Ford Ecosport and Honda Amaze diesel coming soon

Ford Ecosport and Honda Amaze are the two major upcoming cars this year and both the manufacturers are gearing up for this launch. We recently spotted the Ecosport at a dealership in Navi Mumbai that came for a round of service training. Honda has also begun the digital marketing campaign for the Amaze, which will be their first diesel car.

Apart from that, this week we get the top 5 upcoming compacts SUVs other than the Ford Ecosport. Also the fact that Tata is working on a new hatchback, Honda will introduce a more expensive version of the Brio, limited edition of the Nissan Sunny got launch, Skoda Rapid is available at Rs 8999 per month, and the Czech maker also got the Laura 1.8-litre automatic. With the Jaguar C-Type in town, we interview the owner of the car.

Ford EcoSport spotted at a dealership in Navi Mumbai

Ford EcoSport has been spotted at a dealership in Navi Mumbai. We learn this vehicle was a demo one that is travelling to various showrooms for the after-sales service training. We had previously spotted the Ford EcoSport doing rounds of testing as the date of its launch is inching closer. Read more

Honda begins digital marketing campaign for its first diesel car

With the CR-V launch just a fortnight away, Honda is pulling up its socks for the launch of the new Honda Amaze— which will be its first entrant to be propelled even by a diesel mill. The Japanese manufacturer had taken us to Japan a couple of months ago to give us a first hand driving impression of this new sedan. Read more

Nissan Sunny Special Edition Introduced with New Features

Japanese car maker Nissan's Indian Subsidiary has now given a special treatment to its flagship sedan, the Sunny. And this has been done quietly, we got to know about the new edition via a print ad published on TOI today morning. The car that is already one of the most comfortable cars of its segment, now gets even more luxurious with some new features including the 2-DIN Touch Screen Entertainment Console, Rear Spoiler with Chrome Plated Trunk Garnish, Leather Seats and Rear Parking Camera. Read more

Tata Motors Working on a New Premium Small Car

Tata Motors that has recently launched the Vista D90 and revealed the Vista based crossover, Vista D90 Xtreme SUV Concept has now been reportedly working on a new premium small hatchback to compete against the closest competitors including Maruti, Hyundai and others. The information has been given by several people with knowledge of the development. Read more

Skoda Laura Petrol Automatic Launched at Rs. 15.65 Lakh


 
Taking an unexpected move, Skoda India has now introduced the optional 7-speed DSG gearbox to the 160PS TSI petrol motor of the Laura, which has been said to be replaced by the 2013 Skoda Octavia soon in India. Made available in the Ambition trim of the car, the automatic Laura has been priced at Rs. 15.65 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi), which is about a lakh higher than that of the 6-speed Manual version of the car. Read more

Quick 5 with Richard Frankel

Richard Frankel from Peterborough, England, who has a well established property business owns an extraordinary car collection that includes a 50’s Ferrari 750 Monza and the 1952 Jaguar C-type that racing legend Sir Stirling Moss drove and won in at Rheims. It was the first car to have all four disc brakes, the car that stopped the world and changed the automotive history. Read more

Top 5 upcoming compact SUVs

After getting hatchbacks in the B+ segment, automotive manufacturers are working to introduce a model in the compact SUV segment, as this one of the fastest growing segments. Manufacturers like Maruti Suzuki, Fiat, Honda, Nissan and Tata are working on the new compact SUVs. Read more

Renault Scala and Ford Fiesta Automatic comparison

The Renault Scala and the Ford Fiesta are two different automatics, here to make the difference. The recently launched Scala CVT is the only vehicle in its segment to get this transmission, while the Fiesta gets a double-clutch box. Both the transmissions are different from the conventional automatic and we pit the two C+ sedans against each other. Read more

Safari On the Rann

The little Rann of Kutch, a small fragment of land, once used to be part of the Arabian Sea. Over the years, geological forces caused the land and sea to separate, leaving behind featureless plains encrusted with salt that get inundated with water during the rains. Read more

A Jungle Trail Drive to Yawal Wildlife Sanctuary in Nissan X-Trail

Twenty percent of the surface area of India is covered under forest – well this has been the oft repeated statistical data that most of my contemporaries – read people in their forties – must have come across during their school days. The other part of the same conundrum is that Madhya Pradesh is supposed to have the biggest area land area under forest cover. But mere statistics - as per Land Use Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI, 2008-09, Madhya Pradesh has 8696000 hectares (28.27% of total land area) covered under forest and Maharashtra has 5213000 hectares covered under forest cover (16.95% of total land area) – does little to convey any qualitative idea about the forest cover unless one takes the pains to visit a forest area. Well, actually there is no substitute for first-hand experience and therefore it became imperative to visit a forest area to experience the real jungle. An easy option was to visit one of the popular wildlife sanctuaries but better sense prevailed and we zeroed on Yawal Wildlife Sanctuary which straddles the border areas of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Although the forest area of Yawal Wildlife Sanctuary falling in Maharashtra is quite rich, both in terms of diversity and quality of flora and fauna, being bereft of the famed striped cat (Tiger) has meant that it has remained in relative obscurity vis-à-vis other more famous Wildlife Sanctuaries of Maharashtra. Read more

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