Guess the Mahindra XUV500 Price contest

     Mahindra with its pre launch marketing plans has launched a Guess the Price contest of its soon to be launched XUV500. Visit the link http://mahindraxuv500.com/default.aspx to participate in the contest. In the contest you are required to answer 4 simple questions and share it among your friends. All correct answers with good share will get a brand new Mahindra XUV500. Other prices in the offering are tickets to the F1 grand prix. 

Scoop: Hyundai EON clear images

     India’s leading automobile magazine Autocarindia has posted in its website the clear images of the soon to be launched Hyundai’s small car EON. Autocarindia itself had posted a rendered picture of Hyundai EON few days back.

     The EON in the picture looks very similar to the renderings mentioned earlier. No doubt the EON is designed on Hyundai’s Fluidic Sculpture design philosophy with lots of creases and scoops all over the car. The front end looks familiar with other Hyundai’s but the EON looks bolder with wider and prominent bumper. The new grill with chrome bar adds to the EONs dynamism. Watch out the nicely scooped out fog lamp slots. The headlamps have so many curvatures just like the new generation Elantra.

     From the side you can notice the prominent shoulder line which extends right from the headlamps to the rear tail lamps in a wave pattern. The front and rear wheel arches look bulky which makes the tyres looks tiny. The side glass profile and rear door has been designed beautifully but we feel lot of design curves will hinder all round visibility to the driver. The C pillar incorporated with tail lamps look fantastic from the cars side profile.

     The rear is not as attractive as expected after seeing the car from the front and side angle. The rear glass is crescent shaped with huge tail lamps by the side of it. The tail lamps have many sharp edges to gel with the crescent shaped rear glass.


     Overall we can say, Hyundai has good prospectus with the EON as it will be targeted against Maruti Alto and EON definitely looks prettier than the Alto. But honestly speaking Hyundai has overdesigned the EON with its Fluidic theme. The EON could have been much simpler with minimal use of Fluidic design philosophy as the design theme looks good on bigger cars compared to the small ones.


     EON meaning ‘for a long time’ will be replacing the 13 year old Santro and Hyundai aims EON to go on for a long time in India just like the Santro did. The same Santro’s 3 cylinder petrol engine will power EON. EON will get lots of features which were not present in Santro, but of course in a top end variant.

Renault to make India as manufacturing hub for Duster

     French car maker Renault is aiming big with its SUV Duster in India. Renault is planning to make India as the exclusive manufacturing and export hub of its SUV Duster. The Duster SUV will be launched in second half of next year.

     The Duster with its solid and muscular built seems to be best utility vehicle suited for Indian conditions. The segment currently dominated by Bolero will see a strong completion from Duster, provided Renault prices it competitively. The Duster is expected to be priced between Rs. 7-9 lakh which will be a value for money product in the segment.


     The Duster will be powered by the same 1.5L dCi engine of Logan and Micra. However, we feel the 1.5L engine would too small for the Duster size, Renault would definitely work on the power and troque issues before fitting it into the Duster. A 1.6L petrol engine is also on the cards. The Duster will be available in both 4x2 and 4x4 versions. The vehicle will look same for both India and international markets barging some cosmetic changes in the looks.

Mahindra updates its largest selling MUV Bolero

     India’s utility vehicle manufacturer Mahindra has given a new lease of life to its largest selling utility vehicle Bolero. The updated Bolero has some cosmetic changes and is now powered by a Low Cost Common Rail diesel engine which delivers fuel economy of 15.96 Kmpl as certified by ARAI.

     The engine powering the updated Bolero has been borrowed from recently launched Scorpio EX. The updated Bolero features many cosmetic changes in the exterior which include – restyled grill which is black in colour unlike the earlier one which was body coloured, redesigned front bumper and headlamps. The updated Bolero now features a rear wiper with a defroster to meet the future Central Motor Vehicle Rules (CMVR).

     In the interior the major changes are seen. There is a bronzed hue to the cabin with plastics beige in colour. An all new digital instrument console with LED display for the speedometer, fuel gauge and engine temperature is the main highlight. The steering wheel gets leather wrapped and gear know and air condition vents gets some aluminum insertions. The seats have dual tone shade and the central console gets wood trims.  

     Three variants of updated Bolero is available – SLE, SLX, ZLX. All the three models are available in both BS3 and BS4 complaint. Following are the prices of different variants of updated Mahindra Bolero.

Mahindra Bolero SLE BS3 - Rs 6.19, BS4 - Rs 6.33 lakh

Mahindra Bolero SLX BS3 - Rs 6.67, BS4 - Rs 6.81 lakh

Mahindra Bolero ZLX BS3 - Rs 6.82, BS4 - Rs 6.96 lakh

Toyota Etios and Etios Liva diesel launched in India

     Toyota has launched diesel variants of Etios and Etios Liva in India. The Etios and Etios Liva diesel prices starts from Rs 6.44 lakh and 5.54 lakh respectively (ex-showroom, New Delhi). Both Etios and Etios Liva diesel is powered by 1.4L D-4D engine.

     The 1.4L D-4D diesel engine powering the Etios and Etios Liva is the same one which propels Toyota’s bigger sedan Corolla Altis. But the engine used in Etios and Etios Liva has no Variable Geometry Turbo, but instead has a Fixed Geometry Turbo. Toyota has done so reduce the cost and increase the fuel efficiency of Etios and Etios Liva. According to Toyota, the Etios siblings deliver 23.57 Kmpl, certified by ARAI.




     The Etios sedan is available in 3 variants - D, VD and top-of-the-line VXD where as Etios Liva is available in 2 variants – GD and GD(SP). All the models available have Airbags, EBD and ABS as a standard feature.

Toyota Etios Liva Diesel Specficationns

Honda City facelift spied, to come by November

     Honda had few days ago mentioned about the facelift of its sedan City, to make the sedan look fresh, though it has been only just 3 years since its launch in India. The Honda City facelift has been spied being tested in Gurgaon. The Honda City facelift spy pictures have been provided by India’s leading automobile magazine Autocarindia. The facelifted City will be launched in November this year. 

     As seen in the pictures, the facelifted City features a redesigned front bumber with new grills which look more like that of the Accord. In the rear also you find a redesigned bumper and tail lamps which will supposedly have LED lights. The other noticeable change in the exterior is the redesigned outside rear view mirror and new set of alloy wheels. 

     Apart from the changes in the exterior, Honda might also upgrade the City’s interior as well. However there will be no change under the hood – the same 1.5L iVTEC petrol engine with 116 Ps of power will do the duty. Keeping in mind the strong competiton in the segment, we beilive Honda will not hike the price of the facelifted car. To remind you, Honda had slashed City prices recently by upto Rs. 66,000/-.

Picture source: Autocarindia

Scoop: Renault’s small car for India is 'Modus', spied testing in Chennai

     At the time of the launch of Fluence sedan, Renault in its Indian website had mentioned about a small car for India supposed to be launched at Auto Expo 2012. The car shown in the website was covered, which has been revealed now. The small car will be Renault Modus and guess what? Renault on its website now has mentioned about its launch in this winter. This means the Modus will be launched in India by November this year. We guess the launch of new Swift and Etios Liva has prompted Renault to fasten its small car launch.

     The Modus has been spied being tested in Chennai where Renault in association with Nissan has its manufacturing plant. The spy pictures were provided by Mr. JRAJE of Team-Bhp. Though only the rear spy pictures of the car is available, we googled for Modus and found the vehicle. We are sharing the complete picture of the car with you folks…