One more small car in India: Honda to launch it by 2011-12

After General Motors, Nissan, Toyota and many others, Honda has announced the launch of a small car in India by 2011-12. So far, Honda have not had any compact car in its portfolio. The yet-to-launch small car would be having a l.1 litre petrol engine. The compact car has not have a name yet but code name is 2CV. It is expected that the petrol variant of the car might be priced between Rs 4 to 5 lakh. The small car will not be larger than Honda Jazz but the platform and iVTEC engine technology.

The small car might be manufactured at company's Rajasthan plant that have an installed capacity of one lakh compact cars a year. However, no official word in this regard. The small car is to face stiff competition from premium hatchback cars like the Hyundai i10, Ford Figo, Maruti Swift, Tata Motors' Indica, General Motors Aveo UV-A and Fiat's Punto. There is another good news for car enthusiasts in India-new cars in India. Volkswagen is going to launch its Volkswagen Beetle and Volkswagen Polo in India.