Hyundai Motor India is developing a small car to compete in the Maruti dominated 800cc segment. The new car is expected to hit the Indian roads in another three to four years - that’s around 2012. Hope it’ll be worth the wait.
Mr. H S Lheem, Director - Hyundai Motor India said, a model smaller than Santro is being researched and developed jointly by Indian and Korean engineer teams at Hyderabad and Namyang. The car would compete in the 800 cc segment and would be catered to the domestic and International markets.
This ain’t great new for Maruti Suzuki, as there are just two models in the popular segment and the Indian car leader offers both of ‘em. Maruti had been comfortably selling the age old 800 car and the Alto in this segment. Guess it’s time for Maruti honchos to jump out of their comfortably warm beds and rush for an urgent meeting with the marketing and design teams.
When Mr. Lheem was asked whether the 800cc car would be pitted against Maruti 800, he quipped, "the Maruti car is an old one."
The other anticipated car by Hyundai is the ‘i20’, which the company plans to unveil at the Paris Motor Show next month. The ‘i20 would be introduced in India by December.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Hyundai’s new 800cc car on its way
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Hyundai introduces a No-Petrol LPG-Electric Hybrid car!
Hyundai is geared up to produce cars that won't need petrol! Now that's what I call news, specially with the 'speculating' prices of petrol and diesel. And it's the not so popular Elantra (at least in India) that gets the unique hybrid transformation.
The Korean auto major plans to start retail sales of its first LPG-electric hybrid car July 2009. The Elantra LPI Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) is the world’s first hybrid vehicle to be powered by liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and the first to adopt advanced Lithium Polymer (Li-Poly) batteries.
FACTS
• World’s first LPI hybrid, first to use advanced Lithium-Polymer batteries
• Operation costs poised to be lowest of any hybrid in the market
• “Hybrid premium” cost can be recouped in two years through fuel savings
• Emits just 103g/km of CO2 and 90% fewer pollutants to qualify as Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle
• Initial sales restricted to Korea. Now thats not a great news :(
However, we have our fingers & everything else crossed and hope to see India's second most popular car maker to launch the LPG-electric hybrid car here eventually.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
SPY VIDEO of Mahindra Ingenio!
You saw the first few SPY pictures of Mahindra Ingenio right here. Now get a taste of the sought after SUV in the flesh.
Enjoy the FIRST SPY VIDEO of Mahindra's next SUV the Ingenio.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Australian Police cars on Indian roads?
When I saw this Police car I couldn't believe my eyes. I'm sure neither will you when I tell you that this is a Calcutta Police car. Yup, this spunky Tata Indigo is used by cops of Rajarhat (The new town of Calcutta). 
These pictures are share by my good friend Hussain S. from Kolkata. Fab. Work dude!!
The checkered design is inspired by the police cars of Australia and the US. And they sure look great. Hope our cops become equally efficient ;) What say?!
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