The Toyota Innova Hycross, which was launched on November 25, 2022, turns three years old today. With over 160,000 units sold till end-September 2025, this model has been a key growth accelerator for Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) which has witnessed strong growth in the Indian passenger vehicle market since the past couple of years and is set to scale a new high in FY2026.
Following record PV wholesales of 309,230 units in FY2025, TKM is continuing to see the same rich vein of growth in FY2026. Between April and October 2025, the company, which sells 12 models that straddle the MPV, SUV, hatchback, sedan and pickup segments, clocked wholesales of 206,195 vehicles, up 16% YoY. Of this, utility vehicles (173,472 units, up 18% YoY) account for an 84% share. Model-wise, the biggest contributor is the popular Innova MPV available as the Innova Crysta and the Innova Hycross.
In the first seven months of FY2026, combined sales of the two Innovas at 64,678 units are up 5% YoY (April-October 2024: 61,552 units). This total is 57% of the Innova’s sales of 107,204 units in FY2025, comprising 62,794 Hycross and 44,410 Crysta units.
The Innova MPV (64,678 units) remains the best-selling Toyota vehicle in India and in the current fiscal is ahead of the Hyryder midsize SUV (56,754 units), Glanza hatchback (31,405 units), Fortuner midsize SUV (19,662 units) or the Urban Cruiser Taisor compact SUV (19,092 units).
What has kept the Innova brand’s demand upbeat is the petrol-only Innova Hycross MPV launched in November 2022 to showcase Toyota’s strengths in hybrid vehicle technology. Powered by a 2.0-litre, 4-cylinder petrol engine combined with a fifth-generation self-charging strong hybrid electric system, the Hycross delivers impressive power output of 184hp and 188 Nm of torque. An alternative 2.0-litre petrol engine paired with a direct-shift CVT offers 173hp. Another calling card is its spacious premium interiors and plenty of features. Essentially, the Hycross offers everything buyers with large families want and there’s a new level of luxury too in this people-mover.
In comparison, the Innova Crysta’s 2.4-litre diesel engine produces 150hp and has an ARAI mileage statistic of 15.10kpl, which varies from 9kpl to 13kpl in the real world depending on weather, driving style and road conditions. The Innova Crysta, which is now a diesel-only model, remains a no-nonsense people-mover. TKM has trimmed the number of Crysta variants to five, cognisant of the consumer preference for the much more fuel-efficient Hycross.
Of the 53,589 Innova MPVs sold in the April-September 2025 period, the Hycross accounted for 33,553 units or 63% of total sales versus the Crysta’s 20,036 units and a 37% share.
TRADING PLACES: INNOVA HYCROSS AND CRYSTA
The Toyota Innova brand’s wholesales statistics reveal just how demand has shifted from the Crysta to the Hycross over the past 36 months. Launched in November 2022, the Hycross sold 11,351 units in the last five months of FY2023, accounting for 20% of total Innova wholesales. In FY2024, its first full fiscal of sales, the Hycross overtook the Crysta, selling 52,997 units to the Crysta’s 45,183 units – a difference of 7,814 units. In FY2025, the Hycross outsold the Crysta by 18,384 units – the 62,794 Hycross MPVs made for a 59% share of Innova sales versus the Crysta’s 41% (52,997 units) share.
Now, in the current fiscal’s first-half (April-September 2025), the Hycross has further increased its share of Innova sales. With 33,553 units of the total 53,589 Innovas sold in H1 FY226, the Hycross commands a 63% share versus the Crysta’s 37% share (20,036 units).
While the first 100,000 Hycross MPVs were sold in 24 months since launch, the next 50,000 units have taken nine months, with the 150,000 mark being surpassed in mid-August 2025. At the end of September 2025, total Hycross wholesales were 160,695 units.
What will give a boost to the Innova Hycross’ sales this year and beyond is the vehicle having aced the Bharat NCAP crash test in June with a top 5-star rating for both adult and child occupant protection. The rating applies to both petrol and petrol-hybrid variants, with the Innova Hycross being the first Toyota, the first MPV and the first hybrid vehicle to be tested by BNCAP.
The high-on-safety Hycross, which is equipped with six airbags across all grades, was launched with the Toyota Safety Sense driver assistance suite, which was a first for any Toyota model being sold in India three years ago. The Toyota Safety Sense package comes with advanced safety features designed to help protect drivers, passengers, and pedestrians on the road. They include Pre-Collision System, Lane Trace Assist, Dynamic Radar Cruise Control, Blind Spot Monitor and Automatic High Beam Built on the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) platform, the Innova Hycross is designed to ensure crash safety and structural rigidity and is also equipped with an array of active and passive safety features that make it one of the safest vehicles in the industry.
Innova Hycross’ USP is its hybrid system which enables it to operate in electric mode for about 60% of the time, ensuring better fuel efficiency in the real world.
ENHANCED FUEL EFFICIENCY WITH HYBRID-TECH-ENABLED INNOVA HYCROSS
Hybrid vehicle technology offers the flexibility and ease of use of a traditional IC engine car but with the benefits of electrification. The Hycross’ USP is its hybrid system, which enables the greener of the Innova twins to operate in electric mode for about 60% of the time, ensuring better fuel efficiency in the real world and reduced emissions.
Compared to the mild hybrid variant, the strong hybrid variant shines with its high fuel efficiency of 13.1kpl in the city and 16.1kpl on the highway. The Hycross offers everything buyers with large families want and there’s a new level of luxury too in this people-mover.
Despite the higher price-tag for the seven-variant Hycross range, which starts at Rs 22.18 lakh for the G 7-seater through to Rs 35.45 lakh including the strong hybrids (Rs 29.78 lakh to Rs 35.45 lakh, on-road Delhi), compared to the older sibling Crysta’s Rs 24.26 lakh to Rs 31.40 lakh, on-road Delhi), the Hycross has now become the firm favourite of the Innova customer.
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