New Hot Hatchbacks coming in 2011

 VOLKSWAGON  GOLF GTI

CHEVROLET SPARK ELECTRIC

FIAT BRAVO
One of the hottest hatchbacks coming in india with a high price tag.

FORD FIESTA HATCHBACK    

          







                                                              

FORD FOCUSFord India seems to have gained confidence with the Figo’s success and has lined-up two new global cars for India. The current Fiesta will be replaced with a brand new hatchback version and a three-box model of the same will soon follow. Ford Focus, the car that features in the WRC may also be offered in the country, without the bells and whistles of the WRC version of course and that means no four-wheel-drive.
HONDA BRIO

FIAT PUNTO EVO

MITSUBISHI COLT

TOYOTA ETIOS LIVA

The year 2011 will see hatchbacks in the range of Rs. 3 lakh- 20 lakh thus giving the Indian buyer a hard time choosing the best among the rest.

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Fiat Releases New Pickup

The Italian car maker, Fiat Brazil division recently released a new Sporting Strada, a special version popularly called pick-ups. Strada Sporting recently been adapted by some of sporty accessories are enhanced, both exterior and interior of the car.
Pickup quite popular in Brazil and the Italian car manufacturer Fiat tried to take advantage of this fact by offering a local buyer the possibility to choose a more aggressive version of Strada, though already a best seller in this country. Sporting a new Strada is offered with a number of exterior and interior enhancements, most of these changes aimed to improve the appearance of the car, for example, features a new front bumper, new headlamps with black masks and body-colored skirt, and the use of wheel sizes 16 inches to more performance muscular.
In the interior fitted Fiat sport pedals plus a red belt, and leather steering wheel with red stitching and Sporting sentence on car carpet. Under the hood hiding Strada Sporting 1800cc 16V engine that develops maximum power up to 130 horsepower (use gasoline) and 132 horsepower (with ethanol). This engine mated to a five-speed manual transmission.
Although equipped with luxury accessories, Sporting Strada is not much more expensive than the standard version, which is priced starting at around 21,000 euros, or about 252 million dollars. In this particular version is configured with special equipment, so customers who opt to choose Sporting it will get air conditioning, power steering, trip computer and power windows at the front door.
And an additional list of options to best fitted with accessories such as rain sensors, support MP3 for audio system, Bluetooth, dual airbags and ABS.

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Hyundai Launches Verna 5 Door

Hyundai Verna 5 Door

South Korean car maker, Hyundai launched its new sedan, Verna 5-door hatchback model at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition Exhibition 2010. Before Hyundai Verna Hyundai first introduced the 4-door sedan models at auto show in Beijing Automotive Exhibition 2010.

Verna hatch will from be assembled by a joint company Between Hyundai Motor Company and Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Company, the Beijing Hyundai Motor Company. Hyundai offers two engines Variants Gamma coded with gasoline fuel, the which is 1400cc bertenaga106 hp and torque of 135 Nm or 121 hp and 155 1600cc powered Nm of torque. Hyundai Verna 1400ccnya Quite efficient, being Able to consume fuel of 15.3 km / liter and earnest be more efficient if using fuel-economy package, namely to 16.1 km / liter. The plan, Hyundai will from Verna market 5-door hatchback model this in January 2011.

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BMW X1 launched in India

 German luxury car maker BMW on Thursday introduced its cheapest model in India, a new sports utility vehicle. The vehicle will be available in both petrol and diesel variants. While the petrol option, BMW X1 sDrive 18i, will be available for Rs 22 lakh (ex-showroom, all-India), the diesel variant will have two options, X1 sDrive 20d, priced at Rs 23.9 lakh and X1 sDrive 20d Exclusive priced at Rs 29.9 lakh (ex-showroom, all-India).

it is also the most practical model for India thanks to its high ground clearance and compact dimensions. Have already generated a good interest among buyers and have received over 1,000 bookings which has already created a waiting period of three months.

The diesel engine gives a power of 177 BHP and torque of 350 Nm from 1750 to 3000 rpm. The petrol engine gives a power of 150 BHP with a torque of 200 Nm at 3600 rpm. BMW claims that the diesel variant takes 8.3 seconds to attain a speed of 100 kmph whereas the petrol variant takes 10.4 seconds. All variants have six speed automatic gearboxes.

The ARAI average fuel efficiency stat for the diesel X1 is more than 15km to the litre while for the petrol it is 11+. All variants are ‘sDrive’ meaning that they feature rear-wheel drive unlike xDrive which is all-wheel drive.

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M&M launches the Mahindra Thar

Mahindra Unveiled Thar India.
Thar is for Jeep lovers and off-road enthusiasts. The Thar is a manual 4x4 machine coupled with a powerful CRDe engine 77 kw (105 BHP) & drive by wire technology which is capable of providing it variable speeds and acceleration. To handle this excess power, THAR CRDe's tough rigid ladder frame chassis has been optimised to enable crisp handling. There is also a direct injection (DI) version of the Thar meant for rural and semi-urban markets.

M&M has only launched the soft-top Thar at the moment and this variant does not come with air conditioning. Owners can however get a custom made canopy for their Thar and then get an aftermarket air conditioner fitted. We feel M&M should have also launched a hard-top variant with air conditioning even if it were to bump up the price a bit.

The Thar  will be launched in Delhi, Chandigarh, Bangalore, Mangalore and Jaipur by end December and the rest of India by January 2011.  The 2.5-litre 4X4 Thar is priced at Rs. 5.99 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) while the BS-III DI engine equipped Thar starts at Rs. 4.47 lakh (ex-showroom Jaipur). M&M will also offer a host of accessories for the Thar to add to its rugged appeal.

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New Maruti SWIFT Will be Launched In End of 2011

New Maruti Swift

Maruti Suzuki has revealed a news which will is not so good for the people waiting for the launch of the new Maruti Swift 2011. While the new model of Swift 2011 is already available in UK by Suzuki, but its not yet lunched in India. As per the latest news the new model of Suzuki swift will be launched in India towards the end of year 2011, which means its another one year to go from now. This delay is mainly due to the reorientation of the production facilities of Maruti Swift and Maruti Swift Dzire between the Gurgaon and Manesar plants of Maruti. This change will take place near the mid of year 2011 and the production of the new upgraded versions of Swift 2011 will start in India towards the end of the year 2011.

Suzuki has revealed the engine options for the 2011 Swift, a new 1.2l VVT engine petrol producing 93 bhp and the existing Fiat sourced Mutijet 1.3 DDiS diesel would be powering the Swift. CVT automatic transmissions would also be offered.
For India, the 1.2l K-series engine producing 84 bhp and the 1.3l DDiS diesel would stay. Maruti Suzuki India could also bring the VVT 1.2l engine. Maruti would be skeptical about offering an automatic tranny on the new Swift but we expect it could follow months after the car’s launch.

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2013 : Lotus City Car Shown at Paris Motor Show

Just as the Aston Martin who jumped into the city car, Lotus premium brands also have confirmed their city car shown at Paris Motor Show ago, will go on sale in 2013. Lotus City Car will be a hybrid car with a 1.2L 3-cylinder engine combined with electric engine. Lotus plans to make 3 versions namely one for the Asian market, a market for Europe and another for a sport.

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