evo India – July 2019

HE FIRST PRODUCT TO COME

out of the Toyota-Suzuki

alliance is the Toyota Glanza and

it has a lot of people wondering

on how different, or similar it is to the Maruti

Suzuki Baleno. Well, the differences aren’t too

many as the interiors and the exteriors remain

exactly the same. Even the alloys have been

carried over from the Baleno with the badging

and the grille, more chrome heavy on the

Glanza, acting as the sole differentiators.

While the Baleno is offered with both petrol

and diesel options, the Glanza only comes

with the K-series petrol powertrain. This is

the standard 1.2-litre VVT petrol engine that

makes 81.7bhp and 113Nm of torque. There’s

also a new BS-VI compliant version of this

engine – the 1.2-litre Dual Jet, Dual VVT motor,

mated to the mild-hybrid system. This one, on

offer only in the G manual trim of the Glanza,

is available in two trims (Delta and Zeta) in

the Baleno. The V manual and the G and V

CVT variants make do with the standard

powertrain sans the mild-hybrid system.

We drove the top-of-the-line V CVT variant,

and its performance remains very much the

same. The power delivery is linear, with the

mild throaty snarl from the petrol motor

spicing things up. The CVT is smooth when

you’re not pinning the throttle, but put your

foot down and the rubber band effect is

evident. The ride quality, though, is good with

the suspension setup biased towards comfort.

However, our test car, with only 250km on

the odo made plenty of unpleasant rattling

sounds in the interior.

The G and V trims of the Glanza can be

compared to the Zeta and Alpha variants

of the Baleno. And it’s here that Toyota

scores some points, as the Glanza in its G

manual variant with the mild-hybrid system

can be had with a sticker price of `7. 2 1

lakh, undercutting both the Delta and Zeta

smart hybrid versions of the Baleno by quite

a margin. The rest of the variants remain

similarly priced, with the top-of-the-line V

CVT variant costing `8.90 lakh. Finally, with

Toyota’s warranty of three years/1,00,000km

over Maruti Suzuki’s two years/40,000km, it

makes the Glanza the more compelling option

to go for. L

Suvrat Kothari (@suvratkothari)

Driven

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• Refined and free-revving engine, good list of features - Rubber band effect of the CVT, no diesel engine on offer evo rating (^) ;;;d2
  Engine
  1197cc, 4-cyl, petrol
  Power
  81.7bhp @ 6000rpm
  Torque
  113Nm @ 4200rpm
  0-100kmph
  NA
  Top speed
  NA
  Transmission
  CVT
  Price
  `8.90 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi)
  Specification
  60 http://www.evoIndia.com | July 2019
  Test location: Mumbai
  Photography: Sachin Khot
  Toyota Glanza
  The Glanza shares almost everything with the Baleno, but there are some
  subtle changes in the first product from the Toyota-Suzuki alliance