Car companies to roll out 50 new models
15 Jan 2009 2:47 PM  by karthick in Indian Car Market ,

Despite the eight year low in sales growth due to economic uncertainties and global downturn , the car companies are willing to face the challenge.Indian car makers will launch 50 new models as an attemt to revive the domestic car market.In the pipeline , the first to hit the market is M&M’s Xylo , designed and developed at M&M’s Nasik facility.Xylo was launched earlier this week at an introductory price of Rs 6.24 lakh.

Next in the line is Fiat’s Linea sedan launched wednesday with both petrol and diesel variants of Linea that will be compete against Honda city , Maruti Suzuki SX4 , Ford Fiesta and Hyundai Verna in the C-segment.In the future , Fiat will introduce the Grande Punto hatchback and the Bravo premium sedan from their bag.The star attraction of the year will be Tata’s Nano , world's cheapest car and Tata Motors will also launch its crossover Indicruz and the new Indigo range , based on the Indica Vista platform , in the next few months.

Maruti Suzuki will launch its model Ritz , known as Splash worldwide. Ritz will be powered by a KB series engine and will be positioned between A-star and Swift premium hatchback.Maruti may also launch a new utility vehicle (a variant of Jimny) and a fresh version of Alto. Honda will launch its global acclaimed model Jazz , that will be pitted against Skoda Fabia , Maruti Swift and Hyundai i20 .

Hyundai Motors will launch its Avante sedan to replace Elantra. It will also bring its globally popular SUV Santa Fe to India , apart from launching a refurbished Sonata luxury in January.General Motors will join the small car segment with a new compact car priced below Spark.It will also enter the premium sedan market with Cruze in the next few months and bring the automatic version of its Captiva SUV. Volkswagen’s alreay set up a new factory in Maharashtra will roll out Skoda Yeti , Roomster and Fabia’s Combi variant.The company may also launch its small car Polo by the year end.

The dual combination Renault-Nissan may come out each One with a different package , including Megane hatchback and Sandero sedan from Renault stable and Micra hatchback and Murano SUV from the Nissan package.For the super rich , BMW will launch its 7Series range , while Mercedes-Benz will bring its new E-Class.Also Fiat may launch its luxury sports car Alfa Romeo 159 , priced in the Rs 30-lakh range.

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