Weekly Wrap-up: A Week Full of Discounts, Offer and Lucrative Deals

As the year is about to end, carmakers in order to clear the stocks are offering lucrative discounts on their selected model line-up. Ford India is offering attractive discount on Figo, Classic, Fiesta, EcoSport and Endeavour. The Blue Oval company calls it ‘Diwali Returns’ while for Kerala its ‘Onam Returns’. Other automakers such as Chevrolet and Toyota also joined the race to offer mouth watering deals. Hyundai beaming high on the success of Elite i20 has retailed more than 56,000 units in just four months since its launch while India’s largest passenger carmaker Maruti Suzuki sold 5,232 units of Ciaz in November, 2014. In the ultra luxury segment, Porsche India has launched the updated Cayenne at a starting price of INR 1.04 crore (ex-showroom, Delhi).

Ford India is Offering Special Benefits on Entire range from 3-7th December

Ford India is offering special benefits on the entire range which include - Figo, Classic, Fiesta, EcoSport and Endeavour. The Blue Oval company calls it ‘Diwali Returns’ while for Kerala its ‘Onam Returns’. This offer is valid only for the bookings made between 3rd to 7th December 2014 and delivery taken on or before 31st December 2014. Ford India is offering one assured gift on every booking, customers will win assured gifts such as LED TVs, washing machines, microwaves, smartphones and more, worth up to Rs. 5 crore. Moreover, you can also get 50 per cent off on the selected genuine accessories. Read More

Chevrolet India offering discounts up to INR 85,500

As the new year is just few days ahead, Chevrolet India has announced lucrative deals and offers in abid to clear-off this year's left stock. The company is offering discounts and benefits of upto INR 85,500 including cash discount, exchange bonus, loyalty bonus and corporate discounts for the this particular month. The offer is available on entire product line-up except Captiva SUV, and can be availed through company's 255 dealerships across the country. Read More

Toyota Offering Special Benefits on its Popular Models

Toyota is offering benefits on it popular models in its special scheme - ‘Remember December’! The models included in the offer are, the entire Etios clan - Etios Liva hatch, Etios sedan and Etios Cross along with Toyota Corolla and Innova. This said, the offers are only for the diesel variants of the mentioned vehicles. Read More

Tata Bolt - Engine Specifications and Features

Tata Motors is on the path of resurrection. When they launched the Horizonext strategy in June last year, the focus was to be on intense products, world-class manufacturing practices, rich customer purchase experience and consistent quality of service. The first product to come out of this strategy was the Tata Zest a few months back. The Zest has been doing good business since the launch and now Tata is launching the Bolt, the hatchback version to keep up the momentum. The launch will happen soon and here we take a look at the engine specifications and the features of the new Bolt. Read More

Mahindra & Mahindra to buy Sweden automaker SAAB?

Mahindra & Mahindra is reportedly buying majority stakes in the National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) AB. NEVS, an investment group, that owns SAAB, a Swedish carmaker. NEVS bought assets of SAAB two years ago from Spyker, a Dutch supercar maker, which indeed brought SAAB from GM! Read More

Driverless Cars To Be Tested In Four UK Cities

Henry Ford or Karl Benz might never have thought of a driverless car but the advanced technology around us has made it possible. After launching a government-funded competition back in July, the quango Innovate UK (formerly the Technology Strategy Board) has selected four cities to host driverless car trials in Britain next year. Though the cars are under trial runs, it gives an assurance for a brighter driverless car future. Read More

Aston Martin DB10 is James Bond New Car in Upcoming 007 Movie Spectre

Astonishing Aston Martins, gorgeous girls and cool gadgets are synonymous with the Bond movies and same is with the upcoming 007 movie- Spectre, scheduled to be launched in UK on 23rd October 2015. On the announcement of 24th James Bond movie, Director Sam Mendes reveals the new Aston Martin DB10 as first non human cast member of the movie which will be driven by Daniel Craig who is playing the role for Bond for the fourth time in the film. The movie is set to be released in UK on 23 October 2015. Read More

Tata Indica Replacement Kite Spied During Test Runs

We recently reported about the Kite Sedan test mule spied near the company’s Pimpri plant, and its now the Kite hatch that was caught by shutterbugs. Yes, the Tata Kite hatchback, a replacement for Indica is been spied during test runs in Pune which hints towards an early launch. The Kite hatch will replace the Indica while the Kite sedan will replace Tata Indigo eCS. The homegrown manufacturer is looking aggressive to introduce new vehicles and next in pipeline is the Bolt hatchback which was showcased earlier at the 2014 Delhi Auto Expo. Read More

France might say Bye to diesel cars!

France, a country with more than 30 million cars running on diesel currently, which accounts for about 80 percent of total cars on their roads, has finally decided to gradually phase out the use of diesel fueled cars, at least for private passenger transport. Read More

Tata Kite Spied; A replacement for Indigo eCS

Tata Motors after showcasing the Bolt hatch along with the launch of their new compact sedan Zest, is now testing the Kite sedan, a replacement for Tata Indigo eCS. The test mule was captured during the trial runs at the company’s Pimpri plant. Read More

Hyundai Elite i20 gets 56,000+ Bookings in 4 Months

Hyundai Elite i20 got a landmark booking of 56,000+ in just four months since its launch. Hyundai says apart from the milestone booking, more than 300,000 customer have enquired about this second generation i20. Moreover, Hyundai India has also retailed 10,500 units of Elite i20 last month (for the first time) making it the highest selling among its strong portfolio. Read More

Tata Motors bags orders for 1542 Sumo Gold vehicles

Tata Motors has announced that it has received an order for 1542 Sumo Gold utility vehicles from various Police & law enforcement agencies across the country. This is not the first time that Tata Motors is associating with the government agencies as the company’s Defence Solutions has offered a wide range of vehicles in the light, medium and heavy category that include Logistics, Tactical, Armoured and Specialist vehicles, with lowest life-cycle maintenance cost. Tata Motors has supplied over 1,00,000 vehicles to the Indian military and Paramilitary forces, so far since 1958. Read More

Porsche India launches updated Cayenne; priced from INR 1.04 Crore

Porsche India has launched the updated Cayenne at a starting price of INR 1.04 crore (ex-showroom, Delhi). Offered in four variants namely the Cayenne Diesel, Cayenne S Diesel, Cayenne S and the range-topping Cayenne Turbo, the luxury SUV is available in dealerships across the country from today onwards. Read More

Hyundai Retails 10,500 Elite i20s in November, Cumulative Sales up by 8.7%!

Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) registers a cumulative growth of 8.7 per cent in the month of November, 2014. The country’s second largest car manufacturer and the largest passenger car exporter sold 35,511 vehicles last month and exported 18,500 vehicles with a cumulative sales of 54,011 units. Comparing with November 2013 sales, Hyundai recorded 6 per cent profit in domestic market with 14.3 per cent gain in export vehicles. Read More

Maruti Suzuki recalls 3,796 Ciaz sedans over suspected faulty part in clutch

India's largest car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki has recalled 3,796 units of its October-launched mid-sized sedan Ciaz, manufactured till 7 November, to replace a faulty part of clutch operation system. Read More

Petrol Price Slashed by 91 Paise/Liter, Diesel by 84 Paise/Liter

State-run oil companies have slashed the petrol prices by 91 paise per liter and diesel by 84 paise per liter, effective from Monday. Adding on this, Brent crude oil prices, viewed as the benchmark for global oil prices, hit a four year low this Friday when OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries) did not reduced the output even when the prices dropped. Read More

A Nano-licious Time

The Tata Nano is one of the smallest and cutest cars available in the Indian market. When launched, it created quite a stir across the globe not just for its pricing, but also because for the first time a manufacturer achieved the implausible by manufacturing a car under Rs 1 lac. Since its launch in 2008 the Nano has received a mix response - some like it, some don’t and; even though some really don’t favour the car, they love it for its practicality in the city. But how well does the Nano really perform in everyday city life? How stable is it on the highways? Does it have basic creature comforts that one can enjoy? We had similar doubts about this teeny bopper and decided to test its capabilities. How did it fare? Let’s find out. Read More

Volkswagen Polo GT TSI: Expert review

Very nearly a perfect hatchback, the Volkswagen Polo GT TSI gained a lot of appreciation from enthusiasts across the country. This clever little city runabout came with a very advanced 1.2 litre TSI (Turbo Stratified Injection) engine which was paired to a quick responding 7-speed DSG transmission. Customers loved the ease with which it put a satisfying evil grin on their face and yet remained fuel efficient when it was not decimating other cars. Following the lines of progression, Volkswagen India has given a slight update to this happy-go-lucky hatch. Needless to say this revived our happy time with the previous one. Read More