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| Car Segments in India |
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Hatchbacks |
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Hatchback is a term used to define a small passenger car with a full-height door at the rear including a window used from behind to access the cargo and luggage space. Normally, they have two rows of seat and sometimes come with five-door including four accesses doors and one tailgate. These compact cars is very popular among the price conscious India consumers and it sell like hot cakes in the country. In India, hatchbacks are the most competitive segment and some of the car brands that flaunt in this class are Maruti, Hyundai, Tata, Chevrolet, and Fiat. |
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Hatchbacks |
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Chevrolet Aveo U-VA
Chevrolet Optra SRV
Chevrolet Spark
Fiat 500
Fiat Grande Punto
Fiat Palio Stile
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Ford-Fusion
Honda Jazz
Hyundai Getz
Hyundai Getz Prime
Hyundai i10
Hyundai i20
Hyundai i30
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Hyundai Santro Xing
Maini REVAi
Maruti 800
Maruti Suzuki Alto
Maruti Suzuki A-star
Maruti Suzuki Ritz
Maruti Swift |
Maruti WagonR
Maruti Zen
Maruti Zen Estilo
Skoda Fabia
Tata Indica
Tata Nano |
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Sedans |
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Previously known as Saloon, sedan is a car body type with a passenger capacity of four or even more people. It has two row seats with four doors and a separate trunk. Usually cars from this segment are little expensive and are housed with loads of luxury features like high-end entertainment system, integrated steering wheel, high-class wood and leather work, classy finish, and advanced safety devices. |
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Sedans |
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Ambassador
Chevrolet Aveo
Chevrolet Optra Magnum
Fiat Linea
Ford Fiesta
Ford Focus
Honda Accord
Honda City
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Honda City ZX
Honda Civic
Honda Civic Hybrid
Hyundai Accent
Hyundai Elantra
Hyundai Sonata Embera
Hyundai Verna
Mahindra Logan |
Maruti Baleno
Maruti Esteem
Maruti Suzuki SX4
Maruti Swift Dzire
Mitsubishi Cedia
Mitsubishi Lancer
Skoda Laura
Skoda Octavia |
Skoda Superb
Tata Indigo
Tata Indigo CS
Tata Indigo XL
Toyota Camry
Toyota Corolla
Toyota Corolla Altis
Volkswagen Jetta |
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SUV |
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SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle) are off-road vehicles that uniquely carry the cargo capacity of a pickup truck. They represent bold and boxy look and are popular for their aggressive fascia. SUVs are always ready for any terrains without compromising on performance, comfort, and safety. It is the best car for adventurous trips. |
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SUV |
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Chevrolet Captiva
Endeavour Thunder Plus
Ford Endeavour
Honda CRV
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Honda CRV 2008
Hyundai Santa Fe New
Mahindra Scorpio
Maruti Grand Vitara |
Maruti Grand Vitara XL-7
Maruti Gypsy King
Mitsubishi Montero
Mitsubishi Pajero |
Tata Safari
Toyota Fortuner
Toyota Land Cruiser Prado |
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Luxury Cars |
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The word 'luxury' is associated with lavishness and comfort and so are luxury cars. With expensive price tags, they are designed to pamper the customers with all luxury amenities. Luxury cars come packed with high-end, super comfortable and convenient features for occupants. Fitted with latest facilities, these lavish cars offer greater level of royal comfort compare to other class. Luxury Car is a symbol of social prestige. The demand and sale of luxury cars has seen a good growth. Some of the big players from this segment are Audi, Bentley, BMW, Daimler-Benz, Volvo, and Volkswagen. |
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Luxury Cars |
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Audi A4
Audi A6
Audi A8
Audi Q7
Audi R8
Audi TT
BMW 3 Series
BMW 5 Series
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BMW 6 Series Convertible/Coupe
BMW 7 Series
BMW M3 Coupe
BMW M5 Sedan
BMW M6 Convertible/Coupe
BMW X3
BMW X5
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Mercedes-Benz C-Class
Mercedes-Benz CL-Class Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class
Mercedes-Benz E-Class
Mercedes-Benz M-Class
Mercedes-Benz S-Class
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class
Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class
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Porsche 911 Convertible/Coupe
Porsche Boxster
Porsche Cayenne
Porsche Cayman
Volkswagen Passat
Volkswagen Touareg
Volvo XC70
Volvo XC90 |
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MUV |
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MUV (Multi-Utility Vehicles) also called as MPV (Multi-Purpose Vehicle) is very spacious and holds ample of seating capacity for 7-10 passengers. MUVs are usually a choice of large families and corporate houses. This segment is further classified into large, compact, and mini cars. In Indian car industry, the mini version of MUVs is more popular. Tata Motors, Chevrolet, Maruti Udyog, and Toyota are the key players of this segment. |
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MUV |
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Chevrolet Tavera
Ford Endeavour
Mahindra Xylo
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Maruti Versa
Mercedes Viano
Tata Indicruz
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Tata Sumo Grande
Tata Sumo Victa
Toyota Innova |
Toyota Qualis |
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| 50 new car models to be launched in India in 2009 |
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THE YEAR 2008 was not that good for the Indian car industry and many car manufacturers saw a dip in their sales. Now to overcome the problem and to sustain in the car market, the year 2009 will get to see launch of 50 new models.
It is being said that the new models will bring in some good fortune to car market, which is hit by the global recession. The new launch of 2009 was inaugurated with the Mahindra & Mahindra Xylo, which will be positioned against Toyota Innova. This will be followed by the petrol and the diesel version of Fiat Linea sedan giving a tough competition to Honda City, Maruti Suzuki SX4, Ford Fiesta and Hyundai Verna. Other new car from the Fiat stable waiting for the launch are Grande Punto from the hatchback segment and Bravo from the class of premium sedan.
Another much awaited launch will be the world’s cheapest car Nano from the house of Tata Motors. Tata Indicruz, a crossover vehicle and the new version of Indigo range built on the platform of Indica Vista is also on the launch list.
Another Indian car leader Maruti Suzuki will roll out Ritz or popularly known as Splash globally. Ritz, which will fall between A-star and Swift is expected to carry the KB series engine.
Japanese car manufacturer Honda will introduce its international success Jazz, which will challenge Skoda Fabia, Maruti Swift and Hyundai i20. Hyundai Motors plans to replace its Elantra with Avante sedan and also Santa FE from the SUV segment to India.
General Motors will roll out a car that will be priced below Spark and Cruze from the premium class. The automatic version of Captiva is also in the list.
German car manufacturer Volkswagen’s new plant in Maharashtra will launch Skoda Yeti, Roomster and Fabia’s Combi variant. There is also the possibility of small car Polo to enter the Indian car market. French car manufacturers Renault joint venture with Nissan will see few new launches. Megane from the hatchback and Sandero sedan from Renault fame and Micra hatchback and Murano SUV from Nissan portfolio.
From the luxury car segment, there is BMW 7-Series range, Mercedes-Benz with its new E-Class and also Alfa Romeo159 from Fiat. |
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| Automatic Cars are the Latest Trend of Indian Car Market |
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The Indian car industry always offers something new to the people. They come up with the innovative technologies and creative designs that will enhance the drivability. Car with automatic transmission are very common abroad but in India it is recently gaining its popularity. Many car manufacturers are launching either new variants or new models equipped with automatic gear box. Now a day's car with automatic transmission is experiencing good sales. Automatic cars are very popular among women drivers. They feel it easy to drive and this is the very reason for automatic car sales go high. With the growing demand of such cars and targeting the women driver many car manufacturers are launching the automatic versions of their models.
In 2008, Hyundai had rolled out the automatic version of Santro on women's day as a limited edition. This clearly reveals their target audience. Some of the models enabled with automatic transmission are Hyundai's i20, Chevrolet Captiva (AT version), Fiat's Linea, Honda City, Mitsubishi Outlander, Mahindra Scorpio, Mitsubishi Outlander and the lists just goes on and on.Unlike before, the car manufacturers are offering five to six speed automatic transmission systems which result in better fuel-efficiency clubbed with improved pick up and performance.
One of the most popular and hot-selling cars with automatic transmission premium hatchback car-i10, which is sells more than 1,600 automatic transmission variants per month. This is an impressive figure which is more than the company initial expectations. The company received an overpowering response from woman drivers and the growing jamming in city is pushing up demand. Other than i10, Verna from the sedan segment too offers an automatic transmission. The car manufacturer is also thinking of bringing a variant exclusively for the physically challenged.
The Indian car manufacturer, also launched the automatic version of Scorpio in 2008. Scorpio AT sports a complete 6-speed automatic gearbox and the powerful 2.2 litre mHawk engine. M&M's flagship model Scorpio gets the credit of being the first Indian car brand and also the first SUV to be equipped with a 6-speed automatic transmission.
The trend of automatic cars is growing rapidly and every car manufacturer is trying to join the race. Honda, the Japanese car manufacturer already has variants with automatic transmissions like Civic, Accord, City, CR-V. As aforesaid it is one of the best features that a women driver looks for beside high-end features.
Another quick selling car with automatic transmission is . Normally Captiva has captured good sales in the Indian car market and now with the automatic versions the sales are gone still higher. |
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