Top News of the Week- Summarized

This week is certainly going to be written in the history of Indian car market, and the reason has been the launch of the most awaited car of the recent times, Maruti Suzuki Alto 800 at an exciting price of Rs 2.44 lakh (ex-showroom, New Delhi), which promises to return best-in-class mileage of 22.74kmpl . The other two huge launches were the all new Tata Safari Storme and Mahindra SsangYong Rexton.

Then there have been some other big launches including Tata Manza Club class, New Ford Figo, Honda Brio AT, Toyota Fortuner TRD sportivo limited edition, World's largest Monocoque, Van Force Traveller- 26 seater and last but not the least Price cut version of Mitsubishi Pajero. We also cracked the launch date of the upcoming Chevrolet Spark facelift, it's finally launching on 25th October unlike many were claiming it to come on 15th October. Volkswagen that had phased out the Polo 1.6-litre petrol some days back, is likely to launch the 1.2-litre highline version in replacement soon in India, as the same car was spotted doing test runs in India this week.

So if you have missed out on anything, we bring to you the important news of the week in summary.

Maruti Suzuki Alto 800 Launched Finally at Rs 2.44 lakh

Maruti Suzuki Alto 800 is finally here, the giant rolled out the most awaited vehicle of the year in a total 3 variants namely Alto 800 Std, Alto 800 LX and Alto 800 LXi priced at Rs 2.44 lakh, 2.76 lakh and 2.99 lakh respectively. Moreover, three CNG variant were also launched at Rs 3.19 lakh, 3.37 lakh and 3.56 lakh. Whereas, the Petrol version promises to return best-in-class mileage of 22.74kmpl, CNG variant offer the outstanding 30.26kmpl of mileage.

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Maruti Suzuki Alto 800 VS Hyundai Eon and Chevrolet Spark

The entry of the all new Alto 800 has certainly increased the competition bar in the already so competitive budget segment. So we at CarDekho did a detailed analysis whether the new Alto 800 truly has the competency to beat two of its closest rivals; Hyundai Eon and Chevrolet Spark.

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New Ford Figo Launched at Rs. 3.85 Lakh

Ford Figo facelift which was in the headlines for quite sometime now, at last launched this week. The new Ford Figo came out carrying some superb features now like revamped headlamps, new steering column mounted audio controls, brand new tail lamps, alloy wheels, new bumpers and seat fabric design and some others, helping it become even better product than before.

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New Ford Figo VS Competition

The Segment B that already had some of the best-selling cars most automakers based out of India, now gets the new Ford Figo which has come up having a bunch of attractive features in addition, with almost no price change. So we compared the all new Figo with Maruti Suzuki Swift, Maruti Suzuki Ritz, Toyota Etios Liva, Hyundai i10 and Chevrolet Beat.

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Tata Indigo Manza Club Class Launched at Rs. 5.70 lakh

In the season of launches, Tata Motors India that rolled out the new Indica eV2 some days back, this week they brought the entirely new line-up of new Tata Indigo Manza, as the earlier version was not doing as good in terms of sales as the company expected. So the car that already had some best-in-class features now goes more feature-rich.

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New Tata Indigo Manza VS Competition- CarDekho Exclusive

Will the new Tata Indigo Manza be able to create the magic this time? Does it have all what it takes to be an ideal sedan car? So to sort out all these queries, we did a detailed comparison between New Tata Indigo Manza, Swift Dzire, Toyota Etios, Nissan Sunny and Ford Classic.

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Tata Safari Storme Launched at Rs 9.95 lakh

After making us wait for so long, Tata Motors finally rolled out the all new Safari Storme in four variants namely LX, EX, VX and VX 4WD priced at Rs 9.95 lakh, 10.77 lakh, 12.37 lakh and 13.66 lakh (ex-showroom, New Delhi). The four-wheel drive system offered with the top-end variant is an electronic-shift-on-the-fly (ESOF) mechanism that enables a driver to shift from 2WD to 4WD or vice-versa on the go.

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Tata Safari Storme Vs Competition

The all new Safari Storme is no doubt going to heat up the competition in the fastest growing car segment of India, the SUV, which already has some of the top selling SUVs available, including the all new Renault Duster, Mahindra Scorpio and some others. So to help our viewers in short-listing which SUV they should short-list among all, we did a detailed comparison between the new Safari Storme and its closets rivals.

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Mahindra Launches SsangYong Rexton at Rs. 17.67 Lakh

The premium SUV, SsangYong Rexton which was showcased at the Indian auto expo, this year made its Indian debut this week at in both Manual as well as automatic transmission versions priced at Rs 17.67 lakh and 19.67 lakh respectively. The Rexton W derives its power from a 2.7-litre, five-cylinder CRDi engine mated to a five-speed transmission (in both AT and MT versions).

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Mitsubishi India Releases Local Production Pajero at Rs. 22.56 lakh

Mitsubishi Pajero that failed to impress buyers, even being one of the best designed and engineered SUVs in India, so to lure customers, Mitsubishi India launched the India made version of the vehicle at about Rs 1.8 lakh lesser price than the earlier version.

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Honda Brio Automatic Launched at Rs 5.74 lakh

Honda Cars India, which has been facing a tough time due to lack of diesel engine cars in its portfolio as of now, launched the automatic version of its flagship hatchback, Honda Brio in India to keep the momentum going at least till their first diesel car comes to India. Their first diesel car will be Brio sedan diesel, which will come by the first quarter of 2013.

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Toyota Fortuner TRD Sportivo Edition Launched

Like Toyota already said that there will be no new models from the company till 2014, so to lure more buyers in the coming festive season, they launched the limited/festive edition versions of most its cars including Toyota Innova, Etios and Etios Liva. Now the latest to join the band wagon is the Toyota Fortuner TRD Sportivo, which has come out in two 4x2 manual and 4x2 automatic transmission versions priced at 21.75 lakh and 22.60 lakh respectively.

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Force Traveller-26, World's largest Moncoque Van Launched at Rs 10.87 lakh

Force Motors India this week launched the all new Traveller-26 at a starting price of Rs 10.87 lakh that they showcased at this year's Indian auto expo. What makes it different from the league is the fact that, it is the world's largest monocoque van.

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Volkswagen Polo to Make a Comeback?

The German auto major, Volkswagen's Indian arm that had to phase out VW Polo 1.6-litre petrol some time back due to its poor sales, is probably making up its mind to bring the 1.2-litre Highline version in its replacement. And the reason why are we guessing it is the fact that such a car was caught doing test runs in India this week.

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