There are a lot of renderings and speculations floating around the internet about the new Mercedes A Class. But here we have a definitive design of what the next generation A Class would look like from the desk of Shoeb R Kalania. The rendering is based on the leaked shots from the European patent office published on Autoscoops.be. The premium hatchback will wear a three pointed star and should definitely look like this.
The model seen here is a 5 door hatchback which closely follows the design philosophy of the Concept A Class but with less dramatic body surfacing and detailing. The new A-Class will be based on the new MFA platform with a front front-wheel drive layout. A 2.0L engine, turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine is expected to drive this car.
The 2012 A-Class is expected to make its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany this September. Mercedes India recently made a statement to the press that they are considering smaller cars from their portfolio for India. If this does happen, expect a few of these A-Classes trundling along the Indian streets by 2013.
While we are kept in the dark about the new Ford Fiesta‘ market introduction, we do know something about a deadly feature that the competition will praise with overtones of envy – Voice-activated controls.
Ford has published videos on its official channel demonstrating the usefulness of voice-activated controls. Not only is this feature significant from the comfort standpoint, but also in the purview of safety. So the voice-activated controls isn’t a lazy man’ feature. It’s also a safe man’ fancy.
One question we want to find an answer to is its compatibility to Indian vocal chords and accents. Will it work equally well in all Indian states?
The real talking point on the Tata Indica eV2 is its mind-boggling fuel economy figure of 25kpl, taking it ahead of the Nissan Micra diesel, Hyundai i10 and Tata Nano. Tata’ a company taking fuel economy very seriously, pushing the envelope with every new product. If the progress made on the Indica is anything to go by, we’ll vouch for the claims of 40kpl from the Tata Nano diesel.
The Indica eV2 hasn’t achieved this magic number by shedding equipment and weight. Its aerodynamic efficiency and engine-related electronics have been worked on to achieve this goal. The eV2 also gets Bluetooth connectivity feature.
On the 10th of May, BMW-India held a unique press conference in Delhi to showcase its Vision Efficient Dynamics Concept (VED) to the Indian Masses. The VED is BMW’s idea of the future of BMW cars. This is the same car that was spotted on the streets of Mumbai for the shooting of MI4.
The VED is a result of clean sheet development from BMW that focuses of efficiency, driving pleasure, technology, and emotional design. It is a flight of imagination as to what is the future of BMW will be like. Envisioned as a 2+2-seater, the VED is powered by a 3-cylinder turbodiesel engine with an electric motor on each axle. Overall system output is 356 horsepower, and peak torque is 590 lb-ft.
What’s strange about Argentina’ newly launched Volkswagen Vento? Still thinking? Look closely and you’ll see this is not the Vento.
This then is the latest generation Volkswagen Jetta India will receive later this year with petrol and diesel engines. It is manufactured in Mexico with 2.0-, 2.5-liter turbo petrol engines producing 170hp and 200 hp, and 2.0-liter diesel engine producing 110hp and 140hp.
The luxury version, available with 170 hp 2.5-liter petrol engine an 140 hp 2.0-liter TDI, comes loaded with features like 16-inch alloy wheels, leather upholstery, steering-mounted controls, touchscreen and curtain airbags.
The “Vento Variant” in Argentina is the VW Golf estate while the Vento is called Polo is Russia. While advising VW cars to foreign colleagues, you better be careful!
A member of the popular Team-BHP enthusiast forum snapped the Force Motors SUV testing in Mumbai. The Chinese Foday Explorer-based SUV will use a Mercedes Benz-sourced powertrain and will be pitched to buyers in the segment that’s dominated by the Mahindra Scorpio. The 10-12 lakh rupee Force Motors SUV’s suspension was tuned by the UK-based Lotus Engineering. According to the company, much of the work on the platform was done in-house. There is no information on the launch date or its technical specifications. Stay tuned as we find out more.
The new Hyundai Verna was launched in India yesterday and the company is taking a phased launch approach by taking to one city after another. The vehicle is been put on the market with a choice of four engines (1.4-liter petrol/diesel, 1.6-liter petrol/diesel) in the price range of 6.99-10.74 lakh rupees.
Hyundai is marketing the product with high emphasis on its fluidic design. How often do we see a company put out four engine options on a car? This is a clear sign that the company wants to break away from the hatchback-maker image.
The Outlander has not been able to turn any fortunes for Mitsubishi India. Its high price, less seating capacity and Mitsubishi’s lack of dealerships are few of its falling points to start with. Mitsubishi’s lack of interest coupled with almost nil marketing activities means the Outlander barely touches three digit sales figure every month.
But come 2013, the Outlander is expected to get a facelift along with a hybrid engine. The new Outlander will be based on PX-MiEV concept that revealed in 2009. The expected dimensions are to be 4650 mm x 1800 mm x 1670 mm.
If you were thinking of buying an Outlander but wanted an extra row of seating in the rear, then this SUV is out of your consideration forever because the 2013 Outlander will ditch its rear seats for the hybrid battery back across all markets. Note, there is a 7 seat version of our current Outlander in the UK but Mitsubishi brought only the 5 seater one to India.
Coming back to the hybrid part, the power be delivered by 4 cylinder DOHC petrol engine with 114 hp/125 Nm. This engine will be mated to two electric permanent-magnet synchronous motor that producing 80 hp. The company claims that the new SUV can travel up to 30 miles or 48 km on electricity alone.
The car will in showroom with Pajero Hybrid in the same year.
There are a lot of renderings and speculations floating around the internet about the new Mercedes A Class. But here we have a definitive design of what the next generation A Class would look like from the desk of Shoeb R Kalania. The rendering is based on the leaked shots from the European patent office published on Autoscoops.be. The premium hatchback will wear a three pointed star and should definitely look like this.
