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Do you own a Honda City that was manufactured between November 2008 and December 2009? Then we have some rather bad news for you. Apparently, lost motion springs, which are compressed by rocker arms, are defective in your car and they need to be replaced; otherwise they can create abnormal engine noise and can potentially cause engine stalling and problems in re-starting, Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI) is recalling 57,853  [ Read More ]

It is just another Monday, and Maruti has another just another special edition model. What so special about it you ask? I think you know the answer – Stickers! So far, we have lost track how many special edition models are there in Maruti’s Stable. Apart from the Eeco, Grand Vitara and Kizashi, almost every car from the portfolio has a so called ‘special edition’ version that are simple add  [ Read More ]

As Toyota struggles to meet the existing demand for Etios, it has already started planning its next launches. The next to be launched will be the hatchback Liva which should bow in by this April. In fact, Toyota has already started offering Liva to customers who are disgruntled by the Etios’s waiting period. Earlier, the Liva was supposed to be launched in June. Heat from Honda Brio may be? The  [ Read More ]

Fiat Palio (a.k.a Project 326) is being developed in full swing in Brazil. Now we have (what could be) the closest renderings so far of the new Palio. The new Palio will supposedly have larger dimensions than the current model. So we can expect a much better interior space. On the design front, the new Palio will be heavily influenced by the current Punto. The one place where the Palio  [ Read More ]

Since the demise of the old Octavia, Skoda has kept mum about its successor. There were various rumors circulating in the market about a mysterious car called ‘Felicia’ which is supposed to succeed our Octavia. Unfortunately, this mysterious car was always spoken about. There was no tangible information about it. There were many speculations and countless rendering about the car, but Skoda did not budge from its stance. But now  [ Read More ]

Come Geneva, Nissan will launch a bunch of special edition Micras for the world to see. But the one that we have our eyes on is the Micra DIG S. In short a ‘hotter’ version of our little Micra. The new Micra DIG S will be powered by a petrol engine, which will be supercharged to give 98 HP and 142Nm of torque. With an option of the CVT or  [ Read More ]

Looking at the growth of commercial vehicles in India, Daimler unveiled an all new brand ‘BharatBenz’ whose operation will only be limited to the commercial vehicles such as buses and trucks. Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG & Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars – We would have liked to come to the country earlier but there was a slowdown. We are very clear that we  [ Read More ]

After successfully launching the Indica Vista, Tata Motors simply ignored the old Indica. The lack of BS4 compliance meant that the sales of Indica plummeted in the metro cities. Tata introduced the turbocharged Indica into the main cities under the name Turbomax. They now have said the DICOR model (rebadged as CR4) is also making a comeback. Tata Motors anticipates volumes to grow with addition of new variants. Mr Ramakrishnan,  [ Read More ]