If you happen to see a new hatchback type of a vehicle at the next Toyota showroom you happen to come across, don’t be surprised. It is probably the Toyota Urban Cruiser, the new town-friendly crossover released as Toyota’s bet against the Nissan Qashai, Kia Soul and Suzuki X4.

The new Urban Cruisers are pick up from the RAV4, the previous 4×4 vehicle that Toyota has in the market. With the new Cruisers, it aims to provide an off-roader look with hatchback for city driving.

The Urban Cruiser offers impressively green motoring. Both its powerplants emit less than 130g/km of CO2 – the petrol assisted by a standard-fit stop/start system. It’s priced from £14,500 for the two-wheel drive 1.3-litre petrol version, or £16,400 for the 1.4 D-4D turbodiesel with four-wheel drive.

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Toyota is aiming to land another first with the announcement of their launch of a new dealer concept, ‘DIVA’ (Distinctive, Inviting, Value-added services, Advanced). The new concept ‘DIVA’ will set benchmarks in the automotive industry in India and will be implemented at all upcoming TKM dealerships across the country.

TKM’s new age dealerships will be more contemporary in looks, will cater to a more varied customer segment and will have increased functionality to handle larger customer volumes. They will also provide enhanced value-added services such as easier and quicker test drives and integrated value chain services all at one spot (exchange, registration, insurance and finance).

The new Galaxy Toyota showroom will be among the largest in the entire region. This ultra modern facility will provide services to customers in and around West Delhi and surrounding areas. The facility has an area of approximately 40000 sq ft.

This includes a showroom of around 10000 sq ft, featuring new car display area, café counter, etc. The back office is around 5000 sq ft, including a luxurious customer lounge. The showroom has 25000 sq ft approximately of parking area which includes a hi-tech customer delivery bay.

Toyota started with a network of 30 outlets in India in 2000 and plans to expand its dealer network to 150 by 2010. Toyota’s dealerships today cover not just the tier 1 Indian cities like Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai, but also tier 2 cities.

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