Toyota starts domestic production of Innova Crysta's engine

Toyota Industries Engine India (TIEI), a joint venture between Kirloskar Systems (KSL) and Toyota Industries Corporation - Japan (TICO), has inaugurated a new engine manufacturing plant in Karnataka. This new plant is located in the Jigani Industrial area of Bengaluru, and is spread over an area of 22 acres. Toyota claims to have made an investment worth Rs. 1,100 crore on the new manufacturing facility.

With a production capacity of 108,000 engines per year, the new manufacturing facility is Toyota's first Global Diesel Engine Plant in India, and third across the globe. The manufacturer's other two diesel engine plants are located in Japan and Thailand.

The Bengaluru-based Toyota plant will produce 2.4-litre 2GD-FTV and 2.8-litre 1GD-FTV diesel engines that will power the Innova Crysta MPV, and the upcoming next-gen Fortuner. The GD series engines on the new-gen Innova and Fortuner have replaced the KD series of engines that powered the earlier-generation models. While the KD engines were imported from Thailand, the new GD series engines will now be produced in India, thus reducing the manufacturing costs of the Toyota Innova Crysta and the next-gen Fortuner.

Source: ET Auto