Top Car News Of The Week (Feb 5-9): New Launches And Updates, Spy Shots And Teasers, Price Cuts And More

This week not solely noticed the launch of India’s first CNG AMT automobiles, but additionally witnessed value cuts of 6 fashions

In the final week, we witnessed the launch of India’s first CNG AMT automobiles, costs of some fashions have been slashed, launch timeline of a a lot awaited EV was revealed, and a few upcoming automobiles have been noticed testing. Have a take a look at the necessary occasions of this week.

Tata Launches CNG AMT fashions

This week, Tata launched India’s first CNG AMT cars. Three automobiles from Tata’s CNG lineup: Tiago CNG, Tiago NRG CNG, and Tigor CNG acquired new AMT variants. All these fashions use the identical 1.2-litre petrol engine with a 5-speed AMT and supply a claimed gasoline effectivity of 28.06 km/kg.

MG Cuts Prices Across Its Lineup

MG has 6 fashions on sale in India: Astor, Hector, Hector Plus, Gloster, Comet EV, and ZS EV. The carmaker lately slashed the costs of all its fashions in its Indian portfolio. To discover out the brand new costs of all MG fashions, click here.

Bharat Mobility Expo Will Happen Every Year

This week, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, confirmed that the Bharat Mobility Expo will occur yearly. The first-ever Bharat Mobility Expo was held initially of February this 12 months, and noticed participation from many home and world carmakers. Read extra about this improvement here.

Skoda Reveals New Octavia’s Design Sketches

Skoda revealed some exterior design sketches of the facelifted Octavia forward of its world unveiling on February 14. Most of the design adjustments on the brand new Octavia are on the entrance, which embody sharper LED headlights, sportier bumper, and boomerang-shaped LED DRLs. While its cabin is but to be revealed, you possibly can try its exterior intimately here.

FASTag Update

Recently, FASTag has been within the information for points relating to KYC and PayTM. The major mode of paying tolls would possibly cease working for some individuals from March if some steps aren’t taken. To know what steps to take to keep away from the deactivation of your FaSTag, click here.

Toyota Diesel Engine Update

Last month, Toyota halted the dispatch of three of its diesel engines from Japan because of an irregularity of their ECU software program which was discovered throughout certification testing. This affected three fashions in India: Toyota Innova Crysta, Toyota Fortuner, and Toyota Fortuner, which include the choice of those powertrains. However, Toyota India has simply introduced that it has resumed the dispatch of these engines, and so the consumers of those autos in India gained’t should endure lengthy ready durations.

Tata Curvv Launch Timeline Revealed

Tata has already launched the Punch EV earlier this 12 months and plans to launch two extra EVs in 2024: Curvv EV and Harrier EV. This week, Tata confirmed the launch timeline of the Curvv EV together with its ICE model. Read extra about it here.

Maruti Fronx Velocity Edition Introduced

The Maruti Fronx now is available in a particular Velocity Edition, which comes with exterior and inside beauty upgrades. This particular version, which is mainly an adjunct pack, is predicated on the mid-spec Delta Plus variant of the crossover, and affords styling components on the outside, carbon fibre-like end on the within, seat covers, mats, and an in-car vacuum cleaner. Have an in depth take a look at the Maruti Fronx Velocity Edition here.

Spied This Week

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2024 Maruti Dzire: This week, the new-gen Maruti Dzire made its first look within the type of a camouflaged check mule. The sedan has retained the form of the outgoing model, however it should absolutely borrow the design components from the new-gen Maruti Swift. Check it out here.

5-door Mahindra Thar: The much-awaited 5-door Mahindra Thar additionally made an look this week. In the spy video, we managed to see the rear profile of the elongated Mahindra Thar intimately which had comparable design components as its 3-door counterpart. Have an in depth take a look at the 5-door Thar here.