The current financial year has been good so far for almost all car makers in India, and August 2014 continued the good run for most. Ford sold a total of 14,092 vehicles (domestic and exports, combined) last month, thereby registering a 27 per cent increase from the 11,065 units sold in the corresponding month last year. However there is more to it than what meets the eye!
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Hyundai Elite i20 gets 12,000 bookings in 15 days!
Hyundai’s latest offering in India, the Elite i20 has managed to get 12,000 bookings in just 15 days. The figure appears more commendable when one considers the tough competition the i20 has in the form of the Polo facelift, Punto EVO, and also the ever-popular Swift.
The older i20 was doing okay for Hyundai but the company did not wait for the sales figures to drop alarmingly before bringing in the next generation of the car. So while the older car already had good interiors and class-leading features and equipment, the Elite i20 takes it another level and again sets the benchmark in those aspects. Also, we had liked the new exterior of the Elite i20 ever since the first undisguised pictures surfaced on the web, and the good number of bookings tells us that the prospective customers are appreciating the muscular and bolder look too.
Production-Ready India Bound Hyundai ix25 Spied – China Launch in October
We just told you about the Hyundai ix25 being a possible launch candidate by the middle of next year, and here we have spy shots of a production-ready ix25 courtesy Carnewschina.com all set for its debut at the Chengdu Auto Show in China.
Hyundai’s Duster Rival ‘ix25’ Launch by Mid Next Year
While a mini-Evoque from Tata Motors remains a distant dream, it’s Hyundai that would be launching its ix25 by middle of 2015 according to Overdrive. The compact SUV has already been spied testing on Indian roads barely a few days back and the company is using Ford EcoSport and Renault Duster as benchmarks which is obvious.
MB Reader Snaps S101 Revealing Chrome Surrounded Fog Lamp
One of our readers Kishore Kishi has spotted the heavily camouflaged Mahindra S101 being tested in Chennai at Tambaram main road. The company seems to testing the car vigorously and that can only be good news for prospective customers.