The fact of the matter is fuel bills hurt everyone in India. Be it a Maruti Suzuki Swift buyer or a BMW 5 Series owner.
Oh come on, Why would a guy who owns a BMW 5 series be worried on how he spends on fuel, you ask?
Here is a little exercise – next time you see a BMW 5 Series, look at the model number at the top right of the tail. 95% of the time, it will either be a 525d or 530d, which means it’s a diesel. And it doesn’t matter whether it is Mercedes or Audi, the story remains the same. Diesel sells. Period.
BMW recently unveiled the M5 for India at the 2012 Auto Expo. The Bavarian manufacturer has also committed to focus on the high performance M brand in India for 2012. So BMW India how about bringing in the BMW M diesel range to our streets?
The marketeers at Ford Brazil have scratched their heads, realized that sporty and Fiesta go hand in hand and presented a nicely kitted-up edition of the Ford Fiesta in Brazil.
Yes, the Figo is sold as the Fiesta in Brazil and it looks a little odd for Indian taste. The Fiesta Storm edition includes a rear spoiler, rear and side protectors, tinted windows, roof-mounted luggage carrier and body decals. This is an aesthetic makeover and there are no changes present under the bonnet. The Fiesta Storm can be bought with 1L or a 1.6L petrol engine.
Entry posted on January 27, 2012 By Shrawan Raja; Read More on Ford
Edit – Thanks to one of our eagle eyed readers, we understand that the image shown below is of the i30. Hyundai has not released any images of the facelifted i20.
In Slovakia, Hyundai has supposedly released a teaser image of the i20 facelift speculated to touch down at the Geneva Motor Show in under than eight weeks time. The thematic design of the new i20 is inspired by the Verna and the recently introduced i30 hatchback.
This is a cropped image of the Hyundai i30, the facelift of the i20 will derive some design inspiration from it.
Our friends at Pravda.sk have written that the new i20 will feature environmentally-friendly technologies and possibly include a 1.6 GDi (Gasoline Direct Injection technology India will get on the i45) under the bonnet.
We’ve just shown you two images of the next generation Santa Fe/ix45 with absolutely no camouflage. Shoeb has prepared a rendering to provide you an impression of the side profile.
The ix45 breaks cover at the New York Motor Show about three months from now replacing the model running since April 2006.
The Santa Fe has gained a strong fan following in the US. Hyundai manufactures this three-row SUV in Alabama alongside the Sonata.
It should come as no surprise that Hyundai is in the process of completely revamping the Santa Fe to incorporate the Fluidic design language. The new model (which may be called as the ix45 in select markets), is expected to debut at the upcoming New York Auto Show in April. However, in the age of lighting speed communication, it’s very difficult to keep a secret for long.
Two images of the upcoming Santa Fe have been leaked on to the internet revealing most design details of the upcoming SUV. The reason why we are extremely sure that this is the new Santa Fe is because the six-point grille seems to match the camouflaged test cars caught before.
BMW X6 test vehicles were recently spied near the Nordic region doing some winter testing. This gave rise to the speculation that BMW is all set to give the X6 crossover a facelift for 2012.
And yes, those speculation were definitely true because BMW has unveiled the 2013 X6 with minor by significant updates. Here is a roundup of what has changed in the new X6.
When the BMW X3 was launched in India, we brought you live coverage from the event. However, do you recollect just two days before the launch, Audi India snuck in a stripped out variant of their Q5 at a very lucrative price of 35 lakhs? When BMW launched the X3 at an entry price of 41 lakhs, the market tilted towards Audi.
However, BMW is planning an entry level X3 for the US market which might be able to rectify the tilt in India. The biggest change in this entry level X3 is the downsized engine.
News of BMW developing a successor for the X5 SUV (code – F15) is not news to IAB readers as we’ve already presented a spyshot of a mule testing this month. Today we have a video showing the prototype testing in snow. The X5 is sold in many parts of the world which see a heavy amount of snowfall. The engineers must be testing the limits of the xDrive as it ploughs through feet of snow.
The new X5 according to our friends at BMWBlog will carry plenty of design changes, the surfacing will lend it the X3′s look while the widened grille and smaller tail lamps will have a 3D effect in them. The designers are reportedly aiming for a more masculine stance.
