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Maruti starts delivering SX4

Maruti has started making first deliveries of the new car SX4. The car launch has been a bit low profile and it did not see many major campaigns before or after its launch. It would probably be seen on the roads of your city in no longer than a couple of weeks. From the images, […]

Three New Luxury Cars from Merc and Nissan

Three new cars at the luxury segment were released in India last week.
Nissan launched it’s first car and second passenger vehicle - Teana in India, the first being an SUV - Nissan X-Trail. Teana will cost a little more than Rs.20 lakh ex-showroom. Teana comes with a 2.3 liter engine delivering 170bhp. It is only […]

Chevy Spark Launched

Chevy Spark is finally launched after much delay. Spark is the good old Daewoo Matiz in a new Avatar, relaunched with many changes to the car after GM bought Daewoo. Another small car is on the road now, which means more competition, more choices, and hopefully reduced prices for the consumer in the days to […]

Fiat Palio Stile Launched

Fiat has launched the new version of Palio today, that I was mentioning a few days ago. It has been named as Palio Stile. The Palio Stile comes with a 1.1 liter, 57 bhp engine. I had a quick look at the details of the car and here is what I liked about it.
1. The […]

Hyundai Getz Prime launched

Hyundai has launched a new version of the Getz, called Getz Prime, which is meant to comply with government’s definition of small car to obtain tax discounts, and hence reduce the price tag of the car.
The Getz prime GLE with a 1.1 liter engine and body length less than 4000mm will comply to small […]

BMWs and Lamborghinis

The number of luxury cars available in India are growing. BMW is launching made in India 3 series cars and will soon follow up with 5 series cars. They are also contemplating on launching their small car Mini a few years down the line.
And Lamborghini is about to launch one of its most well […]

New cars to be released in 2007 in India

March issue of Overdrive magazine reports that Hyundai is about to launch a new small car priced at around Rs 3.5 lakhs in October. Another small car in the same range - Chevy Spark is due from the plants of General Motors later this year. With two new models on the roads, small car market […]

Its time for price rise

Car makers are now increasing the prices post-budget though the increase is marginal. Skoda alone seems to be an exception, as they are reducing the prices by a good amount aided by cut in import duties.
Read the details about increase in the prices of cars from Hyundai, Maruti,

Ford Ikon 2007

Ford has released a new version of Ikon with some cosmetic changes. Changes are primarily in the interiors, with a new dashboard and beige seats to make it look luxurious. The Ikon still remains a good value for money with prices starting at 4.76 lakhs, ex-showroom Delhi. Ford website has details on the car.
Ford website […]

The new Tata Indigo XL

The new Tata Indigo XL, released recently, is a stretch version of the Tata Indigo. It comes with plenty of luxury features that you don’t get to see in many cars that are even double its price. At a price tag under 8 lakhs, there are no other cars that come anywhere close to Indigo […]