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General Motors has announced that the launch of their new small car Chevrolet Beat will be deferred by a period of at least 6 months.

Chevy’s Beat concept has been put on display in several Auto Shows around the globe through the recent years, but the production version has not yet been unveiled by the company

IAB in an earlier post, talked about the delayed release of Chevy Cruze. Here are more reasons for a much longer delay. In addition to the standard four-door sedan model that Chevrolet debuted in Paris, GM is now considering hatchback and wagon versions of its Cruze in order to “accommodate the ‘individuality’ of markets around the globe and to fill the rest of the range. Because of its global presence,  [ Read More ]

The Paris Motor Show saw the release of yet another Hyundai(apart from i20), the new seven seater ix55 SUV. This new car shares its platform with the Veracruz, which is sold in the North American markets. It has been assigned with the task of competing in the compact SUV category of the European and Asian markets. A great proportion of styling elements have been borrowed from other cars of its  [ Read More ]

The Managing Director of Fiat Automobiles, Lorenzo Sistino, presented “ecoDrive” system to the international press at the Paris Motor Show 2008. This system gives drivers a better insight into how their driving style influences fuel consumption and emissions. It is a software application that can be downloaded and installed on your computer. Log on to www.fiat.com/ecodrive (there is also a video dedicated to the product on this site). How it  [ Read More ]

The Hyundai i20 is finally here. Its looks are awesome, much like its younger brother, i10. We find the lines are terrific and the side profile looks like flowing thick, hot chocolate. The rear fender is the best bit. Looks like frills made when you shear on satin cloth. It’s seems to us that Hyundai’s design engineers were given an assignment of creating an art car. They have pulled it  [ Read More ]

Land Rover and fuel efficiency have always been mutually exclusive terms. Well, not anymore. At the Paris Motor Show was unveiled the most fuel efficient land Rover ever, a bit of a surprise for a few but nevertheless. We reckon the Tata-JLR deal had something to do with this, consider it for the good.  The only hurdle the Land Rover had to face so far was its bad fuel economy.  [ Read More ]

The satin was dropped, and the Nissan Pixo stood there, no where to hide. It’s cousin, the A-Star (a.k.a. Alto) was launched hours back in the same environment and the PIXO should have felt a bit out of place. Let me explain why. The PIXO is Nissan’s small car which some refer to as the next-gen Micra. We really don’t care about that. What we felt was the PIXO should  [ Read More ]

Mercedes Benz is all set to spread the ‘Green’ revolution in India by launching its ‘Blue’ Effeciency package, starting with the S-Class. Mercedes is expected to launch the of new S 320 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY to supersede the S 320 CDI model from the end of this year. Effective detailed modifications and advanced technology have brought down the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of the new model variant by some 10  [ Read More ]