Archive for the ‘Reviews/Previews’ Category

Automotive experts battle for best mileage

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 243 Views

Those who drive Hyundai Verna please stand up. Thank you. Ever wondered about the maximum fuel efficiency that your car can return? Well, even we, the automotive journalists, during our road tests give more of ‘real-world’ mileage figures but it makes for a good sense to see what’s the best ...

Skoda Fabia Tested by CarWale.com

Friday, April 4th, 2008 1,465 Views

A bit late, that's what we've been when it comes to the review of Skoda's 'in demand' small car, Fabia. But perseverance paid off and paid off well. Here's the Skoda Fabia 1.4TDI's review, which we hope will be helpful.

Hyundai i10 tested by CarWale

Saturday, December 15th, 2007 6,474 Views

With long-held breath the country waited for the much-hyped compact car from Hyundai - the i10. Shakrukh Khan set the idiot box and the radio waves afire with his visual and vocal presence which, frankly, worked very well for this latest small-car. Being the sexy little number that she ...

Chevrolet Optra Magnum vs Honda Civic vs Skoda Octavia

Thursday, November 15th, 2007 17,403 Views

It was pretty simple, seemingly. A good friend of mine was interested in buying a car and his budget was about 10-12 lakhs. Not a bad budget that, you'll say. I said the same. And what followed was pandemonium. Why? I'll tell you.

Tested: Tata Safari DiCOR 2.2VTT

Monday, November 5th, 2007 5,610 Views

The car that was in the "much-awaited" list for quite sometime, for reasons known to all. The 140 brake horse power 2.2-litre common-rail diesel engine. Tata finally has this machine up and running on our roads and we have tested it for good. We bring you the spoils.

CarWale tests the BMW 320d

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 481 Views

BMW - three letters which evoke special sentiments in many a mortal. Three letter which are next to god for pure petrol-heads. Never ever did a diesel car cut the line for being a performance machine. Not until the recent past. And the German marque has proved with conviction that ...

Ford Endeavour TDCi Tested By CarWale.com

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 709 Views

Its brutally in-yer-face. Its macho. It is Ford Endeavour TDCi. Ford is American. So is this machine. As the Yanks like it, the Endeavour TDCi is big. It looks the part and plays a good role as an image pampering tool. Big in size it sure is, but big in ...

Hyundai Getz Prime 1.1 Tested

Sunday, August 26th, 2007 1,493 Views

Talk about the B-segment cars and the Maruti Swift instantly comes to mind. But there are other cars which are very worthy fighters, and Hyundai Getz Prime is one of them. She has fair bit of credentials to her name and is a fine package overall. We bring you the ...

Ford Fusion TDCi Tested By CarWale.com

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 1,410 Views

It's raining diesels, and Ford wouldn't miss out on capitalizing on this trend. After tasting decent success with the Fiesta diesel, Ford bolted the same engine under the hood of its most talked-about car in the recent past, Fusion TDCi. We put her through the paces. You can check out ...

Chevrolet Optra Magnum Tested by CarWale.com

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007 1,465 Views

GM's latest offering, the Chevy Optra Magnum has been tested by CarWale.com. The complete road-test report along with photographs can be found here. And yes, don't forget to drop in your comments. ;-) Test report URL: http://www.carwale.com/Resources/RoadTests/ChevroletOptraMagnum/

SX4 - CarWale’s first exhaustive report

Monday, June 25th, 2007 1,924 Views

We at CarWale always try and give you, our users, the best services. So we thought of providing you with yet another feature - our own road tests and reviews. To initiate this, we needed a car that was quite a topic of discussion and the SX4 was the ...

Tata launches Indigo with longer wheelbase, Indigo XL

Monday, January 22nd, 2007 16,068 Views

Tata guys seem to do a lot in a very short span of time. We are hearing something new from them almost everyday. The latest news is, Tata launched longer-wheelbase Indigo, the Indigo XL finally last week. Tata had revealed this car in Auto Expo-2006, New Delhi last year. You ...

Chevrolet Aveo UV-A within two weeks

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006 32,360 Views

Chevrolet India has started massive ad-campaign for its upcoming car, UV-A. UV-A is a hatchback version of Aveo which was introduced in February this year. The UV-A is expected to be launched this month only, the latest would be first week of January 2007. Initially GM planned to house the ...

Maruti Zen Estilo Launched

Friday, December 8th, 2006 11,000 Views

Finally Maruti launched the very much awaited new Zen (Zen Estilo) on 5th of December. The car is based on Wagon R and Japan's MR Wagon platform. Price range is quite competitive to Wagon R (Wagon R is approximately 10,000 rupees costlier). For the first time in Maruti's history, Zen ...

Hyundai Verna - A Quick Introduction

Monday, November 6th, 2006 9,227 Views

From outside, the Hyundai Verna looks like quite a grown-up car, and before we carry on one must highlight one fact - the Hyundai Verna is actually the next generation Accent - but Hyundai did not want to vacate the lower end of the 'C' segment and has continued production ...

Duo â?? Duoful?

Thursday, October 26th, 2006 1,778 Views

At first glance the Maruti WagonR Duo looks quite normal. Well, that is if you think the WagonR's boxy looks are normal to start to start with. Frankly, for a car that has to get around a city, I really don't care, because the Duo is all about LPG, and ...

Chevrolet Aveo - A Short Introduction

Friday, March 31st, 2006 3,163 Views

Chevrolet Aveo: The Mind-blowing, Mind-blasting, Todu-Phodu car! Is it right? Well, I don't think so! But Rani and Saif said that it is! Let them say, they won't drive it, you will and then they will not be beside you either to listen to your complaints. Many people on carwale.com were ...