Honda City has completed 10 years on the road, and Honda is launching new variants of City to commemorate the event. There is also a word that Honda may soon phase out current City to bring in a new version. The anniversary editions will have a new music system, and a few other cosmetic changes […]
When I look at the way our cities are becoming crowded with vehicles, I keep wondering if government has ever thought about how things will be 10 years down the line. It looks very likely that we will continue to add more vehicles, while the roads are unlikely to improve much, resulting in worsening of […]
Rahul Bajaj seems to be unhappy with all the publicity that Tatas are getting for their one-lakh car. He says that Bajaj will take the plunge and follow the footsteps of Tata Motors to build an ‘economy’ car. See more details here.
From the tone of his words, it looks more like a statement he […]
Maruti has been talking about a diesel Swift for sometime now. It is now available and comes with a price tag starting from 4.68 lakhs. The diesel engine uses CRDi technology, which means that it will be sufficiently sophisticated to feel like a petrol engine.
The swift website has some details of the diesel version. […]
Most of you would have seen the ad of Zen Estilo on tv, where everything and everyone is depicted as boring boxes and then comes the Zen Estilo, making a ’style statement’. The first time I was watching it, I wondered and tried to predict what could be the product. I could figure it out […]
Economic Times has a quick roundup on cars that were launched in 2006. The list has the new cars like Civic, Zen Estilo and Verna, but some variants like the New Wagon R, New CRV also have sneaked into the list. I wonder why. See the article here.
Tata Motors have launched 2007 edition of Indica, with some cosmetic changes.
It could be a minor variant, but I really appreciate the way Tata Motors has been constantly making improvements in Indica. The first Indica made some decent sales, but there were plenty of complaints in the area of reliability. It did not take […]
India’s iconic car Ambassador is probably the oldest surviving car in the world. It still manages to sell 13,000 units every year, and looks like Hindustan Motors has no plans to discontinue it!
Surprising, HM’s website makes no mention of it. But business standard has an interesting article which looks back at the 50 years of […]
December was the month when nearly every one was offering discounts to meet their year end targets. Now that 2006 is left behind, most car makers are looking to increase prices in a week or two. Some hike new here:
* Honda is increasing the price of Civic by Rs.12,000 and City prices will go up […]
Honda Civic has bagged CNBC Autocar Car of the year award. The contenders for this award include the new variants of older cars too, which meant there were many cars, and also many awards. Infact the number of awards doled out is more than the number of cars launched in 2006! See the entire list […]
