Archive for October, 2009

Spied: 2010 Mercedes Benz C-Class Facelift

Posted on October 30th, 2009 by by admin

Mercedes Benz C-Class will receive its first facelift since its launch in the form of a new 2010 model. The external styling tweaks are extremely subtle and even a trained eye wont be able to spot the differences easily.
There spy shots were clicked when the new C-Class was being loaded into a trailer truck. Although [...]

Premier Auto Launches Zoyte Rio Compact SUV

Posted on October 29th, 2009 by by admin

Premier Automobiles, Fiat’s erstwhile partner in India, is back in the passenger vehicle business with the launch of RiO compact SUV. The Premier RiO measure less than 4 meters in length and aims to cater the between the midsize passenger cars and larger utility vehicles which curretly has no other offerings.
The RiO is powered by a 1489 CC [...]

Mahindra Launches Gio Compact Truck

Posted on October 28th, 2009 by by admin

Mahindra has launched India’s first 4 wheeled 0.5 ton compact truck, Gio at a ceremony in Mumbai. The vehicle is targetted squarely at the three wheeled commercial vehicle segment and has been priced very competitively at Rs 1.65 Lakhs (Ex-Showroom) for the BS II variant and Rs 1.68 Lakhs for the BS III variant.

The Gio [...]

Fiat Diesel Drives India Flags Off

Posted on October 28th, 2009 by by admin

Fiat India has flagged off the ‘Fiat Diesel Drives India’ - a pan India diesel drive spanning over 10,000 kilometers with their four Multijet offerings - Linea, Grand Punto, Palio and Fiat 500. The one-of-a-kind journey will see the cars and the engine traversing diverse and testing terrains within 16 states in India.
The drive has [...]

Honda Aviator 110 CC Launched!

Posted on October 27th, 2009 by by admin

Honda has launched the Aviator with the 110 cc engine from the Activa. The new Aviator has been launched in two variants - Aviator Standard, Aviator Deluxe  and has been priced at Rs 42,160 and Rs 47,160 respectively.
The new Aviator comes with the bigger 110cc engine which Honda claims is 15% more fuel efficient compared to [...]

Volkswagen Launches 1.2L TSI Engine For Polo, Golf And Golf Plus

Posted on October 27th, 2009 by by admin

Volkswagen has launched the all new 1.2 Litre TSI engine at the 2009 Vienna Engine Symposium which can now be ordered in the Polo, Golf and Golf Plus. Speculations also have it that the new engine will also be used on the upcoming Audi A1 and possibly Skoda and Seats products too.
The 1.2l TSI engine [...]

Pre-Delivery Audit For Tata Nano As Three Cars Catch Fire

Posted on October 27th, 2009 by by admin

Tata Nano

World’s cheapest car, Tata Nano appears to have developed a technical snag prompting Tata Motors to launch a pre-delivery audit of the car’s electrical systems and inspection of the units already sold.
Three cases of the car developing short circuit near the combination switch in the car’s steering wheel have already been reported from Delhi, [...]

2010 Suzuki Kizashi Launched In Japan

Posted on October 26th, 2009 by by admin

Suzuki has officially launched its Kizashi sedan in the home Japanese market. The car hit the showrooms earlier this week.
Kizashi is the most ambitious and one of the most important launch for Suzuki yet, which until now was only famous for making small fuel efficient cars and superbikes. The new sedan catapults Suzuki straight into the [...]

Royal Enfield Bullet Classic To Roll In On 4th November

Posted on October 25th, 2009 by by admin

Our story on the Royal Enfield Bullet launch at the Cologne International bike show last year had the brand affectionados drool and at the same time disappointed and angered by the fact that the bike wasnt destined for India.  A ray of hope came when we published the scoop shots of the bike at an authorized dealer workshop with [...]

Toyota Confirms Prius For Early 2010 India Launch

Posted on October 22nd, 2009 by by admin

Toyota has confirmed the launch of the new Prius Hybrid for the Indian market. The car would go on sale immediately after the official unveiling at the upcoming 2010 Auto Expo in New Delhi.
The preferred choice of Hollywood A-listers, the Prius will be imported as a CBU (Completely Built Unit) from Japan and is likely to [...]