If you're someone looking for some serious performance along with a practical family sedan with generous cabin space and do not mind spending more on fuel and the company's after-sales service, then this is all the car you'll ever need.
Lack of a petrol engine and an automatic variant for the current diesel motor might upset some of the buyers.
The Tiguan will appeal to people who don't like big, brawny SUVs with immense road presence.
Has Volvo Cars set the cat among the pigeons? Yes, the compact luxury SUV segment in India will not be the same with the entry of the XC40, says P Tharyan.
There are tweaks to the exterior and interior styling and one big updatecomes in the form of a more powerful engine from the XUV500.
Toyota can be credited for kick starting the MPV revolution in India with the Qualis, which was the company's entry model for our country. Despite the skeptical views of the reviewers for Qualis, the car succeeded and paved the way for Innova. Now in its second generation, Indian automobile website MotorBeam.com have decided to gauge how big is the leap between the two generations of the people mover.
Now, we have with us the Renault Captur which under the skin is a Duster but the company claims that the former is a more premium offering. So, is it? Time to find out.
The Volvo V90 Cross Country could make Indians fall in love with station wagons, says P Tharyan.
It is definitely the heaviest in its class, which is likely to make in-city commutes a tad troublesome
While the top-end diesel engine is mated to a six-speed gear box, the petrol engine is mated to a new five-speed gearbox
Is it all new? No it is a cosmetic upgrade in reality
The Japanese automaker has derived the WR-V from the Jazz and it gets quite a lot of changes over the premium hatchback.
The third Cross Country model for India, the V90 Cross Country is based on the S90 sedan and promises to offer the best of two different worlds - sedan (S90) and SUV (XC90).
The Glanza is clearly a rebadged Maruti Suzuki Baleno, however, Toyota has given it a longer warranty and a lower starting price to make it more attractive. Are there other compelling reasons to consider it over Baleno?
'Visiting my friend in his affluent locality, I realised that the Delhi weather had become the great equaliser.' 'Pollution was always in the air, everywhere, and had become the primary subject of all conversations,' notes Ambassador B S Prakash.
The recently launched Toyota Camry looks good, drives well, offers ridiculous levels of space and comes quite feature-loaded.
The Hyundai Elantra is a well-known name in India, thanks to the striking design language used both the times it was introduced in the country, i.e. in the year 2000 and later in 2012. Now Hyundai has decided to launch the sixth generation car in India to re-capture the D-segment sedan throne. Indian automotive website MotorBeam.com got its hands on the car and decided to run the classy sedan through its paces.
Toyota Fortuner 2016 vs Ford Endeavour vs Chevrolet TrailBlazer InteriorsToyota Fortuner 2017 interior
The Chevrolet TrailBlazer is the most powerful SUV in its class and offers great road presence.
It lacks the finesse of its direct rival, the Hyundai Creta, but otherwise it is fun to drive and power is in abundance too
With an amazing start some of more interesting models to be launched this month are - Mercedes Maybach S600, Renault KWID, new Ford Figo and the Mahindra TUV300( launched recently)
Be it in terms of looks, features or safety, the Indian auto market is growing up
It's built on an all-new platform and comes with contemporary styling.
With fast changing mentality of the crowd here, the automakers are creating their own categories to attract more and more buyers.
Honda has finally plunged into the fast growing urban crossover segment in India with the newly minted BR-V seven-seater SUV.
The biggest and most talked about change has come in form of the new interior and dashboard design.
The 104-storey building's opening marks an emotional milestone for the United States.
New Hyundai Verna 2017 is powered with a choice of 1.6 L petrol engine (Dual VTVT, 121.3 bhp) and 1.6 L diesel engine (U2 CRDi VGT, 126.2 bhp).
The Mercedes GLA45 AMG might be among the more affordable AMGs but is still quite expensive at Rs 90.24 lakh.
The Audi A3 Cabriolet is a convertible that is reasonably priced and is sure to bring you tons of attention.
The new Elantra is 40 mm longer and 25 mm wider than the outgoing model
At Rs 28.19 lakh - Rs 32.97 lakh (ex-showroom India) it delivers excellent value for its combination of road presence, gizmos, safety, off-road capability and driveability.
The Toyota Yaris was finally launched in India last month. Rajesh Alva/Rediff.com offers a quick checklist of what appeals to him about the car, and what doesn't.
The car is good enough to dethrone the current segment king, the Toyota Fortuner.
There's a car and bike to match every personality and every budget in 2018, say P Tharyan and Joshua David Luther
Verna is loaded with features, classy desing but handling could have been better.
Performance is one of the strengths of Abarth 595 Competizione.
The BMW X5 is the largest SUV one can buy with the famous blue and white logo from Bavaria. The car is the quintessential European luxury SUV with all the creature comforts one finds in the executive sedans of the company. Indian automobile website MotorBeam.comtests the mettle of the big-brawny SUV from BMW.
The BMW X5 is the largest SUV one can buy with the famous blue and white logo from Bavaria.
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