The small car giant, Maruti Suzuki, is all set to launch its new Sedan “Maruti Suzuki Kizashi” by this 2010. The car was first unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2007 and later at the 9th Auto Expo in New Delhi in 2008. The car is said to be some fresh blood in stale water.

 Maruti’s Kizashi will carry an advanced four-valve turbo-fired two-litre petrol, Euro V engine, which will also be premiered at the same time. Maruti Kizashi is also likely to boast the first six-speed transmission from the …

German car maker Skoda has stepped into the SUV market in India with its recent launch Yeti. Yeti will be Skoda’s first SUV in India.

Priced at 12-15 Lakhs in India Yeti comes with a power packed engine. Though its look is not so impressive, the power of the vehicle will make it special to the Indians. In Europe Skoda Yeti has been awarded a 5 star rating for Safety by the Euro NCAP. The additional features of Yeti are Electronic Stability Programme, Anti Locking Braking system, Hydraulic Brake assist, Anti-slip …

Ford Figo, the Sub B category compact car will roll on Indian roads by the end of March 2010. Ford Figo will still make the competition tougher among the compact cars that have the 70% of country’s total market in the sales of new cars.

Tamilnadu chief minister Mr. Karunanithi flagged off the new model car on Friday at Maraimalainagar outlet, Chennai.  Almost 90% of the installation work has been completed for the new production plant. $500 million dollars is been invested by the US company Ford for this unit. It’s …

Volvo cars are the descendants of the parent company Ford Motor Company Premier Automotive Group. Volvo cars are being manufactured from 1998 to the present.
The present Volvo s80 is a mid-size executive sedan from Swedish automaker Volvo. This Volvo s 80 is the second generation and its predecessor will be Volvo s90.
Volvo engines are well known for its reliability and excellent performance. It claims a fuel efficiency of 13.09 kpl. This engine also comes with a high-performance twin-turbo diesel that puts out 205 hp and 420 Nm torque.

This car is …

The Korean Automobile giant,Hyundai hit the 3-million unit mark for the first time during the previous year.

 It showed a record sales of around 290,000 units in 2009 in India About 17% of growth was achieved last year by Hyundai. Hyundai’s sales contributed 20.6% of total Indain car sales while Maruthi leads with 52.6%.
Sources say this year Hyundai plans to release  Hatchback i20 and the new Sonata which is also expected to be hit the market well and will increase this year’s sales also. The company has set a sales target …

Hero Honda,  India’s largest two wheeler maker has planned a string of next-generation gearless scooters. The move is taken to pick up the segment of the market which Bajaj India dropped recently. 
 Pawan Munjal, Hero Honda MD and CEO said, “We will expand our scooter range and are in the process of taking a call on rollout of more models from Gurgaon.” The fast pace of urbanisaton and better technology have spurred scooter demand that grew 15.12% to 8.91 lakh units in April-November ’09 from a year ago.
Mr Munjal also said. …

Maruti Suzuki bagged the most searched car maker among potential buyers looking for online information, says a Google India Study.

 The Google study was named as’ The Role of the Internet in Automotive Buying’. Brand name was the top priority for search with about 81 per cent respondents.About 56 percent of respondents said they searched Maruti Suzuki before buying a car while 33 per cent said they bought the vehicle after the online search. After Maruti, the second position is bagged by Honda with 46 percent seeking information about Honda and …

The  Korean car brand company,Hyundai Motor India Limited, on Wednesday announced its hike in car price. The reason for the hike is being stated rise in the prices of input materials and so the burden is passed on to the customers.

 The cars like Santro, i10 and Accent models get an hike in the range of Rs 3,601 to Rs 14,636, with immediate effect which is 1 to 1.5 percent of their total price. HMIL Director Sales and Marketing Arvind Saxena said. “The maximum hike, however, will be up to Rs …

Toyota Kirloskar on Saturday announced that it is going to increase the assembling capacity of its most successful Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) Toyota Fortuner in the country, Fortuner, to 1,000 units from next month on the back growing demand.

The company last year stopped the bookings of the SUV due to its demand constraints. The company has sold 3154 SUV since its launch in August last year and now the company has started taking bookings from this January.
 Already 6500 units have been booked and the SUV is said to be priced …

The Domestic Automobile Giant Mahindra and Mahindra announced at the 10th Auto Expo held in New Delhi that it will launch a Sports Utility Vehicle(SUV)  in India by the year 2011.

This SUV will fill the gap between the Scorpio Segment. The car will also be exported to the U.S after some years. “We are moving up in premiumness beyond Scorpio. The product is being developed keeping in mind global markets,” Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) President (Automotive) Pawan Goenka told.
The company is now investing 700-800 crores to develop this SUV. This …

Toyota unveiled the most expected Hybrid car Prius on 7th January, 2010 at the 10th Auto Expo in New Delhi. This is the third generation pirus with 1.8 litre engine with a battery of 60 killowatt. The car can be driven in three modes-Power mode, Eco mode and Electric vehicle mode (battery).
When addressing the press conference,Toyota Kirloskar Motor Deputy Managing Director Sandeep Singh said “Through the launch of Prius, Toyota is keen to demonstrate its commitment to offer the latest eco-friendly automotive technology to its customers in India”.
 The Toyota group …

The country’s car giant and largest manufacturer Maruti Suzuki launched its “ecofriendly” car, EECO on 7th January at the 10th Auto Expo in New Delhi.
 
The EECO is powered with 1200 CC petrol engine. Addressing the press at the Auto Expo Maruti Suzuki India MD and CEO Shinzo Nakanishi told “Maruti Suzuki engineers have specially developed the Eeco, its new powerful engine and a new transmission system to meet the diverse consumer aspirations that look for a vehicle that fit a large family and at the same time provides flexibility for …

The very great news in the Auto Expo 2010 is that Fiat has three most impressive cars Linea, Punto and its CNG version. Linea is powered with 110bph petrol engine and is all set as a competent to Honda City and other cars of same variety.
The engine has a specification of Petrol (l4) 1.4L 16V Turbo Jet (T-Jet) with a maximum displacement of 1368cc.The maximum power and peak torque are 110 bhp @ 5000rpm and 200 Nm @ 2500rpm respectively. The car is said to a rival for, Toyota Etios …

It’s again the Bollywood king Shah Rukh Khan for Hyundai. The actor unveiled the electric version of Hyundai’s i10 at the 10th Auto Expo 2010. Addressing the reporters the actor said how during his childhood days he used to visit his father’s shop at Pragati Maidan.
“We are going to present to you certain innovations, technologies and other stuff that of course Hyundai is famous for all across the world and has brought to India. I was very nostalgic coming to Pragati Maidan, my childhood was spent here in Pragati Maidan, …

After the successful of the small car king “Nano” in India, the chairman of Tata,Ratan Tata’s eyes are in The United states of America. His dream is to launch this car in the U.S in three years time from now.

Speaking to the press conference at the Auto Expo 2010, the chairman Tata motors said” “We also recognize there is a market for the Nano not only in developing countries, but possibly in the developed countries. For the United States we need a car which has a larger engine and we …

At the Auto Expo 2010, Tata launched it’s an eight seater MPV (multiple purpose vehicle), Venture. It’s a van kind of vehicle configured with 1.4L turbo diesel engine and sporting with sliding doors. Tata Venture constitutes with features such as power steering, power window, reverse parking aid, rear wipers and key less entry with immobilizer. It is also provided with heating ventilation and air conditioning with roof ducts.
Comparing Venture to its other companions it is slightly smaller than Winger and larger than Omni. Venture has claimed a top speed of …

The German auto giant Volkswagen has launched its new child “Polo” at the 10th Auto expo held on 5th January, 2010. Already the roll out of Polo was held in Maharashtra in the presence of the local chief Minister Ashok Chavan, the Minister of Industries and Employment for Maharashtra Mr.Rajendra darda, with Dr Jochem Heizmann, member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen and Mr Jorg Muller, President and Managing Director, Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd.

The car is powered with 1.2 litre engine. It is said that about 50% of the …

Skoda is all set to create another milestone in India. Skoda plans to release Skoda Yeti in the 2010 Auto Expo. This skoda yeti is said to be a Small utility vehicle (SUV). Already Skoda Fabia and Skoda superb crossed the estimated sales in India and it is sure that Skoda yeti will be surely a big hit in the Indian market.

The gap between Skoda Fabia and Skoda Octavia is filled by this vehicle. The truth is this yeti is not really a Sports Utility Vehicle but something between a …

Tata has unveiled its ‘Aria’ today at the Auto Expo 2010. Ario is a crossover between a SUV and a multi-utility vehicle. It is made especially for India by the Indian engineers. At the Auto expo today the Tata group Chairman Mr Ratan Tata said “My memory goes 20 years back when we were a truck manufacturer.
This is the venue where we introduced Indica and became a passenger car manufacturer. “Two years back, we also introduced Nano, the world’s cheapest car, here. Today, we are showcasing a whole variety of …

After the big hit of Honda Civic and Honda CRV, the Japanese giant Honda has announced the launching of its small car in 2011. This launch news was announced in the auto-expo 2010 by Honda co-executive Vice-president.
Honda Concept Car Small Car Pictures
The representative director of Honda, Koichi Konda while addressing the reporters unveiled that the car is to be manufactured in India with the Local market’s steel, accessories and components. This is done to reduce the cost of the car and to make sure that it is cost competitive. The …