Ever wondered why the difference between a Santro Xing GL and a Santro Xing GLS was over Rs 30,000 although both looked the same? This article will try to give you a breeze through into what adds cost to a car.
Despite severe restrictions imposed on the number of bulls, bull-tamers and spectators thanks to the pandemic, Jallikattu organisers are hopeful of the show going on this Pongal.
As other global car makers struggle in India to keep sales consistent, the Korean player has made a heady combination out of design, launches and localisation.
New car launches in the past six months have driven sales growth despite a hike in vehicle financing. In April, new launches accounted for 17 per cent of over all sales.
The new cars which have been launched in the last six months include the Zen Estilo from Maruti, Hyundai Getz diesel, Spark from General Motors, Logan from Mahindra Nissan and Fiat Palio Stile.
Some cars that are emblematic of India's automobile industry will no longer come off the assembly lines after this year.
The compact segment where Sonet will be launched is crowded with the Maruti Vitara and Brezza, which top the sales' list, and a bevy of models from Mahindra & Mahindra apart from Hyundai's offering. But volumes in this are slightly higher than those in the mid-segment, making it attractive, says Surajeet Das Gupta.
Hyundai Motor India on Thursday hiked prices of its various cars, including Santro and Sonata by upto Rs 10,700.\n\n\n\n
Top carmaker Maruti Udyog will give freebies of up to Rs 28,900 on its two car models this week to counter a similiar offer by arch-rival Hyundai.
The two-acre office complex under construction on the outskirts of Delhi will be home to about eight hundred company executives. Special care is being given to air purification and the building will be equipped with a three-stage air filter system.
Hyundai prolongs the life of the Santro with a tastefully done makeover, says Srinivas Krishnan.
Hyundai's Grand i10 jostled with Maruti's Swift, making space for itself in a sub-segment that is witnessing growth.
Hyundai Motor India Ltd, the country's second-largest car-maker, said on Thursday its volume sales in November rose 37 per cent to 9,847 cars from the year-ago period, boosted by demand for its flagship Santro compact.\n\n
Hyundai Motor India said on Friday that its car sales surged by 83 per cent in December 2003 to 12,382 units, driven by rising demand for compact car Santro and mid-size model Accent.
Hyundai Motor India on Monday said its vehicles sales grew by 27.4 per cent in October 2003 to 13,297 units as demand for its compact car Santro and mid-size model Accent continued to increase.
Hyundai Motor India on Wednesday said its car sales grew by 21 per cent during January-June 2003 to 65,307 units, following good demand for the newly launched compact car Santro Xing.
Reflecting the mood, passenger vehicle sales in November either remained muted or skidded for most manufacturers as high fuel prices and the higher cost of borrowing dampened buying sentiment.
A CRPF vehicle suffered slight damages in the rear side.
The latest Hyundai i20 is an exciting car, given the overall drive experience, transmission, ride quality and tech. And while it may not be as low cost as a Maruti or come with the "heavy German steel-feel" of the Volkswagen, it does carve out a niche for itself at pole position with a combination of technology, styling, drive and ride comfort, and low cost of ownership, says Pavan Lall.
Absence of diesel options, economic slowdown hurt sales
In a case of road rage in the heart of Guwahati city on Wednesday morning, angry public set fire to a traffic police point near Jonali bustop stop along the busy R G Baruah Road after a school bus hit a motorcycle rider killing him on the spot and seriously injuring another man on a bicycle.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's son Nishant is richer than his father, according to details of assets made public by Kumar and his cabinet colleagues.
Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) is considering legal action against Aamir Khan's latest film, 'Delhi Belly', for allegedly depicting one of the company's cars in a derogatory manner.
A pair of slippers does a good a job of saving Mamata Banerjee's soles from thorns, while her Santro runs as efficiently as a siren-blowing Safari. Navneet Anand on the West Bengal chief minister's mystique
These cars offer the performance of a more expensive car for a quarter of the price.
The models from Hyundai and Maruti, which might go on sale in October 2018 and February 2019, respectively, are set to revive a segment that had lost sheen to the compact SUV segment, lately
Details of the assets of 30 Bihar ministers, including Kumar's, were uploaded in the government websites as a step towards ending corruption and promised by the chief minister.
Claiming to have found new leads in the 2007 Ajmer blast case, the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorist Squad has seized a car believed to have been used in transporting the bombs even as the names of four more people cropped up in connection with the case.
Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) said it will increase the prices of vehicles across models by up to 2 per cent to offset rising input costs.
Market leaders saw good traction for new cars, including the electric ones.
Buying a three-year-old Maruti Alto/Hyundai Santro/Tata Indica and selling it two years later, results in an average cost of just Rs 50,000, according to a study on the used car market.
Building houses and sending children abroad for higher studies is becoming common.
It is quite interesting to look at the cars closest rivals and how they stand against this much trusted model.
Hyundai Motor India, the country's second largest car maker, on Friday said its plan for launching a small car in the Indian auto-market is "well on course".
Expects to sell an additional 7,500 units of the model per month.
Two suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militants, who were allegedly planning terror strikes in Delhi ahead of Independence Day, were arrested on Thursday night, a senior Delhi police official said.
The company had rolled out the first car -- a hatchback Santro -- from the Sriperumbedur facility in September 1998.
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