Japanese carmaker Toyota to sell Maruti's Ertiga and Ciaz in India

Toyota also wants to learn the art of selling small cars in India from Maruti and train its workers

Japanese carmakers Toyota and Suzuki have agreed to take concrete steps towards sharing more models, vehicle architecture and electric vehicle technology. As part of the agreement, Toyota will now sell the Ertiga and the Ciaz sedan of Maruti Suzuki in India. Suzuki, in turn, would get two new electric vehicles built on the Toyota platform: The RAV4 and Corolla Wagon for the European market.

The agreement also envisages that Maruti Suzuki’s popular compact SUV Vitara Brezza will be manufactured at Toyota India’s plant (outside Bengaluru) from 2022. This is expected to be the second generation Vitara Brezza and will be sold