The new Aveo looks all the more aggressive from the front as the powerful twin headlamps and dual grille give Aveo a much broader look than its predecessor. The new production ready model speaks of a tighter body with meaner looks and bold styling. It gets its design cues from new Chevrolet Beat and the latest sedan Cruze. 2011 Aveo will be available in both petrol and diesel variants. Petrol engine will have 1.2L generating 86 bhp and 1.4L generating 100bhp while diesel will have a 1.3L engine with power in the range of 75 bhp or 95 bhp. The center console features blue backlighting and the interior features good-quality materials with an up-to-date audio system featuring USB and Bluetooth. The Aveo comes with Electronic Power Steering and ABS brakes as standard along with Electronic Stability Control.

General Motors will reveal the final price and detailed technical specifications of the
car at the Paris Auto Show that starts on October 02, 2010. The model is expected to hit the Indian roads by late 2011.

Some images have hit the internet, but it looks like the (Indian) Beat itself to us. Hence, we will have to wait till the Paris Auto Show to see the final images.

“We already assemble the A4 and the A6 and we are thinking of assembling an SUV. There will be no change in the price since every product is launched already priced at the CKD (local assembly) price. We do not differentiate between CBU and CKD prices,” said Martin Birkner, head of marketing, Audi India. Audi currently assembles these two models at Shendra, near Aurangabad.

Audi intends to compete with BMW, Mercedes and Porsche in India. Assembling SUV Q5 in India will help it to save import duty on completely built units and will make Q5 more competitive in the
Indian auto market. India will be the second country after Germany where Q5 is being assembled.

Audi is also planning to showcase its new concept car at the Delhi Auto Show next year. Most of the industry experts believe that it will be the open top version of Audi R8 sports model in India. Audi launched an upgraded version of the popular Q7 SUV earlier this month, priced towards Rs 1 crore, on road.

Presently, Toyota intends to step up its operations in India. It has already announced investment worth Rs. 3800 crores to make India as its small car manufacturing hub. In a presentation to the Prime Minister’s principal secretary, TKA Nair, TMC’s senior managing director and member of the board Akira Okabe said, “Our basic philosophy is start small and grow big. We are looking at the small car to grow volumes in India and the criteria of 4-metres of vehicle length should be removed from the small-car definition.”

Honda has also insisted that a good car should be defined on the basis of performance rather than its length. Ideally there should not be any regulation on the length of the car in India as any good car will be based on performance and global safety standards. “We are launching a new small car in 2011-12 which will confirm to Indian government’s current small car definition, but following global automotive standards would help India emerge as a real hub to make cars for the global markets,” said Honda official.

On the outside, the new CR-V is treated to a distinctive new front bumper and grille, a revised rear bumper, and colour coded bumpers on the EX grade. There are also newly-designed 17-inch (for SE grade) and 18-inch (for ES and EX grades) alloy wheels and upgraded fabrics and plastics inside. Honda has also installed a new audio console design.

In addition to drivetrain and aesthetic changes the 2010 CR-V retains radar controlled Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) which incorporates Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS) – a system that predicts collisions and warns the driver, before applying braking and retracting the front seatbelts if the situation becomes critical. This feature is standard on ES and EX models but optional on the lower-spec SE.

The new CR-V is supposed to debut in Japan on the 17th but Honda UK has already officially announced the
car with two new photos.

However, the sale will be considered as complete only when Magna is able to meet certain conditions. Details of these “conditions” have not been revealed so far. General Motors will continue to work in close collaboration with Opel and Vauxhall in developing
new cars such as Insignia and new Astra. Magna has already agreed in principle to continue production at both plants in Britain. Although, uncertainty over Vauxhall’s future is clear now the employee trade union has insisted that the British work force should be treated fairly.

While Magna has committed to keeping Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port factory open in Cheshire, it has not offered any reassurance for the Luton plant beyond 2013. The Luton factory produces the Vauxhall Vivaro commercial van in Britain, as well as building the van for Renault in Europe

More details of the car will be revealed at the German Motors show before the car finally hits the British market. This unit is the most powerful of a range of three MultiAir motors that will debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show – it’s joined by 105bhp and 135bhp versions. Alfa will also be exhibiting the Alfa 8C Competizione and Alfa 8C Spider at Frankfurt. Alfa Romeo will also be showcasing the new 2010 range of cars including Spider, Brera and 159.

Maruti Swift Dzire was launched in March 2008. Both petrol and diesel models were launched with price tags in the range of Rs. 4.49 lakh – Rs. 6.70 lakh. Maruti has already scaled up the production of the car from 4000 units initially to 7000 units and still there is a four months waiting period for the car.

Maruti is India’s largest car manufacturer. Recently, it has touched the 1 lakh figure in various domains. It rolled out 1 lakh KB-series engines and launched 1,00,000th unit of its export model A-Star. The entry-level D-Zire competes in the A-3 segment with cars like Tata’s Indigo, Ford’s Fusion, Hyundai’s Accent and General Motors’ Aveo.

The new Endeavour has been priced at Rs 15.01 Lakhs for the 2.5 Litre TDCi and Rs 17.38 Lakhs for the 3.0 Litre TDCi, all prices Ex-Showroom, Delhi.

Looking at the latest changes like better quality of material, a central console mounted touch screen entertainment and GPS enabled Sat Nav system, a touch screen that also doubles up as an audio menu so you can select your favorite track with ease and turn into reverse parking camera mode as soon as you engaged the reverse gear, an in-car DVD player which lets you see your favourite videos and movies with full home theatre experience while on the move, the new Endeavour is has been primed to give Toyota Fortuner run for its money.

Mercedes India website carries a teaser website showing the day, hours and seconds counter. Now, Mercedes is busy clearing the decks for the launch of the all-new E-class — the model which has outperformed all its other models in India before it was overtaken by the new C-class launched last year.

The new E-class will compete head on with BMW models and the company is eyeing the new E-class as a go-getter. The company executives decline to reveal its pricing details or other details of the car. However, the current E-class is being sold in the showrooms in the range of Rs. 38-43.5 lakh but its production has been stopped by the company.

The new Honda Civic sports an intelligent fuel indicator which helps the driver to achieve better fuel efficiency. It is available in three variants – SMT, VMT & VAT. Apart from its existing colours, the new Honda Civic is also available in a new Polished Metal color.

The interiors are done in two tone fabric with apt matching door panel. Honda Civic VMT & VAT comes with a steering mounted cruise control system that helps to cruise at the desired speed with one touch operation. Although the engines remain as earlier version, the new model sports a mid-life facelift which involves slightly updated exteriors. Fully loaded model is available with manual as well as automatic transmission.

The price of new Honda Civic starts from Rs 11.8 lakhs for SMT model. It goes all the way up to Rs. 13.44 lakhs for the top end VAT model (all prices ex-showroom Delhi).