German luxury car maker Audi today launched its new Q5 SUV in the form of two variants – 2.0 TFSI (petrol) and 3.0 TDI (diesel).
Voted the Best Off-Roader in Europe by Auto Motor und Sport and awarded the Golden Steering Wheel in Germany, the Audi Q5 shares its architecture with the VW Touareg and its underpinnings are based on the A4 sedan. Hence, it combines a sports sedan with a quattro permanent all-wheel drive.
The Q5′s large single-frame grill dominates the car’s front-end, the headlamps have xenon plus bulbs and LED running lights as standard, and the rear lights also feature LED technology.
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The new Skoda Laura is in India and Indian Autos Blog was there to witness every moment of it. We’re talking about the glitzy launch function ladies and gentlemen, where stars from the silver screen, the lead members of Skoda and the new Laura glittered and delighted, followed by party involving all of them which went well into the night.
To kick start proceedings, a musical drama brilliantly executed by a group of professional and talented artists gracefully introduced the new Laura on to the stage. That set up the evening, and the party was a mad mad one!
We’ve gotten back with a cargo of images (93 of them to be precise) so you’ll understand what got us all excited.
The launch was spectacular and the car, well, we’ll tell you about it another day. We’ll file a test drive report later in the month (we’ve got the Skoda Superb test drive part 3 coming up together with the BMW X3 review), so you’ve got to wait a bit longer for this one.
The best way to sum it is Skoda knows how exactly to celebrate the introduction of a new model.
Their company staff were bubbling with enthusiasm and energy which spread to all of us through the atmosphere. No, really.
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Mitsubishi Motors India launched its premium SUV, Montero 09 in Mumbai on Wednesday.
The new 2009 Montero is priced at Rs. 41.94 lakh (ex-showroom) and is imported from Japan as a CBU(completely built unit) as has been since its first launch four years ago. This launch was also special for HM-Mitsubishi due to its inauguration of their new showroom – “Autodrome” in Mumbai.
The Tata Nano arrives Tata Motors today announced the commercial launch of the Tata Nano, keenly awaited across India since its unveiling on January 10, 2008. The Tata Nano is BS-III* compliant and comes with an all-new 2-cylinder aluminium MPFI 624cc petrol engine mated to a four-speed gear box and will be available in three variants. The cars will be on display across the country at Tata Motors passenger car dealerships and other select authorised outlets from April 1.
German carmaker Mercedes Benz, better known in India for its luxury cars recently launched the all-new 2009 version of its M-class SUV. The new M-Class is available in both, diesel as well as petrol forms and both in an avatar of a V6 engine.
The Czech carmaker has got something new, this time it is the much awaited Superb which is the 2nd generation model based on Volkswagen Passat.
The new Skoda Superb is available only in petrol format. The 1.8L turbocharged TSI petrol unit produces 160bhp of power and 250NM of torque and comes with the 7-speed DSG transmission to complete a package, that’s as good as any Mercedes or BMW.
