Santa Fe was first introduced globally in 2001 as Hyundai's first SUV.
'The shifts in US involvement in global conflicts and geopolitical alliances could introduce uncertainties.'
Bullish on the Indian market despite global economic downturn, Swedish luxury carmaker Volvo on Wednesday said it will enhance its product portfolio in the country, including a premium sports utility vehicle, which it plans to launch sometime next year.
Within a year of launching its maiden sports-utility-vehicle Grand Vitara XL-7, Maruti Udyog Ltd on Monday rolled out an upgraded version of the vehicle.
Though GM India delivers best of technology cars but at the same time, it lags in the dealer and service station network, one very important criterion for improving sales and rising popularity charts in India.
'A lot of players such as Maruti and Hyundai are entering the market in the first and the second quarters of 2025.'
Hyundai Motor India on Monday forayed into the domestic sports-utility-vehicle market with the premium SUV model Terracan.\n\n\n\n
General Motors India on Tuesday said it has sold over 1,000 units of the premium mid-size car Chevrolet Optra since its launch earlier this month.
Dilip Chhabria, chairman and managing director, DC Design, on Tuesday unveiled his grand sports utility vehicle, The Circa 2020, in Mumbai.
Sales of the CR-V have been falling in recent months with the company reporting sale of just one unit of the SUV in September this year.
A 25-year-old man from Telangana, who was found injured inside a Sports Utility Vehicle after sustaining an apparent gunshot wound to his head, has died, according to authorities in the US state of Maryland.
Duster is expected to bear a 4x2 and 4x4 mechanism apart from the 1.6L, 16-valve petrol engine.
The new SUV comes with a 3.0 litre D-4D diesel engine with five speed manual transmission.
The Freelander, a compact yet premium 4X4 SUV, is sold in large European markets.
Mitsubishi Motors on Thursday said it plans to launch its sedan Cedia and sports utility vehicle Montero by the first quarter of the next year in partnership with Hindustan Motors.
Art of Living, a non-governmental organisation founded by Ravi Shankar, sought to revive an asset that the debt-ridden farmers in the region had lost over the course of time -- self reliance. About a year-and-a-half ago, the NGO introduced the Swavalamban programme in the same worst-affected areas as the ones identified by Dr Singh in his aid package. The programme seeks to induce positive thinking while at the same time spiritually uplift the farmers.
GM India presently sources engines for its products from its other global plants. Apart from multi-utility vehicle Tavera, which is 97 per cent localised, the company's other products run on sourced engines. The company is in talks with more than one state governments to set up the proposed plant, but has not zeroed down on one particular location as yet.
Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL) - the market leader in small cars - is eyeing the top spot in the sports utility vehicle (SUV) segment within a year - with a 33 per cent share of the pie. The company has been selling two SUVs - the Brezza and the Grand Vitara - and will start deliveries of the Jimny and the Fronx from March-end, and has set a target of growing its share from the current 11.5 per cent of the SUV market to 33 per cent by the end of 2023-24. The SUV segment is roughly about 42 per cent of the total passenger vehicle market, or around 1.3 million units.
Maruti Udyog Ltd launched its sports utility vehicle Grand Vitara on Thursday at a starting price of Rs 13.8 lakh or Rs 1.38 million (ex-showroom) in Delhi.
Ford India, the Chennai-based automobile company of the US giant, said today that it has raised prices of all its models, except the Ikon, by as much as Rs 25,000 due to a strong surge in import costs recently.
The price of the company's premium hatchback Fusion has been reduced by Rs 18,500, Ford India said in a statement. Likewise the mid-sized sedan Fiesta's price was cut between Rs 21,000 and Rs 25,000, while that of sports-utility vehicle Endeavour has been reduced by Rs 47,000-Rs 54,000.
General Motors India (GMI) on Monday launched a variant of its sports utility vehicle 'Chevrolet Forester' to tap the growing SUV market in India.
Czech automaker Skoda is planning to introduce as many as eight models in the next five years to make India amongst the top-five of its global markets.
German car maker Audi on Friday said it is exploring options for assembling cars in India as the company introduces new models in the luxury segment.
'The customer is fast changing, and she demands newer experiences that wealth can buy.'
China, the world's second largest auto market, will slash import taxes on cars and auto parts from July 1 to comply with Beijing's commitment to the World Trade Organisation.
"We are planning to bring Evo 10 to India through the completely built route (import). This may push the cars' end cost but the company has no plans to locally build the car yet. The response for the car (from the market) will decide whether it can be manufactured here or not," said a company executive on the condition of anonymity. Internationally, the car costs $30,473 (Rs 12 lakh) and $32,697 (Rs 13 lakh) for different variants.
For the first time in history, the luxury car market is poised to cross the sales mark of 50,000 units in 2024, with Mercedes leading the way
ICML has tied up with Pinnafarina, Italy, to develop a line of world cars. A sports utility vehicle and a passenger car too are in the offing.
French carmaker Citroen will launch its C3 Aircross Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) in India by October, and is betting big on exports from India to markets like South Africa, ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and Nepal, a top company executive told Business Standard. Citroen, which sold 6,000 units through Citron C3 and C5 Aircross SUV, is likely to double its sales during the current year, as it has already sold 6,000 units of Citron C3 and eC3 electric vehicles during the first six months. "We are going to start bookings for the C3 Aircross SUV in September and launch it in October. Price will be at the heart of the midsize SUV market," said Saurabh Vatsa, Citroen India branch head.
Faced with rising gas prices, consumers will opt for fuel-efficient low-cost cars and hybrids over the next five years rather than sport utility vehicles and luxury cars
The other features of the CR-V such as 2.4 litre i-VTEC engine, Real-Time 4 wheel-drive, 6-speed manual and 5-speed automatic transmission with Grade Logic Control and drive-by-wire Throttle System remain the same as before.
Hyundai is all set to launch its Sports Utility Vehicle Santa Fe in the Indian market this festive season.
The company, a part of the Volkswagen Group, will also introduce its sports utility vehicle, Yeti, and a stripped-down version of its premium hatchback, Fabia, in India by the end of this year.
Aiming to get the first mover's advantage, Mahindra & Mahindra said on Wednesday it will launch the hybrid version of its Sports Utility Vehicle Scorpio by next year.
The GP-C K Birla group-promoted Hindustan Motors is planning to launch new products from the Mitsubishi stable in the next six months.
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