Innova Crysta gets mild styling tweaks; four variants and two seating options.
Toyota has re-introduced the popular Innova Crysta in the Indian market. The brand has begun accepting bookings for the 2023 Toyota Innova Crysta with the booking amount set at Rs 50,000. Prices for the updated Toyota Innova Crysta will be announced in the coming days. The new Innova Crysta will be continued to be sold alongside the recently launched Innova Hycross, as reported by us earlier.
- Innova Crysta will now be diesel only
- Gets four variants, two seating layouts
- No automatic gearbox on offer
2023 Toyota Innova Crysta: What’s new?
While the looks of the 2023 Innova Crysta remains largely unchanged, the image released by Toyota confirms a mild facelift for the Innova Crysta. In a bid to make the vehicle more SUV-like, Toyota has updated the front fascia that now comes with a slightly smaller and more prominent front grille, the bumper is also all new and is more upright. The fog lamp enclosures also are redesigned. The side profile and alloy wheel design remain the same.
2023 Toyota Innova Crysta: single powertrain on offer
While the outgoing Innova Crysta that was silently discontinued in late 2022 came with petrol as well as diesel engine options, the 2023 iteration will come as a diesel-only. The 2023 Innova Crysta will come with a 2.4-liter diesel engine mated to a five-speed manual gearbox. There will also be no automatic transmission on offer.
This will be the first time Toyota will sell two Innova models together. However, there are clear differences in powertrain with the new Innova Crysta being diesel only and the Innova Hycross that gets pure petrol and petrol hybrid powertrains
2023 Toyota Innova Crysta: features and safety
The Innova Crysta gets four variants starting from the entry-level G, GX, VX and the top-spec ZX. All variants barring the Innova Crysta ZX will be available with either seven or eight seat layouts. The top model Innova Crysta ZX will come as a seven-seater only.
The new 2023 Innova Crysta’s feature list also sees an update and the MPV comes with power driver’s seat adjust, multi-zone climate control, picnic tables for the second row, leather seats for higher variants in multiple shade options, ambient lighting and one touch tumble feature for the second row seats. Infotainment duties will be carried by an 8-inch touchscreen system with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.
As far as safety features go, the new 2023 Innova Crysta gets seven airbags, front and rear parking sensors, stability control and hill start assist. All Innova Crysta variants will now come with three-point seatbelts as standard for all passengers.