Skoda Yeti

The quirky crossover was launched today, retailing at ~16 - ~18 lakhs. I like.

Bugatti Veyron

VeeDub has taken the plunge & launched the 16 cr Veyron in India today. Now to see who coughs up the cash on the 1st one! Are we back to the age of the maharajas?

2011 Ford Explorer

The Explorer was one of the reasons why I got hooked on to SUVs back in the early 90s .... & the latest edition is yet another example of the big brute SUV executed to perfection. Love it!

Bugatti in India

The above grab from the Bugatti website shows that India is now a part of the global dealer network.

The retail comes to ~16 crores, making it the most expensive car ever to have sold in this country. It's nothing short of historic.

Verna Transform

I quite liked the looks of the Verna. But Hyundai has come out with this new facelift today. Looks like a mod job gone wrong.

Ferronda

Guy who lives in the opposite house drives a black 2010 Honda City.

Maintains it well & had my respect because he had kept it so wonderfully stock .... that is, until this morning when I saw the yellow Scuderia Ferrari sticker under the right indicator. Why can't people stop being wannabes & just let things be?

2011 Suzuki Swift

The 1st pictures were released today. Looks like a pretty good design evolution. Let's see when Maruti brings this into India.

Nano turns Gujarati

The Nano's dedicated plant at Sanand was inaugurated today. It's been a long journey from Singur.

Super Veloce

Lamborghini has launched the Super Veloce at 3.6 crores ex-showroom Delhi.

Nissan Micra

Nissan officially launched the Micra in India today, with deliveries beginning in June. Nice car.

2010 Mitsubishi Outlander

The new shark nosed update was launched yesterday.

Wagon R 2010

Maruti screws up the current JDM Wagon R's front & launches it as the all new 2010 model for India. Everything else looks pretty good. And the ABS+Airbags version is priced for fantastic VFM.

This might well be the 1st car I end up owning.

The 800 ... going ... going ....

Maruti stops retailing the 800 in 13 cities where the BS4 emission norms come into effect from today.

The beginning of the end for the car that put middle class India on 4 wheels.

Ford Figo

Launched at 3.5 onwards for the petrol & 4.5 onwards for the diesels. Undercuts the Polo & Swift by thousands if not more. The fully loaded diesel with ABS & 2 airbags comes in at 5.5, a price point at which the Polo diesel starts.

Impressive Ford, very impressive. Tata, Hyundai & Maruti must be a worried lot.

VW Polo

It's out in India!


Launched at prices starting at 4.35 lakhs for the 1.2 petrol & 5.35 lakhs for the 1.4 diesel, it's a very attractive option in it's range. If Hyundai doesn't come up with a diesel for the i10 & GM doesn't release the diesel Beat soon, this will be my car before the year comes to an end.

VeeDub ups it's India game

... launching the Beetle ....


... & the Touareg ....

.... today.

Rolls Royce Ghost

Rolls Royce has launched it's smaller-than-Phantom model in the Indian market starting from 2.5 crore. Looks good.

Premier Rio

PAL is back to hawking outdated passenger cars. This time it's a 1st generation Daihatsu Terios shell imported from Zotye of China, powered by a detuned version of Peugeot's TUD5 diesel (that PAL received as virasat from it's doomed collaboration with Peugeot in the mid 90s) & going by the name Rio.

At a starting 5.25 lakhs, it's appealing, & looks kinda cute, but the company's reputation & quality issues will be serious challenges facing it in today's car market.

Honda-fication

Bade papa took delivery of his new Honda Civic yesterday. That makes it 2 Hondas in that family adding to the Honda City that Vinnie drives.

Then there's Chhoti's City ZX. And Archana too moves around in a City. It seems the Maruti era in the family (when just about everyone gave up their Padminis & Ambassadors for assorted Maruti models during the late 90s-early 2000s) is coming to an end.

I think I'll contribute further to that next year.

Tata Indigo Manza

The Indica Vista's sedan cousin is out & it looks very Camry-ish ....

.... from the side profile. Which is much better than the previous generation.

The interiors ....

.... are very appealing. Looks like Tata is transferring lessons learnt from it's J-LR takeover to the IDM (hah!) production.

What takes the cake though is the prices .... ranging from 4.8 to 6.8 lakhs ex-showroom! I'd put down the deposit on one instantly.