Indian Autos blog

Part of job of being an Auto Journalist is that we do get to attend a lot of product launches. But if you think that product launches must be very ‘happening’, I am afraid I have to burst your bubble. Most of the product launches are quite dull and they happen in closed rooms, where we hardly get to know what the car is capable of. So hats off to  [ Read More ]

By Shoeb R Kalania On close study of the HA test mule images, signs of a mini i10 was revealed. I don’t expect the two to share any components, but where the inspiration is gathered from, there are no doubts. It carries design cues from the modern Hyundais like the i10 facelift, new Verna, new Sonata and Avante. These models gained a good level of acceptance and that might work  [ Read More ]

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 ]

We have received accounts from two readers of a small camouflaged SUV testing on the GST road in Chennai over the last few weeks. The GST road leads to the Renault-Nissan JV plant at Oragadam and the same stretch is where Mahindra City is located. Indian Nissan engineers report to work there. Our first witness Ramesh has a keen eye for imported SUV’s. He is certain that the model tested  [ Read More ]

By 2012, Toyota should start work on a compact MPV that will take on the likes of the Maruti R3 and GM’s Chinese MPV. This will mark the company’s re-entry into the inexpensive MPV segment it exited when the Qualis was withdrawn. Toyota’s recent products have gained loud applause. The Etios, without any doubt, is composing history and headaches for the company. The Altis diesel is upping its game while  [ Read More ]

Honda’s landmark Brio small car for India and other emerging markets will debut sooner than expected. In fact the trial production was supposed to start as soon as 15th January and by April, Honda could have produced some 2,500 cars. Sources tell us that changes in parts and features based on an important consumer survey could have been among the reasons for a slight delay. The Brio should make its  [ Read More ]

While you people were sipping coffee and watching the morning news, IAB was wide awake at 7:00 am this Sunday morning. The occasion: the Annual Parx Supercar Parade – the event where exotics roar on the city streets Mumbai in their full glory. Arranged by a collaboration of the Supercar Club of India (SSC) and Autocar India magazine, this is the 3rd year of this parade and boy has it  [ Read More ]

According to Times Of India’s report, Tata Motors will roll out the Tata Nano diesel by September 2011. The engine is expected to displace 600-700cc. It will be a compact 2-cylinder engine with a turbocharger and common rail system. The turbocharger is expected to be the smallest, while this diesel engine, the smallest CRDI engine in mass production when it comes out of the Sanand plant. According to the same  [ Read More ]