Best-selling Toyota cars in India - Identity crisis

Out of Toyota’s five top selling cars in India over the past six months, two are built-Toyotas, two are badge-engineered Maruti Suzukis, and two have been jointly developed by the two OEMs. Doesn’t add up? We’ll elaborate this further ahead in the article. Here’s a list of the best selling Toyota cars in India over the past 6 months. 

Best selling Toyota cars in India over the last 6 months

Please note that the sales numbers stated above reflect the number of units dispatched to dealers and they might vary from the actual number of units sold by dealerships.

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Toyota Innova

The Innova was Toyota’s most-selling brand over the past six months, selling a total of 54,056 cars. To clear the confusion, this includes the sale of both Toyota Innova Crysta and Toyota Innova Hycross. The Crysta has been developed solely by Toyota, while the Hycross is a result of joint development by Toyota and Maruti Suzuki.

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Toyota Urban Cruiser Hyryder

Just like the Toyota Innova Hycross, the Toyota Urban Cruiser Hyryder has been jointly developed by Toyota and Maruti Suzuki. Toyota sold 34,414 units of the Hyryder over the last six months, averaging close to 5,750 units monthly. For reference, its sister car, the Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara, garnered 60,009 units of sales over the same period.

Toyota Glanza

Toyota Glanza, Toyota’s rebadged version of the hot-selling Maruti Suzuki Baleno, gathered 24,275 units of sales for the Japanese carmaker. During the same period, MSIL sold a staggering 77,573 Balenos, which is more than three times of what Toyota did! 

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Toyota Urban Cruiser Taisor

Toyota Taisor, a.k.a. Toyota Urban Cruiser Taisor, a.k.a. rebadged Maruti Suzuki Fronx, garnered 17,471 units of sales, beating the Toyota Fortuner to the fourth spot on this list. This translates to an average of around 2,900 units a month. The Fronx gathered sales of 79,239 units during the same period. 

Toyota Fortuner

There’s no way around a Toyota Fortuner. Claiming the fifth spot on the list of top selling Toyota cars in India, the Fortuner gathered 15,946 units of sales for the company. This is despite the popular Toyota SUV being outrageously priced. The Fortuner starts at Rs 33.43 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). But be careful, this might change the next time you visit this page.