Upcoming Suvs News

The Volvo XC40, the most affordable compact SUV from Volvo ever, will be launched in India in the first half of 2018. At least, that is what the company says. Upon launch, the XC40 will be going up against the premium compact SUVs such as Audi Q3, BMW X1 and the Mercedes-Benz GLA.

Chinese automakers have long been looking to enter India and now with the SAIC's Indian entry imminent, other manufacturers are looking to tap the market too. One of these automakers, Chery Cars has shown recent interest to launch their cars in India through a joint venture with Tata Motors. Why Tata? Well, Chery Automobiles already has a joint venture with the Tata Group, or in particular Jaguar Land Rover in China to sell JLR vehicles through a 50-50 partnership. The partnership, which was formed in 2012 helped Jaguar Land Rover to open their first assembly facility in China in October 2014 based out of Changshu.

Volvo has showcased the much anticipated XC40 and well, it's as close to the concept that was showcased before. The XC40 is the smallest and the most affordable XC model in the Swedish carmaker's line-up and will go on sale in the international markets later this year or latest by early 2018.

Pininfarina will become an OEM or manufacturer in the near future when it launches its first product in a few months time. The Italian car design house and coachbuilder - known most famously for its decades-long association with Ferrari. The company was founded in 1930 and is well known for designing some of the iconic Ferrari road models in particular. And now it is making a play for turning from a designer or body specialist to being the builder of cars. The company will launch its range of cars - likely to be exclusively all-electric only models. These will be in the premium segments only, and will essentially be a Tesla rival. And the first car is already under development. India's Mahindra Group acquired Pininfarina in 2015, and its Chairman and Managing Director shared this with me - "We are hoping to build a really high-end, crowd-pleasing Pininfarina electric - that's in the works."

Volvo's newest SUV, the XC40 is finally set to make its global debut. Globally the new Volvo XC40 is expected to go on sale towards the end of this year or early 2018. India, however, is likely to get the XC40 only in late 2018.

The Tata Nexon sub-4 metre SUV will be available in four variants - XE, XM, XT, and XZ+ and in both petrol and diesel engine options. We expect prices to start from Rs. 6.2 lakh and go right up to Rs. 8 lakh.

The Jeep Compass was officially launched a few months ago and has already been a successful product for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles or FCA in India. Jeep currently have only been delivering the diesel powered Compass in its two-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive drivetrain options. Deliveries of the petrol version of the SUV, which gets both an auto and a manual gearbox have not officially begun yet and are expected to commence in October for individuals who had booked the SUV earlier. Customers who book the SUV now though will have to wait for about two months to get delivery of the SUV due to high demand, especially in the automatic version of the SUV.

The festive season car deals are around the corner and this is possibly one of the best times in the year to buy your new car. From a whole bunch of cars that are expected to make their debut soon, we take you through the segment that is the fastest growing and most popular in India - the SUV. The list includes the Ford Ecosport and Maruti Suzuki S-Cross facelift, the Tata Nexon, the Range Rover Velar and the Skoda Kodiaq to name a few. Here is the list of Upcoming SUVs in India this Festive Season that you need to watch out for