Toyota Glanza Facelift at Rs 6.99 Lakh: Six Airbags Standard, Four CNG Variants

Toyota has refreshed the Glanza, and the entry price is ₹6.99 lakh ex-showroom. The range tops out at ₹10.98 lakh across 13 variants — nine petrol and four CNG. The facelift arrived in October 2026.

Two things have changed that matter more than the new face. Six airbags are now standard on every variant, and Level 2 ADAS appears on the higher trims. For a premium hatchback starting under ₹7 lakh, standard six airbags is a genuine shift.

Prices and what the range looks like

The CNG line-up is worth noting because Toyota offers it in both manual and automatic form. Factory-fitted CNG with an automatic gearbox is still rare, and for anyone running high monthly mileage in a city with a reliable CNG network, it removes the main objection to the fuel.

The engine stays as it was

The Glanza continues with the 1,197cc four-cylinder petrol: 81.8 bhp at 5,700 rpm and 112.4 Nm at 4,500 rpm. Manual and automatic are both offered.

Nobody buys this car for the power figure, and the economy numbers explain why. Toyota claims 23.8 kmpl for the petrol manual and 24.77 kmpl for the petrol automatic. On CNG the claims are 33.61 km/kg for the manual and 34.47 km/kg for the automatic.

The detail worth pausing on is that the automatic claims more than the manual, on both fuels. That is the opposite of the usual pattern and it reflects how this particular automatic is calibrated for economy rather than response. If you want a hatchback that feels eager, this is not it. If you want one that is cheap to run and will start every morning for a decade, Toyota has a reputation for exactly that.

Safety is where the real upgrade is

Six airbags as standard fitment across all 13 variants is the single most useful change here. Until recently, buyers at the ₹7 lakh end of this segment were choosing between a safe car and an affordable one. That trade-off has narrowed.

Level 2 ADAS on the higher trims brings adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping assistance into the price bracket. ADAS in Indian traffic is a mixed experience — lane-keeping systems struggle where lane markings are faded or ignored — but adaptive cruise on a highway run is genuinely useful, and having the hardware is better than not.

Which variant makes sense

At ₹6.99 lakh the base petrol manual is the advertised price and, as usual, the least interesting car in the range. The mid petrol trims are where most buyers will land.

The CNG question comes down to arithmetic rather than preference. At 33 to 34 km/kg claimed, the running cost is roughly half that of petrol depending on local CNG prices. If you cover more than about 1,200 km a month and live where filling CNG does not mean a forty-minute queue, the factory CNG variants pay for themselves. If you drive 400 km a month, they do not, and you also give up boot space to the cylinder.

If you are working out what a given variant costs monthly, our EMI calculator will take an on-road figure and a tenure and show the full repayment schedule.

Where it sits

The Glanza competes with the Maruti Suzuki Baleno it is closely related to, along with the Hyundai i20 and Tata Altroz. The Toyota badge and the warranty terms are the differentiators rather than the engineering, since the mechanical package is shared.

For buyers who have decided on this class of car, the deciding factors are usually service network reach and resale, not specification. Toyota does well on both counts, and the standard six airbags now remove one of the arguments against the car.

Summary

A sensible facelift. Standard six airbags across the range, ADAS on the upper trims, an economy-focused engine unchanged, and four factory CNG variants including automatics. Nothing here is exciting and the car is not trying to be.

Browse the full Toyota range in India for the current line-up. Prices quoted are ex-showroom and were current at the time of writing; confirm on-road pricing with your authorised Toyota dealer.