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Fiat India has plans to launch Fiat Grande Punto shortly. Fiat Grande Punto is a premium B-segment category car that is highly successful in Europe. It is an attractive and spacious car which suits everyones personality.

The styling of the Grande Punto stands out in the current automotive scene for the beauty of the exterior line, which is modern, elegant and distinctly ‘Italian’, a ‘Mediterranean’ stylistic language where the tapered rounded lines seem to be inspired by the sports cars of the 1950s and 1960s.

This is a car created to ‘excite’, but also to express the solidity that comes from superb quality standards. It would probably have 1.3-litre multi-jet diesel engine that would be manufactured by the Suzuki-GM-Fiat alliance engine plant. Fiat may also shorten the present length of Grande Punto, which is 4030mm, by 30mm so that it can comply with the new small car regulations and take advantage of an 8 percent excise saving.

Inside, heavily bolstered sports seats provide plenty of support during cornering, and are comfortable on long journeys. The chunky leather steering wheel is a joy to hold, while the dashboard design is simple and well laid out. The punto is preceded with “Grande” to indicate its larger size.

Fiat represents superb value in the small car sector and very few rivals can match it’s low prices and generous kit levels. Styling, emotion, comfort, safety and a good price: these are the guidelines along which the Grande Punto was developed; a car created for young adults, the very young, new active women, and small modern families. To meet the requirements of this heterogeneous public, the Grande Punto proposes typically Italian styling

Audi India is all decided to expand the range of its best selling A4 model. A4 is a 180 bhp, 2.0 litre, TFSI petrol variant, which went on sale in dec ’08, and the company is not is moving ahead from there. A 3.0 litre V6 turbo diesel producing a little under 240 bhp and 51 kgm of torque is expected to go on sale by around Feb / Mar 09.

TDI will take the number of A4 variants to four, complimenting the 3.2 FSI and the 2.0 litre TDI that are currently on sale. The 3.0 litre TDI will be priced at approximately Rs 45,50,000.

More details of the Audi series can be found on Autoways

Hyundai, on 15/01/09, launched the upgraded version of its sonata Embera – the Sonata Transform.

The Sonata Transform, comes with an Exterior Styling that includes door handles, front and rear bumper insert, outside mirror housing and waistline molding. The new sonata transform also gets rear defoggers, fog lamps and twin exhaust.  Inside the New Sonata Transform, you get 2-tone beige interior, auto head lamp off, wood-grain finish inserts on steering, dashboard and door panel.

New Sonata Transform is powered by the advanced second generation Theta family of gasoline engine which produces a awesome 175PS @ 6000 rpm of maximum power and a peak torque of 23.8Kgm @ 4000 rpm resulting in robust acceleration and a quick throttle response. The 2.4 litre, four cylinder, DOHC engine is assisted by a Variable Intake System (VIS) and VTVT technology which makes it highly fuel efficient as well as a refined unit. The engine is mated to a 5-speed manual transmission.

The diesel variant of the Sonata Transform powered by a 4-cylinder, 2-litre Common Rail engine (CRDi) with a Variable Geometry Turbocharger (VGT) is both frugal as well as an efficient performer. With a peak power of 150PS @ 3850 rpm and max torque of 32.1kgm @ 2000 rpm it generates enough performance to delight the enthusiast. The diesel (CRDi) variant of new sonata transform will be available with both - a 6-speed manual and a 4-speed (H-Matic) automatic transmission.

Price and picture………………..available soon.