I am really surprised to hear complains about cheap interiors and this and that from Etios/Liva owners. I just want to ask all of them that were you forced to buy this car by any means. It's your decision and you must have taken it after examining the so called cheap interiors, missing gaskets and all so why blame it to the car or even to Toyota. If you would have found the product so bad then you should have moved to a different car in the first place.
@Raja, buddy, Etios/Liva is a strong product and would not be ignored by any means. A testimony to this is the increasing number of Etios in cab segment. Moreover, if we call Etios crap then Dzire would even do down further. but it sells despite all the niggles, rattles that come free with all Marutis.
I just want to stress on one point is that, you have the choice to evaluate the product prior to purchase, at-least on the parameters that we can touch, feel and see. So, if after evaluation we go for a product then at least we shall not complain about such things.
Plus, I can very much vouch for the capabilities of Etios in performance, ride quality, and driveability. It's is very good if not best. All cars have pros and cons and adaptability lies in living with them making the best out of your drive.
freakdude.
Freak dude you are right in what you said completely hence my answer was just ignore the etios twins guess what happens then ? Car maker is forced to make some changes which the market wants .
Liva is product from Toyota and brio is a product from Honda if you compare the features inside iam not talking about look because it's highly subjective . Features , comfort and the feel good factor is not there in the liva or etios and again this products are not cheap to buy by market standards .
Reliability if we consider sumo gold is very high on the list and bolero too but they are often used by taxi market , etios is used in taxi market for a simple reason because it has big boot , good space and the taxi market cares a hoot for how the feel good factor is in the car .
In this case I give a huge round of applause to tata and mahindra that they gave manza and the refreshed verito .
The point is Toyota the way they are introducing their products gives a feeling that they are taking Indians granted and selling their so called reliability card a way too much .
I would have not complained a bit if instead of etios twins Toyota would have introduced the yaris twins because it actually is a right product to compete with dezire, manza , verito , brio, swift , micRa and pulse .
There is no doubt that Toyota makes reliable engines but then reliable engine is just 1 part of equation in buying a car and it's unfortunate to say that in rest all parameters the etios twins fail by a huge margin and since are not chart busters and as you said its hit in taxi segment because that's what it deserves .