Toyota's formula for success (and when they got it wrong) | Deep Drive Podcast Ep.30 | Autocar India

Опубликовано 19 октября 2024, 5:30

Toyotas have a reputation to go on and on. What makes this bulletproof reliability possible and what makes the Japanese carmaker tick in India is the subject of this episode of the Autocar Deep Drive Podcast powered by Kotak Mahindra Prime. Hormazd Sorabjee - Editor, Autocar India - and Ketan Thakkar - Editor, Autocar Professional - share their insights.

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Graphics: Rohit Kesarkar, Yuvraj Dhurmekar

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Chapters -
0:00 - Introduction
1:30 - Toyota's record run
4:18 - India entry
6:00 - Qualis: First Toyota for India
10:11 - Innova: A born success
13:12 - Price no bar
14:44 - Getting body on frame right
16:00 - Toyota quality
22:30 - Alliance with Suzuki
27:55 - When Toyota got it wrong
35:48 - Toyota's future models
39:24 - Multi fuel future
42:47 - End of diesels?
45:50 - Discounting
48:30 - Keeping body on frame models

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