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India's Largest Car Manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki India Limited, has recently launched the New 2020 Maruti Suzuki Dzire Facelift that brings some worthy upgrades and changes to its popular compact-sedan based on the Swift hatchback. The New Dzire Facelift gets a new front fascia, new features, a more powerful engine that is even more fuel-efficient and costs just marginally higher than the pre-facelifted version. So, in this article, we will be telling you the Top Five Reasons why we think Maruti should offer the same 1.2-litre Dual-jet engine in its most popular hatch, the Swift. 1. More Powerful Engine The current Maruti Suzuki Swift is powered by a BS6-compliant 1.2-litre K12B VVT motor that churns out a maximum power output of 83bhp and 113Nm of torque, mated to a 5-speed manual transmission or an autobox. The New Dzire Facelift, on the other hand, gets a BS6-compliant 1.2-litre K12C Dual-jet motor that churns out a maximum output of 90PS of power along with 113Nm of ...

The Bombay-based home-grown manufacturer, Mahindra and Mahindra, has been testing the new generation model of its go-anywhere SUV Mahindra Thar in India since a real long time. The Indian car-maker has now officially announced that the 2020 Mahindra Thar will be launched in India in the first quarter of the financial year 2020-21. The Mahindra Thar has been one of the most iconic off-roaders of the country. The current generation Thar is known for its offroading capabilities but it certainly does miss out on creature comfort features. Also, the quality of materials used on the inside isn’t too good and even the overall build quality doesn’t feel great. However, Mahindra seems to understand these shortcomings and will be addressing these in the next-generation Thar. The current-generation Thar even has certain ergonomic flaws that are expected to be rectified in the upcoming model. The 2020 Mahindra Thar was expected to be showcased at the 2020 Auto Expo but the company has ditc...

The Bombay-based home-grown manufacturer, Tata Motors is going all gun blazing. The Indian carmaker is launching multiple products in India. They started the year 2020 with a grand launch event in Mumbai where they launched the facelifted versions of the Tiago, Tigor, Nexon, and the all-new Tata Altroz. Then the company also launched the Nexon EV, Harrier 2020, and showcased a wide range of products at the 2020 Auto Expo. And now Tata Motors is developing a Honda City rival for India. The Tata Motors sedan that will rival the Honda City and other C-segment sedans will be based on Tata Altroz. The Indian carmaker has started to work on the new C-segment sedan that will be based on the Alfa (Advanced Light Flexible Architecture) platform on which the Altroz hatchback is also made. The new sedan from Tata Motors will take styling inspiration from the E-Vision concept car which made its global debut at the Geneva Motor Show in 2018. The Tata Motors sedan will be based on the ...

Hyundai Motor India Limited has finally launched the most anticipated SUV of the year, the 2020 Hyundai Creta. Hyundai Creta has been one of the most popular and most selling SUVs of recent times and this time it has got a generation change. The new-generation Hyundai Creta looks smashingly bold, gets a plethora of new features, a bunch of powertrain options and has been priced aggressively well. The 2020 Creta gets a completely new design language and has grown in dimensions compared to its predecessor. It gets a big and bold Hyundai’s signature Cascading grille with new 17-inch diamond-cut alloys and all-wheel disc brakes. It also gets split headlamp and tail-lamp units giving it a more futuristic look. The car also features skid-plates both at the front as well as at the rear, roof-mounted spoiler, roof-rails, and body-cladding all-around to give it an SUV stance. The 2020 Creta will be sold in a total of 5 trims namely E, EX, S, SX, and SX (O). Also, there will be as ...

The Government of India has skipped Bharat Stage 5 and instead is transitioning towards stringent BS6-emission norms that will be kicking-in from April 1, 2020. While all the original equipment manufacturers have already updated or are updating their portfolio to comply with the newer emission norms, but people have a lot of questions in mind regarding Bharat Stage 6. In this article, we will be addressing all those questions and will also answer you that what happens when we put BS4 fuel in a BS6 car or vice-versa? The BS6 norms will come into effect from the new financial year of 2020, however, car manufacturers have been launching BS6-compliant vehicles since a real long time when BS6 fuel was not readily available across India, except Delhi-NCR (BS6 fuel is available in NCR area since April 1, 2019). There is no major hazard with petrol-powered engines but diesel-powered ones might have some problems in a long course of time and so the company's used to provide AdBlue too...

The Japanese Car Manufacturer's Indian subsidiary, Toyota Kirloskar Motors has finally launched its flagship Luxury people-mover in India. The Toyota Vellfire Luxury MPV has been launched in India at an introductory price of Rs 79.50 lakhs, Ex-showroom India (except Kerala) and this business class people carrier rivals the Mercedes Benz V-Class in India. The Toyota Vellfire is a no-nonsense MPV. It has a sheer amount of road presence, thanks to its humongous dimensions and flashy looks. The Luxury MPV is 4,935mm long, 1,850mm wide, 1,895mm high, and has a massive 3,000mm wheelbase. The main highlight of the luxury MPV is its middle row seats. It offers features VIP lounge seats in the middle row with powered ottomans for leg support, leather upholstery, twin sunroof, and a ceiling-mounted 13-inch rear entertainment screen. The middle seats are even power-adjustable with memory function, heated and cooled, and are fitted with fold-out tables. The heated and cooled seat...

The President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald J. Trump was recently on his maiden India tour along with the first lady of America, Melania Trump and his entire family. However, we aren't going to discuss what President Trump did during his two-day visit. What we are going to do is that we will tell you everything you need to know about 'The Beast', U.S. Presidential Car. The U.S. President's Official Car is not an ordinary machine. It is loaded with arms, ammunition and crazy features up to the gills. It is a hell of an engineering marvel and a mystery too, why mystery we will tell you in the later section of the article. The U.S. President Donald Trump's official presidential car nicknamed 'The Beast' has arrived in India before his visit to the country in the Air Force One (the official United States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States) and landed in Ahmedabad. This vehicle is based on a 2018 Cadillac platf...

A few days ago Maruti Suzuki, India's Largest Car Manufacturer, has unveiled the facelifted model of its most popular and most selling utility vehicle. The all-new Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza Facelift has been revealed at the 2020 Auto Expo. The 2020 Vitara Brezza gets minor cosmetic updates inside and out along with a new petrol engine and some new features. The car manufacturer was to announce the pricing for the same soon and today finally the company has launched the 2020 Vitara Brezza Facelift with a starting price of Rs 7.34 lakhs, Ex-showroom. The 2020 Vitara Brezza features bolder design than before and it gets a new front fascia with chrome-meshed grille and LED projector headlamps, LED fog-lamps along with LED daytime running lights which also doubles-up as turn-indicators. The side profile of the car features new 16-inch dual-tone diamond-cut alloy wheels, with body-claddings all-around and squared-off wheel arches. The rear too gets new LED taillights and it al...