Toyota Rumion

Toyota Rumion CNG bookings temporarily halted due to large order backlogs
Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) has officially confirmed that it has temporarily halted accepting bookings for the CNG version of Rumion due to long impending backlogs. The rebadged Maruti Ertiga was unveiled by Toyota last month, while prices were officially announced earlier this month.

Toyota Rumion G AT launched at Rs 13 lakh
Toyota has added a new mid-spec automatic variant to the Rumion MPV’s line-up. The Rumion G was previously available only with a 5-speed manual gearbox, but now, buyers can opt for a 6-speed automatic transmission as well. The Rumion G AT is priced at Rs 13 lakh (ex-showroom), which makes it 1.40 lakh costlier than its manual counterpart. Bookings have commenced for an amount of Rs 11,000.

Toyota Kriloskar Motors halts bookings for Rumion CNG variant due to longer waiting period
The company said, “We launched the new Toyota Rumion in August this year and have received overwhelming response from our customers who have been waiting for a Toyota vehicle in the B-MPV segment. We are heartened to see the increasing inflow of enquiries and healthy bookings for it. The demand has surpassed our expectations, resulting in a long delivery time across variants, especially for the E-CNG option. This has necessitated us to temporarily halt bookings of the E-CNG option only to avoid customer inconvenience due to longer waiting periods. However, we continue to accept bookings for the PETROL (NeoDrive) variants of the new Rumion."

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The CNG version of Toyota's latest MPV has more demand than its standard version. The Maruti Ertiga-rival, launched in August this year at a starting price of ₹10.29 lakh (ex-showroom), is sold in petrol and CNG variants. The waiting period on the Rumion CNG could go up to 18 months, or one and a half years, depending on where the buyer has booked it. Due to high demand, Toyota had to temporarily halt bookings for the Rumion E-CNG variant in September. Rumion draws power from the 1.5-litre K-Series petrol engine paired with manual and automatic transmission options.

Toyota Rumion CNG bookings temporarily halted
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Toyota has announced that it has temporarily halted bookings for the CNG variants of the Rumion MPV, although the petrol versions continue to be available. The Rumion was launched in August this year and it is sourced from Toyota's alliance partner Maruti Suzuki.