Indian Autos blog

We love Toyota cars for their impeccable quality and reliability. But Toyotas (apart from a few models) aren’t necessary what one would call COOL. Take for example the Corolla-Civic equation: Both were launched somewhere around the same time and cost more or less the same. But over the years, the Civic has become every college boy’s dream car and the Corolla has become a 3 star Hotel’s pick up car.  [ Read More ]

While you people were sipping coffee and watching the morning news, IAB was wide awake at 7:00 am this Sunday morning. The occasion: the Annual Parx Supercar Parade – the event where exotics roar on the city streets Mumbai in their full glory. Arranged by a collaboration of the Supercar Club of India (SSC) and Autocar India magazine, this is the 3rd year of this parade and boy has it  [ Read More ]

The Mumbai Auto enthusiast scene has come a long way over the years. Earlier there used to be just one Autoshow – Autocar Performance Show where auto enthusiast would make a beeline at the MMRDA grounds. These days there are so many annual events such as SpeedRun, Parx Supercar Parade, Vintage Car Rallies and now the Mumbai International Motorshow (MIMS) Earlier called as the Times of India Mumbai Motorshow, this  [ Read More ]

If the Figo has impressed you, here is some more good news: Ford is planning to debut their KA all across the globe in 2014. The added incentive is that Ford is also considering the production of the car in Brazil, India and China. The new KA is based on the Start Concept that was displayed by the American carmaker at the 2010 Beijing Motor show. The concept car had  [ Read More ]

Hyundai Motor Company announced that the RB sedan (Solaris) has entered production at its Russian plant in Saint Petersburg making it the first foreign automaker to operate a full-cycle manufacturing plant. The production of the car will only be for domestic use. This plant employs 1,300 workers and will produce 105,000 units of the Solaris sedan. A naming contest was held in Russia last year to find a suitable name  [ Read More ]

We all must have seen Maruti Suzuki’s latest ad campaign – ‘Kitna Deti hai’ (What’s the Mileage). The fact cannot be ignored that India is a very mileage-conscious market. Economy figures are the Holy Grail and they are thoroughly harped about in advertising campaigns. But reports suggest that VW has taken up a unique challenge to make 3 digit economy figures a reality. The company is all set to unveil  [ Read More ]

Maruti’s Kizashi sedan will be launched on the 2nd of February, Financial Chronicle is reporting. The vehicle will be a CBU, imported from parent Suzuki Motor Corporation’s Japanese facility. Expected to be be priced between 17-20 lakh rupees, it will use the Grand Vitara’s 2.4-liter petrol engine mated to an automatic or manual transmission. On an ambitious journey to impress rich customers, variants of the Honda Accord, Skoda Superb, VW  [ Read More ]

If  our sources in the automotive industry are to be believed then we soon will see the facelifted version of the Maybach series in our country. Mercedes launched record number of models & variants in year 2010 and expanded its portfolio in India with global models. With the introduction of the refreshed Maybach we could soon see Indian billionaires chauffeured in one. Globally the facelifted Maybach made its debut at  [ Read More ]