Car News in India

Japanese car maker Honda is on the brink of ceasing its ties with India based Shriram Industrial Enterprises Lid (SIEL). Notably, the joint venture started in 1995 and since then the Honda-SIEL JV has given some of the best selling cars including the Honda City, Honda Civic, Honda Accord and Honda CR-V SUV. As per reports, it....  Continue Reading

It is after a series of spy shots, cat and mice game and lot of speculations, anticipations that Hyundai has finally launched the new Hyundai i20 hatchback in India. In order to keep this car attain the same popularity and sales, the Korean car maker has kept its start price at Rs 4.73 lakh despite of the various constraints that intended to make it more costly. In addition to the makeover, the company has also named it i-Gen i20. Thus the new Hyundai i20 is now Hyundai i-Gen i20 now. The new Hyundai i20 is now available....  Continue Reading

Premier Rio SUV seems to be transforming the compact SUV market first than other entrants such as Ford Ecosport and Renault Duster. Now that the Premier Rio is soon to have the 1.3 L Fiat sourced multijet engine under the hood, the Indian car maker is strengthening the dealer network. Notably, Premier Rio 1.3 L Multijet is seen as a major addition to the lineup and is seen to add....  Continue Reading

As per the latest buzz, Renault Duster SUV is not expected to be launched in India this June. However, the official website of Renault India says that the Renault Duster is coming in June. Another reason why the SUV could be coming later in the year is that Renault could preserve the festive time for the launch of its second SUV in India after the already launched Renault Koleos. The SUV which is believed to be the entry level SUV by Renault India....  Continue Reading

The country’s largest vehicle maker Tata Motors has uncovered new armored / military-spec version of its popular Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) – Tata Safari Storme – at the recently held DEFEXPO India 2012. The new variants of the car showcased at the show include Tata Safari Storme Armored and Tata Safari Storme GS 800. The Tata Safari Storme GS 800 is a 4 wheel drive equipped vehicle that will be rolled-out in the segment of vehicles that are used as a transportation medium for the army....  Continue Reading

It seems that the runaway success of Mahindra XUV 500 in the Indian market has proved a major excitement booster for the country’s largest utility vehicle maker Mahindra & Mahindra. Just a few months after launching the Mahindra XUV 500 in the Indian market, the company rolled-out new generation Mahindra Xylo 2012 in the country last month. And now, the company is all set to its highly ambitious  Continue Reading

Volkswagen seems to have high aspirations from its new MQB platform which is expected to be the platform for its premium sedan Volkswagen Passat. The next generation Passat based on the MQB platform will be ready in two years. The very same platform will also be the base for Volkswagen Polo, Volkswagen Jetta as well besides  Continue Reading

Skoda Fabia hatchback that has done more than good to the Czech car maker in India is going to have a completely new generation in 2014. As per sources the new Skoda Fabia will be based on Volkswagen MQB or Modular Transverse Matrix Platform. Some details as well as rendering of the new generation Fabia have emerged on the internet suggesting that the new Skoda car will be really stunning with the right DNA under bonnet to be as successful as the small car is. This is the same platform on which the next generation  Continue Reading

Toyota Kirloskar Motors (TKM), an Indian unit of the Japanese auto giant Toyota Motors, is all set to commence the exporting operations of its popular mass segment models – hatchback Toyota Etios Liva and sedan Toyota Etios to the South African market from next month. The first consignment of the Etios series of models will be dispatched to the South African market on 4th April. It is to be mentioned here that Toyota Motors is planning to....  Continue Reading

German car maker Mercedes Benz India seems be delaying the new M Class SUV in India. Where it was scheduled for a launch sometime now but it has been pushed to late May, said a recent report. Notably, the M Class SUV is one of the offering by the German car maker that India is waiting for long. The M Class SUV was launched at the Auto Expo held in January this year. The Rs 48 lakh Mercedes SUV was expected to be launched in the coming days and after the....  Continue Reading

As soon as the motor vehicle tax (MVT) is increased in Maharashtra, cars in there will become expensive. The proposed tax hike will be effective from April 1 and it would be the corporate customers who will be the ones for whom the tax has been doubled and thus the corporate car buyers will have to pay more for cars. Among the cars that are sold most in corporate sector are Mahindra Scorpio, Tata Indigo,  Continue Reading

Hindustan Motors has today launched the revamped Mitsubishi Outlander 2012 at the price tag of Rs. 20.55 lakh (Ex-showroom Delhi). The 2012 face-lifted Outlander now comes available with two added rear seats for children that make it a perfect family purpose product. Earlier, Mitsubishi Motors in a joint venture with Hindustan Motors, unveiled this mean machine in 2010. The 2.4 liter potent engine of Outlander churns maximum power of 170 PS and maximum torque of 226 Nm that makes it the best in class product....  Continue Reading

The Interior pictures of the new generation 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe, the much awaited luxury sports utility vehicle in the global market, was recently leaked ahead of its unveiling ceremony at the new York Auto Show next week. The new Hyundai Santa Fe facelift images are seem to be taken when a promotional video of the SUV was in the making. Now coming to the major changes inside the new Santa Fe as compared to the previous generation version, the 2013 Santa Fe interior upgrade carries an impression of the new....  Continue Reading

Maruti Ertiga, one of the truest of the MPV offering by the car maker is about to launch next month. Ertiga launch will mark an addition to the series of cars powered by one engine which is the Fiat 1.3 L multijet engine. Expected to be priced around Rs 6.5 lakh to Rs 9 lakh, the Ertiga MPV is believed to be creating much commotion in the MPV segment in India. Segment leaders such as Toyota Innova and  Continue Reading

Long back at the annual general report, the auto-unit, Premier talked of powering its Rio with the 1.3 liter Multi-jet diesel engine report and the company also affirmed that it would soon change the currently used direct injection Peugeot TUD5 diesel in-line, which is a BS III complaint. There is a buzz again in the entire automobile industry that compact SUV Rio might come powered by a 1.3 liter Fiat Multi-jet diesel engine with variable geometry turbo-charger. It is expected that this engine will have caliber to....  Continue Reading