Yet again, some Japanese car magazine’s published a computer-generated rendering of what they say could possibly be the 2010 Toyota Prado. We’re just hoping Toyota has nothing to do with this!
The current version of the Toyota Prado has been around for six years. With the new 2010 version, the company planned to give some tough competition to Audi Q5, BMW X3, and Mitsubishi Montero. Sadly, the rendered Prado shown here doesn’t look even half as good as the Mitsubishi Montero (no point comparing it with Audi Q5), and you wouldn’t be wrong if you call it a Tata Sumo Grande with an uglier Toyota Innova grille.
But then, one can never say, given the Prado’s superior off-road capabilities, looks wouldn’t matter that much to the Sheiks!
We realized one thing while we were on our holiday- We can’t holiday for very long. All we could think of in the past few days is when we could get back to our blog. We’ve got a ton of emails and comments to reply to, so we’ll finish that first and then put posts online. Yes, the games can begin!
Bajaj Auto’s Rajiv Bajaj said that a new 125cc bike costing between Rs 20,000 and Rs 24,000, will be available soon. Production of this 125 cc motorcycle has started in an assembly plant in China. Sources say, Hero Honda is also working on a similar motorcycle that would cost between Rs 17,000 and Rs 20,000.
With the Versa platform-based O2 MPV, Maruti plans to release a Zen Estilo facelift in October 09. The facelift will include minor cosmetic changes in exteriors and in interiors alongwith a Bharat Stage IV compatible engine.
The Indian Autos Blog team is on vacation and will be back on the 29th. We’ve been doing a lot of posting in the last month and postponed our vacation indefinitely. But the time has come to take some time off and enjoy doing things that we otherwise don’t do. We’ll be back on the 29th with the BMW X3 review and the third part of the Skoda Superb 1.8 [ Read More ]
Maruti Suzuki is likely to release in October 09, a new MPV codenamed ‘O2′ based on the Versa platform. This new vehicle is currently in the advanced stages of design and would be rolled out from Maruti’s Gurgaon plant.
Ferrari is often criticized for producing only 400 units of the Enzo, a supercar capable of acceleration figures of a Formula 1 car. Adding to that, critics claimed that those 400 were sold to the wrong kind of people; those who never appreciated the engineering that went into making the Enzo.
Perhaps, Ferrari is really considering a new Enzo type hypercar like this one to silence the critics. After all, it is about time Ferrari came up with a hypercar in the lines of the Enzo (which is 7 years old already!).
Succeeding the Enzo, Ferrari has launched many cars including three FXX versions, the new one will quite predictably be more advanced than all of them.
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Following the introduction of the Hyundai Santro LPG recently in the country, the LPG variant of the Accent was launched by the company yesterday.
The new Accent LPG comes with a factory fitted LPG kit certified by the ARAI. Apart from the regular petrol tank, it has a 27.2-liter tank to store LPG.
The engine and transmission are no different to the regular Accent. Engine immobilizer is a standard fitment on the Hyundai Accent LPG.
click through for Hyundai Accent LPG press release and price
