s lives in danger, threatens our national security and undermines our efforts to work with other countries to solve shared problems’.

‘This disclosure is not just an attack on America’s foreign policy; it is an attack on the international community, the alliances and partnerships, the conventions and negotiations that safeguard global security and advance economic prosperity,’ she said.

In New Delhi, US Ambassador Timothy Roemer said: ‘The United States welcomes a greater global leadership role for India and values its perspectives on how to meet common challenges, including countering terrorism, securing our maritime domains, and working together to promote democratic, political and economic development around the world.’

He said US President Barack Obama during his recent visit to India had described relations with India as one of the ‘defining partnership of the 21st century’.

India on Tuesday sought to downplay WikiLeaks' release of secret US cables, terming them as “privileged internal correspondence”. India on Tuesday said it .

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