As Toyota is getting ready for its big launch of the Etios car series that is the hatch back and sedan version, they are also exploring the possibility of setting up a research and development facility and engine plant in India.

Managing Director of Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) Hiroshi Nakagawa said Toyota currently undertakes R&D in Japan and Thailand, among other places. He said one of the options being considered now is to set up a R&D facility in India. The proposal is at the discussion stage and it is his “wish and hope” that it would be established in future. More >