This third varient in the Skoda Laura platform is priced at Rs 1,289,990 ($32,571) and will be available in diesel versions.
It doesn't matter how they did it. The end result is what matters, says Sharan Arasa, reacting to the news of 26/11 Mumbai terror convict Ajmal Kasab's execution. He spoke to Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
This i20 automatic promised the prowess of the original with a more comfortable transmission. Did it match up? I find out.
Yeti is not impressive to look at but it surely has lot of power under that hood and come with a price tag of Rs 12 -15 lakhs.
The current Octavia, known as the Laura here, is getting a little long in the tooth so it's right on time, this new model.
Among Indian cars Vizag-based Stephen Panchigalla clocked 13.366s in his Skoda Octavia in the same J Class, which was run jointly for both Foreign and Indian cars, to ended up as the 'Fastest Indian Car.' Of the day.
Luxury segment auto player, Skoda India, on Monday said that it will increase prices of all models by Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000 from August 1. The company sells models like Fabia, Octavia, Laura and Superb in the price bracket of Rs 4.5 lakh (Rs 450,000 to Rs 22 lakh (Rs 2.2 million).
While a refurbished Laura would hit the roads some time next month, a premium mid-sized sedan, Rapid, would arrive by the end of the year.
Though it will replace Laura, the new model would retain latter's petrol and diesel engines.
The new Octavia is larger, both on the inside and outside when compared to its predecessor and boasts of superior efficiency, features and build quality.
Five days after bullet-riddled body of Geetanjali Garg, wife of Chief Judicial Magistrate Gurgaon, was found, police today recovered two of the three bullets which pierced through her body, while his father was on Monday questioned by the SIT.
Right now, the 'Lower D' or LD segment -- which the industry defines as a sedan that costs between Rs 1.5 million and Rs 2 million, is longer than 4.5 metres, and powered by an engine of 1.8 litre or larger -- has barely three cars, all of which have been around for over a decade in India. Nevertheless, at least one foreign auto player is looking to bet big on the segment.
High-end mid-sized sedans, comfy SUVs and entry-level luxury models steal their show.
'The government must covertly eliminate the leaders of terrorist organisations abroad so as to eliminate the problem at its roots,' recommends Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
'The government, supposedly manned by wise and experienced officers, was all at sea, unable to act cohesively, and with restraint. Each agency was out to score brownie points.'
What was the need to fictionalise a series on real events that were far more horrific because they were real? asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
