Car News in India

Celebrating the worldwide sales of over 30 lakh Maruti Swift cars, Maruti India has launched the Star edition of this model. This Maruti Swift Star car has many features that are otherwise available in high end models of this car. Features such as Bluetooth, leather seats, roof spoiler, speakers, designer mats and so many other features make this really a limited edition car. This celebration edition is not part of marketing gimmick as this second bestselling car in India doesn’t need any such push. The Swift is....  Continue Reading

Maruti Swift is not only the most sought after car in India but it is the best small car in whichever market it is launched. The car maker too is passionate about it and this is the reason why it never misses an opportunity to showcase a special edition of this car. The latest is the Suzuki Swift Sergio Cellano special editions showcased at Geneva Motor Show. In India though the car maker is a little lethargic in launching the special edition of this car. Also, the Swift Sport that is rocking in Australia and other....  Continue Reading

Toyota Prius average per kilometer running cost comes just 49 cents which is just half the expense on an average car. But can there be a car that can be cheaper than that. Yes, there could be one and it will be in India. Schaeffler, German automotive component supplier has recently unveiled a concept car that can be called as the most Efficient Future Mobility car. The giant has used Maruti Swift to develop its concept on and during the course of boosting the efficiency, the component supplier has imbibed so many features....  Continue Reading

The Tata Vista D90 rocks with its Quadrajet engine and the Fiat Punto Sport 90bhp diesel is also enjoying its feast. Now is the turn of Hyundai i20 and Maruti Swift to come up with their high power sports car lookalike variants. The Swift Sport is already a hit in Australia and recently, Maruti parent Suzuki has launched Swift Sport SZ-R variant in UK. This is a limited edition car and has a lot of features as well as a lot of visible sporty features on....  Continue Reading

What is common in Maruti Swift, Mahindra XUV 500, Hyundai Verna and Maruti Swift Dzire? Most of these cars are best selling in their segment. Ever wondered why? It is the mileage delivery or the brand or is it merely the design? It is in fact a mix of it. Reversing its Kanjoos image, who was always on the look out of Kitna Deti Hai, the Indian car buyers now considers several things before buying a car. Looks and design of the car are in fact the most important ones. The reason why these cars have excelled in their....  Continue Reading

Maruti Suzuki India is trying its best and putting in every bit of effort to makes it Manesar plant work. The current plant there has the capacity to generate 5 lakh units annually. Now, the firm is in plans to get its 3rd assembly line at the plant and make it operational as soon as possible. Manufacturing cars in Plant C would require the firm to employ about 2000 ITI certified workers. These people will assist the car maker to bump-up the manufacturing capacity to 7,50,000 from 5 lakh. Also this production will help the car maker to chop down waiting period for its most saleable models,....  Continue Reading

January is over and the Indian car market is still reeling. The largest car maker has posted a net loss of over 1.06 percent in its sales in January after posting meager 3.2 percent growth in December last year. This infers that the market conditions are grim and it will take another 2-3 months for it to recover. There are high hopes that it will improve fast now as RBI has cut the cash reserve ratio (CRR) enabling the banks to lower their lending rates. This is a positive signal and it will help car buyers get car loans at lower rates than before. Some banks have declared lowering of....  Continue Reading

Suzuki Motors is well known Japanese car manufacturer. It has been making the consumers happy with its huge range of car models. In India it has its strong collaboration with Maruti Udhyog. Its Swift hatchback has done some amazing business across the globe and has managed to touch the 3 million sales mark in merely 8 years and 2 months. Exciting figures, aren’t they? Suzuki Motor Corporation is overwhelmed with this performance of the car. What is further interesting here is that 45% of these sales come from India, which means  Continue Reading

The increasing manufacturing costs and high fluctuation in the value of Indian Rupee have made many car makers to raise the prices of their car models. One amongst them is India’s largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI). The car maker has hiked its car prices by up to Rs. 20,000. Going in sync with MSI, car makers like General Motors India and Hyundai will also be raising their car prices this month. In December 2012, Maruti had already given its consumers a hint that its car prices are likely to go up by 1 to 3 percent. Hence, the hike by up to Rs. 20000 wasn’t a sudden....  Continue Reading

Suzuki has launched a special edition of Swift X-TRA in Germany, this has been taken to attract more buyers towards this small car. Suzuki in known for yielding small cars and Swift is a world renowned model. Swift is one the best selling small car, it is extremely popular not only in the domestic market but has gained immense popularity in European car market as well. The special edition launched in Germany now gets a new colour option which is Bison Brown Mettalic colour. The mini wagon has 16 inch alloy wheels affixed on the outside rendering a clean look to the car. Roof spoiler and....  Continue Reading

  Is the Indian car industry healthy or it is ailing? If we consider December 2012 growth figure of Maruti India, which is considered to be the touchstone of car industry’s health, then it can be comfortably said that it is not at all in a good state but is stable. At least not worse. In December 2012, Maruti India has posted a growth of 3.24 percent over the same month in 2011. In the month, Maruti Swift Dzire and Maruti Ertiga are....  Continue Reading

The day is not far when there will be no waiting on the Maruti Ertiga diesel, Maruti Swift Diesel or the Maruti Swift Dzire Diesel or any other diesel car in the country. The reason behind this highly optimistic assumption is the latest trend that has set in the country. It is striking but the craze for diesel cars seems to have lost its vigor. As per the reports most of the....  Continue Reading

The global car industry is filled with numerous cars and some prominent and famous car makers. To lure the consumers, these car makers launch their cars in variety of colors. According to 2012 DuPont Automotive color popularity report, the most popular color amongst the consumers is white and white pearl. The classic color like Black came out to be second position. Black is the color of poshness and luxury especially when it comes to big and bold cars. But ‘White’ bagged the top position in the report. The third position when to silver as it is in great demand in car markets....  Continue Reading

As soon as Maruti Swift was launched in the Indian car bazaar, a lot of hullabaloo was created and the competition went on becoming very tough in the hatchback segment. The major competition came out to be Tata Vista. Both the cars are going head to head and we would make it easy for you to choose. See More Maruti Swift Photos Get  Continue Reading

The Japanese car maker Suzuki will soon start producing all its export model of cars in India. The Japanese wing will then be catering to the local needs and India’s plants will also be producing all the cars that Suzuki exports. Already India is producing Maruti A Star which is an export model and is also producing Maruti Swift and Swift Dzire for the export markets. Maruti also produces A Star lookalike Nissan Pixo car for Nissan as well. This....  Continue Reading