Surat New Delhi Vicariously experiencing our founding together with the team. hydrogen fuel cell buses have One of the Main Principles of potential. There is severe air the spirit that underpins founder Sakichi Toyoda is ‘Always pollution in urban areas. Hydrogen Toyota’s founding. be faithful to your duties, thereby costs a lot, but can be a self-sufficient contributing to the company and the form of energy and does not emit The team was headed for overall good.’ While I don’ t want to exhaust gas. Including raising Ahmedabad, the largest city in Gujarat exaggerate and say I’ m ‘contributing awareness for the environment, fuel State. Kyosuke Yagura of the Product to the overall good,’ I think every day cell buses have great significance in Audit Department, CV Vehicle about what I can do for the team and the world.” India is in a vortex of Evaluation and Engineering Division, other people related to it. And I’ m change. Tanaka discovered the frequently traded opinions about the not the only one. I think everyone potential for fuel cell buses within this seat comfort and suspension of the who’s participating thinks about this change. Toyota Glanza. “I’ m interested in how and makes it their goal.” cars react to the roads in India. The The team reached Udaipur in India’ s Glanza has good acceleration and northwestern Gujarat State. Yasuo doesn’t make you feel scared on Tanaka of the Advanced Vehicle highways either. It drives straight Engineering Development Division, who and absorbs the body rolls from works on commercial vehicle lane changes. I think it’ s a good development, says he was interested car.” Yagura believes that the 5 in the buses he saw driving in bus-only Continents Drive Project will lead to lanes in cities. “India has an developing cars that offer reassurance. electricity shortage, so getting “It feels like I am getting to electric vehicles widely used here experience the spirit that underpins may be difficult, but I think Sora 02 Even in small Indian villages pick the latter. But front-wheel drive development of the next-generation vehicles offer solid performance and model, says he was startled many people don’ t need to insist on times by people and animals suddenly The team drove in the mountains on four-wheel drive. I now know that appearing while he was behind the the road from Udaipur to Ajmer. front-wheel drive vehicles perform wheel driving on Indian roads. “You sit Sometimes the team saw signs for fine on Indian roads.” While Awata high up in the car so you have a Maruti Suzuki in small villages they and Koizumi battled the poor road good field of vision, but the A pillar passed through. Suzuki enjoys conditions, they experienced some of is angled and that impedes visibility overwhelming public support here. India’ s immeasurable might and came a little, so I want to improve its field Two people from Suzuki are also to admire its market even more. of vision.” The Innova is categorized participating in the Drive Project, and as a somewhat large car in India’ s Toyota and Suzuki cars also make up market, where compact cars are the cars used in the Drive Project. The People who know the favored. “In addition to visibility, it Vitara Brezza and the Glanza (OEM to true nature would also be good if we could Toyota) from Maruti Suzuki are being improve its turning radius,” he says driven in India. Tomoo Awata from the The new-model Innova minivan of his hopes for the Innova in the Automobile Engine Design Department produced at TKM’ s Bangalore plant is Indian market. “This experience of comments, “While many of India’ s one Toyota model popular with Indians. driving together with TKM and TDEM roads are in poor condition, the Tatsuya Ayukawa of the CV Body members has really shown me the condition of highways is the same Design Division, which is working on importance of getting local as Japan. In short, India’ s road conditions and climate see drastic change, and I feel like people here demand even greater reliability than in Japan.” It was his sixth visit to India, but the first time Shunsuke Koizumi of the Automobile Product and Cost Planning Department drove here. “Driving on bad roads, it’ s easy to see why compact SUVs sell well in India. If there’ s a sedan and an SUV in the same price range, people will feedback. They know the true nature morning before the drive, we would of the consumers. We in Japan must tell each other ‘Let’ s do our best!’ I Pakistan New Delhi listen to their opinions more. We want to keep telling myself this after 9.27 Nepal 9.26 have to create a system that the Drive Project too.” Ito is currently Ajmer Gurgaon Bhutan 9.25 facilitates collecting local feedback engaged in car body design. “Cars and incorporating it into making carry your life in their hands. 9.24 Udaipur Bangladesh cars.” Experiencing the Drive Project in 9.23 Ahmedabad It’ s the team’ s last day in India. India reaffirmed for me the 9.23 Surat India After a visit to a Maruti Suzuki plant, importance of ensuring safety the team arrived at Galaxy Toyota during a collision. Just because Moti Nagar, a dealership in New Delhi. there are laws doesn’ t mean that we Toshiaki Ito of the Body Design only have to follow those laws, we Division had a look of relief on his must do more. Now that I have face. “My teammates and I came witnessed first-hand the value of from many different workplaces but life, I want to aim for even higher became one team sharing the levels of safety.” Starting tomorrow, experience of the Drive Project.” the team will move to Myanmar to What impact will the Drive Project drive the cars. have on Ito’s work and life in the future? “I think it will undoubtedly change my work. I’ ve never driven Distance: 2,889km this much in the market. It drove Duration: September 23-27, 2019 home for me again the basic fact that cars are something you get in Days: 5 days and drive,” he says quietly. Ito seems Vehicles: Innova Crysta, Fortuner, to be somewhat shocked after Camry HV, Innova Touring Sport, glimpsing the harsh living conditions Glanza, Yaris, Land Cruiser 200, Indians face. “I had heard that the Suzuki Vitara Brezza, gap between rich and poor was Corolla Altis extreme, but now I have seen this gap for myself. I have to do what I can to the best of my ability. Every .