6 upcoming cars for the big Indian families
T he utility vehicle market has the fancy of every automaker in India. Renault India has made a living by selling the Duster and loves an eight per cent share in the utility vehicle segment. And, it managed this fear within eighteen months.
Ford managed a comeback with the EcoSport which now makes up for over fifty per cent of the company`s sales.
Meantime, market leader Maruti Suzuki is using the MPV segment to make up for the lost volumes in its smaller cars. Maruti is also using this segment to shed its pic as a puny car accomplished and catapult itself in a premium segment.
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G rowth in the MPV segment hasn`t proved to be as good as the SUV segment.
Vehicles like the Tata Aria, Chevrolet Love and the Nissan Evalia that broke fresh ground in technology, value or affordability, faded quickly.
Manufacturers, however, are not deterred by the failures in the multi-purpose vehicle segment. Rather they are betting big on these cars as future high growth are, as the big Indian families that graduate from a hatchback would lie to shift to a fatter car with three-row sitting.
Having a people mover is a top priority for every car manufacturer in India.
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T he Mobilio was unveiled in India at the two thousand fourteen Auto Expo earlier this month.
Based on the Honda Brio/Amaze platform, the car`s wheelbase is opened up to accommodate three rows of seats.
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I n India, the car would be powered by a 1.5L diesel engine which develops 100PS/200 Nm on the City and Amaze.
Meantime the petrol option that would understandably not attract too much attention, would have to be the 1.5L petrol engine from the fresh City, pairing with either a 5-speed or 6-speed manual or a seven-speed stepped CVT.
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W e sense Honda will gun for record fuel economy, if not for the total car market, at least for the MPV class.
The Mobilio will be priced to contest with the Maruti Ertiga, and will launch inbetween July-September this year.
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L aunched as the Dacia Lodgy in two thousand eleven it was a sister model to the Duster. The Lodgy, with seats for eight passengers, shares its foundation with the hugely popular SUV.
It is for this reason that Renault would find manufacturing the car not as difficult as bringing in another fresh product.
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T he Duster is localised to the tune of eighty per cent. Critical components, including the 1.5-liter K9K diesel engine and the 6-speed gearbox, the dashboard, seats and suspension, that are common to the Lodgy, are procured from local vendors. A competitive price tag hence, is achievable.
We expect the Renault Lodgy to launch before March 2015.
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D atsun have announced the Go+ for the Indian market in the 2nd half of the year.
Essentially a opened up Go hatchback with a puny third row bench, the Go+ would be one of India`s least expensive family vehicles as it manages to stay within the 4-metre barrier, firing a 1.2L petrol engine which also qualifies for lower subsidies.
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D atsun have announced the Go+ for the Indian market in the 2nd half of the year. Essentially a opened up Go hatchback with a petite third row bench, the Go+ would be one of India`s least expensive family vehicles as it manages to stay within the 4m barrier, firing a 1.2L petrol engine which also qualifies for lower subsidies.
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S etting it inbetween the poles that are the Wagon R and the Swift is one way to position this product.
The mechanical aspect remains unchanged from the Go – using a 1.2L three-cylinder petrol engine to produce sixty eight PS and one hundred four Nm of torque.
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M easuring Three,995 mm long, 1,635 mm broad and 1,485 mm tall, with a wheelbase of Two,450 mm, the seven hundred ninety four kg MPV would lightly fit into your existing parking space.
The Go+ received its Indian premiere at the Auto Expo, but was shown very first at the Indonesian International Motor Showcase last year where it launches the brand this year.
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H yundai`s 2nd India-intensive product program after the Eon would be an affordable three-row family vehicle.
Very few details are available on this project today which would launch somewhere in 2016.
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L ikely to share its platform with the Grand i10 or the fresh i20, we expect the MPV to have segment-first equipments, a good multiplicity of variants and trims, and sport the Fluidic Design Two.0.
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Chevrolet Love facelift
I ntroduced in India early last year, the Chevrolet Love is China`s best selling MPV.
But in India, the reception to the Chinese-developed vehicle could have been a lot better.
The 1.3-liter engined rear-wheel drive MPV suggested at rock-bottom prices with better space than the Ertiga sold just 15,679 units last year, a fraction that rivals Maruti and Toyota managed with their family vans.
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Chevrolet Love facelift
O ne aspect that generally is regarded as an area that begs for improvement is the aesthetics.
In China, Wuling (the sub-brand that sells light commercial vehicles including the Love) introduced an upgraded Love in August last year featuring a fresh face and a revamped dashboard with modern amenities like a 7-inch touchscreen multimedia system, steering-mounted audio controls, stepped-up switchgear and a reworked NVH package.
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Chevrolet Love facelift
T he 1.4-litre petrol engine was phased out and in came a fresh and more powerful 1.5-litre motor.
At some point in the lifecycle of the Indian car, these updates would have to be downloaded to the Love for it to contend with fresh competitors as well as hold on to its current market share.
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T he Tata Movus is expected on the market in a brief while from now in 7-, 8- and 9-seater variants.
Substituting the Sumo Grande, the Movus borrows the Safari Storme`s Two.2-liter four-cylinder VariCOR engine which produces one hundred forty PS of power and three hundred twenty Nm of torque in the Storme and comes mated to a 5-speed manual transmission.
These figures are likely to be downgraded in the interest of fuel efficiency.
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T argeted at the commercial segment, the Movus carries a host of improvements on the back of customer input.
Improvements on the Movus include thicker brake linings, revised assets mounts for improving NVH, cable type door latch, fresh clutch which reduces operating effort, longer lasting fuel filter, timing belt with extra durability and an adjusted rack and pinion steering system.
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T he Movus achieves a higher ARAI-certified fuel efficiency in the region of 15.Two kmpl (up from the current 13.55 kmpl) and would launch with the same basic looks.
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