New Cars News

Buoyed by GO hatchback's success, Nissan's low-cost car brand Datsun has decided to launch the GO Plus MPV in the second half of this year. Earlier, it was expected to come by early 2015.

India's largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki is planning to launch several new models in the next 12 months, including two crossovers - XA Alpha or iV4 and SX4 S-Cross. While the XA Alpha will be a sub-compact SUV, to be pitted against the Ford EcoSport, the SX4 S-Cross will rival Renault Duster and Nissan Terrano.

Maruti Swift is going to receive a mid-life makeover this year, and will be launched during the festive season. The updated model is already on sale in Japan and some markets of Europe.

Italian-American auto major Fiat Chrysler plans to launch 12 models in India in the next five years and will start producing models from the Jeep brand in the country by 2015.

Toyota India has finally launched the much awaited Etios Cross in India. Available in 2 petrol and 1 diesel engine options with four grades, the car is priced between Rs 5.76 lakh and Rs 7.40 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).

SsangYong, the Korean carmaker owned by Mahindra & Mahindra has now rolled out its flagship SUV Rexto's new model called the RX6 in India. Positioned between Rexton's two existing variants - RX5 and RX7, the new RX6 is priced at Rs 19.96 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).

Being a part of Volkswagen family, the SUV is expected to be inherited with similar traits as seen in Volkswagen Trourag, Porsche Cayenne and the upcoming SUV from Bentley.

Maruti Suzuki Ciaz (pronounced as Chi-aaz) is surely one of the most awaited vehicles of the year, which will replace the not-so-successful SX4 in the country.This will also be another attempt from Maruti to tap the bigger car segments, which has never been MSI's territory.