New Cars News

The next-gen BMW 1 Series was recently spotted undergoing cold weather testing just months after the facelift version was unveiled. The next-gen 1 Series is expected to to be unveiled in the latter half of 2018 and will see some resemblance to the new X2.

The specification and engine details of the Mahindra TUV300 Plus have been leaked online. The SUV will be a 9-seater and 403 mm longer than the standard sub-4 metre TUV300. Mahindra will launch the TUV300 Plus in India in early 2018.

In yet another unexpected move, the Lok Sabha has approved a bill to hike Cess on luxury vehicles from 15 per cent to 25 per cent. The Cess will be applicable along with the 28 per cent GST that is already applicable on cars that are over the 4-metre length category. In a statement, the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the Cess on luxury cars has been increased in order to compensate states for revenue loss on account of implementation of the Goods and Services Tax or GST. This bill will now officially replace the ordinance, which was issued in September by the GST council that increased the GST on cars over the 4-metre length bracket.

The 2018 Hyundai i20 facelift was recently spotted testing in India again and this time around we got to see the cabin as well. The car is expected to be launched next year

Porsche have officially opened bookings for the Panamera Sport Tourismo in India. The Sport Tourismo is essentially the wagon or shooting brake variant of the Porsche Panamera family and we think looks much much better than the sedan does today. The bookings of the Porsche Panamera Sport Tourismo have been opened recently at an amount of Rs. 10 lakh at the time of configuring the car.

The upcoming 2018 Hyundai Santro was recently spotted testing in India again and this time around it was seen with some production ready parts. The car, which is internally called the AH2, will be launched in India by mid 2018, bringing back to Santro nameplate which was discontinued a few years ago.

The upcoming 2018 Mercedes-Benz A-Class sedan was recently spotted testing with production-ready parts. The car is set to make its global debut next year, most likely after the new-gen A-Class hatch is unveiled.

The India-made Jeep Compass SUV has been awarded a 5-star rating in the crash test conducted by the Australasian New Car Assessment Programme a.k.a. the ANCAP. The Jeep Compass was introduced in Australia and New Zealand just early this month, and the ANCAP safety rating applies to all variants built from September 2017.