Hyundai small car India launch by end of 2011

     According to Mr. H.W. Park – Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Hyundai India, its small car(codename: HA) will be launched in India by the end of this year. Hyundai has been testing the car in and around its plant in Tamil Nadu. We had earlier posted couple of spy pictures of the Hyundai small car.

     The Hyundai small car will be powered by a 800cc engine and priced at Rs. 2.5 lakh. It will take on the market leader Maruti Alto with competitive price. The small car will help Hyundai to gain some market share in the small car segment currently dominated by Maruti.


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2013 Mercedes Benz S Class spy pictures

    Mercedes Benz has been working hard testing its new S Class for 2013. Spy pictures published at worldcarfans shows heavy camouflage. The 2013 S Class is expected to get more streamlined appearance with a prominent grille and CLS inspired headlights. It could be slightly larger than the current model.


     Mercedes is focusing more on the hybrid technology for S Class. A plug-in hybrid variant of S Class with a powertrain that mimics the Vision S 500 Hybrid concept is also expected.

Soruce: Worldcarfans

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Mitsubishi Pajero BS4 launched in India

     Mitsubishi has launched the BS4 variant of the Pajero SUV in India. The BS4 variant is equipped with the same engine with a catalytic converter to reduce the emission and meet the BS4 norms.


     The Pajero is powered by a 2.8 litre IDI Turbo diesel engine which now produces 108 Bhp of power and 260 Nm of torque. This means there is reduction of 10 Bhp as compared to the BS3 variant. Apart form the addition of the catalytic converter there is absolutely no change in the exterior and interior. The BS4 Pajero is costlier by Rs. 90,000 as compared to BS3 variant.

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Skoda Rapid rendering

     Here is the rendering of the soon to be launched Skoda Rapid. Couple of days ago we had showed the spy pictures of the Skoda Rapid being testing at Skoda's plant at Aurangabad.

     The rendering picture was found at http://www.automobile-magazine.fr site. The car in the picture resembles very much to the spy pictures we showed. With this looks Rapid is going to be a strong competitor to SX4, New Hyundai Verna and All new Ford Fiesta.

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Audi A7 Sportsback India launch on 11th May, to be priced Rs. 65 lakh

     German luxury carmaker Audi will launch its 4 door coupe A7 Sportsback in India on 11th May 2011. The A7 Sportsback will be will be a CBU (completely built unit) and priced at Rs. 65 lakh. The A7 Sportsback features light weight body made up of aluminum and high tech steels.

     The A7 Sportsback will be available in both petrol and diesel variants. The 3.0 TFSI Quattro Petrol with 2995cc engine produces 300 PS of power at 5250-6500 rpm and 440 Nm of torque at 2900-4500 RPM. The 3.0 TDI Quattro Diesel with 2967cc engine produces 245 PS of power at 4000-4500 rpm and 500 Nm of torque at 1400-3250 rpm.








     Both the engines is coupled with a seven-speed S tronic (dual-clutch) gear box. The latest quattro system has a crown-gear centre differential and torque vectoring. Brake recuperation and start-stop is standard across the range.

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Ford Figo crosses 1,00,000 production mark

     Ford has announced that it has crossed the 1,00,000 production mark of its popular hatchback Figo. The 1,00,000th Figo rolled out was a Colorado Red one. Figo was launched with great expectations from the company after the slump in the Ford car sales in India 2 years back.

     The Figo is basically the last generation European Fiesta hatchback. Ford gave a mild facelift to the European Fiesta and changed the name to Figo here in India. The changes include all new bumber, new headlamps as well as tail lamps – all these reflecting the Kinetic design philosophy of Ford.

     With the launch of Figo, Ford also reworked on the spare parts prices and almost halved their price to give its customers good ownership experience. Along with this the major factor working out for the Figo was the price which was very competitive in the market.


     Ford is planning to launch 8 more models in India by 2015. It has recently launched the new 2011 Fiesta in India but still the price details have not been revealed. If Ford can learn from Figo’s success, days are not far for Ford to compete with the market leader Maruti Suzuki.

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New Delhi Auto Expo 2012 at two venues?

     The Auto Expo at New Delhi to be held in January 2012 seams to be a much bigger event this time. According to sources, the entire space at Pragati maidan has been sold out and still some prospective participants are waiting to have some space. This might prompt the event organizers to arrange some space for waiting participants at a different venue.

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