Hyundai’s new Direct Injection Engine for Sonata

Hyundai is getting ready to add direct injection to its 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine. Power from the DI four cylinder goes from 176 to 200 hp, and will likely get around 5-10 percent better gas mileage, finds a home under the new Sonata’s bonnet.

India’s largest carmaker – Maruti Suzuki has yet again hiked the prices (since its last hike in October’08) of its cars by Rs 5,000-10,000 with effect from January 28, attributing it to higher input prices and foreign currency movement, which affects prices of imported components.

While prices of all variants of SX4 sedan has been hiked by Rs 9,000, the price of Swift Petrol LXi has now been revised upwards by Rs 5,000.

Revealed – Facelifted Hyundai Sonata

Hyundai has just revealed pictures of the new face-lifted version of their luxury sedan – Sonata, which is expected to go on sale by the end of this year or the start of next year. The car now has a different front and rear fascia, with large chrome grille, head-lamps and fog-lights. At the back-end, there are new taillights and new bumper design. The front end seems to be Nissan-inspired  [ Read More ]