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Currently, the hottest growing segment in India is certainly the ‘Small Car’ segment. Right from the Koreans to the Japanese, everyone is busy building small cars for India. The segment itself grew by around 30% over the previous year which is absolutely phenomenal considering the volumes involved in this segment are very high. All this fireworks has attracted the attention of the German czar Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes  [ Read More ]

What better way to celebrate Valentine day than to welcome the finest Offroader from the Mercedes family. Mercedes Benz India will launch the iconic G Wagon in India on Monday 14th February G-Wagen (short for Geländewagen which means a cross-country vehicle) is not your typical Mercedes. To put it in simple words, it is like the My Hyde version of the GL Class – a lot of raw brawn. An  [ Read More ]

The failed partnership between Renault and Mahindra has turned out to be beneficial for the Logan in India. Very soon, the silver diamond and Logan badge will bid adieu as Mahindra is padding up to sell it under a different brand. Mahindra will sell two variants of the Logan under a different name (Logano, anyone?). This will be Mahindra’s first product in the passenger car segment. Post the divorce, Logan  [ Read More ]

This is the side profile of a passenger car sold in India. Your task is to identify it and place the answer in the comment box below. If you get it right then you might not win any gifts but you’ll drive back home today evening with the satisfaction of being a true petrolhead/eagle-eyed human. Note – Comments go through moderation and will not be visible immediately. Right Answer –  [ Read More ]

When I met Dr Pawan Goenka at the media unveiling of the Xylo more than two years ago, he told me many vehicles will spawn from the Xylo’s platform. The variants I could imagine were single and dual cab pickups, and even a sliding door delivery van, but even in my wildest dream didn’t I expect a sub 4-meter vehicle. A new set of spyshots of the Xylo mini have  [ Read More ]

AutoinCar is reporting Nissan might use the Almera brand on the Sunny sedan expected in India during Diwali 2011. The Almera is a medium sized family car Nissan built from 1995 to 2006. Internally referred as L02B, the Sunny made its debut at the 8th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition in December last year. Constructed on the Micra platform, it will be sold in 170 countries worldwide under different names.  [ Read More ]

Honda’s Executive Vice President, during the company’s earnings announcement, spilled the beans on the next generation CR-V’ release. IAB readers will not be startled with this development as we had predicted this move from a dealer notice distributed in the US. The new CR-V will be a full model change meaning it will be different inside-out. The CR-V is brought to India as an import and Honda hardly manages to  [ Read More ]

When we think of a company, the products packed in their stable for the next three years is what we think next. We write about them on Indian Autos Blog and give companies our two cents. When it comes to Toyota, we’re not taking any chances. We’re immediately reminded of pictures of factory workers working over time on a production line churning out Innovas, Fortuners and Etioses. We think Toyota  [ Read More ]