Indian Autos blog

Japanese Auto Major Honda has not had the best of time in the past few months. Thanks to a sharp drop in global sales and the frustrating economic slump, Honda had to call it a day on it’s supercar project and painfully had to pull the Formula 1 plug.

So what does one do to get out of this mess? Naturally build cars that will sell in larger numbers and will have a wider reach. Honda earlier announced that it will make an entry level car for India, but that was just about what it said.

Every month, Germany based Federal Motor Vehicle Office compiles the list of best-selling vehicles in the country by taking into consideration customer feedback. Seems like the small car, which is built exclusively in India, has taken the crown this time.

Hyundai i10 became the “most popular small car in Germany”. It has been named the “Most beloved light vehicle” of November by German consumers and for the first time, a Korean vehicle secured the top rank. After the taste of success in India, Hyundai’s i10 is tasting success in other parts of world too!

India’s largest Auto maker and volumes player Maruti Suzuki (MSIL), has today announced that it will introduce its first fully ‘Made in India’ car in the next four years. Maruti Suzuki which yesterday launched another great product from its stable known as ‘A-Star’ in India, at an attractive introductory price of Rs 3.47-4.12 lakh, has already began the work on its future product which is totally focused, designed and developed  [ Read More ]

In Italy, Chevrolet has unveiled the LPG-powered Matiz (Spark) which comes with a choice of two engine options-the 4-cylinder of 995 cc 65 hp engine which is available in India, and the 3-cylinder 796 cc 51 hp, which was used on the Daewoo version in India. This move is to cash in on the demand for LPG-powered small cars which has recently risen to new heights in parts Europe. The  [ Read More ]

Honda Siel Cars India Ltd is looking to launch an under 1L engined small car after launching its Jazz. The ‘mystery car’ will come out of its Rajasthan facility within the next three years. The possibility of a sub-1 litre engine driven car  was revealed by well placed sources within Honda. Quite coincidentally, Honda Japan manufactures cars fitted with 660cc engines, like the Zest, under its K-series which is currently  [ Read More ]

Having launched the face-lifted New Honda City, Takeo Fukui, President and CEO, Honda Motors, said the company is now eying the premium hatchback & small car space and would launch two small cars in India within the next three or four years. The first car- Honda Jazz is likely to be launched Mid 2009. It will be made at the Honda Siel plant at Greater Noida. Honda would position the small  [ Read More ]

Sure, the Indian Auto market is small-car hungry and with or without a celebrity alongside in commercial messages, it would in one way or the other sell in sizeable numbers. And look who is thinking cheaply- Skoda Auto. The Czech manufacturer is overwhelmingly excited about the bright sales chart, and expects to sell 20,000 cars by the end of the year in comaprison to 13,000 units last year (read as  [ Read More ]

Fiat is cooking up a opponent for the Nano. I mean what’s with all these car makers? Where were they all these years? When Tata initiated the ‘world’s cheapest automobile’ idea, people looked at them with disgust. They spoke shit terribly about them and went to the degree of insulting them and conveying their intent that it was impracticable to manufacture something for $2,500. But soon after the Tata Nano  [ Read More ]