Car News That Mattered: Price Hikes & Offers, Bolero Neo Prices, Luxury Launches And More

Amongst the flurry of new luxury and performance vehicles, there’s also news of big discounts and a ‘new’ sub-4m SUV

Third price hike for 2021: Maruti Suzuki had already announced that it will be raising prices once again. The first to be affected in the latest hike is the Swift and the CNG variants of all other Maruti models. You can read more details about the latest price hike here.

Mahindra Bolero Neo Launched: ‘Bolero Neo’ is the name given to the facelifted TUV300 and it is now on sale, priced between Rs 8.48 lakh and Rs 10 lakh (ex-showroom, India). To know the variant-wise pricing and what the Bolero Neo has to offer, click here.

Kia Carnival offered with great savings: The Carnival, Kia’s premium MPV offering, is currently available with huge cash discounts of over Rs 3 lakh. Also, these discounts bring its prices closer to that of the not-as-premium and smaller Toyota Innova Crysta. Head here to see exactly how much you can save on a new Carnival this month.

Tesla spied testing in India: Tesla is synonymous with EVs across the world and this American brand is expected to begin operations in India soon. Its best-seller, the Model 3 sedan, was recently spied testing on our roads and you can check it out here.

Ford Figo petrol-automatic coming soon: The Figo lost its only automatic variant when the 1.5-litre petrol engine was ditched as part of the BS6 update in Jan 2020. Now, Ford is finally going to give it the 1.2-litre petrol automatic transmission and it will be launching quite soon. Find out more here.

Luxury Launches

Mercedes launches E 53 and E 63S AMG variants: The performance variants of Mercedes-Benz’s most popular sedan have arrived in India. While we’ve had previous iterations of the bi-turbo E 63 variants, Indian buyers will now get the choice of the electrified E 53 variant which has a 48V mild-hybrid system with the 3-litre six-cylinder turbo-petrol engine. You can find out the prices for these performance sedans here.

Facelifted Land Rover Discovery: The flagship three-row SUV of Land Rover (not including the Range Rover line of models) has been launched in its facelifted avatar this past week. It features cosmetic tweaks and updated equipment and gets the same choice of petrol and diesel engines still. Head here to know the detailed price list for the 2021 Land Rover Discovery.

BMW X1 Tech Edition: A new, limited edition variant of BMW’s entry-level SUV offering is now available. It is limited to the petrol-powered variant only and its most significant feature update is the new 10.25-inch touchscreen infotainment system. If you’re interested, you can check out the price and other details for the X1 Tech Edition here.

Lamborghini Huracan STO: If you thought the 2016 Huracan Performante was not hardcore enough, the new Huracan STO might be the track-focused Lambo for you. You can find out more about the Rs 4.99 crore (ex-showroom, India) beast here.