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Honda City prices slashed up to Rs. 70,000, only till October 5th

Honda has once again slashed the prices of its most popular car City by up to Rs. 70,000. To remind you Honda had recently reduced the City’s prices by up to Rs. 66,000. With this price correction, the base model Honda City EMT is now priced at Rs. 7.24 lakh after Rs. 25,000 discount. The other variants SMT and fully loaded VMT gets discount of Rs. 65,000 and 70,000 respectively whose prices now are Rs. 7.54 lakh and Rs. 7.94 lakh (All prices ex-showroom, New Delhi).

This price reduction is only till 5^th of October. There is an added benefit of slightly reduced interest rate of 11.49 percent. Now with this price cut it is evident that the new Honda City facelift is around the corner. We are waiting for you Honda City facelift!!!

Hyundai Eon teaser ad, car launch on 13th October

In our earlier post we had posted about the Hyundai Eon micro website coming up. Now we have a teaser ad of Hyundai Eon in which a question is asked to a family of 3 to say which is the most exiting car and the small girl says she prefer to say it on 13^th October. It is now confirmed that the Eon will be launched on 13^th of this month. So hold your breath to see the most exiting car of the year.

Skoda unveils Citigo small car

Just after the launch of Volkswagen Up small car at recently concluded Frankfurt Motor Show, Czech Republican VW’s sister concerned company Skoda Auto has come up with its own version of Up. Skoda has named its small car a Citigo which will debut in European markets by early 2012. The Citgo is powered by VW’s 1.0 petrol engine with two different output variants – 59 Bhp and 74 Bhp. Skoda has ruled out a diesel version of Citigo but is working on an electric verion of the car.

Skoda Citigo tough is based on Up, the styling has been inspired by Skoda’s MissionL and VissionD concepts. It measures 3.56mx1.65mx1.48m (length x width x height).

Skoda India has already hinted at sub-fabia hatchback for the market. What better car than Citigo match Skoda’s plans in India. So expect to see the Citigo in India soon after its European launch.

Hyundai Eon micro website up, bookings start from 1st October

The micro website of Hyundai’s all new small car for India had come up www.eonindiaon.com. Hyundai will start bookings for Eon from 1st of October. As per the website, the Eon will be launched on 12th of October and the cars are likely to hit the roads by early November.

Hyundai Eon is an ambitious product from the company to rival the bestselling car Maruti Alto. Last year Maruti sold over 3 lakh vehicles which made Alto the largest selling single brand car. With the launch of Eon, the supremacy of Alto will be put to test for the first time by any rival company. Eon with its fluidic design styling has an upper hand as compared to the Alto. But again, we say it is the price which plays a major role. Hyundai unlike its other cars like i10 and i20 should price Eon almost equally with that of the Maruti Alto. Otherwise they will miss a great chance to make a mark in India again.

Hyundai Eon Pictures

Mahindra XUV500 priced suprisingly at Rs. 10.8 lakh

Mahindra has shockingly priced its premium SUV XUV500 at Rs. 10.8 lakh (ex-showroom, New Delhi) for the base 2WD(W6) variant. The other variants available are 2WD(W8) and top of the line 4WD(W8) which are priced Rs. 11.95 lakh and Rs. 12.88 lakh respectively (All prices ex-showroom, New Delhi). These are introductory prices and in coming months Mahindra is likely to revise the rates of XUV500.

The Mahindra XUV500 is powered by the same 2.2L mHawk diesel engine carried over from the Scorpio. However, the XUV500 deliver more power and torque of 140 Bhp and 33.33 Kgm. The engine is placed transversly, which is first of its kind in Mahindra vehicles. The engine is mated to a new cable operated 6 speed manual transmission which is developed in the help of Riccardo. The new cable operated transmission provides more torque than the Scorpio gearbox. Mahindra is also working on an automatic transmission for XUV500.

The XUV500 is loaded with features such as

LED reading lights, ESP
Tyre-pressure monitoring
Six airbags, traction control
ESP, hill-descent control
Voice commands
Cruise and audio controls on steering wheel
6-inch touch screen Infotainment System with Sat-Nav
USB and iPod connectivity

Mahindra will soon launch the XUV500 in South Africa followed by Australia, Sourth America, Western Europe and SAARC countries. In the phase 1, the XUV500 will be available only in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Chennai and Bangalore.

Mahindra XUV500 Pictures

Mahindra XUV500 launched in India

Mahindra has launched its premium SUV (Codename: W201) XUV500 in India. The Mahindra XUV500 was launched today in a grand launch ceremony at New Delhi. However, Mr. Pawan Goenka, MD of Mahindra Automotive has not disclosed the price of the XUV500. He asked the journalist present at the launch venue to wait till tomorrow for the price.

At the launch ceremony, Mr. Pawan Goenka presented two contests for the media folks. In the first contest, the media folks were asked to guess the correct price of the XUV500 and in the second, he asked to name 5 new features which were added to Mahindra vehicles lately. The winners of these contests (5 each in contest 1 & 2) will get a free ticket (worth Rs. 30,000/-) to India Grand Prix being held on October 28th this year.

Some screen shots from the launch ceremony