What is Toyota's India game plan? | Deep Drive Podcast Ep. 106 | Autocar India

Published on 4 Apr 2026, 5:30

Toyota has quietly worked its way up the sales charts over the past few years, helped largely by Maruti Suzuki-sourced models. However, there's a lot more in the pipeline from Toyota. On this episode of the Autocar Deep Drive Podcast powered by Kotak Mahindra Prime, Hormazd Sorabjee - Editor, Autocar India - and Ketan Thakkar - Editor, Autocar Professional - discuss the products and strategy that will drive Toyota's future growth in India.

Views expressed in this podcast belong solely to the speakers.

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Archives: Shrey Vaid, Ganesh Jadhav, Lincon Rodrigues

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Chapters -
0:00 - Introduction
1:20 - Building capacity
2:35 - New C-SUV
3:00 - Innova Crysta going, new Hycross coming
8:50 - Management
9:30 - Toyota Ebella and EVs
11:30 - Partnership with Suzuki
15:40 - New 900D platform
18:23 - New-gen Fortuner
19:00 - Importance of India and future investments
23:00 - Plug-in hybrids
23:35 - Flex fuel models

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