America surely has this strange penchant for anything related to the Asian continent, no? It started with taking over the whole of Afganistan and then everyone knows what happened to Iraq. And just one man was at the top of it all – Mr ‘flowering shrub’. The act filtered down to the automotive world too and GM took over the struggling Korean automaker Daewoo. Anyone see a link there? Oh, GM is American too, right. Read the rest of this entry »
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Chevrolet Cruze - India’s Optra Replacement?
Posted by automobz on November 4, 2008
Posted in Cars, Chevrolet, Indian Cars, International Cars, News, Speculated Launches, Upcoming Cars | Tagged: Chevrolet, Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet India, Chevrolet Optra, GM Cruze, GM India, GM. General Motors | 2 Comments »
Hyundai i20 - Revealed, finally!
Posted by automobz on October 7, 2008
So, the Hyundai i20 finally meets the eye in actual form, and let me share a little secret with you. There is a little of MG and Merc splashed on it. Find my words hard to digest? Check out the bonnet and you will know what I mean. There is an ‘elephant’s-trunk-sort-of-kink’ running vertically towards the grille section. Two cars, namely MG SV-R concept and Mercedes-Benz SLK instantly started ringing bells in my head the moment I saw the i20. Nonetheless, this compact from Hyundai does look quite appealing. We were hoping for it not to be just a larger version of i10, and we are glad to say that it is not. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Automotive Industry, Cars, Feature, Hyundai, Indian Cars, International Cars, Motor Show, New Launches, News, Upcoming Cars | Tagged: Hyundai, Hyundai India, Hyundai i20, i20, Hyundai Small Car, Hyundai Cars, Hyundai Car, Hyundai i20 India, Paris Motor Show, i20 Hyundai | 1 Comment »
Mazda - A good prospect for India?
Posted by automobz on October 3, 2008
Just as the Paris Motor Show is about to start and Mazda will flaunt its Kiyora, I got thinking about two other cars from the Japanese auto-maker more seriously than any of its concepts. I confess that I have a personal liking towards Mazda. The RX8 is one sports car that I would love to own, primarily because it does not have any of the regular sports car drawbacks. And then is the engine – a rotary. It is merely a 1.3L unit but has 232 manic horses waiting angrily to unleash their power. Nothing gets better than owning a hyper-performance car that is endowed with the goodies and does well to endorse a mad-hat character. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Automotive Industry, Cars, Feature, Ford, International Cars, Mazda, Speculated Launches | Tagged: Honda Accord, Mazda, Mazda 2, Mazda 6, Mazda India, Mazda RX8, Small Cars | 2 Comments »
