Weekly Wrap-Up: Spree of Launches; Hyundai Creta, Mahindra Thar, BMW X6 and More!

This week in the launches, Hyundai introduced Creta at Rs 8.59 lac (Ex-Showroom, Delhi), Mahindra launched Thar at Rs 8.03 lac (Ex-showroom Nasik), Isuzu launched automatic variant of its flagship SUV - MU-7 at Rs 23.90 lac (Ex-Showroom, New Delhi) and finally for the golden spoon ones, BMW India launched 2015 X6 at Rs 1.15 crore (ex-showroom India). In the upcoming car news, Maruti Suzuki will launch its first crossover S-Cross next month, on August 5th giving a tough competition to recently launched Hyundai Creta and others in the segment.

Launch News

Hyundai Creta Launched at Rs. 8.59 Lac

Hyundai’s bet in the compact SUV segment, the Creta, has made its way to the Indian market today. Launched with a starting sticker price of Rs 8.59 lac (Ex-Showroom, Delhi), the Creta lock horns with Renault Duster, Ford EcoSport, Nissan Terrano and soon to be launched Maruti Suzuki S-Cross. Read More

Mahindra Thar CRDe Facelift Launched at Rs 8,03,000, Ex-Showroom Nasik (Gallery Inside)

The much-awaited facelift of the hardcore off-roader Mahindra Thar has been launched at a price tag of Rs. 8,03,000, Ex-showroom Nasik. This all new update has upped the Thar in terms of interiors, exteriors and off-roadability. Mahindra has notified that the new Thar is greatly improved over the last one and all the shortcoming have been removed. Though, the motor is the same 2.5 litre CRDe that produces 105 Bhp of power and 247 Nm of torque there are a plethora of new additions going into this one. Read More

Isuzu launches Automatic Variant of MU-7 at Rs. 23.90 lacs

Isuzu Motors India has launched the automatic version of their flagship SUV - MU-7. The MU-7 AT Premium comes at a price of Rs. 23.90 Lacs (Ex-Showroom, New Delhi). Apart from the addition of an automatic gearbox, it also sports few new features. Read More

2015 BMW X6 launched at Rs 1.15 crore, ex-showroom

BMW India has launched their 2015 X6 in the country at a whopping price of Rs 1.15 crore (ex-showroom India). The second generation coupe-styled crossover now joins the X range of SUVs - X1, X3 and X3 in India. The 2015 vehicle has retained the essence of the first generation X6 but it is now sharper and mature, more inline with current Bimmers.Read More

Honda Accord to be launched in 2016; Honda Jazz launched in Chennai from Rs.5.40 lacs

Honda has announced that the new Accord will be launched in India in 2016. Speaking to the media, Mr. Jnaneswar Sen, Sr. Vice President, Marketing and Sales - Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) said at the launch of the new Honda Jazz in Chennai today. He further said that there are no plans on bringing the new Civic to India for now. The new Honda Jazz has been launched in Chennai priced from Rs.5.40 lacs ex-showroom.Read More

Upcoming Car News

Exclusive: 2015 Ford Figo Spotted at Dealership

Ford is gearing up to launch their debutant compact sedan - Figo Aspire in the first half of August, but we have the first clear spy shots of the next-gen Figo (inside-out) - can it repeat the success of the outgoing hatch?

2015 Ford Figo has been spied undisguised at some dealership in Rajasthan. The hatch will be launched a couple of months later after the Figo Aspire’s launch next month. Read More

Want To Buy S-Cross? Here is What You Need To Know

Maruti is all set to launch its compact crossover S-Cross in the first week of next month, that is August 5th. As known, the competition in the compact SUV segment is boiled up with the launch of Hyundai Creta, the S-Cross will only take it to a whole new level. Read More

New Mini Countryman coming next year end

A new model to replace the current Mini Countryman, codenamed F60, is expected to make its debut late next year. Early in 2016 Mini will be launching its all-new Mini Cabriolet and later that year it will be followed by the new Countryman. Read More

Audi Q1 spied for the first time

The all-new Audi Q1 has been spied for the first time in Europe while undergoing the test runs.

Despite of wearing extensive camouflage, the test mule shows the Q1 will not simply be a high-riding version of the internationally available A1. Instead it would follow the trend set by the Q3 and draws inspiration from the elder siblings in the Q line-up. The front seems like a smaller interpretation of the Q7 with similar bumper design, and high shoulder line- typical of the latest Audis. The headlights though look way angular and aggressive than any current model. Read More

Caught On Camera! 2015 Audi A4 and 2016 Q7

Audi is yet again caught on camera with it’s convoy of newly bred cars slated to be launched in India, the 2015 Audi A4 and 2016 Audi Q7. The cars were caught on camera undisguised and were draped in production black color. Driving on the roads of Chandigarh, there were two A4s, one TFSI and one TDI, and one Q7. Earlier, these vehicles have been spied with camouflage in different parts of the country but not in the northern region. Read More

News

Online Innovation is the key to success in auto industry, says CarDekho

CarDekho.com, India’s #1 portal for cars hosted an event for automotive dealers called ‘The Digital Garage’, at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi, in association with Google. The event aimed at showcasing the global best practices and innovations in the digital-automotive domain. The event was attended by more than 100 Dealer Principals and other important stakeholders of the car industry from across India. The key note speakers for the event were Mr. Todd Rowe, Managing Director, Global Channel Sales, Google, Mr. Amit Jain - CEO of CarDekho and Mr. Umang Kumar – President, CarDekho.com & CEO of Gaadi.com. Read More

Maruti Suzuki S-Cross V/s Ford EcoSport

Maruti Suzuki will soon join the league of Renault, Ford and Hyundai in the compact SUV segment by launching its first ever compact crossover- The S-Cross. The compact SUV from India’s largest passenger carmaker will be tested against the likes of Renault Duster, Ford EcoSport and soon to be launched Hyundai Creta. We have already covered the comparison of S-Cross with Renault Duster and Creta, so let's check out how the crossover stands its ground against the offering from Blue Oval- Ford EcoSport. Read More

Compare: Hyundai Creta vs Duster vs EcoSport vs S-Cross vs Terrano vs Safari Storme vs Scorpio

Hyundai has officially launched the Creta in India, prices lie in Rs. 8.59 - 13.60 lac price bracket. There’s no doubt in the fact that Creta has generated immense anticipation in the market. Planning to buy any crossover or an SUV below 15-lacs, we bring you the most extensive comparison in this space. Let us roll!  Read More

Hyundai raining discounts up to Rs 70,000 in its Monsoon Splash Offer

Hyundai has been trying hard to bump up the sales of their cars in India, especially of the new facelifted Verna 4S Fluidic. This monsoon season, it looks like they have come up with a new strategy to lure in the customers by offering huge discounts of up to Rs 70,000 in their ‘Monsoon Splash Offer’. Read More

Ferraris IPO: The Prancing Horse is Out for Sale

A request for an initial public offering of its luxury sports car maker, Ferrari has been made by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). In the last quarter of the year, the company submitted a request to the U.S regulators.Read More

Infiniti Reveals Q30 Luxury Hatchback

Infiniti, Nissan's luxury brand has revealed the production model of Q30 which was first showcased as the concept in 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. The production model will make its public debut at this year's Frankfurt Auto Show and will lock horns with BMW 1-series, Mercedes-Benz A-Class and Volvo V40. Read More

Maruti Suzuki launches 'Nexa' premium dealerships

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (MSIL) today launched its new premium sales channel, the Nexa. The company will retail their S-Cross through these new dealerships when it goes on sale in first week of August. Read More

Fiat India To Organize Free Monsoon Camp From 23 to 25 July

In the rain-drenched month of July, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles India will be organizing a free monsoon check-up camp scheduled from July 23rd to 25th. The monsoon camps will be organised across country at Fiat’s authorized service centres. At the camp, the trained engineers of Fiat will provide 60 points check up among many other interesting deals like free wash and 10 percent discount on labour charges. Read More

Free Monsoon Check-Up Camp to be organized by Tata Motors

A nationwide Free Monsoon Check-Up camp for its passenger cars has been announced by Tata Motors starting from the 28th July to 2nd August, 2015. 585 workshops will play host to this event across 293 cities. Along with discounts on labour charges, lubricants and Tata Motors original parts, customers can also avail vehicle- checkup and top wash for free. Read More

Road Test

Honda City vs Volkswagen Vento | Comparison Review

The Honda City’s success story is so phenomenal, that at one point of time - it became the go to family sedan. The City continued to dominate the market for around a decade with a single petrol engine option. It’s rivals couldn’t come close, even with diesel engine options. The lack of a diesel motor was the only chink in the otherwise shining armour of the Honda City. A chink, that the Hyundai Verna carefully exploited to become the largest selling C-Segment sedan in the country. However that stint was short-lived as Honda finally plonked in the 1.5 litre i-DTEC engine from the Amaze into the City. The only perceivable shortcoming of the Honda was plugged - and the City was back to the top of the charts. Naturally, there’s an onslaught of competition that the City has to endure. There’s it’s arch nemesis - the Hyundai Verna, the new kid on the block - the Maruti Ciaz, the Skoda Rapid and the recently updated - Volkswagen Vento. Read More

Interesting Feature Articles

Cross Hatches : Is it the New Beginning?

With the launch of the most awaited compact SUV of the year, Hyundai Creta, it makes one wonder, as to what are the customer motivation factors behind the incomparable success of this particular segment. Inline with the same, we have compiled a list of worthy candidates that we feel will provide a comprehensive account of traits, characteristics and features that appeal to the target audience of the compact SUV segment. Doing so also helped us unravel an interesting discovery. Read More

Risky Business: Formula 1 Support Team

What started out as a recreational gathering of the Europe's richest playboys, showing off their latest automotive acquisitions over the weekend in 1950's, has over time become the epitome of automotive sports. Formula 1 is a display of the finest that a company has to offer and the extent to which they can push their ingenuity. Drivers and the constructors can't help but exercise compulsive insanity when it comes to driving these machines, as there is a desperation to thrive and be better than others. Over the last decades, Formula 1 has given us moments in which we have laughed, been in awe and have even cried, thanks to legends like Niki Lauda, James Hunt, and many others. Ensemble of these drivers, which also happen to include names like Ayrton Senna, have achieved god-like pedestals in the eyes of their followers, but as to erect a monument one requires an army, the same applies to these legends as well. Read More

Airbags- Are they always safe?

Airbags are probably one of the best innovations in automobile safety. It has saved significant amount of lives since their introduction and continue to do so. But there have been many incidents where the airbags have caused serious injuries and even deaths because of their deployment, which brings us to the question - are airbags always safe? Read More

Top 5 Villain Hotwheels

Cars have always been an aspirational medium of expression. Be it the Delorean time machine, revving to Marty Mcfly's white sneakers in the back to the future franchise, or the very recent souped-up, stealth Kawasaki ridden by the dark Robocop, these automobiles are an extension to the personalities of these larger than life characters and aim to inspire all of us to express our own brand of individuality, but expression need not always be as wide-eyed as we are led to believe. The quest that culminates with the discovery of every great hero usually commences by introducing a dastardly villain and as everyone has a right to expression, we have listed down the top 5 most sinister rides. Read More

Auto Design 'Guru' - DC

When we talk about Automotive Design in India, only one name turns up – Dilip Chhabria During the 1980’s, the society had a preordained mindset about Doctors and Engineers being the only viable occupations. Dilip Chhabria broke this notion and chose to study automotive design and got his degree in Transportation Design from the famous Art Centre College of Design in California, USA . His career started with General Motors USA in 1983 where he worked with their technical department. One year later, he came back to India and initiated his automotive accessories business, which today is the number one car accessories manufacturing outfit in India. Expanding his business from just car accessories, Dilip Chhabria founded DC Design in 1993 with the sole purpose of creating unique automobiles and offering design services to the automobile giants. Read More

Advisory Stories

Driving in the Monsoon - How to Overcome Wet Roads

Rain is amongst the most beautiful things that nature has given us. Although it looks beautiful and brings out the purity of nature, it is also blamed for thousands of accidents every year. Most of such happenings are preventable, which are caused by drivers who don’t realize that driving in fair and foul weather conditions are two entirely different things. Remember, when the road is wet, the layer of the water on the asphalt causes tyres to lose traction and also decreases the visibility due to its action on the headlights, windshields and road itself. Most of the people know that they need to slow down their car, but definitely there are some more things you need to know while driving on the wet road. Read More

Driving in the Monsoon - Car Care Tips During Wet Season

During the rainy season, people who have cars have to face many troubles if they do not prepare them before hand. Undoubtedly, this is the season in which most of the accidents occur as the risk of driving shoots to a significant level. Controlling the rain is not in your hands but taking a good care of the car, definitely is. Here, we are coming up with some tips that can help you in driving safe and will keep your vehicle in a good condition throughout the rainy season. Read More

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