Face-lifted Renault Kwid is finally revealed too with specs, design, aesthetics

Renault Kwid Facelift Price, Launch Date in India, Images ...

By now you must have seen a lot of spy-pics of Renault Kwid floating all around the internet and then in the official teaser. But here I'm going to make you know a lot of things that Renault is offering in the facelift version of Kwid along with its new make-up. Here are also few spy-shots that reveal the new facelifted Kwid's interior and lots more.

The most significant and I would say an identifiable upgrade in the interior is a new massive 8.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system is I suppose is similar to the recently launched Renault Triber. Furthermore, on closely noticing in the instrument cluster, it is noticeable that it is a partly analog and partly digital instrument cluster.

The Kwid also comes with a new steering wheel and newly designed AC vents and a completely new gear lever for the AMt version.  The dash redesign has also eliminated the storage bin above the glove box and the little shelf between the two, which came in handy for storing odds and ends. The Kwid Climber’s black-and-orange interior color scheme still remains unchanged.

Looking on the outside, we get to see a completely new design in the front with spectacularly split-headlights as it is a new trend in the market nowadays. The grill is garnished with chrome and aesthetically looks incredible. The LED DRLs sit on the top of the headlights with the main lights placed below it. Also new are the alloy wheels on the Climber variant, along with LED elements in the tail-lights, all of which come together to inject freshness into the Kwid’s appearance. the Renault Kwid facelift will continue with the same 54hpin 0.8-liter and 68hp in 1.0-liter petrol engines. 

At launch, both engines will be BS4-compliant but will be upgraded to meet BS6 norms closer to the April 2020 deadline. Similar to what is at present, a 5-speed manual gearbox will be on offer along with the option of an AMT box.

Renault has planned to launch the new Kwid right after the launch of its biggest rival- Maruti Suzuki S-Presso on 30th September. expect the Renault Kwid facelift to be priced slightly higher than that of the current Kwid, which is priced at Rs 2.76-4.76 lakh (ex-showroom).

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Maruti Suzuki S-Presso Revealed Ahead Of Launch

Maruti Suzuki S-Presso finally Revealed...

As showcased in the debut of Auto Expo 2018 the concept of Future-S to step in the market, Maruti Suzuki has finally revealed the car full ahead of launch. Alike shown in the concept, the car retains its SUV-ish look in all stance despite being second ultra compact SUV in this segment after the rule of Renault Kwid in 2015. Maruti Suzuki is all set to launch the new S-Presso hatchback in India on September 30, 2019 and we have got a fair idea of how it will look like, thanks to the recent teaser and some spy pictures which have surfaced online.

S-Presso is based on the concept of Future-S as debuted in the Auto Expo 2018

Maruti Suzuki calls it their Mini SUV and the visage of the truly justifies it. It will be made available in four variants - Standard, LXI, VXI and VXI+, and these are in turn extended into near about 10 trims based on optional specs and transmission options. As far as engine department is concerned, it will get Alto K10's 1-litre engine which hopefully will be BS6 compliant. It’s a 998 cc, three-cylinder petrol engine that churns out 67bhp at 5500 rpm and will come mated to a 5-speed manual gearbox and a 5-speed AGS (Auto Gear Shift) or AMT (Automated Manual Transmission Unit) will be optional.

Length	3665mm
Width	1520mm
Height	1549mm
Wheelbase	2380mm
Gross Vehicle Weight	1170kg
Displacement	998 cc
Power	50KW @ 5500RPM
Seating Capacity	5

Maruti Suzuki S-Presso

Maruti Suzuki S-Presso is based on Heartect platform which also underpins other Maruti cars like Wagon-R, Swift, Dzire Ignis, Baleno and even the Ertiga. Maruti may introduce the 7-inch Smartplay studio touchscreen infotainment system in the higher variants of the S-Presso, similar to the new Wagon-R. The direct rival,of this acr would be Renault's Kwid and even the Hyundai Santro.  It will be equipped with safety features like dual airbags, antilock braking system (ABS) + electronic brakeforce distribution (EBD) and reverse parking sensors.The S-Presso’s cabin features fabric upholstery and none of the seats offer adjustable headrests. Its dashboard layout is unlike any other Maruti currently on offer with a centrally mounted digital instrument cluster. Being a budget-friendly model, the S-Presso makes do with manually adjustable ORVMs while the controls for the AC and the steering wheel seem to have been borrowed from the WagonR.

Interiors of Maruti Suzuki S-Presso

The Maruti S-Presso will be powered by a BS6 compliant 1.0-litre petrol engine mated to a 5-speed manual with a choice of a 5-speed AMT, as pictured above. As per leaked documents, the S-Presso will be available in nine variants with four trim levels. It is expected to be priced between Rs 4 lakhs to Rs 5.5 lakhs.

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Mercedes Benz E-Class Design, Comfort, Style

Mercedes Benz E-Class

Masterpiece of Intelligence

Intuitively Style Defining

The E-Class is the embodiment of modern style and refined sportiness – and carries this off with an astounding lightness of touch. The new E-Class sets benchmarks with Intelligent Drive (enhanced systems for connectivity, safety and comfort) as well as its trendsetting interior design and efficient new engine technologies.

E Engines

The most powerful diesel engine in the history of Mercedes-Benz bundles together state-of-the-art technology components for low fuel consumption.

Speaks the design idiom fluently.

The sophisticated, confidently stylish and sporty new E-Class is specially crafted for India. The elongated bonnet coupled with a coupé-Esque roof flowing into a sensual, broad-shouldered tail end creates an exciting silhouette. The powerfully extended vehicle body is characterized by short overhangs, a long wheelbase, large wheels and taut, well-defined flanks displaying a fresh, stylish and dynamic interpretation of the feature line.

 Travel in a better position.

Even more space to do your own thing: the interior of the new E-Class featuring a new seating concept and high-class appeal offers unrivaled comfort, underlining the modern luxury of Mercedes-Benz.

Mercedes Benz E-Class

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Tata Harrier Price, Review, Specs, Variants, Color Options.....

Tata Harrier, a Benchmark SUV in its segment

Tata Harrier is India's one of the most anticipated SUV which was showcased in Auto Expo 2018 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi as a concept car H5X. It created a lot of hype among the buyers of all the segments starting right from the buyers of Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza, Ford Ecosport and went till Ford Endeavour, Toyota Fortuner and even the lesser-known Mahindra's car Mahindra Alturas G4. It is a five-seater car C-segment SUV based on the Omega Arc platform, a re-engineered platform of Jaguar Land Rover D8 architecture which is also adopted by Range Rover Evoque, Discovery Sport and Jaguar F-Pace which makes Harrier rugged strong as compared to other SUVs in this segment. 

The Harrier comes with front-wheel-drive train mechanism, a AWD or 4WD has not been made available yet but could be launched by mid-2020. The SUV has sourced its heart i.e. the engine from Fiat's 2.0L(1956cc) Multijet 16-valve four-cylinder turbo diesel engine which produces a slightly lower state of tune of 138bhp and 360Nmof torque which is also used by Jeep Compass with power production of 170bhp with a higher state of tune. However, this difference in the power configuration barely makes any difference in the real world as Harrier comes with three driving modes (eco, city and sports) where one can drive it as their needs. In the Harrier, Tata Motors uses the commercial name 'Kryotec' for the engine instead. The transmission is a 6-speed manual. An automatic will be sourced from Hyundai on its 4x4 variant in future. 

Looking into the interior, it comes with a massive 8.8-inch touchscreen system equipped with Android Auto, an instrument cluster of 7-inch TFT display which is semi-analog display as the speedometer covers the analog portion and the tachometer sits under the TFT screen. Top trims of Harrier is equipped with 6 airbags, ESP, traction control and a terrain response system (inherited from Land Rover which offers Rough, Wet and Normal modes). However, a sunroof is a miss. The seats in the top trim come with perforated leather upholstery with a center and a rear armrest and have a very good under-thigh support. The steering, however, is hydraulic steering with quite a good sheer of weight that comes while driving at high speeds and off-course is available with tilt and telescopic adjustment and all the media controls are mounted within the steering itself making it quite helpful while driving.

Talking about the exterior, it comes with 17-inch alloy wheels with high profile tires of 235/65 as proportions. The LED DRL adds elegance to the car in both day and night. The dimensions are length 4598mm, width 1894mm, height 1706mm and a whopping ground clearance figures of 205mm which makes it a very bulky machine in this segment and a worth considering option too. The Kerb weight is 1675kg. Coming to the boot space it has a 425litres of space and with seats folded becomes more than 800litres which is one of the biggest in the segment. The capacity of the fuel tank is 50litres. The color variants are Calisto Cooper, Ariel Silver, Thermisto Gold, Telesto Grey, Orcus White, Altas Black and two dual-tone options available with Calisto Cooper and Orcus White. The ARAI rated mileage is 16.71kmpl which means in a normal city drive it would render a 12-13kmpl and 15-16kmpl on highways. But keeping this assumption aside, when the car has been driven in the real world with Eco mode on at a speed of 80-90km/hr as rendered a mileage of 21-22kmpl in some cases(Below are the links given of the videos that claim such). The price of this car starts from 12.99lakhs to 17.46lakhs ex-showroom price.

Concluding this topic, it can only be stated that a car in this price range has a lot of rivals like Hyundai Creta, Mahindra XUV500, MG Hector, Kia Seltos and Jeep Compass and to sustain in this segment, it should have offered a bit more features like the connected car, Tire Pressure Monitoring System, sunroof, etc. The verdict that we here give you is that if you’re looking for an SUV that has great road presence, can be taken almost anywhere, offers good mileage and comes with a company that is trusted by all the Indian for years then you should definitely go for Tata Harrier as it offers you a class above feel and also the driving dynamics are more superior than others mentioned as its rivals. However, it comes only in Diesel and no automatic is offered as of now, however with the 7-seater version of the car Tata has claimed that an automatic version would be available.

Tata Harrier Mileage Test

Tata Harrier Review

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Motors Vehicles(Amendment) Act, 2019

Motors Vehicles(Amendment) Act, 2019

With the introduction of the “Motors Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019” and with most states acclimating with it and a few standing by to look into the scenario and likely to enforce shortly after bringing a few changes to it as prescribed by the rules and regulations therein. Coming into effect, it has literally become a tedious task for the wrong-doers of roads to be the king anymore, especially riding bikes without a helmet, driving cars without seatbelts on, or even jumping red lights are now under the visage of an obnoxious crime.

The violators to this Act are gifted with a hefty challan bearing an amount which has been exponentially raised from the previous penalties. This is a seriously dire situation for the one who does not have any documents of his vehicle or does not abide by the traffic rules as to what he can do from now on is either to update or make the relevant documents or should start using Uber, Ola, etc. Somewhere in Gurugram, a challan of rupees twenty-three thousand was handed over to a biker who claimed to the media that the penalty was way much higher than what his bike actually cost in the real world. Another was a case from Sector 26, Noida, where an auto-rickshaw driver was handed over a challan bearing an amount of rupees 32 thousand for the jumping red light, outdated license, absence of registration card, etc. Likewise was a case happened with a truck driver where he was thrashed with challan bearing a whopping amount of rupees six lakhs for not producing the documents as asked by the traffic officials.

Eyeing all these situations, it is quite impeccably evident that government has started to bootstrap its revenue from the wrong-doers of roads which is in a way a shrewd idea to disseminate the safety on roads but went quite whimsical, indeed for the public. Few additions of finest thoughts into the law, say restricting the way of an AMBULANCE can even incite a challan of up to rupees 20000 is the quintessential part of all.

Therefore, evaluating all this incidences the only bottom line to be drawn is: “Today’s little obedience to the law may fix your foreign trips absolutely.”

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Worst Performer of 2019-20

The Worst Performing Sector of 2019-20

Auto Sector on thin ice as slow down continues.

The automobile sector is one of the highest profit-making sectors in India which has given employment to an ample sheer of unemployed youth for decades. Looking towards the capitalizing potential of this sector, here entered numerous foreign automobile companies to have a share of the pie. But unlike other years for all the major players it has become an arduous task to carry on operations as this year tends to prove itself an ominous cult which is disgraced with bane for the players to play. 

Tata Nano Producing in Tata Motors factory.

From the inception of this year, there was a substantial decline and by the end of the last quarter, the all-time champion Maruti Suzuki’s sales declined up to 41.2%, Honda Motors with 38.7%, and Tata Motors to top the list with a rigorous decline of 52.3% in the last quarter. Surely is the cause behind this is the recession in the economy but cannot be the sole reason as a plethora of other reasons is comprehended alongside. Not only there is a decline in the sales figures of the four-wheelers, but this has an explicit effect on the sales of two-wheelers, tractors, and trucks too. The declined sales of two-wheeler indicate that the economy is passing through a harsh situation where it is creeping to rise but is not able to as it is generally seen that the sale of two-wheelers always rises due to the middle-class society is mostly the consumer here, but unfortunately not this year. The reasons could possibly be a middle-class man opts for a vehicle only when he foresees a growth or stability in his professional life, but with jobs cutting short this might be a reason to not to go for. Further, the decline in the sales of tractor suggests that the country’s rural halves are acutely suffering as the tractors are mostly purchased by farmers and with its value going down overtly states that our farmers are uncertain about their production as most of the places are doubtful about the rain too. Moving to the declined sales figure of trucks clearly points towards the latest alteration made to the “Axle Loading Norms” of the trucks where previously it was 16 tonnes per truck, now has been exuberantly increased by 15 to 20%. This has made the owners to full their trucks with more payloads than before, allowing them not to go for a new truck to maintain their revenues. It is also forecasted by the experts that there is a possible decline in the production of Rabi crops.

Keeping all the grumpy and grouchy visages of the economy in mind, the kind of travail auto sector is going through cannot be filled up unless firm action is taken by the government. Reducing the Repo Rate by the RBI cannot be the sole thing to do. The government should take more steps with ebullience to revive the sector because if it further dips, the retaliation would go terribly inevitable as near to 4 lakhs of people has already lost their job. Surely more will in coming days as companies are planning to cut down their production as a result of which laying off of the employees will be imminent. As of now the facade of the current scenario is to wait until the end of the current financial year 2019-20 and to look forward to seeing the necessary steps that are to be taken by the government.

Hyundai India's cars are stranded as a slump in the auto sector.


  

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