Toyota Kirloskar Motors have revealed that the official launch of the much awaited hatchback from the house of Toyota, The Etios Liva, is on schedule and will be launched on the 27th of June in Delhi.

With the launch of the Liva in the Indian Car Market, it will pave the way for the Japanese small car war in India. It is said that Toyota has already come out attractive sounding prices for the car, which will certainly get the ball rolling for the Toyota small cars in India.

The fierce and intense competition in the hatch back segment in India is getting better and better by the day and when the contenders are Toyota Liva, Honda Brio and Maruti Suzuki new Swift being pitted against each other for the hatch back glory expect fire works in motion.

The Toyota Etios Liva is powered by a 1.2 Litre MPFI petrol engine and is expected to pump out a peak power of 80 bhp, which again is quite powerful for a hatchback. Riding on the strongest feature of being light at only 890 kgs, the Liva is equipped with a 5 speed manual transmission that will not compromise on frugality and performance.

Well, for the interiors, the Liva certainly will be borrowing bits and pieces from its sibling Etios sedan and on the space front, the Liva is already a winner. And as far as the price is concerned, the Liva should carry a price tag of Rs 4 lakhs for the base variant which means other cars like Hyundai i10, Maruti Suzuki WagonR, Chevrolet Beat, Maruti Suzuki Zen Estilo must be scurrying for cover.