Toyota celebrates the first anniversary of its inaugural hatchback, Etios Liva with a limited edition sport model dubbed the ‘Liva TRD Sportivo’ here in India. Designed by the Toyota Racing Team (TRD), Japan the Liva Sportivo will be available in both, petrol and diesel variant and will be priced at INR 5, 23,691(petrol) to INR 6, 32,281(diesel) (Ex showroom Delhi) respectively.

Speaking on the occasion of the launch Mr. Hiroshi Nakagawa, Managing Director, TKM, said “We are glad to introduce Liva TRD Sportivo Limited Edition, on the occasion of the first anniversary of Etios Liva.  Etios and Etios Liva have been doing well and our vision, to see growing number of Toyota happy customers and Toyota families, is beginning to materialize. We will soon begin the domestic production of engine and transmission in the third quarter of 2012 and early 2013 respectively, at our facility in Toyota Kirloskar Auto Parts. We also exported the first batch of Etios series to South Africa in April this year. We thank our customers for their appreciation of Etios and Etios Liva and look forward to their feedback to continuously improve upon the product.”

The Liva TRD Limited Edition sports a list of new features, which include the TRD Designed Sporty Package, specially designed 15” Smoked Alloy Wheels, Roof Ornament and Body Side Graphics, Limited Edition Branding - The Limited edition, is branded as “TRD Sportivo”. A high quality Chrome badge on the boot lid symbolizes Toyota Racing Development’s sporty appeal, New Seat Fabric with “TRD Sportivo” logo and Silver Shift Knob.

Only 1200 exclusive units of the Limited Edition vehicle will be sold till the month of Oct 2012.