Fortuner goes hybrid, hydrogen talks go high-tech, and Toyota’s sales keep rolling — with customer-centricity riding shotgun.
Bangalore: Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) has kept the throttle steady as it reports a 5% year-on-year sales increase for June 2025, with first-half sales of the calendar year registering a healthy 16% growth over the same period last year. While others might be stalling in the fast lane, Toyota’s got cruise control locked — and it’s set to hybrid.
In the words of Varinder Wadhwa, Vice President, Sales-Service-Used Car Business at TKM,
“TKM sales in the month of June 2025 was 5% higher than that of June 2024. We continue to strongly engage with our customers through after sales service support offerings and value-added offerings that are aimed at enriching their ownership experience at every step. As we move through the rest of the year, we will remain agile and focused on what our customers want and continue to serve the market effectively.”
New Product Milestone:
June saw the mighty Fortuner and the suave Legender drive into the future — or at least part-electrified — with the launch of their ‘Neo Drive’ avatars. The dynamic duo now sports an advanced 48‑Volt system, giving fuel efficiency a lift, smoothing out performance, and adding comfort worthy of a first-class cabin. As expected, the response has been more enthusiastic than a Fortuner owner at a monsoon off-roading meet.
Green Hydrogen Goals:
But the big spark came not just from volts, but from vision. TKM signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ohmium International, a top-tier name in Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) hydrogen tech. Together, they’ll explore Green Hydrogen-powered microgrid solutions — aimed at everything from powering distant datacentres to energy-starved remote regions where even Wi-Fi fears the terrain.
With one foot in rugged reliability and the other in future-forward sustainability, TKM is clearly driving a twin-track strategy — part torque, part tech.
June Summary:
✔️ 5% sales increase YoY (June 2025 vs. June 2024)
✔️ 16% growth in H1 2025 vs. H1 2024
✔️ Launch of Fortuner & Legender Neo Drive (48V tech)
✔️ MoU with Ohmium International for Green Hydrogen microgrids
As Toyota Kirloskar Motor looks to the rest of 2025, the message is loud and clear: Stay grounded in customer needs, aim high on innovation — and if the fuel of the future is hydrogen, they’re already prepping the engine.
Month on Month: [June 2025 VS June 2024]
June 2025 June 2024 % Change 28,869 units 27,474 units 5%
- This includes 26,453 units sold in the domestic market and 2,416 units exported.
H1 2025: [Jan-June 2025 VS Jan-June 2024]
Jan – June 2025 Jan – June 2024 % Change 174,885 units 150,250 units 16%
