New Toyota Rumion Launched In South Africa, Prices Start From Rp.296,900 (Rs.13.64 Lakh)-
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. and Toyota Kirloskar Motor ke joint venture ke under kaafi saari cars dono hee brands ki abb rebadge hoke Indian market mein sell kari jaa rahi hain. Maruti Baleno – Toyota Glanza, Toyota Urban Cruiser Hyryder – Maruti Grand Vitara, Maruti Brezza – Toyota Urban Cruiser and Toyota Innova Hycross – Maruti Invicto hain kuch products of this joint venture between two Indo-Japanese car making giants.
Abb its time for the Ertiga to be rebadged and aaj South African market mein rebadged Maruti Ertiga ko launch kardiya gaya hain as Toyota Rumion. All these rebadged products are being made in India and exported to South Africa. Toh Toyota Rumion ka launch in South Africa means that chances are high that yeh gaadi Indian market mein bhi laayi jaa sakti hain. In fact we have done an article on the possibility of Toyota Rumion coming to India, read it here: Toyota Rumion India Launch.
New Toyota Rumion Launched In South Africa, Rebadged Maruti Ertiga: Complete Details-
Starting from the exterior design and styling cues, front fascia recently hee update kiya gaya tha Toyota Rumion ka and looks like they tried to give it a look of a mini Innova. It gets a large front grille with Toyota logo, wide air intake on the bumper with chrome lining, sculpted bumper with fog lamp housing and other Maruti Ertiga borrowed elements like the same headlamps with halogen projector headlamps, character lines on the bonnet etc.
Side profile mein again it is the same silhouette which the Toyota Rumion gets, alloy wheels on offer looks quite stylish but unfortunately they seem to be optional features and doesn’t come standard with even the top end spec. On the side profile it gets LED turn indicators on the ORVMs, character line on the door panels, chrome outside door handles etc. Coming on to the rear profile, everything has been kept unchanged other than the Toyota logo. It gets the same Maruti Ertiga style LED tail lamps, chrome on the tail gate above the number plate housing, reflectors on the rear bumper, rear wiper and washer etc.
Talking about the specifications, Toyota Rumion is powered by the same 1.5-litre K15B petrol engine jo produce karta hain 104 PS ki max. power at 6000 rpm and 138 Nm ka max.torque at 4400 rpm mated to 5-speed manual and four speed automatic torque convertor gearbox. Iss engine ke saath Maruti Suzuki jo hybrid technology deti hain exactly similar way mein Toyota Rumion mein bhi Hybrid start/stop technology provide kari gayi hain.
Interior and features on offer ki baat kare toh, Toyota Rumion mein bhi Maruti Suzuki ka smart touchscreen infotainment system milta hain under Toyota’s brand name. Baaki features are as usual like steering mounted controls, automatic climate control, flat bottom steering wheel etc. One major difference or the only different we can say is the dashboard colour scheme, Ertiga gets dual tone interior whereas the Toyota Rumion gets an all Black interior with a darker shade of wooden finish on the central part of the dashboard.
In South Africa, Toyota Rumion is offered in three specs, 1.5 S manual, 1.5 SX manual and 1.5 SX automatic. Pricing ki agar baat kare toh Toyota Rumion line up ki pricing hain kuch iss prakar:
Rumion 1.5 S Manual: R296,900 (*Rs.13.64 lakh)
Rumion 1.5 SX Manual: R331,600 (*Rs.15.22 lakh)
Rumion 1.5 SX Automatic: R351,700 (*Rs.16.15 lakh)
*All Indian converted prices are approx. and according to the conversion rate at the day of publishing of this article.
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