Archive for the ‘Upcoming Cars’ Category
Monday, April 28th, 2008 534 Views
Expected in: September 2008
Estimated Price: 18-20 Lakh
The Honda CRV is being challenged. Finally! Everyone has been eyeing the growing SUV market here and there have been competitors but none of them have been able to even create a false alarm or a mild tremor. Enter the Outlander. Why do you ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 681 Views
The Tata Nano has set the pulse racing in the automotive industry. With the ever growing car market, all the major OEMs are looking at India with more focused eyes than ever before. The passenger car market has been experiencing a healthy growth year after year and the small car ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008 764 Views
Audi has been flirting around by saying that it is developing a compact SUV to rival the hugely famous BMW X3 and VW Tiguan. But the flirting period is over now. Audi showcased the Q5 – a compact SUV which will be pitted against the BMW X3, VW Tiguan and ...
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008 476 Views
VW introduced the Indians with its luxury offering, Passat, a few months back and it’s heartening to know that this premium package has been well received here. The Passat fundamentally competes against the likes of Nissan Teana, Skoda Superb and Toyota Camry to a certain extent.
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 882 Views
Now, I know that there are a lot of cars that are “expected” to be launched in India in the coming couple of years that everyone is aware of. So, what I am talking about in this article is not what India can realistically expect, but what should be launched ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008 2,322 Views
Although it was shown as a concept at Maruti Suzuki’s pavilion at Auto Expo '08, Splash has been in the international market for a while now. Keeping the trend in mind, India has been getting all the latest products developed by Suzuki, be it the Swift, SX4 or the Grand ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 795 Views
Expected in: Late 2008-Early 2009
Estimated Price: 28-32 Lakh
There are very few car manufacturers who deserve and command a certain respect, wherein you are compelled to prefix ‘The’ and then introduce the name of the car. One of them, in this elite class is the Alfa Romeo.
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 1,487 Views
Long time ago, here, a certain Uno, was launched with many expectations. Apart from introducing a flagship hatchback, Fiat was focused on creating a liaison of sorts with the consumers. Launch as such was for the car, never the organization as a whole. It was well recognized and had a ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 63,637 Views
Maruti Esteem – a saloon car which Maruti has been selling successfully with minor upgrades for over 14 years now! But that’s about to change. Soon. What I am talking about is the Dzire that aims at being er.. a desirable car!
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008 23,618 Views
Update: Chevrolet Captiva is launched. The SUV has a 1991cc, 4-cylinder, 16 valve, VCDi diesel engine which outputs maximum power of 150ps@4000 rpm and torque of 320Nm@2000 rpm. The Rs.17.73 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) Captiva is available in five colors.
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008 80,270 Views
Update: Skoda has launched Fabia now. The car is available in 5-8 lakh price range. Two engines (1.4L MPI petrol, 1.4L PD TDI diesel) are offered in a total of four trim levels i.e. Active, Classic, Ambiente and Elegance. Dealers are provided the prices of three diesel (Classic, Ambiente ...
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 44,633 Views
Tata Motors today launched DICOR (Direct Injection Common Rail) version of its highly popular car, Indica V2. Other two launches are Sumo Grande, a great upgrade to current Sumo and Indigo CS (Compact Sedan), compact version of Indigo sedan. Apart from the launches Tata also unveiled the new generation ...
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 6,816 Views
The Land Cruiser is celebrated for being one of the very established genuine off-road vehicles the world has ever seen. And it still is. But this mean, mad machine will be yours only if you have pockets deep enough to shell out over 40 lakh of green paper, and that ...
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Thursday, December 20th, 2007 7,476 Views
Though Tata's Rs. one lakh car is yet to be launched but it is already in controversies. Automotive pundits are considering this car as pioneer of Indian automotive industry growth. To environmentalists, this car is a serious threat to environment. And a different set of people thinks that this car ...
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 2,403 Views
Volvo Car Corporation is going to showcase its luxurious convertible C70 at 2008 Auto Expo in New Delhi. According to Mr. Paul de Voijs , Managing Director, Volvo Car India, C70 may be launched in India. Apart from C70, Volvo Car India will also be showcasing recently launched S80 sedan ...
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 22,080 Views
Biggies have been pouring in with well-packaged family sedans to lure the fancy of the Indians. It was Honda which came in with its City and then Ford introduced the Fiesta. Hyundai joined the bandwagon too and its Verna became instantly popular. The latest entrant in this segment has been ...
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 18,054 Views
SUV. One term which not many will associate the Korean giant - Hyundai with. It is that segment of the auto industry which is tantamount with big, brawny, imposing looking machines to which the word 'car' will not really be able to do justice.
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007 4,062 Views
Safari 2.2VTT, a car that Tata should have launched when they were planning to introduce the DiCOR name in their Safari range. But as they say, better late than never! Mahindra too have enjoyed quite a good time. Why, you ask? Because Scorpio did well for them. Very well. But... ...
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 17,895 Views
The premium luxury car segment was once dominated by one name - Toyota Corolla. It was set as the benchmark and the segment's new entrants had a path cut out to try and beat the Japanese major at its game. Skoda's Octavia did sell well, but the Toyota Corolla was ...
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Friday, October 5th, 2007 16,947 Views
Update: Hyundai launches i10 in India
For automotive world, Chennai will be a busy place. With the sudden launch of Getz diesel, Hyundai seems to be on a high. The festive season is also coming up, so it certainly is a wise decision to launch a new car to push its ...
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