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If you haven’t heard of Segway before and you are thinking there you go another manufacturer looking forward to make your life more miserable when it comes to car buying, don’t worry Segway doesn’t make cars. What they make is something called as a ‘Personal Mobility Solution’. In essence a Segway is a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric vehicle that can help one person (at a time) travel very short distances. For  [ Read More ]

The Maruti Suzuki Alto has been the kingpin among small cars since ages now. It is quite astonishing to see that its sales figures have hardly dropped below 25K/month in the past six months. It is such a popular car in India that it became the best selling hatch in the world. Let’s go a little bit off topic now. When the Tata Motors began selling the Nano in 2009,  [ Read More ]

We all are aware of that the Tata-Fiat JV has received constant flak from the customers. But now even the top management is criticizing the working of the partnership. Bloomberg reported that Carl-Peter Forster, CEO and managing director of Tata Motors Ltd made a comment that he is “not happy” with the rate of Fiat sales and is considering ways to restructure the partnership. This statement has sent chills down  [ Read More ]

By Venkat Chaitanya Mantravadi Venkat is an avid follower of Indian Autos Blog. His garage boasts of a variety of wheels and he’s clearly not happy with Maruti Suzuki Kizashi’s pricing strategy. Maruti Suzuki has launched its much awaited Kizashi in India. Good news? Well surely for Maruti but for customers it certainly isn’t. Kizashi is an aspirational launch from Maruti Suzuki in more than one way. In all their  [ Read More ]

The Suzuki Kizashi was launched this morning in Delhi among a limited group of reporters. The vehicle, costing 19-20 lakh rupees on-road depending on the city, carries the Grand Vitara’s powertrain and could end up carrying the same fate too. Maruti Suzuki says it has nine million customers and the Kizashi can be their existing customer’s upgrade. The unfortunate truth is, forget this 19 lakh Maruti or the 20+ lakh  [ Read More ]

Sources close to Honda tell Indian Autos Blog that the company might take the wraps off the facelifted Accord tomorrow for India. The model debuting for India is a CBU that is sold in parts of the world since the middle of 2010. Honda SIEL has dispatched the new Accord to select dealer yards. Engine and transmission are expected to be untouched, except for some minor electronic tweaks. The 2.4-liter  [ Read More ]

We were a bit disappointed when heard concrete reports on VW shelving the Up! in India. It would have been an ideal contender to compete in the Indian market. Polo’s build quality, good quality cabin, compact diesel/petrol engine, driver-centric chassis setup and VW logo could have been a different experience for the Maruti Wagon R or Hyundai i10 buyer. But an exciting new happening has made up jump in joy.  [ Read More ]

After launching the XYLO pickup – Genio, M&M is looking to build further momentum by launching 8-10 new products, including a premium sports utility vehicle, across various segments by March 2012. Pawan Goenka, President (Auto and Farm Sectors) – From this year to the end of March 2012, there will be a slew of products launched across passenger and commercial vehicles segments. There will be about 8-10 substantial new products,  [ Read More ]