Renault’s 1.5L K9K Diesel Engine: List of All Indian Cars Using it [Updated]

Renault’s 1.5L K9K Diesel Engine: All nine cars using it in India We shared a list of 21 cars that run on Fiat’s 1.3 Liter Multijet Diesel engine in India (link to the report). Apart from this, the next most popular motorĀ in our market is Renault’s 1.5 L DCI K9K diesel engine which powers all … Read more

Bigger TUV500 Spotted; So, is The Xylo Going? [Update: New Spy Pics]

Update – TUV500 (speculative name) has been spotted again by an Indianautosblog reader in Surat and Motor Vikatan in Chennai. It continues to run on dummy tail lamps, steel wheels and without revealing many details. Spy pics appended in this page. Original story: So, Mahindra wants to extract every little bit of their existing new-car … Read more

Rexton Sells Only 96 Units in 6 Months – To be Axed; Curtains for Ssangyong Brand

Mahindra to Discontinue Rexton & Ssangyong Brand from India completely It was a question everybody was asking – what made Mahindra buy the Korean Ssangyong (which are also into SUVs)? For India, it appears they were mulling bringing many models but things did not pan out as they expected. Rexton, the first and only Ssangyong … Read more

Fortuner-Rival Mahindra ‘XUV700’ Under Works; Launch Expected This Year Itself

Likely to be named XUV700, Mahindra’s new flagship is expected to undercut its rivals by as much as 5 Lakhs Back in 2011, XUV500 revived Mahindra’s fortunes as it not only turned tables in its favour but also debunked the myth that – “not many will pay near 15 lakh for a Mahindra”! It started … Read more

Consumer Commission Orders Mahindra to Take 3.5 Yr 45,000 Km Old Faulty Scorpio Back from Customer

Faulty Scorpio was 3.5 years old and had run 44,948 kms So, its not always that manufacturers get away with lesser-quality or products with manufacturing faults. In one such instance, a consumer Kanaram Jat has won a case against Nagaur Automobiles and Mahindra according to a report on Economic Times. Kanaram bought a Scorpio from … Read more