Catch up on what happened in the automobile industry in India this week.
We tell you about Tata Motors, Kia Motors, Eicher Motors and more in this edition of Automobile News Weekly.
Mahindra XUV300 has been officially launched in India. It enters the sub 4 meter compact SUV segment.
While it claims to be the most feature rich car in the segment, it has surprisingly priced itself very competitive with ex-showroom prices starting from Rs 7.90 lakhs for base petrol, and goes all the way to Rs 11.49 lakhs for the top variants with all optionals included. Base diesel costs Rs 8.49 lakhs ex-showroom while the top variant costs Rs 11.99 lakhs, ex-showroom. It receives several first in class features. Bookings have also opened at company showrooms.
An indication of changing times, Best Selling Cars the much expensive Maruti Suzuki Dzire managed to dethrone the top selling Alto as the most sold car of the year.
Check the list of the cars which did well in the year 2018. The list is dominated by two manufacturers Hyundai and Maruti Suzuki. Will the Scenario change in 2019?
Skoda India has reintroduced the Monte Carlo variant on the Rapid sedan with price starting at Rs.11.16 lakhs and going up to Rs.14.26 lakhs. Earlier the Rapid Monte Carlo was renamed as Edition X and was launched back in 2017 November.
This was done because of the trademark of the name Monte Carlo was possessed by a clothing brand. The Mone Carlo edition of Rapid will have a shiny red exterior paint scheme with a black grille. Use chrome can be seen in the projector headlights as well as in the new dual-tone 16-inch alloy wheels. The red and black theme have also been carried inside with the seats getting a red stripe towards the edge of the seats.
Other interior features include 6.5-inch infotainment system compatible with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, automatic AC, rear AC vents, automatic wipers, adjustable headrests on all seats and cruise control.
Mahindra finally launched their most awaited Sub-compact SUV XUV300 today. Mahindra XUV300 comes in 4 variants W4, W6 and W8, and one optional pack on the W8 variant.
It will be available in 6 monotone colours & 2 Dual Tone Colours: Red Rage, Aqua Marine, Sunburst Orange, Pearl White, Napoli Black, D-Sat Silver, Dual Tone White Roof on Red Rage and Aqua Marine.
The Pricing goes as follows for the Petrol W4 Rs 7.90L, W6 Rs 8.75L and W8 Rs 10.25L and for the Diesel W4 Rs 8.49L, W6 Rs 9.30L W8 Rs 10.80L and For the W8(Optional) 1.19L Additional Ex-showroom.
The Conference was addressed by Dr. Pawan Goenka , MD, M&M Ltd & Rajan Wadhera, President, Automotive Sector, M&M Ltd In the Presence of Anand Mahindra,
Chairman, Mahindra Group.
Mahindra XUV300 is Loaded with features and will compete with the likes of Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza, Tata Nexon and Ford Ecosport.
Do watch the Walkaround Video of Mahindra XUV300 on our channel:
The Kawasaki Versys 1000 has been launched in India at Rs.10.69 lakhs. The bike was previously unveiled at the EICMA after which advance bookings for the bike begun here in India.
The Versys 1000 will sit at the top of the Versys lineup which consists of Versys 650 and Versys X-300. The Versys 1000 is powered by the same engine that powers the Ninja 1000, but the engine has been retuned. The 1043cc, in-line four-cylinder engine here delivers 120HP of power and 102Nm of torque.
Features of the Versys 1000 include LED headlight, semi-digital LCD console, an adjustable windscreen, Kawasaki Traction Control, Kawasaki Cornering Management Function, Cruise Control, and the Kawasaki Intelligent anti-lock Brake System.
Images have already surfaced of the 2019 Tata Tiago facelift where the car can be seen sporting design changes on its exterior. Design changes include a wider front and orange paint finish on the wing mirrors.
The car gets new 14-inch alloy wheels on all the variants while currently only the top- end XZ variants get them. Not much info is available about the car but it is believed that it will receive more safety features compared to the existing Tiago and will come with an ABS as standard to comply with standards coming into effect from July 2019.
The safety norms coming into effect from July 2019 mandates that all cars sold in India must have standard safety features such as ABS, driver’s side airbag, seat belt reminder, rear parking sensors and a speed warning system.
We bring you the list of Popular Sedans which are very popular in India.
The popular sedan cars in India include Hyundai Verna (₹ 8.08 Lakhs), Honda City (₹ 9.91 Lakhs) and Maruti Suzuki Ciaz (₹ 8.19 Lakhs) and many others. Do check these out and let us know your favourites!
Autocar is reporting that the Mahindra Marazzo will get an AMT option pretty soon for a limited time period. The car, when it was launched last year, came only with a manual transmission option and at the launch event itself Mahindra had announced that an automatic variant would soon join the line-up.
But now the company has rethought the launch time of the automatic version and has decided to make do with an AMT for the time being. It is most likely that the automatic variant would join the line-up when the BS-IV version of the car is launched.
Honda Brio never really reached the stage of popularity which Honda desired with the car. After being on sale for almost 8 years, Honda has decided to call it a day as far as the Brio is concerned. The car has now been discontinued in India.
Since production of the Brio has stopped, the Amaze will now be the entry-level car from Honda. The car will still be shown in Honda’s official site, but the company has confirmed that once the remaining stocks get sold, it will be taken off the website as well.
Even after an update in 2016, the Brio sales figures showed no signs of improvement, raking in only 2277 units in all of 2018. So halting the production of the car was the only option left for Honda.
