Our new Toyota Corolla Altis

Murugan · 21st January 2010, 22:45

Our new Toyota Corolla Altis J variant.

A couple of exterior pics and the odo when it was delivered home by Lanson Toyota, Chennai.

deepakchiniwal · 21st January 2010, 22:49

Congrats Doc!, the car looks great in this color.
Wishing you a great ride.

rr_zen · 21st January 2010, 22:52

Murugan: Congrats on your buy ! The colour is pleasing indeed. By the way, how is it that your car was delivered without the registration plates ? Lanson insisted that they would give delivery only with the plates when my uncle bought his Innova there last year.

Can you share some feedback on the dealer experience and what you got for the price you paid? Thanks.

Murugan · 21st January 2010, 23:07

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Originally Posted by deepakchiniwal

Congrats Doc!, the car looks great in this color.
Wishing you a great ride.

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by rr_zen

Murugan: Congrats on your buy ! The colour is pleasing indeed. By the way, how is it that your car was delivered without the registration plates ? Lanson insisted that they would give delivery only with the plates when my uncle bought his Innova there last year.

Can you share some feedback on the dealer experience and what you got for the price you paid? Thanks.

Thanks! They could not register yesterday, the promised date of delivery, due to "RTO problem." It was registered today and delivered without the number plates (credit the connections!). The number plates are scheduled to be fixed tomorrow as the number was received very late today. The sales person says I can drive without the plates, but I will wait.

The dealer experience bowled me over (blame it on the connections again or is it their routine?!); very pleasant; almost Japanese courtesy levels!

anekho · 21st January 2010, 23:21

Murugan,

She looks fantastic in this colour. Congrats on your new 'bullet-proof' (reliability) ride! Please do post a full initial experience and some more pics of the interior.

cheers

ishotmydog · 22nd January 2010, 00:42

congratulations!

that is a great car and looks fantastic in that colour.

enjoy

bigron · 22nd January 2010, 01:06

congrats on your ride. great car great color.

recshenoy · 22nd January 2010, 17:23

Congratulation Murugan on your new car. looks very elegant!

could you please provide details like which all car you had short listed and why you chose Toyota!

Have happy n safe miles ahead!

Murugan · 22nd January 2010, 23:28

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Originally Posted by recshenoy

Congratulation Murugan on your new car. looks very elegant!

could you please provide details like which all car you had short listed and why you chose Toyota!

Have happy n safe miles ahead!

Thank you! To answer your question:

All sedans, MUVs, SUVs and crossovers (leaving out hatches, estates, convertibles etc) less than 15L INR qualified. The list was trimmed down to (listed in alphabetical order of the manufacturing company) Linea, Fusion, City AT, Verna AT, Scorpio AT, Gypsy, SX4, Cedia, Lancer, Laura TSI, (the yet to be launched) Yeti TSI MT/ AT, Safari, Corolla Altis and Innova (quite a varied bunch!).

The pre-finalists were Honda City AT, Hyundai Verna AT, Maruti SX4 AT, (the yet to be launched) Skoda Yeti TSI MT/ AT and Toyota Corolla Altis MT/ AT. The Hyundai Verna AT and the Toyota Corolla Altis MT/ AT went to the wire.

As to what happened to the pre-finalists (except the Yeti) – it’s on this thread:

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/sedans...-altis-mt.html

I shall explain later as to why the others were dropped.

The number plates were fixed on the car at our home by Lanson executives around 6 pm today. Went for the customary pujai with the family (pic below).

The preliminary drive today suggested that all except the reversing guide [installed by Lanson] worked well. Some of the sensors were not getting activated, the distance shown was almost constant and the speaker has been (without my clearance) installed on the left C pillar near where the rear passenger’s ear would be; quite a racket it creates. Obviously it needs to be replaced and repositioned. Will talk to Lanson in the morning.

Anand123 · 23rd January 2010, 00:52

Congrats on your new car buddy, and nice colour too. Did you manage to get any discounts?

Johnny_ · 23rd January 2010, 01:54

Nice colour. Looks very good on a big sized car like Altis. Congrats bro.

Murugan · 23rd January 2010, 09:28

Was informed by the Lanson Toyota exec to use only ordinary unleaded petrol as the engine is designed for it. He specifically said that all the premium/ higher octane/ additive containing petrol should not be used. Have to check the user manual on that. Any info from other Altis users?

triedeverything · 23rd January 2010, 09:39

Congratulations on your buy. Most manufacturers recommend the use of ordinary fuel. I wonder who buys the high premium fuels then

R2D2 · 23rd January 2010, 09:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Murugan

Was informed by the Lanson Toyota exec to use only ordinary unleaded petrol as the engine is designed for it. He specifically said that all the premium/ higher octane/ additive containing petrol should not be used. Have to check the user manual on that. Any info from other Altis users?

Congrats on your Altis.

The Altis manual says it requires 91 octane (RON) or higher. It will run fine with 97 octane (if you get it) though the benefits received versus the price of that fuel are highly questionable.

I was using Speed or IOC XTRA premium with no ill effects but recently shifted to standard petrol. So far so good. A bottle of STP or equivalent injector cleaner every few tankfuls should suffice.

Cheers!

_raVan_ · 23rd January 2010, 15:39

Congratulations on your buy

Since you were aiming for 15L category, why didnt u short list the G and the GL variant?

21st January 2010, 22:45	#1
Murugan BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 382 Thanked: 261 Times	Our new Toyota Corolla Altis Our new Toyota Corolla Altis J variant. A couple of exterior pics and the odo when it was delivered home by Lanson Toyota, Chennai. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Murugan : 21st January 2010 at 22:46.
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deepakchiniwal BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 353 Thanked: 28 Times	Congrats Doc!, the car looks great in this color. Wishing you a great ride.
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21st January 2010, 22:52	#3
rr_zen Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 1,810 Thanked: 423 Times View My Garage	Murugan: Congrats on your buy ! The colour is pleasing indeed. By the way, how is it that your car was delivered without the registration plates ? Lanson insisted that they would give delivery only with the plates when my uncle bought his Innova there last year. Can you share some feedback on the dealer experience and what you got for the price you paid? Thanks. Last edited by rr_zen : 21st January 2010 at 22:54.
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anekho Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: . Posts: 1,997 Thanked: 685 Times	Murugan, She looks fantastic in this colour. Congrats on your new 'bullet-proof' (reliability) ride! Please do post a full initial experience and some more pics of the interior. cheers
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ishotmydog BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pune Posts: 594 Thanked: 19 Times	congratulations! that is a great car and looks fantastic in that colour. enjoy
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bigron Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: NSEW Posts: 1,308 Thanked: 2,715 Times	congrats on your ride. great car great color.
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recshenoy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mangalore / Bangalore Posts: 1,129 Thanked: 256 Times	Congratulation Murugan on your new car. looks very elegant! could you please provide details like which all car you had short listed and why you chose Toyota! Have happy n safe miles ahead!
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23rd January 2010, 00:52	#10
Anand123 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: KL-01 Posts: 2,311 Thanked: 5,344 Times	Congrats on your new car buddy, and nice colour too. Did you manage to get any discounts?
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Johnny_ BHPian Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Surat/Mumbai Posts: 199 Thanked: Once	Nice colour. Looks very good on a big sized car like Altis. Congrats bro.
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23rd January 2010, 09:28	#12
Murugan BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 382 Thanked: 261 Times	Choice of Petrol Was informed by the Lanson Toyota exec to use only ordinary unleaded petrol as the engine is designed for it. He specifically said that all the premium/ higher octane/ additive containing petrol should not be used. Have to check the user manual on that. Any info from other Altis users?
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23rd January 2010, 09:39	#13
triedeverything BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 503 Thanked: 247 Times View My Garage	Congratulations on your buy. Most manufacturers recommend the use of ordinary fuel. I wonder who buys the high premium fuels then
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23rd January 2010, 15:39	#15
_raVan_ Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pune Posts: 1,073 Thanked: 660 Times	Congratulations on your buy Since you were aiming for 15L category, why didnt u short list the G and the GL variant?
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