Game Changer?

This comes to you right from the horses mouth! Hyundai dealers will start taking bookings for the Eon hatchback starting tomorrow while the car will be officially launched on the 14th of October.

The latest from Hyundai will slotted just below the Santro and fight it out with Maruti Suzuki’s Alto twins. The Eon will be powered by a 814cc three cylinder engine, which is essentially Santro’s engine minus a cylinder, developing 56 bhp of maximum power and 75 nm of maximum torque. The engine is said to be highly fuel efficient as well with ARAI fuel economy rating of 21.1 kmpl.

The car will be launched in total of 6 variants – the D-Lite, D-Lite(O), Era, Magna, Magna (O) and top end Sportz. The new Eon is expected to be priced in the Rs 2.5 Lakhs to 3.5 Lakhs range. With its combination of style, efficiency and price tag this looks set to be another huge success for Hyundai in India.

Jump over for the variant wise feature details after the jump.

Variant wise feature details.

D-LITE
Specification:

• 814 cc 3 cylinder in line petrol engine with 5 speed manual transmission
• 145/80 R12 tubeless tyres with silver finish steel wheel
• Engine Immobilizer
• Full size spare wheel
• Brakes-front disc/ rear drum
• Single horn

Safety

• Child safety rear door lock
• Inside rear view mirror-standard
• Front and rear ELR seat belts
• Rear centre static seat belt

Exterior

• Hub cap
• Driver side OSRVM (manually adjustable)
• Clear head, tail and side repeater lamps
• Integrated HMSL
• Chrome rear emblems
• Radiator grille (2 tone-black plus chrome)

Interior

• 2 tone beige and brown key colour
• PVC gear knob and parking brake trim
• 2 spoke PU steering wheel
• Tailgate finishing-plastic type
• Door trims-”H” board type
• Quadrant cover for passenger ORVM
• Assist grip-front (1), rear-2
• B and C pillar trims
• Sunvisor- LH and RH
• Semi cloth upholstery
• Room lamp-front-glow type
• Windshield moulding
• Speaker grille-front doors

Comfort & Convenience

• Fuel lid and tailgate opening-remote cable type
• Front and rear fixed head rest
• Heater with 4 speed blower
• 2 Speed front wiper and washer
• Clear all round glasses
• Power outlet in Fr. console
• Cup holder in Fr. console
• Floor console-STD with storage tray
• Single folding bench rear seat
• Rear door armrest (half)
• Rear seat belt knuckle holder
• M/T shift indicator
• Cluster assembly signals (speedometer, dual tripmeter, digital odometer, fuel, water pump, oil pressure, parking brake, battery charge, high beam, engine check lamp, immobilizer)

D-LITE (O) adds

• Manual AC

ERA + all features of D-Lite (O)

• Body colour bumper
• Body colour plus chrome radiator grille
• Metal finish centre fascia
• Motor driven power steering
• All round tinted glasses
• Front tinted windshield with shade band
• EPS indicator

MAGNA + all features of Era

• 155/70 r 13 tubeless tyre
• Full wheel covers
• Steel wheel with black finish
• Central locking (driver side)
• Passenger side OSRVM
• Moulded door trims
• Front door map pockets (driver and co driver)
• Speaker grill-RR boot
• Internally adjustable OSRVMS
• Front power windows
• Micro roof antenna
• Front door full size armrest
• Tilt steering

MAGNA (O) adds

• Audio (CD/MP3/FM/AM)
• USB and aux-in
• 2 Speakers  (front doors)
• Rear parcel tray

SPORTZ + all features of Magna (O)

• Driver airbag
• Keyless entry
• Front fog lamps
• Body coloured door handles and OSRVM
• 3 Spoke aluminum finish steering wheel
• Metal finish inside door handle
• Airbag warning signal on console

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With the launch of the new Maruti Suzuki Swift less than an hour away, we have managed to obtain the pricing details for the most hotly anticipated line up in the model, the ZDi.

The Swift ZDi with the 1.3 liter 75 bhp diesel engine has been priced at Rs 6.38 Lakhs, Ex-Showroom Delhi making it one of the priciest hatchback in its class. This makes it costlier than the Nissan Micra which has more features or the i20 Magna Diesel which has a more powerful engine, bigger boot space and better interiors.

Has Maruti shot itself in the foot with this pricing. Tell us more.

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As unbelievable as it may sound, Honda Siel Cars India has decided to cut the price of the Jazz by a mind numbing Rs 1.75 Lakhs (Yes its One Lakh Seventy Five Thousand)!

The company had previously announced Rs 66,000 cut in price for its bread and butter model City after sky rocketing petrol prices reduced the sales enough to get the management worried. The new pricing makes the very talented Jazz an incredible value for money given the peace mind, technology, quality, space and relatively trouble free ownership experience Honda cars are known for.

Variant wise pricing details after the jump.

It also makes you ponder on the amount of profit car makers in India earn on every unit sold in our country given that Honda is still making profit inspite of a huge Rs 1.75 Lakh price cut. All said, the new move from Honda will trigger a price correction across the B-segment premium hatchback market and the repercussions are only good for the consumer except for the consumer who bought the car recently without the price cut.

Here it is to Honda and the competition then. They have already been warned!

Base model – (Previous Price) Rs 7,45,000 <—> (Revised Price) Rs 5,87,500

Select model – (Previous Price) Rs 7,56,500 <—> (Revised Price) Rs 5,99,000

X model – (Previous Price) Rs 7,88,500 <—> (Revised Price) Rs 6,31,000

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Jaguar Land Rover has opened a new dealership in Kolkata, West Bengal as a part of its continued expansion plan in the Indian market.

The state of the art dealership will improve access to customers from West Bengal and provide the complete Jaguar Land Rover experience of sales, servicing and after sales.

Based in the up market AJC Bose Road, the Kolkata dealership will enable customers to access the full range of Jaguar products including the XJ (in both diesel and petrol engine variants), XF (in both diesel and petrol engine variants), XFR and the XKR Coupe and Convertible. For Land Rover, it will offer the Freelander 2, Discovery 4, Range Rover Sport and the flagship Range Rover.

More details and gallery images after the jump.

Mr Rohit Suri, Head, Premier Car Division, Tata Motors, said: “The Kolkata area is a key growth market for premium luxury vehicles and thus it is extremely important for our sought after Jaguar and Land Rover products to be readily available in this region. We are very pleased to be able to provide our customers with a great dealership here in Kolkata”.

Jaguar Land Rover opened their first Indian showroom in June 2009 and now has fully operational sales and service facilities in Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Kolkata. The expansion plan includes dealerships in the cities of Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi, Ludhiana, Ahmedabad, Pune, Jaipur and Indore by the end of this calendar year. The dealership expansion plan is being delivered to meet the growing demand for Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles in India.

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One of the most awaited small car of our times and one of the cheapest Toyota to be launched anywhere, the Etios Liva hatchback has been launched in India with prices starting at Rs 3.99 Lakhs to Rs 5.99 Lakhs, Ex-showroom, Delhi.

The car comes in five variants – ‘J’,'G’,'V’ and ‘VX’ and will initially come with a petrol engine only. The powertrain in question is a 1.2 litre four cylinder 16 valve DOHC petrol engine, christened 3NR-FE, with maximum power output of 80 ps @ 5600 rpm and a maximum 104 nm of torque at a fairly low 3100 rpm and is mated to a 5 speed manual transmission. Performance is expected to be pretty strong given that the base Liva ‘J’ weights a feather light 890 Kgs while the top end Liva Vx weights 920 kgs giving it a power to weight ratio of 89 bhp per tonne which is better than cars two segment higher!

Detailed variant wise specifications and pricing after the jump.

Detailed variant wise specifications below. (Click to enlarge)

Toyota Liva Variant Wise Detailed Specifications

Pricing

Toyota Liva J – Rs 3.99 Lakhs, Ex-Showroom, Delhi

Toyota Liva G – Rs 4.59 Lakhs, Ex-Showroom, Delhi

Toyota Liva  G (SP) – Rs 5.05 Lakhs, Ex-Showroom, Delhi

Toyota Liva V – Rs 5.49 Lakhs, Ex-Showroom, Delhi

Toyota Liva VX – Rs 5.99 Lakhs, Ex-Showroom, Delhi

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The Non-ABS version of the CBR250R has been priced at a very competitive Rs 1.43 Lakhs while the ABS equipped version will come for Rs 1.68 Lakhs! The pricing is just spot on for a motorcycle which has been reviewed and praised all around even when compared to the only other 250cc bike in the market, the Kawasaki Ninja 250R, which is twice as expensive.

With this pricing Honda may have started another round of price wars in the industry with other manufacturers like Yamaha and Bajaj already readying their competitors for this space. Watch out this space for more!

Detailed specs after the jump.

Honda CBR250R

Engine

Single Cylinder 249.4cc liquid cooled, 4 valve DOHC fuel injected engine

Combined ABS (Optional)

More than 27 patents have been applied for the new CBR250R

Light Steel Tube Frame

6-Speed Gearbox ( 1-down-5-up)

LXBXH : 2035X720X1125 mm

Brakes: Front 300 mm disc, Rear 220 mm disc

Suspension

Front: 37mm forks

Rear: Pro-Link single shock.

Kerb Weight: 161 Kg

Tyre Size: Front 110/70-R17, Rear 140/70-R17

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The Etios comes with a 2NR-FE engine – 1496cc 16V DOHC engine that delivers 90ps @ 5600rpm. The car has a generous bootspace of 595 ltrs and has undergone 2,00,000 km of real world testing in India for durability.

The car has been launched in  J, G, V and VX (top of the line) variants. The variant wise  pricing will be as follows:

Toyota Etios  J – Rs. 4.96 lakhs

Toyota Etios G – Rs. 5.46 lakhs

Toyota Etios G with options – Rs. 5.96 lakh

Toyota Etios V – Rs. 6.41 lakhs

Toyota Etios VX – Rs. 6.86 ( all prices ex-showroom Delhi).

The Etios can be booked now for Rs. 50000 and deliveries will begin in Jan 2011.

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Tata Motor’s total sales (including exports) of Tata commercial and passenger vehicles in November 2010 were 54,622 vehicles, a growth of 1% over 54,108 vehicles sold in November 2009. The company’s domestic sales of Tata commercial and passenger vehicles for November 2010 were 50,419 nos., 1% growth over 50,114 nos. sold in November last year.

Cumulative sales (including exports) for the company for the fiscal are 499,492 nos., a growth of 31% over 381,003 nos. sold last year.

More details after the jump.

Passenger Vehicles

The passenger vehicles business reported a total sale and distribution offtake of 16,365 nos. (15,340 Tata + 1,025 Fiat) in the domestic market in November 2010, lower by 28% compared to 22,671 nos. (20,706 Tata + 1,965 Fiat) in November last year. Sales of Tata passenger vehicles are 15,340 nos., lower by 26% over November 2009. Sales of the Tata Nano were 509 nos., lower by 85% over November last year. The Indica range sales were 5,716 nos., lower by 37% over November last year. The Indigo range recorded sales of 6,009 nos., a growth of 1% over November last year. The Sumo/ Safari/ Aria range accounted for sales of 3,106 nos., higher by 40% over November last year.

Commercial Vehicles

The company’s sales of commercial vehicles in November 2010 in the domestic market were 35,079 nos., a 19% growth compared to 29,408 vehicles sold in November last year. LCV sales were 20,376 nos., a growth of 21% over November last year. M&HCV sales stood at 14,703 nos., a growth of 18% over November last year.

Cumulative sales of commercial vehicles in the domestic market for the fiscal are 273,650 nos., a growth of 23% over last year. Cumulative LCV sales are 156,407 nos., a growth of 15% over last year, while M&HCV sales stood at 117,243 nos., a growth of 37% over last year.

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