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2012 Fiat Panda in India – Enhancement all around
Article by Kaushik Chakraborty
The 2012 Fiat Panda maintains the rich 31 year tradition of the vehicle, bringing in latest innovative features. Enhancement is offered by this third generation vehicle in overall aspects of comfort, space, technology, safety features and functionality. The vehicle has incorporated within itself the best qualities of its previous two generations. Its practicality as a city car is definitely going to create immense customer satisfaction. The 2012 Fiat Panda has also been given more contemporary looks, further enhancing its appeal.
The Exteriors:
Its strong Italian styling heritage ensures that the 2012 Fiat Panda gets instant recognition on roads. The enhancement is depicted by its minutely convex [...]
2011 Ford Fiesta vs 2011 Hyundai Verna vs Fiat Linea vs Maruti SX4 vs Volkswagen Vento
Article by Lijo Mathai
Should we say that we are tired of this thing? Every other time a new car comes up in this segment, its back to calling up the dealers and getting the cars to be arranged at our door steps or rather to our Thane office. Once again things have heated up in the mid size diesel segment. The new 2011 Ford Fiesta has been just unveiled and its just a matter of time before it is compared with the rest of its competition. Needless to say, a job is a job and such a wonderful job can only be enjoyed. So once the initial frenzy of getting in all the 5 cars into the office subsidized, it was back to driving and then analyzing which one fits the bill for being the new diesel king. Remember, the last time, [...]
Tips on buying a used Fiat Uno in India
Article by Lijo Mathai
Fiat India may have a had a hard time surviving in India in their early innings. The second innings are also not too far away from that stage with about 5000 of Puntos and Lineas selling each month. Forget the sales of the Palio Stile and the Fiat 500. The company, earlier on had a coalition with Premier Automobiles Limited and then moved onto manufacturing and marketing cars on their own. The Fiat Uno was the first car in their portfolio which actually won over the Indian hearts. It was a small car which was launched way in 1997, in India, to counter the growing popularity of the Maruti 800. Needless to say, it locked horns even with the much more expensive Maruti Zen. Its looks were also inspired [...]
Hyundai Verna “Fluidic” CRDI vs Maruti SX4 DDiS vs Volkswagen Vento TDI vs Fiat Linea Multijet
Article by Lijo Mathai
A person watching a TV channel would come to know that there are many cultural changes coming across in the music from India or from the West. Even the Arab nations have a different set of instruments and music theme in mind. The same trend is followed amongst the car designing companies. Some like the Koreans adopt a wait and steal attitude. Whereas the Germans are more like bringing up their own designs however with a sense of staidness. The Japanese on the other hand were earlier known for their staid designs however as of now, they have being putting out some of the best designs in the automotive business. Proof is the Maruti Swift and the SX4. One more comes in the form of the Maruti Kizashi. [...]
Maruti Swift vs Fiat Palio vs Tata Indica Vista – multijet war
Article by Lijo Mathai
Fiat cars may not be the preferred or rather the first choice for many homes now. However way back in the late 90s, in India, Fiat cars were more of a compulsion rather than choice. You see Fiat cars were the only choice available in the country back then until a certain Maruti Suzuki came along to spoil the party. Though Maruti’s first offering in the country was the ultra small 800 car, it actually rocked the whole nation. Not only was it a worthy alternative to the wheezy Padminis and 118s, it also was more fuel efficient. Tata joined the party late with its Sumo and other related SUV or MUV body styles. However in 1999, Tata came up with their first hatchback, the Tata Indica. It [...]
