Big Fight of Small Cars

It is always good to have a family car that costs lessmarket. i10 was the most awarded small car of the
than half the price of Harley Davidson Fat Boy.year 2008, its current price starts from 3.5 lacs and
Fortunately, the fight of small cars is becoming biggerthe superior models can be purchased at a price as
and bigger every day.less as 5 lacs. The most expensive model of this car
In recent times, all motor companies areis Hyundai i10 Asta which costs 5.58 lacs.
concentrating on their small car. India is a hugeHere we come to Hyundai i20. The i20 starts from
market for small cars purchasers. The companies likejust over 5 lacs for its base model. The top model's
Suzuki, Hyundai, Ford, Chevrolet, Skoda, Fiat andprice is higher than 8 lacs. The reason for such high
Honda have launched new small cars in order toprice of these models is that these models are more
compete in the race of small cars. Every car with lessthan 1300 CC.
than 1300 CC gets subsidy by the IndianNow we come to the new product from TATA,
government, so clearly their prices are lesser.which is Indica Vista. Vista is a new car with elegant
We start with Suzuki. Suzuki has recently launchedlooks starting from 3.4 lacs to 5 lacs. After Indica,
two small cars A-star and Ritz. A-start starts fromIndica Vista is becoming a hot car for a certain class
just more than Rs. 3,50,000. The special thing aboutof people in India.
this car is that it's a 998 cc car with three petrolThe General Motors has launched two small cars in
models: Lxi, Vxi and Zxi. It's a good small family car.recent past. These are: Chevrolet Aveo U -VA,
Ritz is the most recent launch of Suzuki, its priceChevrolet Spark. Both of these cars have got good
range is from 0.4 million to 0.55 million. The mostresponse from Indian market. The price range of
important thing of this car is that it is available inSparks is from 3.4 to 4.7 lacs. Sparks is a 995 CC car
diesel and petrol engine both. The petrol models arewith 5 person seating capacity.
1197 CC and the diesel cars are 1248 CC. Its looksChevrolet Aveo U -VA is a nice car available at a
are very beautiful.price just more than 4 lacs for its base model.
Other cars lying in this category from Suzuki are: ZenSkoda and Honda have also launched their small cars
Estilo and Swift. These two are relatively old modelsFabia and Jazz respectively. But these are a little bit
but these are also getting good response. Zen estiloexpensive cars. Jazz starts from 7.5 lacs and Fabia's
starts from just over 3 lacs and 20 thousands.base model costs almost 5 lacs. The superior models
Now we come to Hyundai. Hyundai is a companyof Fabia are available for can be purchased in from 6
which has launched a good number of small cars into 8 lacs.
India, in actual sense Hyundai is the real rivals ofFiat has also joined the fight with their new car Fiat
Maruti Suzuki in the small car fight. They have alreadyGrande Punto. Its starting price is 4.2 lacs and the
launched cars like; Santro, Gets and Santro Xing.higher models are available for 5 to 6.3 lacs.
These were launched against Maruti Zen, Wagon R,People don't purchase cars everyday, so one must
Alto and Swift.check all possibilities before purchasing a car. Soon we
In the recent months Hyundai has launched two smallwill see few more small cars coming to join the race
cars i10 and i20, both of these cars have their ownof small cars which is getting bigger everyday.