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GM recently announced that they have axed their plans of introducing a small car in the Indian market. The car was touted as being smaller than the current Spark model.

Nissan Motor India, which had been a fringe player till the launch of their Micra car in India, has quite a few big plans for the Indian auto market with Renault, its current alliance partner. The company is reportedly planning to release a small new car in the price bracket of INR 2 to 4 lakhs.

Volkswagen working in a focused manner to increase its domination in the small car market in Asian countries.

Bajaj Auto has reportedly axed their small car ULC project that they were developing for Renault-Nissan.

Terra16HDR is fitted with fuel efficient and powerful Eicher E683 engine coupled with heavy duty ET60 gearbox. Heavy duty 10 bolt rear axle with 440mm dia crown will provide great strength to the tipper and reduces maintenance cost. Terra 16HDR is coming with highest chassis cross-section and rugged suspension in its category to provide support to loaded body in all terrain. Its ergonomically designed day cabin and small turning radius makes a comfortable driving experience to driver to enhance productivity.

Mr. Alan Mulally, Chief Executive Officer and President at Ford Motor Company said that it is a respected figure in the automobile and is credited with scripting the company turnaround story in 2007-2008, ex-Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Officer helped the once bleeding automobile manufacturing company return to profitability.

"Renault has made an impressive entry into the small car segment with its recently launched recording 25,000 bookings within a month of its launch "

Prior to the imminent launch of the Chevrolet Beat diesel in India on July 25th 2011, the small car market usually consisted of petrol engined cars below or on the 1.2 liter mark. The government regulations in 2006 specified that small cars below the 4 meter mark should have 1.2 liter petrol engines and diesel engined cars should have a cubic capacity not exceeding 1.5 liters.

The Cabinet recently announced that they have offered a tax concession of INR 9 crore to Toyota Kirloskar Motors for their small car facility in Bidadi.

A Yeti is a myth, but this baby beast has learned to walk on two. The predecessor of this SUV, Yeti 4X4 was clearly a fun to drive, powerful, small machine. However, the rising fuel costs made it appear like a thirsty monster. How cleverly, Skoda took initiatives to give this myth, a touch of reality.

Volkswagen to launch a TDi version of its famed Beetle small car.

Renault India's manufacturing plant in Chennai for making engines will begin operations by April 2012. These engines are part of the company"s localisation process for their small new hatchback. This car is scheduled to hit Indian markets in January, and is an India specific car, which not be produced in another market.

The auto market in US is flooded with gas guzzling vehicles, especially SUV's; however a new law in the US could help change this situation, also presenting Indian auto manufacturers with an opportunity to present their fuel saving small economical cars.

Mahindra's new Verito could soon be available in two different variants, as the company contemplates expanding their portfolio by this fiscal year end. Pawan Goenka, the president of M&M's Farm Equipment and Automotive Sectors, said that one of the variants will be a completely refreshed variant; the one will be a sub-four meter small car.

Tata Tiago, on the other hand, can be tagged as one of those hatchbacks that marked the existence of Tata Motors in the small passenger car segment. Right from its launch in 2016, the car has been ranking as one of the top cars in the domestic circuit.Ironically, Maruti Suzuki Ignis was initially made in rivalry with the Mahindra KUV100, as they both shared similar physical and mechanical features.