Toyota Kirloskar Motor registers 84% growth in sales

PRLog (Press Release) - Sep. 1, 2011 - New Delhi, Sept 1st, 2011: Toyota Kirloskar Motor registered sales of 11693 units in Aug 2011 as compared to 6361 units in Aug 2010. The company sales grew by 84 % when compared to the corresponding period last year.
Mr. Sandeep Singh, Deputy Managing Director, Marketing, TKM said, “We have registered a growth of 84% in Aug sales. The growth is primarily led by our flagship model  Innova and our latest offering Etios and Etios Liva. Last month we sold 2710 and 2824 units of  Etios and Etios Liva respectively. We thank our customers for their encouraging response to the Etios and Etios Liva. We are now looking forward to the festival season. Toyota wishes all its customers a happy festive season.”  
The Innova recorded sales of 4305 units.The Corolla Altis and Fortuner recorded a sales of 913 units and 897 units respectively.

Overview of TKM
Company name   Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited
Managing Director   Hiroshi Nakagawa
Established   October 1997 (start of production: December 1999)
Location   Suburb of Bangalore, Karnataka State
Products   Corolla Altis, Innova and Fortuner manufactured in India.
Camry, Prado, Land Cruiser and Prius imported as CBUs.
Annual production capacity   Approx. 80,000 units
Equity participation   TMC: 89%, Kirloskar group: 11%
Number of employees   Approx. 5,000  
Land area   Aprox. 432 acres (approx.1,700,000 m2)
Building area   74,000 m2

Overview of TKM 2nd Plant

Location   On the site of Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited (on the outskirts of Bangalore, Karnataka State)
Products   Etios (on sale since December 2010) &
Etios Liva (on sale starting 27th June 2011)
Start of production   December 2010
Annual production capacity   80,000 units

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