Shiraz

Born in the early '80s. Riding/driving since the early '90s. Writing since 2010. Grew up on 2-strokes & petrol jeeps. Lucky enough to own 2 RD350s, a Willys, an RX-100, and a Jawa.

Cheapest Jaguar might be the Cheapest in Segment: Jaguar XE to be Locally Assembled

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Jaguar’s entry-level luxury sedan, the XE, had recently made its world debut in Paris last month, and now, as per a report on livemint, it seems that the company is contemplating to assemble the car in India. However, the same news piece also mentions that Del Sehmar, JLR spokesperson, has said that the car would not be launched in India until 2016 and also that he cannot confirm that it would be locally manufactured.

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The base Jaguar XE costs around 27,000 British Pounds, which roughly comes to around INR 27 lakh, and that’s before the import duties! Therefore, with the current Indian duty structure, it would be near impossible for Jaguar to make any dent in the segment if it does not take the local route for the XE. Its competitors, the A4, 3-Series, and C-Class, all start around the INR 30-lakh mark!

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SPIED: Undisguised YRA hatchback – Maruti Suzuki Ups Pace

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These are the first, clearest spy shots yet of the upcoming Maruti Suzuki YRA (codename) hatchback. This is the car with which Maruti plans to take on the likes of the Hyundai Elite i20. The black car, from the rear three-quarters, reminds me of the old Fiat Palio 1.6 GTX while there are hints of VW Polo, and of even the Elite i20, in the design!

YRA

Come to the front and this time the three quarters view will have you think of the YRA as a curious amalgam of Hyundai’s flagship hatch, Dzire, and Kizashi. It’s not a very cohesive design but everything else about the car should be positive…

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BMW Launches 3rd-gen MINI Cooper at INR 31.85 Lakh!

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BMW India has launched the new MINI at a starting price of INR 31.85 lakh for the base 3-door diesel variant. And for the first time, the MINI is also available as a five-door, which carries a price tag of INR 35.20 lakh (both prices are ex-showroom, all India). At the moment both the variants are available with a diesel engine only, and the petrol would follow next year.

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How About a 140bhp Turbocharged Petrol Motor From Honda?

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Honda is apparently working on introducing turbocharged petrol engines in its entire range of cars in Brazil if a report on Noticiasautomotivas.com.br is to be believed. The new engines might entirely replace the current naturally aspirated units by around the middle of 2016 in Brazil.

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SPIED: Bugatti Veyron’s Successor – Bugatti Chiron!

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Autoevolution has posted images of a camouflaged Bugatti Veyron and it seems that a new speed monster is not far away. The website also reports that only around a dozen Veyrons remain to be built now of the 450 units planned originally. So a successor certainly makes sense.

bugatti-chiron

The website’s snappers had also caught an undisguised Veyron back in April at the Nurburgring. The white car had an metal cage-like structure bolted on to the engine in full view, and the engine cover was missing. A week later they saw a black Veyron being tested at the ‘Ring – this car had bigger fenders and new wheels, which could be made of carbon fibre!

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