Peugeot to make B-plus, C & D segment cars in India

     In our earlier post we had showed you spy pictures of Peugeot cars testing in Indian conditions. French car maker Peugeot will start its factor work at Sanand next month which will see investments of Rs. 4000 crores.

     Peugeot will make B-plus, C and D segment cars in its Sanand plant which will be launched in phase wise manner. Peugeot will launch its first model 508 sedan in India by 2014 followed by a hatchback and a luxury sedan. Peugeot has already planned for certain changes in its cars to suit the Indian conditions.

     Peugeot also has plans to bring in hybrid and electric vehicle to India in future. The company has tied up with Ford India for diesel engines and with BMW for gasoline engines. 

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After Chennai, is Sanand the next automobile capital of India?

     Tamil Nadu has many automobile manufacturing companies in India and it would not be wrong to say Chennai is the automobile capital of India. Now Sanand, the permanent home for Tata Nano is the hot designation for automobile companies in India to set up its plant.

     French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen will start works for its plant in Sanand next month. Peugeot is re-entering into Indian market after 10 years and plans to invest Rs. 4000 crores in its plant. The other major car manufacturer Ford India has already started work on its second plant in Sanand which too will see investment close to that of Peugeot’s. Ford will roll out its first car from Sanand plant in 2014.

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Hyundai Eon launched in India, price starts from Rs. 2.69 lakh

     Hyundai today launched its small car Eon in India with prices starting from Rs. 2.69 lakh (ex-showroom, New Delhi) for the base D-Lite variant. The Eon is available in six variants – D-Lite, D-Lite(O), Era, Magna, Magna(O) and Sportz.

     The Eon is powered by an efficient 3 cylinder 814cc petrol engine with 55.2 Bhp of power. The engine is mated to a five speed manual transmission. Fuel efficiency as certified by ARAI is class leading with 21.1 Kmpl.

Prices of Hyundai Eon variants (ex-showroom, New Delhi)

• Hyundai Eon D-Lite - Rs 2.69 lakh
• Hyundai Eon D-Lite (O) - Rs 2.91 lakh
• Hyundai Eon Era - Rs 3.12 lakh
• Hyundai Eon Magna - Rs 3.36 lakh
• Hyundai Eon Magna (O) - Rs 3.46 lakh
• Hyundai Eon Sportz - Rs 3.71 lakh

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Mahindra Xylo facelift spied

     It is barely 2 years old and Mahindra has tried to give a facelift to its MPV Xylo. This is the magnitude of the competition taking place in all the segments in India. The best seller and market leader Honda City is also getting a facelift just after its launch 3 years ago.


     We manage to get the spy pictures of the Xylo facelift from oncars.in which mentions that the new Xylo could be a special edition variant. The Xylo spied has clear lens blinkers on the tail lamps, orange coloured indicators on the headlamps and a rear spoiler. In the interior there is steering mounted controls and added new features such as cruise control, voice controls, steering mounted audio and phone controls. There was also an E9 badging on this vehicle as mentioned by oncars.in. Currently Mahindra Xylo comes with a top end E8 variant.


     We feel these changes would bring in fresh look to the boring & boxy designed Xylo. Mahindra Xylo received good response when launched but Mahindra could not carry on the hype for too long as it did with the Scorpio. Now with Maruti Ertiga (R3) to be launched soon the Xylo has some serious competition.

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Long Wheel Base Tata Indica spied, or is it LWB Indigo CS?

     Tata Motors when launched the Indica car had announced it will develop different variants on the Indica platform. This happed way back in 1998 and since then Tata Motors has been developing different variants on Indica platform. Honestly speaking nobody had guessed Tata Motors will create so many variants based on a single platform.

     To count, till now Tata Motors has created close to a dozen variants on the Indica platform which are Indica, Indigo, Indigo Marina, Indigo XL, Indigo CS, DICOR engines on Indica, Indigo and Indigo XL, XETA petrol engine (1.2 and 1.4) on the Indica prior to which a 75PS petrol engine was used, CR4 engines across the lineup and the XL model has a 100PS petrol engine on introduction, CNG and LPG models on various cars at different timelines, EV version that made it to many international shows and formed the basis for the Vista EV, Indica Silhouette concept having a 3.5-liter V6 engine producing 330PS.

     Now Tata Motors is readying a stretched Indica. This is not a joke but true. The spy pictures of stretched Indica have been taken, thanks to Indianautosblog. From the picture we could deduce that it is not the stretched Indica but a stretched Indigo CS doing the test runs. What do you guys say? Tata Motors to mask and mislead the spy photographers has added some extra stuff on the boot which looks like the vehicle is a station wagon.


     Tata Motors with the development of long wheel base Indigo CS is targeting the fleet operators who are looking for better rear seat comfort with the limited boot space. The LBW Indigo CS might not compete with modern latest entries in Rs. 6 lakh bracket, but surely it will find a niche for itself in taxi segment.

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Next Generation 2013 Porsche Panamera spied

     Panamera is the first 4 seater saloon from the Porsche family. It was launched just two years ago and went on to become the fasted sedan in the world. We found some spy pictures of the next generation 2013 Panamera at leading automotive website.


     The spy photos reveal new headlamp cluster and new front fascia. The headlamp cluster with an array of LED lights can be seen. The front fascia has been newly sculpted that resembles the new 2012 Porsche 911.


     Engine options of 2012 Panamera is likely to remain same but could be tweaked for improved performance and fuel economy.

Source: worldcarfans

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Mahindra Verito Executive Edition launched

     Mahindra has launched a special edition of its mid-sized sedan Verito called Verito Executive Edition. The Verito Executive Edition features Blue vision headlamps , Special alloy wheels with wide spokes, Genuine leather interiors, Stereo with USB and Bluetooth, Special badge and New body graphics. The Verito Executive Edition is available only in top end D6 variant is priced at Rs. 7.09 lakh ex-showroom New Delhi.

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