Indian Autos blog

With the advent of the MINI brand in India, a whole realm of luxury hatchbacks have India on their minds. Mercedes India has plans to introduce the new A Class in India to rival BMW’s Mini.

Thanks to AutoExpress, we are able to bring you the complete line of power mills that will propel the new A Class.

The new A Class will be offered in both petrol and diesel options.

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 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.

Renault has many special editions of the Fluence around the globe. But a very interesting variant has shown up on our radar today.

Renault is expected to launch the Fluence Turbo in Argentina with a hugely powerful engine.

Mercedes Benz India launched the new generation M Class (or ML Class) in Delhi yesterday we have kept our readers updated with plenty of photographs and updates from the launch posted throughout yesterday and this morning. In this final installment, we’re presenting pictures and video from the launch floor as well official photographs released by Mercedes Benz India.

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We’ve also packaged pointers from yesterday’s press conference for an overall idea of where Mercedes stands in India today, after the break.

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Audi is looking to step on the pedal for the mission to be the world’s largest luxury car manufacturer by 2018.

Currently in a very good position compared to its rivals and announcing its plans to launch around 18 new models that would include completely new vehicles and upgrades in the current offerings, it seems like achieving goals will happen sooner than expected.

Reports from European news services have revealed that Audi has applied for many new name trademarks for its imminent launches. These include seven new ones: Q6, Q8, S2, S9, RS1, RS8, R6 and three trademarks ‘E-Gasoline,’ ‘E-Diesel’, and ‘E-Benzin’ for its eco-friendly line-up of vehicles.

A car that we have been tracking quite closely as we believe it can play the turnaround specialist for Mitsubishi in India is the Mitsubishi Mirage. Some signs of the Mirage’s potential are on display in the Thailand already where it was launched in March 2012.

The BangkokPost reports that the Mirage is a massive hit in Thailand. It has moped up some serious bookings since the launch. This has prompted Mitsubishi Motors Thailand to step up production at its assembly lines.

Yesterday at the Thar AC launch, Mahindra also announced plans for Season 2 of its epic off-roading series – the Mahindra Great Escape. The Great Escape is a series of off roading events that Mahindra conducts for its SUV customers so that they can enjoy their vehicles to the fullest. Its not everyday that you get to explore the hidden powers of your Scorpio, XUV500 or Bolero.

Now the Great Escape has been clubbed under an umbrella brand called ‘Mahindra Adventure’ which will also include Mahindra’s motorsport division.

Dacia has introduced a cheaper, stripped out variant of the Duster in Germany. Obviously the Germans will not buy it like birthday candles because it sends the wrong message. So in order to hide the cheapness, Dacia has given it a cool name – Duster Ice Edition.

The Duster Ice Edition starts as low as € 12 290 (around 8.5 lakhs). For that money, you get front electric windows, roof rails, four airbags and central locking with remote control. That’s it!