The launch the Polo is well-timed, since by next year, car manufacturers like Nissan, Toyota and Ford would unveil their compact cars.
Japanese automobile company Mitsubishi Motors may launch a compact car in the B segment in the country. The car is expected to hit the roads in three years. Though Mitsubishi sells Pajero SUV and Lancer sedan in India, they have not generated adequate volumes for the Japanese automobile company. The compact car will take on Maruti Swift, Hyundai Getz, Skoda Fabia, Fiat Palio, Chevrolet U-VA and Ford Fusion
Maruti Suzuki's runaway success with 'Swift' has crossed a new milestone in sales -- 200,000 units -- with the car becoming one of the fastest selling models in India since its launch three years ago to achieve this feat. "Maruti Swift has attained new benchmarks very swiftly. It has emerged as the fastest selling car in India by completing the 200,000 units sales mark in less than 36 months," a company official said.
Maruti Suzuki will be launching 20 new products by 2020.
While bronze medallist Sakshi would soon be seen driving her new, customized Mahindra Thar, a brand new BMW awaits new badminton sensation Sindhu.
The much-awaited excise duty cut on small cars to 12 per cent (from 16 per cent) made by the finance minister may have brought smiles on the faces of car manufacturers but this, dealers say, will increase the waiting period on some popular models by another additional month.
Carmakers seem to be driving in the right lane with their new models, with three of the new launches - Maruti Swift diesel and Mahindra Renault Logan as well as GM's Chevrolet Aveo U-VA - finishing on the top of their segments in a customer satisfaction survey.
Volkswagen is planning to roll out a variant of its popular car, Polo, in by 2009. The car will be pitted against Maruti's Swift, Hyundai's Getz and Tata Motor's Indica.
Pitting itself directly against Maruti Swift Diesel, Tata Motors plans to launch a 1.3 litre diesel variant of its small car Indica with a common rail direct injection (CRDi) engine developed in-house in the next few months.
The new year will see a line of hatchbacks (including compact SUVs) hit the Indian roads. Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com offers a peek.
Declaring a price war against rival Maruti's Swift, Hyundai Motors India Ltd launched its new premium hatchback Getz Prime, starting from Rs 3,89,000.
Auto major General Motors India on Friday launched its premium hatchback car, the 1.2 litre petrol Chevrolet Aveo U-VA at Rs 3.99 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).
Maruti Swift DZire cuts out as the most fuel-efficient offering.
The previous best selling year was 2010 when Maruti managed to sell around 10.6 lakh (1.06 million) units.
Under pressure after the instant success of Maruti's 'Swift', Hyundai Motors on Wednesday launched an offensive by reducing prices of its Santro Xing by over Rs 19,000.
Maruti's Alto retained the top position in June with 14,856 units, as against 15,750 units in June last year.
MSI in January increased prices by up to Rs 31,600.
The recall is only for the diesel variants of the three models. Out of the total, 55,938 units are of old Dzire, 12,486 units of old Swift and 1,131 units of Ritz, which were manufactured between March 8, 2010 and August 11, 2013, the company said.
Includes all-new versions of Swift and Swift Dzire.
The new Kiger has enough in it to draw you away from the hatchback you've been eyeing.
The sub-4 metre sedan will be available with both petrol and diesel engines.
Maruti ready to upgrade safety features.
Tata group bets on design and price. It looks to mark its spot in a highly cluttered category with its newest offering. Tata Tigor might drives between the lanes!
After the Patna high court granted bail to Rocky Yadav in the infamous Gaya road rage case, the victim's family expresses their anguish.
On Tuesday, the Centre handed over the probe to the CBI on the recommendation of the Uttar Pradesh government. The state government has come under severe criticism for failing to provide security to the 19-year-old woman who was allegedly raped by the BJP MLA in 2017 when she was a minor.
India's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India tightened its grip in terms of best selling cars with six of its models featuring in the top-10 list for the just concluded fiscal.
He was accorded a hero's welcome by supporters of his parents.
Rishi Mehra explains the pros and cons of buying a used car on either car loan or personal loan
A woman student was abducted outside a Gurgaon college by three persons this morning, but she was freed and the accused arrested within hours after the shocking incident was captured by CCTV cameras.
In June, the new government led by Narendra Modi extended the excise duty concession by six months to December 31, which is not being further extended.
Having learnt lessons from the past with Baleno and SX4 models, the company is preparing to aggressively tap customers who are looking to upgrade, with the Ciaz, on which it has invested Rs 620 crore (Rs 6.2 billion) on development.
To continue its dominance in the compact sedan segment, which consists hard-nuts like Tata Tigor, Hyundai Xcent and VW Ameo, the numero uno carmaker has fielded third generation Dzire.
Experts suggest that it's best to go for the bundled product that has only one-year own damage cover.
Maruti Suzuki growing in double-digits; Suzuki's Japan Q1 top line rose only 1%.
From Maruti to Honda, every big manufacturer has lined up launches in the domestic market.
A profession that has become quite lucrative with the advent of Ola Cabs, TaxiForSure and the likes, now hangs in the dark. Anita Babu and Itika Sharma report
The biggest and most talked about change has come in form of the new interior and dashboard design.
Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai would make the largest gain.
M I Khan traces his story and finds that he was a virtual nobody 25 years ago.
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