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MG Motor India in a press release stated that the Wuling Air mini electric car will welcome delegates to travel in the official EV at the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia. This car will be MG’s first smart city electri...

Skoda Auto is presenting its new brand identity as part of the Next Level – Skoda Strategy 2030. The focus is on a new design language, a new logo and comprehensively updating the corporate identity.

Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) an all-new Celerio, its sub-compact hatchback. The company claims that the new Celerio is India’s most fuel-efficient petrol car offering a mileage of 26.68km per litre. The new C...

MINI India has opened pre-booking for the much-awaited all-electric MINI 3-door Cooper SE from October 29, 2021 onward. The car can be exclusively booked online at shop.mini.in for Rs 1,00,000 only.

It was in February this year that Hyundai Motor India had introduced the Grand i10 Nios – Sportz Variant with the very popular 1.0 litre Turbo GDi engine. Then covid came in spoiled all the fun. This variant has som...

Lightweight engineering has a long tradition at Mazda, dating back to its very first passenger car. A loveable little coupe launched 60 years ago, the Mazda R360 instantly set a new benchmark for microcars in Japan,...

Maruti Suzuki which launched the S-Presso recently in the country is offering the car with a 998cc petrol K10B engine. There is an option of either a 5 speed manual transmission or an AMT or Automated Manual Trans...

The 2018 Hyundai Santro built on a new K1 platform still carries the legendary tall boy design. But it is no more just the boxy shape. The car is a lot more contemporary in its looks. The car now comes in D-lite var...

Volkswagen has presented its new T-Cross, the company’s first small car SUV. With the T-Cross, Volkswagen has introduced another new SUV model: even shorter and therefore better suited to the city than the T–Roc, an...

To begin with, Tata has ticked quite a few boxes with the Tiago. In my book it scores well in terms of looks, features, powertrain, build quality and price. Now Tata is offering the Tiago with an automatic transmiss...

Tata Motors passenger and commercial vehicle total sales (including exports) in May 2017 were at 38,361 vehicles, lower by 4% over 40,123 vehicles sold in May 2016. The company’s domestic sales of Tata Motors commer...

Hyundai Motor India has launched a new, bold and stylish 2017 Grand i10. Redefined exterior styling, hi-tech features and improved performance and fuel efficiency are the key highlights of the new 2017 Grand i10. Th...

French auto maker Renault has launched an automatic variant of their popular entry level hatchback – Kwid which promises to make commuting in traffic an absolute cinch. The new AMT has been mated to the 1.0 litre en...

Nissan Motor India Pvt. Ltd. has finally launched the 2017 Nissan GT-R in India. Nissan’s flagship sports car goes on sale for the first time in the country priced at Rs 1.99 Crore, ex-showroom, New Delhi in Europea...

Renault India has launched the automatic version of its popular Kwid model. The Kwid AMT will be offered in the top-end RXT (O) variant at an introductory price of Rs 4.25 Lakh (ex-Delhi). The Kwid has sold over 100...

Zero to 100kmph in 5 seconds? Nah! Styled like a Ferrari? Nah! 4X4 on the fly? Nah! Can be tanked up in 5 minutes? Nah! Can save you, your children, your grandchildren and the entire posterity from the ugly and dang...

Renault India has voluntarily recalled 50,000 units of its best selling model Kwid from the Indian market to do a “pre-emptive and voluntary inspection” of the car’s fuel system and to add a hose clip. The recall is...

Nissan has announced the start of pre-booking of the new Terrano 6 Speed Advanced Auto Drive in India. The new car will be based on the top-of-the-line XVD Premium grade. The Terrano 6 Speed Advanced Auto Drive will...

Nissan India has introduced the freshened Micra hatchback with a new “Sunshine Orange” exterior colour together with an all-black sporty interior. These new options are available across the Nissan Micra range includ...

The first time I got my hands on the Fiat Abarth 595 Competizione was on the Buddh International Circuit. The 595 was really small in proportions and just simply had a very cute look about it. The people from Fiat t...

When Tata Motors brought out their Tiago hatchback, their sentiment for a revolution became evident. The Tiago is not just contemporary in design but every inch and corner of this vehicle brings a breath of freshnes...

In order to taken on some of the established brands in the small car segment, Nissan Datsun has launched the small car redi-GO at a competitive starting price of Rs 2,38,900 (ex showroom Delhi). The Datsun redi-GO w...

With the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal going hammer and tongs against diesel vehicles with engine capacity of 2000cc and above, leading utility vehicles manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra has upped its...

While Renault has given Maruti Suzuki a real run for its money with the Kwid, Datsun which falls under the Nissan umbrella also plans to bring out the Redi-GO soon with a price tag which might be even lower than the...

Premium car maker Volvo Cars, has unveiled two new concept cars that move the Swedish brand in an audacious new direction and mark the official launch of its global small car strategy. The newly-revealed 40 serie...

Among the clutch of UVs / SUVs sold in April 2016 in the domestic market, the Hyundai Creta stands out for its stellar performance. Hyundai Motor India sold 7900 units of the Creta in April 2016 and exported 2215 un...

In the latest data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the Renault Kwid has clocked domestic sales of 9795 units in the Mini car segment for the month of April 2016. Of the handful of ...

When Renault launched the KWID back in 2015, Carlos Ghosn, Chairman & CEO, Renault said, "this is a car for conquest". The Indian market has always been price sensitive and that is what drives volumes for many manuf...

Volkswagen is presenting two world premieres at the Geneva International Motor Show which begins March 1 to 13, 2016. The company premieres the T-Cross Breeze which is an open-top concept car and the new Up which wi...

BMW globally has announced a slew of new models. These include the new BMW M2 Coupe, the new BMW X4 M40i and the new MINI Convertible. The new edition of the first and still the only premium convertible in the small...

The all-new MINI Convertible will be launched in India as a Completely Built-up Unit (CBU) in first half of the year. MINI India has also announced that the much-awaited MINI Clubman will come to India soon.

The Tata Zica from Tata Motors is a refreshingly designed hatchback. It is to be seen whether this product finally captures the imagination of the Indian masses. A one-time confident player in the Indian passenger c...

A few years ago, Ford gave us a small hatch back based on the Fiesta Classic platform and I thought it was brilliant. So much that my family and I actually bought one. Having some of its roots from America, it likes...

Leading two and three wheeler manufacturer Bajaj Auto has announced plans to export its Quadricycle, known as RE60. The RE 60 is now branded as ‘Qute’. During research the RE 60 evoked responses from consumers like...

Renault India has launched Renault Kwid at an introductory entry-level pricing of Rs 2,56,968 (ex- Delhi). This is the first launch in the global journey of Renault Kwid. The company claims that the Kwid is the most...

The Nexa outlets for premium Suzuki vehicles will now be accommodating the Suzuki Baleno, a new compact hatchback that was unveiled at the 66th IAA Frankfurt Motor Show on September 15, 2015. The Baleno is expected ...

At the 2014 Auto Expo in Delhi, in the midst of supercars and F1 cars, the crowd, the media, the photographers, the general public, everyone had their eyes glued to the Renault stands. At the show, Renault had a gre...

The Abarth 595 Competizione is essentially a Fiat 500 Cinquecento but with many improvisations and enhancement which come with the Abarth badge. The 595 has very chic and urban looks, the front sports dual Xenon Pro...

General Motors is on a recall mission. But this one is being done voluntarily and as the company says, “As part of its commitment to quality and satisfying its customers”, General Motors India announced that it is v...

This country really loves a diesel car. Every kilometer driven is a saving of sorts for them because of the lower price of diesel fuel as compared to petrol. For Maruti Suzuki it’s also a matter of pride when it com...

Open Sesame! And bingo, the hatch of the Tata Nano finally opened. Yes, it took several years for Tata Motors to do this, but now that it is open it can stock a lot of bags and can ensure that your long journey is m...

Continuing with its spirit to make it a successful car, Tata Motors has now launched the Nano in the all-new GenX Nano avatar. It’s a new compact that is a feature-rich hatchback for the youth of India, and is price...

To be launched later this year in India, the new Figo Aspire sub-4 metre sedan will be the first model from the Ford stable to roll out from its new modern plant in Sanand in Gujarat. The new Figo Aspire will come w...

When the New Original MINI was launched, the boss of MINI said that the “New MINI handles like a go kart. It is a go-kart for the road.” So we set up a challenge and tried to find out if it was true. Does a regular ...

Now that the demand for the new MINI 3 door and the new MINI 5 door is all what matters, the production of two model variants from the preceding generation of the original in the premium small car segment is about t...

Rinspeed, the Swiss automotive powerhouse of ideas, will be unveiling an electrically powered eye-catcher at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show called the “Budii” concept car. The electrically powered eye-catcher is intende...

Mini from BMW launched its new 3-door and 5-door variants in India on November 19, 2014. This is the first time in the company’s history that a new Mini is represented with a 5-door variant in the small car segment ...

The worries for Nissan in India seem to have simply grown. Global NCAP Chairman Max Mosley has now written to Nissan Chairman and CEO, Carlos Ghosn, calling for an urgent withdrawal of the Datsun Go from the Indian ...

Maruti Suzuki India Limited launched their new Alto K10 variant at Rs. 3,06,000 Ex-showroom Delhi on November3, 2014. The Alto K10 has been launched in four variants – LX, LXi, VXi and Vxi (O). The Vxi model is also...

In the 1980s an English pop singer Paul Young stole the hearts of millions with his song “Love of the Common People”. The lyrics of the song went something like this “….'cause she's living in the love of the common...

There is no denying the fact that Beat small cars are popular! The Beat car from the Chevrolet stable of General Motors has surpassed 1 million sales worldwide. The Beat is known as Spark in foreign markets. In Ind...

The iconic British car MINI (owned by BMW) now comes with five doors. This is the first time the British premium brand is represented with a 5 door model in the small car segment. The MINI from BMW is available in I...

The Etios Cross is not an SUV, yet you cannot help looking at it and saying, “Hey, that’s a compact SUV”. Well, it’s just an Etios Liva hatchback, made to wear a handsome armour made of plastic. When we got our h...

The best seller car in India from the Maruti Suzuki stable, the Alto, has crossed the 2.5 million sales milestone. Manohar Bhat, Vice President (Marketing), Maruti Suzuki, commenting on this, noted, “Launched in 200...

Toyota calls it a cross and nobody in India really knows what a cross means. Anything masculine looking is called an SUV and anything small that looks like an SUV is called a compact SUV. The Etios Cross is not an S...

In the United States, Honda is all prepared to expand its line up of small cars aimed at the next generation of buyers with the launch of the 2015 Fit subcompact car and the all-new compact SUV, the Honda HR-V. Toge...

General Motors has announced that the 2015 Chevrolet Cruze will debut at the New York International Auto Show with smarter exterior styling, better interior convenience and a lot more connectivity – including new Te...

It’s no ordinary brand. It comes with a grand legacy. Datsun is a world renowned brand and on March 19, 2014 the first Datsun will be sold to customers in India in the 21st century. Datsun originated in Japan as DAT...

India’s premier automotive design and specialist car manufacturer DC Design is ready with two exciting new concepts to delight automobile enthusiasts at the 2014 Auto Expo. The two new concept cars are production bo...

Nissan India has launched the multi-purpose vehicle Evalia at a starting price of Rs. 8.49 lakh, ex-

Tata Nano launched in Nepal