On the Car and Bike Show Facebook page a front view picture of the Mahindra W201 has been posted by Suraj Navle. The front profile of W201 looks muscular indeed with trademark Mahindra grill and big bumpers. What’s interesting is that there is no air dam on the front bumper as seen in the picture. But we guess the black strips on the bumper are spaces for air intakes which has been covered by camouflaged material.
The headlamps features wrap around type with double barrel lights and a line of led lamps in the bottom. We guess the led lamps are for all time running lights as W201 is also designed for international markets as well. In our earlier post we had talked about the muscular side and rear profile of the vehicle. We will be very glad to see your opinions here.
Toyota Motor Corporation is looking India as a serious growth market. Though slow in its launches, the company is working on its models to give its customers quality vehicles which it has been doing for ages. The design and engineering of an India specific model Etios is a good example of how Toyota wants to do business. We guess other automakers should take a leaf out of Toyota's philosophy if it wants to do good all the time.
Speaking on the occasion of the Etios Liva hatchback launch, Mr. Hiroji Onishi, President, Toyota Motor Asia Pacific hinted that the current line of cars are not sufficient for the company to cater to the growing demands of Indian market. He said the company is looking for more cars for India - a sub Liva, a sedan above Etios and a compact SUV. However he did not reveal the exact time frame for launch of these vehicles.
With the growing competiton for top spot as World's Largest Automobile manufacturer, Toyota's India plans seems to be a major one. Volkswagen which is in 2nd place, next to Toyota has plans to dethorn Toyota from the top spot by 2018. We guess with the new car line ups, it might not be easy for Volkswagen to touch Toyota for the top spot.
With the fuel prices rocketing, Indian car buyers are switching towards cheaper diesel. Since Hyundai has no diesel hatch below i20, it might find tough competing with the small diesel cars. Chevrolet will launch the diesel Beat in a week which might eat out the i10 share substantially. Will Hyundai does some damage control measure by launching a diesel i10? Lets speculate.
In International market, Hyundai i10 is powered by a 1.1L CRDi engine with 75PS @ 4000 rpm and 153 Nm @ 1900-2750rpm of torque. The engine is couple to a 5 speed manual transmission. With this engine Hyundai can pull out a decent small city car for India. But the major concern is about the price. The diesel i20, though is a good car is overpriced as compared to its competitors. Hyundai has to work out no the price factor and launch the i10 as soon as possible. A price tag of less than Rs. 5 lakh ex-showroom for a base variant will be higly competitive.
We wish to see comments on our view on i10 diesel. Feel free to post your comments.
The news of New Swift has been going around for a while. First it was March and later on postponed to July launch. Due to labour strike Maruti further postponed the new Swift launch to an unknown date. It seems to be certain that the New Swift will be here next month as Maruti dealers have stopped taking bookings for the old Swift.
The new Swift though looks similar to the current one, has lot of changes in it. It is bigger than the current Swift and has ample rear seat space which was lacking in the current one. The exterior styling has been sleekish with the trademark water fall headlamps and tail lamps stretched further back with tapering sharp ends.
The new Swift will be powered by the same DDiS engine which powers the current one. However the option of a turbo engine which does the duty on SX4 cannot be ruled out.
The dashboard has been revamped and looks much functional now. The three spoke steering wheel now incorporates buttons for the music system, though it will be available only on the top end variant. Does Maruti releases a ZDi version of the new Swift, there is no official news about it as of now.
Mahindra has launched a double cab version of Genio pickup truck in Bangalore. It is priced Rs. 5.46 lakh for the base version and Rs. 5.95 for high end version.
Mercedes has ruled the ultra luxury segment for ages, thanks to the S Class. The car has been used by Elite groups be it a President of a Country or a top class Business Tycoon. However the S Class has been a hard run by its competitors Audi A8 and BMW 7 Series.
Mercedes has evolved the S Class design from wedge shaped to more dynamic one like the current model. We got some rendering pictures of the next generation car which looks good. The flowing headlamps and wraparound tail lamps as seen in the picture give a dynamic stance to the car.
Three exciting minutes showing stages from design, to concept, to production of this new supercar.
