Maruti Suzuki has announced a price hike of upto Rs 6,100 across its entire lineup with effect from 16 August. The price hike, which is partly due to the increase in commodity and distribution costs, can also be attributed to the Indian rupee hitting an all-time low. Maruti is not the[Read More…]
Jaipur Headquartered Girnar Software Pvt Ltd, which owns and operates India’s largest auto portals CarDekho.com, Gaadi.com, ZigWheels.com and BikeDekho.com has announced the acquisition of PowerDrift Studios Private Limited, popularly known as PowerDrift. PowerDrift is India’s largest YouTube channel for automotive content and is on the verge of being the only[Read More…]
With an annual sales figure well over a million units, it’s no doubt that owners of Maruti Suzuki vehicles in the country outnumber the entire population of Iceland! If you are not one of the million but are eyeing a new car within the Rs 10 lakh price bracket, the Swift and Dzire must[Read More…]
If you are planning to buy a Ford car this month, we have good news. The American carmaker is offering cash discounts and/or exchange bonuses with the Figo, Aspire and the Endeavour throughout the month of August. However, the brand’s bestselling models such as the Freestyle and the EcoSport do not attract any discounts whatsoever. Let’s take a look at the[Read More…]
Ford has unveiled a new compact SUV for the Chinese market, the Territory. It will sit above the EcoSport in China to rival the Hyundai Creta when it launches there in 2019. Ford has developed the Territory in collaboration with JMC (Jiangling Motors Corporation), one of Ford’s two joint venture partners in China. The Territory[Read More…]
Datsun India is offering lucrative benefits on its entire range of products in India, including the redi go, GO and the GO+. The ‘Peace of Mind’ offer also includes several incentives and bespoke offers for government and corporate employees. Let’s take a look at the pan-India discounts on offer: MODEL EX-SHOWROOM DELHI (IN RUPEES) FREE INSURANCE[Read More…]
Maruti Suzuki has officially opened the order books for the 2018 Ciaz facelift, which is set to launch on August 20. Buyers can book one at a token amount of Rs 11,000. Deliveries of the updated model are expected to start by the end of this month. The Ciaz facelift will be[Read More…]
2018 is turning out to be a busy year for Honda. The Japanese carmaker launched the second-generation Amaze in the first half of the year and followed it up with the updated Jazz. It has also introduced special editions of the City, BR-V and WR-V now, ahead of the festive season. Talk of[Read More…]
Suzuki has officially revealed the mid-life update of its popular Vitara SUV. The compact SUV, which is slated to go on sale in various European markets by the first half of 2019, will be fully revealed at the 2018 Paris Motor Show in September this year. At 4.2 metres long,[Read More…]
Mahindra has announced that its upcoming MPV, codenamed U321, will be called the Marazzo. The carmaker has stuck to its practice of ending the names of its models with the letter ‘O’. The Marazzo is expected to be positioned over the recently launched Mahindra TUV300 Plus. It is built on a new platform and[Read More…]
Hyundai is planning a major overhaul of its current model line-up for the Indian market in the next three years. The carmaker has announced that it will launch eight new cars by 2020. Three of the eight upcoming cars — the AH2 hatchback (2018 Santro), QXi sub-4m SUV (based on the Carlino concept)[Read More…]
Mahindra has announced a price hike of up to Rs 30,000, or 2 per cent, effective from August 1, 2018. Although Mahindra is yet to announce which of its models will receive a price hike, it has stated that it will be effective only on certain models from its passenger vehicle[Read More…]
Time flies. We are already through the first half of 2018, which witnessed the mother of all automotive events in India – the 2018 Auto Expo. In the months till now, there have been at least a couple of launches every month. Some cars received mild updates while others went[Read More…]
Maruti Suzuki has introduced a telematics solution for its Nexa range of cars. Subscription for the connected car tech, known as ‘Suzuki Connect’, costs Rs 9,999 for three years. The Arena range of Maruti cars will get the telematics service by the end of 2018. Maruti says that the telematics solution[Read More…]
Tata Motors’ chief technology officer, Rajendra Petkar has revealed that the upcoming Harrier SUV will be available with a host of customisation options, beyond just choosing colours and accessories. He has said that the Harrier’s configurator will also be a “step up” over the Nexon’s Imaginator. For reference, the Imaginator,[Read More…]
The Supreme Court of India has ordered that all new vehicles, including four-wheelers, will have to be sold with a three-year third-party insurance from 1 September 2018. The move is expected to result in a significant hike in insurance prices. At present, a new car insurance includes a third-party cover[Read More…]
India’s largest car manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki India Limited, has added yet another feather to its cap. It has now become the only carmaker to have produced a total of 2 crore cars in India. The company representatives, including Kenichi Ayukawa, MD and CEO of MSIL, celebrated the rollout of the 20[Read More…]
Honda will reboot the Civic nameplate in India when it launches its tenth-gen model here by March 2019. While it made its global debut in September 2015 in the USA, Honda has gradually introduced the new Civic in various markets from early 2016. Now it has been launched in the UK and[Read More…]
Jaguar has launched officially launched the first-ever 4-cylinder F-Type, which made its global debut in April last year, in India. The relatively affordable variant of the F-Type is powered by the 2.0-litre turbocharged I4 motor from Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover’s latest Ingenium family of petrol engines. Available in both coupe and[Read More…]
Maruti Suzuki is expected to launch the 2018 Jimny in India sometime next year. If launched, the small SUV will replace the Maruti Gypsy, which has been around without any major changes for over three decades and is likely to be phased out after more stringent crash safety norms are implemented in 2020. While we[Read More…]
If you have been considering buying the Grand i10, being a little proactive now can help you save some money. Hyundai has announced that it will be increasing the prices of all the variants of the Grand i10 by 3 per cent. The reason quoted for the hike is an increase in the[Read More…]
The upcoming 2018 Honda Jazz, which is expected to launch on 19 July 2018, will not come with any aesthetic changes in India. Honda revealed the mid-life facelift of the third-gen Jazz in Japan in May 2017 and it was revealed for the US and European markets later that year. While the refreshed third-gen Honda[Read More…]
In its 48 years of existence, the Suzuki Jimny has created its own legacy among leading go-anywhere vehicles around the world. Suzuki recently revealed the fourth-gen model and it will be on sale in various markets by early 2019. While Suzuki didn’t launch the third-gen Jimny in India, the fourth-gen model is expected to[Read More…]
Honda has announced a price hike of Rs 10,000 to Rs 35,000 on its entire range of cars in the country. Effective from 1 August 2018, the revised prices will also impact the newly launched 2018 Honda Amaze besides other Honda models: the Brio, Jazz, WRV, City, BR-V, CR-V and Accord. The Japanese automaker has cited higher raw material costs, freight[Read More…]
Cashing in on the recent popularity of the 125cc scooter segment, Honda has launched the 2018 Honda Activa 125. At a price of Rs 59,621 (ex-showroom Delhi), it commands a premium of Rs 2,116 over the outgoing model. While the scooter remains visually the same for the most part, there are a few[Read More…]
