Wasn’t sure about the refreshed Baleno that landed a few weeks ago? Well, you can have the same recipe in a slightly different form. Courtesy – the new Toyota Glanza. It has the same essential ingredients as the donor car – the Baleno facelift – but boasts a more handsome design, especially at the front end. And even more importantly, Glanza’s variants list is now more extensive to serve a broader audience. Here’s the complete price list:

Compared to the Baleno’s, variants of the refreshed Glanza cost more. Thankfully, Toyota has put extra effort to make the Glanza look different from the Baleno. And that is the most prominent at the front. The grille and the front bumper are different, making the Glanza more pleasing to the eye. Even the headlamps have a different profile. And on the side, you find 16-inch alloys that aren’t a copy-paste from the Baleno.

However, the rest of the package is the same as the donor car, barring the interior black-and-beige theme. The restyled dashboard houses a 9.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system, which sits above the central AC vents. The multi-function, flat-bottomed steering wheel is taken as-is from the Baleno as well, and so is the instrument cluster. Other new features include a 360-degree camera, a head-up display, rear AC vents, connected-car tech and up to six airbags.

The new Glanza gets the new 1.2-litre, 4-cylinder petrol engine that produces 89bhp/113Nm. It comes mated to a 5-speed manual transmission by default. However, there’s also an option for a 5-speed AMT. Like the Baleno, the Glanza loses mild-hybrid tech but packs idle stop-start systems for better fuel efficiency. And in case you didn’t realise, the Glanza becomes the first-ever Toyota in India to have an AMT in the portfolio.

As before, the Glanza continues to come with a 3-year/1,00,000km warranty. The Baleno, on the other hand, has a 2-year/75,000km cover. If you don’t like either of them, there are other options in the segment – the Honda Jazz, Hyundai i20 and the Tata Altroz.