I own the Etios sedan VX petrol for the last one year, driven 6000 km plus. The pickup is awesome, the mileage in the city is around 14 & highway is around 16 both cases with a/c.
I am a engineer myself & fully appreciate the marvelous work done by the Toyota engineers to develop the car from the concept level to a customers delight, it is a very well engineered car & it is visible in all departments of the sedan be it engine power, pickup, mileage, space management, safety features etc ie: abs with airbags for driver & front passenger. When I see the shabby reviews written by some, I invite those guys to tell me honestly from the bottom of their heart that is it such a lousy car that every thing seems to be bad, come on be a sport Toyota does not command the respect in the automobile industry & become the world leader without impressing its customers with its excellent quality product.
Today if someone says Roger Federer plays very poor tennis his fore hand is bad his back hand is bad, his service return is poor then it goes without saying that the person judging Roger Federer does not have any clue what the game of Tennis is all about.
Similarly you can appreciate a car only when you know about the technicalities of the automobile then you can comment on its pros & cons.
Toyota manufacturing systems are regarded as benchmark for the best engineering systems worldwide.
Automobile industry worldwide being fiercely competitive & Toyota being No.1 despite stiff challenge from the giants like GM, Ford, Vokswagen, Hyundai, Nissan etc. just speaks volumes of the No.1 player in the world. Point I am making here is that reviews have to be genuine & honest not just cut copy & paste without going in depth of the product & its nuisances.
Last but not the least it is the choice of the individual to choose a product but not by writing biased & unrealistic reviews. Believe me I am not a TKM sales person, this is a independent unbiased & realistic review by a individual.
Overall I would rate the Etios sedan a excellent family car & defenitely VFM buy.
I would like to invite genuine Etios owners in this forum & request them to give their reviews on the performance of the Etios sedan.