One of the top three best selling Toyota cars in India — Toyota Glanza — is actually a Maruti Suzuki (No prizes for guessing the original car). Here are the top 3 Toyota Glanza pros and cons that you might want to consider before buying a new car in India.
Here are the top 3 pros of the Toyota Glanza hatchback.
Being a Maruti Baleno at heart, the Glanza boasts of some good claimed fuel economy numbers — 22.35kmpl for the petrol manual variants, 22.94kmpl for the petrol AMT variants, and 30.61kmpkg for the Toyota Glanza CNG variants.
One of the significant benefits that come with the Toyota badge are its after sales services. Toyota India is known to provide its customers a smooth ownership experience and quick service turnaround times. Toyota Glanza owners get to enjoy this over Maruti Baleno owners.
The Glanza offers a great overall package, with a respectable-sized boot, spacious and comfortable seats, and lots of features such as a head-up display, 360-degree cameras, six airbags, cruise control, Arkamys-tuned sound system, and more.
Here are the top 3 cons of the Toyota Glanza hatchback.
The Maruti Baleno-Toyota Glanza duo aren’t perceived as safe cars by most consumers, mostly due to their sheet metal quality and poor crash test ratings. While Maruti has been seen working to make things better, case in point being the new Dzire, safety of cars such as the Baleno remain questionable.
There’s only one engine option available on the Glanza, which is a 1.2-litre naturally-aspirated petrol engine that comes paired to a 5-speed manual and a 5-speed AMT. There are no turbo-petrol or diesel options available, although there is a factory-fitted CNG kit on offer.
There’s no proper automatic transmission option on the Baleno, and the Automated Manual Transmission on offer isn’t the best either, despite Maruti Suzuki being known to make good AMTs, such as the one on the new Maruti Swift.