Toyota has launched the Taisor compact SUV in India at a starting price of Rs 7.74 lakh, going up to Rs 13.04 lakh for the top-end trim. Essentially a rebadged version of the Maruti Suzuki Fronx, the Toyota Taisor features some cosmetic changes over the donor car.
- Urban Cruiser Taisor is the smallest Toyota SUV in India
- Slightly pricier than Maruti Fronx
- Available with 1.2-litre petrol, 1.0-litre turbo-petrol and CNG powertrains
Here's a detailed look at the prices of the Toyota Urban Cruiser Taisor in India:
| Toyota Urban Cruiser Taisor price (ex-showroom) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variant | 1.2 petrol MT | 1.2 petrol AMT | 1.0 turbo MT | 1.0 turbo AT | 1.2 petrol-CNG |
| E | Rs 7.74 lakh | - | - | - | Rs 8.72 lakh |
| S | Rs 8.60 lakh | Rs 9.13 lakh | - | - | - |
| S+ | Rs 9 lakh | Rs 9.53 lakh | - | - | - |
| G | - | - | Rs 10.56 lakh | Rs 11.96 lakh | - |
| V | - | - | Rs 11.48 lakh | Rs 12.88 lakh | - |
| V DT | - | - | Rs 11.64 lakh | Rs 13.04 lakh | - |
Toyota Urban Cruiser Taisor: exterior design
Being just a rebadge, the Urban Cruiser Taisor shares almost all its body panels with the Maruti Fronx, albeit with subtle differences like a redesigned front grille with a honeycomb pattern and slightly restyled front bumpers. The LED DRLs feature a new linear design as opposed to the three cubes seen on the Fronx. The tail-lights have also been tweaked, but just like the donor SUV, they're connected with a full-width light bar. The Taisor also gets a new design for the 16-inch diamond-cut alloy wheels.
Colour options include Cafe White, Enticing Silver, Sportin Red, Lucent Orange and Gaming Grey. The former three can also be had with a blacked-out roof.
Toyota Urban Cruiser Taisor: interior and features
On the inside, the Urban Cruiser Taisor gets a dual-tone brown and black upholstery, and gets features like a 9-inch touchscreen infotainment with wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, 360-degree camera, a heads up display, wireless charger, smartwatch connectivity and so on.
Safety is taken care of by six airbags, electronic stability program (ESP), hill-hold assist, ABS with EBD and ISOFIX child seat anchorages.
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Toyota Urban Cruiser Taisor: powertrains
Powering the Toyota Urban Cruiser Taisor are the same 1.2-litre, four-cylinder naturally aspirated petrol and 1.0-litre, three-cylinder turbo-petrol engines. The former makes 90hp and 113Nm, and can be had with either a 5-speed manual transmission or an AMT. Meanwhile, the turbo-petrol engine (100hp/148Nm) is available with a 5-speed manual and a 6-speed torque converter automatic. Toyota is also offering a CNG option with the NA engine.
Toyota Urban Cruiser Taisor: rivals
The Urban Cruiser Taisor is not only a direct rival to the Maruti Fronx, but also faces competition from a long list of compact SUVs including the Nissan Magnite, Renault Kiger, Tata Nexon, Kia Sonet, Hyundai Venue and the Mahindra XUV300. The Mahindra will also see a major update in the coming weeks.
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