The Toyota Etios is a subcompact car consisting a line of four-door sedan and five-door hatchback produced by the Japanese automaker Toyota for India, Brazil, Indonesia, South Africa and Argentina. The sedan version was launched in December 2010 and the hatchback version followed in June 2011. It is built on the EFC platform, which is derived from the NBC platform. The Etios has been updated three times, in March 2013, November 2014 and September 2016. No changes to the overall design were made, but there were changes to the interiors, front fascia and taillamps. In May 2012, the Etios series reached total sales of 100,000 units in India. It stopped production in March 2020 there as the Bharat Stage 6 went into effect in April. Since Toyota had no interest to upgrade the Etios to meet the updated emissions standards, it was replaced by the more upmarket XP150 series Yaris sedan and the OEM-suppliedGlanza hatchback as Toyota's subcompact car offering in the country. The "Etios" nameplate comes from the Greek word "Ethos", meaning spirit, character and ideas.
Etios Concept (2010)
The Etios Concept sedan with 1.5-litre petrol engine and Etios Concept hatchback with 1.2-litre petrol engine were unveiled in 10th Auto Expo automobile show in New Delhi. The actual commercial production started in December 2010.
The sedan and hatchback models sold in Brazil are built with a flexible-fuel engine optimized to run with ethanol blends from E20/E25 to neat hydrous ethanol. The Etios Hatch 1.5 Flex has a fuel economy with ethanol fuel of, Hatch 1.2 Flex fuel economy is and Etios Sedan 1.5 Flex is, all in combined cycle 70% city driving and 30% on the highway.
Etios Xclusive editions
The Etios Xclusive is a version of Etios G and Liva G respectively for Indian market, with dual-tone cream and beige coloured interiors, Bluetooth-equipped audio system, rear parking sensors, higher quality seat fabric, a chrome cap on the gear knob, an 'Xclusive' badge on the boot lid with a choice of 3 body colours. A new version of the Etios Xclusive was released in 2015 with a touchscreen infotainment system and a wood grain finish on the instrument panel. It is based on the VX and VXD variants and it comes in metallic white, silver and metallic blue.
Etios Cross
The Etios Cross is a crossover-inspired version based on the Liva. It was launched in 2014.
Motorsport
Toyota India started a one-make racing series in India called the Etios Motor Racing. The series started in 2012 and witnessed an overwhelming response from the Indian youngsters, there were 3300 applicants. After a 3-round selection procedure, Toyota held 2 rounds of exhibition races in 2012, one at a purpose built race track in Chennai called the Sriperumbudur race track and other in the form of ROC in Gurgaon. The 25 selected drivers competed in the main championship held in the later half of 2013. The cars are prepared by Red Rooster Performance based in Bangalore and designed by TRD. Toyota would likely to continue the series in 2014.
Safety
The Etios and Etios Liva come with an immobilizer and door ajar warning as standard across all trims with dual SRS airbags, ABS and EBD available only on the G+, V and VX trims. The Etios in Brazil has earned a 4-star safety rating from Latin NCAP.
