Etios A Basic Car

Exterior good.

 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Interior is not good. space is good. Body is very weak.

I have purchased Toyota Etios G variant with Petrol engine, on 23^rd March last Friday two days back at Ahmedabad. I am shocked on thoroughly inspection after taking delivery.

This is a basic Toyota vehicle.  There is not a single basic feature at all. The dash board is totally blank. There is no temperature indicator or a clock even. During test drive I could not notice this. My attention was only on the pickup and performance of the engine. I didn’t even imagine that there will be no temperature indicator or oil level indicator on the dash board. There is no stupid electronics clock.  How much it would have been cost to Toyota to install these features.  I know it can cost 100 or 200 bucks to install an electronics clock. And the temperature indicator may not cost much to them as they are buying all these gadgets in large quantity.  These small electronics gadgets cost nothing when you are considering a car. When we are spending more than six hundred thousand rupees, we don’t mind to spend few hundred rupees more for these small but important gadgets. And you could have given it without charging a single buck extra in this price. I was aware that there is no music system or ABS in this G model, but I can’t imagine that there is no temperature Indicator or oil level indicator. This is not a special feature; it is a basic requirement of a car.  And this should be even with the basic model, and G is one step ahead than the basic model.

 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox good.

I can get installed the music system outside or avoid it, but I don’t know how can I install the temperature indicator or oil indicator. When we buy a house we don’t ask the builder that, is there a toilet in the house or not?  Even an ordinary car has this indicator. Without temperature indicator, you are unable to notice the condition of your engine. With this indicator, you can know that your engine is at a normal temperature or at medium temperature or it is at high temperature, so it will indicate that there is not enough coolant or engine oil. These will help you to top up engine oil or coolant and it will save your engine.

In this car you will notice only after your engine is extremely over heated and steam coming out of it, and then you will find the warning indicator. And that would be too late to stop damaging to your engine. There must be continuing indication for this purpose.

 

Ride Quality & Handling

 good.

Final Words

  Toyota has under estimated Indian customer. I am asking open question to Toyota management that do you consider Indian customers as a stupid customer that they will buy a stupid vehicle without a single basic feature.  We are buying your vehicles not your engine only. There are good engine in Maruti, Hunai, and Honda car. Even Tata is coming with best Fiat engine. We are buying Toyota car for something more.

People have bought your vehicle in hurry because of March ending and budget fear over looking this small basic requirement. In US you were forced to call back millions of your vehicles.  I will unite the entire Toyota Etios customer to get our rights to get the basic requirement in a car costing more than six lacs rupees. I invite all customers to unite and fight for our basic need in a car. I appreciate Carwale website to provide most helpful information to the Indian customers. And this is the best platform for Indian people to express their views.

P.M.Patel

Areas of improvement  We don't want a great but a basic interior and a basic requirements in a car of this value.

 

 

Good stearing movement and turning radius.Bad interiors and lack of basic requirements.