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India's largest carmaker- Maruti Suzuki has recorded a marginal growth of 1 per cent in December 2018 selling 119,804 units of passenger vehicles against 118,560 units in the same period last year. The biggest decline in sales was seen in the entry-level segment (Alto and WagonR) which recorded a negative growth of 14 per cent selling 27,661 units in December 2018 compared to 32,146 units in the same months last year. The degrowth was followed in the compact car segment (Celerio, Swift, Ignis, Dzire and Baleno) which is the major volume driver for Maruti. The Volume in the Compact cars segment went down by 3.8 per cent selling 51,334 units against 53,336 units in the same month last year.

Tata Motors revealed to very important concepts at the 2018 Auto Expo and while we've seen the H5X evolve into the good-looking Harrier SUV, there's also the 45X premium hatchback that will hit the markets by the end of this year. With the launch still some time away, the Tata 45X hatchback was recently spotted testing and the latest spy images give a glimpse of what the cabin will look like on the Maruti Suzuki Baleno and Hyundai i20 rival. The 45X will also mark Tata's entry into an all-new segment as it aims to be present in 90 per cent of the Indian auto market in the coming years.

The Indian auto industry is going to see some new entrants in near future and one of them is the Groupe PSA which is all set to enter our market most likely in 2020. PSA seems to be testing its DS7 Crossback in India which could be its first product for our market. However, we are still uncertain about the brand PSA is considering. The DS brand is essentially a subsidiary of Citroen which has caught the fancy in the European market in last two years and rivals the German Treo. If the DS7 Crossback makes its way to the Indian market, it will rival the likes of the Audi Q3 and BMW X1.

The new Mahindra XUV300 is one of the most awaited launches of 2019 and the company is most likely to launch it in the middle of February. As we are inching closer to the launch the anticipation among enthusiasts and prospective buyers are building up even faster and we all are eager to know about this SUV even more, or should I say to see the SUV. We have been following the XUV300 quite extensively and by now have plenty of details on it and probably you too must be aware of it all if you have been following our updates. This time we have got some leaked images of Mahindra's upcoming subcompact SUV's first row and these give us quite an Idea of how it looks like on the inside.

If there's one thing auto enthusiasts can collectively agree on is the fact that the upcoming Toyota Supra is the worst kept secret in the world. With a host of leaked images and videos doing the rounds on the interweb, there's little left to be explored about the coupe that is slated for an official debut on January 14, 2019. With the public debut still two weeks away, images of the all-new Toyota Supra have made their way online revealing the sports car completely. Sharing its underpinnings with the new generation BMW Z4, the new Supra marks the return of the iconic brand, and that too a long awaited one. The images were officially released by Toyota Germany to select customers as a thank you note for joining the 'Toyota GR Supra waiting list.'

The Hyundai Creta has been a runaway success for the Korean carmaker right from the start and has been India's bestselling compact SUV for long. The benchmark it has set in the segment has always been a challenge to comprehend for the competition including India's largest carmaker- Maruti Suzuki which struggles to make volume with its S-Cross. However, January 2019 is going to be rather interesting as the compact SUV segment will see not one but two new SUVs coming- the highly anticipated Tata Harrier and Nissan Kicks. carandbike team has driven both the SUVs and they not only stood on our expectations but surpassed them by a margin. While it is not possible to justify the package as the prices are still awaited, in the meantime, we are comparing their specifications to assert how well they will stand against the competition on paper.

The 2019 BMW X7 is the new flagship SUV from the Bavarian auto giant and also the company's first seven-seater offering in the segment. Having made its global debut earlier this year, the new X7 has been spotted testing in India for the first time ahead of a launch expected sometime next year. The all-new model will be taking on a host of other mammoths in the luxury SUV space including the Mercedes-Benz GLS, Audi Q7, Range Rover Velar and the likes. The camouflaged test mule spotted near Chennai suggests that BMW India is gearing up to introduce the model here that is likely to be locally assembled to keep costs competitive.

Images of a production-ready 2019 Maruti Suzuki Wagon R have recently surfaced online, and this time around, for the first time, the car has been spotted in its undisguised avatar.