Toyota Aqua revealed

Toyota, at the Tokyo motor show launched a smaller version of its fairly popular Prius, the Aqua, it is a very smart looking hatch as you may all agree. It is extremely fuel efficient, fetching 35 kilometers per liter, the prius fetches an average of 32 kilometers per litre. This happens to be the highest offered efficiency by a car of its kind till now.

Toyota aims to launch more than 10 models of these kind of gasoline cars by the year 2015, and this would make a great move for the “Green Revolution”, if the response is good. Toyota Motor Corporation aims that the sale of the car in Japan would reach a monthly high of 12,000 units. The price of the model starts at $21600 which is 11,42,973 INR. The Aqua comes with a 1.5-liter Atkinson cycle four-cylinder engine and has an electric motor. Aqua has a length of 3.9 meters as compared to 4.48 meters Prius and costs around 22% less than the leading model till date-Prius. Apart from this, the model has comfortable interiors, an elegant design. Aqua has an Exhaust-Gas Recirculation (EGR) system to cool down the engine and thus improve the efficiency. it is also equipped with a a battery powered power pump. The battery is made up  of nickel metal hydride.

 It is available in four colors – Earth Brown, Fresh Green, Cool Blue and Natural Gray.