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When we posted a video of the Mercedes stylist Gordon Wagener explaining the design of the Mercedes Concept Style Coupe, our readers were amazed by the car’s form and design features (the car’s avalanche-effect headlights to be precise) and longed for a closer look at the model. We then posted images from the car’s unveiling at the Beijing Auto Show and kept our eyes wide open for any new updates.

Our reader Hari KM tipped us on the trailer of this concept car uploaded on to Mercedes’ official Youtube channel. Prepar to be amazed once again!

Sources recently told IndianAutosBlog.com that assembly of the Hyundai Elantra (Avante in some markets) begins at the Chennai plant during late August or September.

Hyundai Elantra at Auto Expo 2012

Hyundai is expected to stock showrooms with the Elantra just before the festival season. The company is hoping to repeat the success of the Verna in the segment immediately above it.

Ford Motor Co. has started to use its new tagline “Go Further” globally.

Ford Motor Company Go Further Slogan and Blue Oval

This one replaces the earlier marketing campaign started in 2008 that used “Drive One”, it conveyed the message of the global approach that Ford utilizes for its products. India can recognize an earlier slogan “Feel the Difference” used widely during the introduction of the Figo two years ago.

Update – New images and details added.

Its been 1.5 years since the Mahindra Thar was introduced in India and Mahindra has been listening to its customers and the weather forecasts.

Mr Vivek Nayer poses with the Mahindra TharMahindra Thar

Today afternoon, Mahindra has introduced an improved Thar installed with air conditioning and an engine immobilizer. A soft top roof is provided though a hard top can be ordered through Mahindra’s customization program.

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Here are some images released by decoches of the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe in the real world. The photographs are not digitally touched up or taken under carefully installed studio lights.

2013 Hyundai Santa Fe front three quarters2013 Hyundai Santa Fe in real world

In its natural landscape (out on the road), the Santa Fe looks bigger and more aggressive. There’s so much bulkiness to its rear three quarters area, and it seems like an angry soft-roader!

Mexican Renault Duster gets a lazy makeover

To distinguish the Renault Duster arriving in India in next few months from the Dacia version sold in Europe, the French designers used a different front grille, lower intake, communication color, alloy wheels, mildly modified the central console and even introduced changes in the powertrain.

Renault Duster in Mexico

This was the model that was first shown to the Indian media at last year’s Renault Fluence key handover ceremony in New Delhi to the first batch of customers.

Chevrolet Trax mini SUVGeneral Motors has revealed the first look of its Ford EcoSport competitor – the Chevrolet Trax – through releasing a photograph.

You don’t have to wait very long to see the Trax in flesh as General Motors has confirmed this model’s showcasing at the Paris Motor Show in September.

Kia Picanto test muleOur daily visitor Ben who spotted the mini Mahindra Xylo a few weeks back (and many others in recent years) encountered another one this past weekend.

He’s come to us with a picture of the Kia Picanto testing on the highways of Chennai. IndianAutosBlog.com readers know the Picanto’s history in Chennai. It started testing without camouflage late last year and when images of it appeared all over the internet, Hyundai-Kia quietly adorned it with camouflage.