New Volkswagen concepts revealed for Geneva Motor Show

     Volkswagen had announced that it will show 7 new concept cars at the Geneva Motor Show. Of them two concepts have been ready and the pictures are available on the net.  The two concepts in the pictures are designed by Italdesign Giugiaro studio at the European patent office. Volkswagen now owns Italdesign Giugiaro design studio.

     The first concept is a tall and narrow five-door hatchback model with seating for four passengers, while the second model appears to be a sportier looking three-door variant with a lower roofline and more aggressive lines, in the likes of the Scirocco. We can't tell for sure, but it is possible that these two cars are roughly the same size as the Polo.

New Volkswagne Concept 1

New Volkswagne Concept 2

Maruti Suzuki SX4 diesel launched, priced at Rs. 7.74 lakh

     Maruti Suzuki has launched the diesel powered SX4 in India with price starting from Rs. 7.74 lakh (ex-showroom New Delhi). The diesel SX4 will be available in 3 variants - LDi, VDi and ZDi.

     The SX4 diesel is powered by the same 1.3L multijet engine, but the turbo helps to produce power of 90 Bhp. The same engine powers the Fiat Linea and recently launched refreshed Tata Manza. The SX4 diesel has been priced competitively at Rs. 7.74 lakh for VDi and Rs 8.62 lakh for top of the line ZDi variant. Volkswagen Vento diesel is priced between Rs. 7.99 to 9.23 lakh and Fiat Linea between Rs. 7.40 lakh to Rs. 8.71 lakh (All prices ex-showroom New Delhi).

BMW launches new sub-brand 'i'

BMW has launched a new sub-brand 'i' thorugh it plans to market a range of advanced standalone hybrid, range-extender and plug-in electric models.


The first vehicles to be come under the 'i' brand will be i3 & i8 both of which will be released in 2013. The two vehciles are known for their alternate drive system which have been designed to overcome the extra weights of the batteries.

LifeDrive as the BMW calls the new architecture uses alluminium chassis to cover the drive train and the passenger compartement made up of carbonfibre-reinforced plastic developed in association with SG carbon.
 

The i3 with is an extension of BMW's Mega City vechicle, will be powered by an all-electric driveline which uses a 170 Bhp electric motor along with a lithium ion battery pack can cover a range of 100 miles. Several models inculding a range exteder is also under development.


The i8 known to as EffecientDynamics concept car is powered by BMW's upcoming 1.5L petrol engine and electric motor similar to that of the i3.


Both i3 and i8 will be manufactured at BMW's Lepzig factory, which attracted 400 million euro of frest investements.

Source: Autocarindia

BMW i sub-brand with i3 / i8 [video]

Jaguar planning to launch BMW 3 Series rival

     Tata Motors owned British marquee Jaguar is planning to launch a small sedan to rival BMW 3 Series. With the increasing demand of the luxury cars in India BMW 3 Series has been the favourite of the first time luxury car buyers because of its price and quality. Also on cars is Sporty 4x4 crossover which is expected in 2014. The two models are planned under project codenamed X760.

Source: Autocarindia