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Tata Hexa Overview Being at right place at the right time is very important. Tata Motors is certainly right with the timing of the launch of its all-new premium sports utility vehicle Tata Hexa. The premium SUV, coming after the Indian automaker’s latest hit Tiago, ensures a rather improved environment for the brand in the market place.Tata Motors’ effort to break free from the old perception and accelerate the new image created after Tiago launch is seen clearly in the Hexa. The space where it is pitted doesn’t have much of promising products except XUV500 and Toyota Innova Crysta, though it can also have anRead More →

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Honda BR V Overview Honda has a fair amount riding on the BR-V. At the outset let me say it will need to be very aggressive on price if it hopes to realise any volume ambitions with this car. I will explain why through this piece. The Honda brand was one we expected to get nothing wrong – always shrewd with the right products – always cutting edge with the right interior and equipment – and always attractive on design. It was the reason the Japanese brand could always command a premium on pricing and yet stay in demand. In fact ‘premium’ was the mostRead More →

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Tata Tiago Overview Before we start, let us just wind the clock back a little bit. The day is December 31, 1998, and Tata Motors has just launched the first real Indian-designed and built passenger car, the Indica. And although most people in the country might not really consider it to be an important car, with well over a million units sold in India and across the world, the Indica is definitely a very important car in India’s automotive history. And now, 17 years later, here is another car from the house of Tata Motors. A car that will, in principle, be an erstwhile replacementRead More →

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Mahindra KUV100 NXT Overview When Mahindra & Mahindra MD Dr Pawan Goenka was introducing the 2017 Mahindra KUV100 NXT compact SUV at its launch, he was quick to address the big question: Why such an early refresh for a new model launched only last year. At the time, he noted that shorter timelines are the new norm with manufacturers in India launching new vehicles in quick succession and shortening shelf lives of existing products. There is a push to capture the constantly growing sub-4m compact SUV market. At the same time, the KUV100 NXT facelift is Mahindra’s attempt to capture a market that had hithertoRead More →

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Mercedes Benz B Class Overview The Mercedes-Benz B-Class started the trend of very-compact luxury vehicles in India. Mercedes-Benz had been toying with the idea of introducing more affordable models under the C-Class sedan, but hesitated as customers could have reacted adversly. In 2012, Mercedes-Benz took the plunge and introduce the B-Class as the first compact luxury car in its lineup. The positive response to car prompted the manufacturer to then launch the A-, CLA-,GLA-Class etc. The B-Class is essentially a bigger version of the A-Class hatchback but it is marketed as a ‘sports tourer’. The comact-MPV like dimesions of the car show though in theRead More →

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Nissan Sunny Overview Nissan Motor India Private Limited, the Indian subsidiary of Japanese autogiant Nissan, owns a fleet of vehicles, belonging to almost every segment from hatchback to SUV in the country. In the entry-level saloon segment, it offers the Sunny sedan which is truly a royal wagon to drive. Nissan Sunny hit the Indian shores firstly in 2011 and it was received considerably well by the auto freaks in India. But along the course of time it lost its glory and hence, in an awe to re-create the enigma and panache, the company has launched the second generation of the entry-level saloon in theRead More →

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Toyota Etios Cross Overview Toyota India has extended its arsenal of products by introducing the all Etios Cross in the Indian auto industry. Basically, nothing more, but a more rugged and sturdy version of company’s existing hatchback Liva; Etios Cross seems to be crossover. The Japanese automajor has incorporated several SUV elements in this crossover to make it rough, striking and swashbuckling. Being offered with petrol and diesel guises, the crossover in-houses three different engines – a 1.2L petrol, a 1.5L petrol and a 1.4L diesel. Toyota Etios Cross has been launched with 4 variants – G, V, GD, and VD, where G and VRead More →

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Toyota Etios Overview The Toyota Etios has gone through yet another update. Since being launched in 2010 this is now the fourth iteration of the car and it looks like this time around, the Japanese automaker has really put its weight behind the vehicle. Despite always being priced a bit higher than its compact sedan rivals due to the extended length, it has been a decent seller in terms of numbers. Now, to keep continuity of volumes Toyota has worked on the strengths of the car to improve them. It gets some major cosmetic updates as well as an upgraded safety suite which has multipleRead More →

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Nissan Micra Overview Last year, Nissan, the Japanese Car giant had showcased the new generation Micra at the Paris Motor Show. This new gen car is being now readied for an India launch. However, this will happen only in the year 2019.The current Nissan Micra will be discontinued by next year, to make way for the all new Nissan Micra 2019. The new Mincra is sort of a revolution in terms of design and styling. It looks very different from the existing models and uses a new design language. As the trend of SUVs is rising, another trend that is growing is of premium hatchbacks.Read More →

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Datsun redi GO Overview The Go and Go+, Datsun’s first two launches, were functional cars available at affordable prices, especially considering their size. Datsun, however, underestimated the Indian consumer’s need to have as much as possible while paying as little as possible. As a result, the Go siblings have been left by the wayside, because they are poorly equipped and the cost-cutting is obvious, which is something Indians these days will just not accept. Suffice to say, the Datsun brand needs a strong shot in the arm to get back on buyers’ radars, and lessons learnt have been plowed back into the Redigo which comesRead More →