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Maruti Suzuki introduced its VXi variant of Alto 800 in the month of June .Now it has included a driver airbag as an extra option to its Alto 800’s VXi variant. This driver side air bag is already available in its LXi variant.This optional airbag costs RS 18,000.

Maruti Alto 800 VXi ,top variant includes features like central locking, door side mouldings, internally adjustable left outside rear view mirror and rear spoiler, full wheel covers,integrated music system with USB & Aux-in and four speakers

Price of Maruti Suzuki Alto 800 VXi variant with airbags is given below
VXi Non-Metallic – INR 3.35 lakhs
VXi Metallic – INR 3.39 lakhs
VXi Non-Metallic with Airbag – INR 3.54 lakhs
VXi Metallic with Airbag – INR 3.58 lakhs

Force Motors plans to launch a new MPV, which is to be based on 1996 Mercedes Vito. This vehicle has undergone for testing on Mumbai-Pune express way.

It will get 2.2 litre FMTECH, four cylinder diesel engine which can produce maximum power of 140 PS.The base variants will get 2.2 litre BS3-compliant diesel engine which can develop maximum power of 129 PS. It will get 9-11 seat configurations. It will be available in many variants depend on seating configuration. It is much larger than Nissan Evalia and Toyota Innova.

Nissan Motors told that Initially, the launch is planned to happen in next year but as a result of the overall industry slow down now the launch has been postponed likely in 2015.We can expect the price of this new MPV may be around 10-12 lakh.

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Japanese automaker, Nissan plans to introduce its Qashqai in India which looks sporty and stylish
Andy Palmer, Nissan’s Executive Vice President said,” Nissan is going after the Indian market like a steam train”.

The Qashqai is on sale in Europe which gets four-cylinder petrol engine and four-cylinder K9K diesel engine options. It gives automatic transmission as well as manual transmission. It gets five or seven seat configurations. It is available with front wheel drive variant or four wheel drive variant
We can expect the launch of this vehicle in the country by next year and the starting price may be 14 lakh for its base variant

Nissan to unveil its Terrano SUV on 20th August which is based on the Duster. Nissan had already released the sketches of its Terrano. The Terrano will be available in four variants. They are XL, XL (O), XV and XV Premium.

It will come with both petrol and diesel variants .The petrol variant can develop the maximum power of 104PS.It gets same 1.5 liter diesel engine as in the Duster. It can produce the maximum power of 85PS and 110Ps.The Terrano will get new features on its interior side which is not available in the Duster. It’s the only reason behind the cost of Terrano which is higher than the Renault Duster. Terrano will be priced Rs 50,000- Rs 75,000 more than the Duster.

It gets some metal sheet changes and a split rear light arrangement on its rear. It also gets revised bumper, new head lamps and a big Nissan badge. We can expect the launch of this vehicle during the festive season of the country

Suzuki will unveil its iv-4 compact SUV at the 65th IAA Frankfurt Motor Show to be held on September 10.
Suzuki said the iv-4 concept “is an indication of the direction which will be taken with the future model to be added to the company’s SUV lineup.”
It also said“The iV-4 is Suzuki’s new concept for a personal compact SUV”.

The company did not share any information on Suzuki iv-4 .It is expected that the Suzuki iv-4 gets front and rear-wheel-drive setups.
In 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show,the Suzuki iv-4 compact SUV will be showcased along with the Splash, variants of Swift , Alto, new SX4 S-Cross, Jimny, Grand Vitara and Kizashi .

Mahindra will finally launch its Mojo within the upcoming months. It comes with revised fuel tank and sporty fairing panels.

Mahindra has already told that the Mojo will use a four-stroke,300cc, fuel-injected and single-cylinder engine.It is a four valve engine which is mated to five speed manual gearboxes.This liquid-cooled engine can produce maximum power of 25.8bhp at 8500 RPM and maximum torque of 24 Nm at 7000 RPM. It gets 320mm front disc and 220mm rear disc brake.

We will see this new Mahindra motorcycle in showrooms across in our country. There will be no information regarding the price and official launching date of this motor cycle

Nissan, India has revealed Evalia at a new special discounted prize of Rs7.99 lakh which is Rs.1 lakh less than the current price of Evalia. Nissan Evalia gets the 1.5 L K9K Diesel engine which can produce maximum power of 86 PS at 3750 RPM and torque of 200 Nm at2000 RPM and it is mated to 5 speed manual gearboxes. It is available only with diesel engine option. Nissan offers four trims.

Evalia offers captain seats and sliding windows. The fixed windows are replaced with these sliding windows.Nissan will launch the updated Evalia during the festive season in India and it plans to launch more than three cars over the next three years. It also wants to raise its market share to 10% by the year of 2016

Nissan will launch its 2014 Sunny in India with some minor updates. It is expected that the launch of this car may be in the month of October 2013.
Mechanically there will be no changes for this model. It gets t 1.5-litre petrol and diesel engines which are coupled with 5 speed manual gearbox. It can develop maximum power of 108 bhp and 148 Nm of torque. The petrol variant XV trim will be available with a CVT transmission
The new Sunny will get a bigger grille, new wheels, sharper headlights, turn indicators on rear view mirrors, chrome strip above the rear number plate and LED tail lights new bumpers with chrome inserts which are same as in Micra.

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After recalling of Tavera, GM India may recall its Sail sedan and Sail U-VA hatchback. The company’s senior official says that there is no customer complaint for Sedan cars. Sail recall is based on engineering works. The company has to solve the problem and restart its production of these two cars within two weeks

“We are currently inspecting the batches of the cars already on the road on whether there is a problem with the engine,” said a senior official at GM’s Talegaon factory. “It is a minor quality issue. But if some of the cars on the road are hit, they may be recalled.”

P.Balendran, VP, corporate affairs, GM India said.”We have not arrived at any decision yet to recall the Sail, but are looking at all options.”

He said, “We have identified the problem and the dealers have been informed on the issue to change the required spare part. The entire exercise would take around 35-45 minutes at the service station and would be performed free of charge.”

He added, “We will need two-three weeks to ascertain whether any of the vehicles on road are hit and a decision on recall will only be taken after that.”

Maruti Suzuki India Limited plans to enter into Light Commercial Vehicles segment which is available on both CNG and diesel variants. The name of this LCV is not decided yet and it will take time about two years.

Maruti Suzuki India, Chairman, R C Bhargava said “It was planned in our original agreement (with SMC) in 1982 that the Carry LCV would be launched in India but at that time, due to poor response from the market, it was shelved. Now the situation has changed and the board has given approval to go ahead for launching the LCV in India”.

He said, “In the last two years, we have seen a demand for such LCVs growing in India and we think we can offer a superior product in the segment as Suzuki has been doing for years globally.”

“Our engineers are working on adapting the diesel engine that we have licensed from Fiat to be used in the LCV. This will be a pure goods carrier”

“While the M800 received 1.21 lakh bookings, the Carry had only about 2,000. Then we had decided to drop the plans for launching the LCV”

He also said, “The working environment in India for doing business, not only in the automobile sector but also others, is not happening…even the FMCG business, which is the least recessionary, has been declining over the last few quarters. So you can imagine how it is affecting those who sell high value durables”

“We think there will be some improvement in demand as the monsoon has been good. Rural sales, which account for 30 per cent of our total sales, is expected to grow and the festive season sales will also help”

He added, “We have sustainable cost saving plans, including implementation of quality circle suggestions from employees. Last fiscal, the saving from it was around Rs 350 crore from implementation of a total of 3.18 lakh suggestions from a number of employees”