The Maruti Suzuki SX4 has been well received by the Indian customers, and has built a reputation of being a good, value for money sedan. With the advertising punchline “men are back” seeming to give the SX4 a macho and masculine image of being the men among cars striking a chord with the public, the SX4 is set to do well in the market. Although it hasn’t set the sales charts on fire like the Swift DZire or the i10, the SX4 has definitely carved a niche for itself in …

The Hyundai i10 is a sub-compact segment car, which has set the sales charts on fire, ever since it’s introduction in India. It has become the flagship model for the Hyundai motors in the country. The i10 comes in 9 variants available in 2 major choices: iRDE and Kappa. These variants can be clubbed into 5 categories: D-lite, Era, Magna, Sportz GLS and Asta. The i10 has all that takes to satisfy the average buyer. Good looks, plush interiors, a high-performance engine, easy maintenance, and great drive quality. The i10 …

After much speculation about the ‘Indigo Vista’(see here), the Tata Motors have launched the same under the brand name Indigo Manza. But, the Manza is not just the sedan version of the current generation Indica. It has got some design tweaks when compared to the Indica Vista. Though the Tata Manza is based on Indica Vista’s stretched platform, the company insists that Tata Manza is an altogether new car with complete new body on a new platform which houses an all new interior and makes a bold styling statement. The …

Maruti Suzuki India launched another of it’s global brands – the Splash – to be called the Ritz in India(as the name Splash is already in use by another car maker). At the Paris Motor Show in late September 2006, Suzuki presented `Project Splash`, a concept car showcasing a taste of the styling of the future production-version Ritz. The extremely positive response of the audience confirmed to Akira Kamio and his team that they had taken the right path for Ritz. However, we wonder whether the design of the Ritz …

Maruti Suzuki India, the country’s leading carmaker, is recalling 1,00,000 A-Star hatchbacks to fix a fuel leakage problem with the model. Maruti is recalling the cars from Europe, as the A-Star had been exported to different parts of the world.(Find out more here) The total cost of the same is about Rs. 30 crores of which 40 percent will be borne by the auto component manufacturer. The recall includes Maruti A-Star models manufactured during November 2008 and August 2009, and sold in domestic as well as overseas markets. About 1 …