Top Automotive News of the Week

The last week of August has been an amazing one for us at CarDekho, we have been able to tap a lot of upcoming cars, which will launch by end of the year. We brought you the information on Chevrolet Beat facelift, Renault Scala, Tata Xenon Pick-up, Renault Modus, Honda City CNG, Hyundai i10 facelift and some others. So we bring to you the weekly wrap-up of all the major happenings in the automotive world took place in the last week.

New Chevrolet Beat's Official Images Revealed

General motors have finally revealed the official images of the next generation Chevrolet Beat ahead of its debut at the forthcoming Paris Motor Show. Knows as the Spark in America, the facelift version of the hatchback gets some cosmetic changes in and out, thus becomes more attractive than its existing version.

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Renault Scala Pricing to Start at Rs 5.93lakh, Launch on 7th

There were rumours floated earlier that the Renault's version of Nissan Sunny, the Scala would be priced higher than the Sunny, but our trusted sources have informed us that the Scala will be priced similar. We are expecting it's starting price to be at Rs 5.93 lakh. The C segment car will be launched on 7th.

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Maruti Swift Dzire Tour Now Available for Private Buyers as well

Seeing the consumer's interest towards Swift Dzire with a larger boot area, Maruti Suzuki India has finally decided to make Dzire Tour available for private buyers as well, The Dzire Tour was till now sold to the taxi market and corporates only. As of now, the entry level variants of both the petrol and diesel engine are made available for private buyers.

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Toyota Camry Will be Assembled in India

Toyota India which has recently launched the seventh Generation Toyota Camry, has now said that the company is planning to assemble the car at company's Bangalore facility. As of now it is assembled at 10 different locations around the world, Bangalore will be the 11th place where it will be assembled locally.

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Tata Xenon Pick-up Launch on 3rd September

Tata Motors, the Indian auto major is all set to launch the much awaited up-market carrier, the double door Tata Xenon Pick-up on 3rd September. The Xenon Pick-up has been said to be a converted pick-up version of Tata Xenon double cab pick-up, which is a famous off-roading vehicle. If rumours are to believed, this might replace Tata 207 in India, as it isn't doing that well at the moment. The closest competitor of the Xenon Pick-up will be Mahindra Genio.

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Renault Modus Hatchback spotted

The Renault Modus hatchback, which has been in the news for quite sometime now is back in the headlines, and this time around for a bigger reason. The car was recently spotted in the national capital, Delhi. The car is expected to be priced between Rs 4.5 lakh and Rs 6 lakh.

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Honda City CNG Launches in Thailand

While everybody was discussing Honda cars India's plans of launching the CNG version of Honda City, Honda Thailand have launched it there. Housing the i-VTEC 1.5-litre mill, it runs on both CNG and petrol modes. Honda Siel Cars India, which is facing a tough time because of the unavailability of cheaper fuel engine options, needs such a product badly.

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New Hyundai i10 Spotted in India

CarDekho recently brought you the spy pictures of the global version of the new Hyundai i10, now it has been spotted in India, which has made us believe on the rumour about its launch in India either by end of this year or early next year.

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Mahindra Quanto Launch in Second Half of September

Mahindra Mahindra, the Indian auto major, known for its sports utility vehicles have named the Quanto to their much awaited Compact SUV, which is a shorter version of the popular MUV, Xylo. The sub 4-meter, SUV will be launched in the second half of September.

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Maruti Suzuki India Rely Heavily on Diesel Cars

Maruti Suzuki India has recently announced that they are planning to increase their diesel engine capacity to tap an overall market share of 40 % in domestic passenger vehicle market. And as we reported sometime back that the auto giant has been working on to develop a diesel engine for entry level cars as well.

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Fiat India Welcomes Gurpratap Boparai as the new President CEO

Fiat India Automobiles Ltd has today announced the retirement of Mr. Rajeev Kapoor from the post of President CEO and appointment of Mr. Gurpratap Boparai as the new CEO of the company. Mr Rajeev Kapoor joined Fiat India Automobiles Limited in 2007 and has overseen the formative years of the operations to its present level and is retiring on reaching 60 years of age.

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Tata Motors Partners with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Tata Motors has tied-up with the institution of Mechanical engineers to develop the professional registration of engineers in India by giving a structured training and development. Speaking on the same, Dr. Tim Leverton, Head-Advanced and Product Engineering- Tata Motors said, “We are delighted that the professional development of Tata Motors Engineers can now be formally accredited under the worldwide recognised framework, offered by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

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Mercedes to Assemble SUVs in India by Next Year

Mercedes-Benz has recently announced that they are planning to assemble their sports utility vehicles, M and GL-Class in India by next year. Except India, Thailand and Indonesia will be the two other markets where the SUVs will be assembled locally. Speaking on the same, the company official said, “The necessary preparations at the selected three production sites in India, Thailand and Indonesia are proceeding full steam ahead. Later on in the year, Final Assembly of the M-Class using SKD kits will start there for the respective local market”

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Mahindra Reva to Bring Several Electric Vehicles

India's only electric car manufacturer, Mahindra Reva owned by Mahindra Mahindra, which has recently opened the Reva Plant near Bangalore has stated to bring one new variant every year for the coming 2-3 years on the Mahindra Reva Platform and will work on new platforms as well. Mahindra Reva NXR is the vehicle that Mahindra Reva is launching during the festive season.

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Volkswagen Polo and Vento Might go Expensive by 3 Percent

If speculations are to be believed, the German auto giant, Volkswagen is soon going to hike the prices of its two vehicles, the maiden hatchback Polo and the entry level sedan Vento by up to 3 per cent. However the company has refused to comment on this, but the uneven economic conditions and constant fall in rupee value has forced most international giants to increase the prices of their products, Toyota too has increased prices of its entire line-up for the similar reason.

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Daimler and Renault-Nissan to Take the Collaboration Further

Daimler and Renault-Nissan which came into a collaboration in the year 2010, are now thinking to take it further with new projects. Daimler is speculated to develop a compact car in the partnership of Renault-Nissan, the project is expected to start from 2016 in East Europe.

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