Top 5 Car News Of The Week: Renault Triber AMT Spied, Hyundai Aura New Details Revealed, Kia Seltos Prices Revised, And More

Office populations have been known to grow thinner at this time of the year, and ours was no exception. But instead of wallowing alone at home, we should have been at Times Square for the annual ball drop. That’s where Volkswagen bid goodbye to the Beetle nameplate with a tearjerking video called The Last Mile. For more news like this which you may have missed between shopping and eating leftover Christmas cake, read on: 

We Spied A Renault Triber AMT 

A fellow team member spotted this MPV doing the rounds and immediately risked his life to capture in for our readers. An automatic variant will likely benefit the Triber, which already is Renault’s bestselling car in India. To know all about the Triber’s Easy-R AMT automatic, read our story here.  

Hyundai Opened Bookings For Aura

The compact sedan segment is still going strong in India but there were no new cars in the segment in 2019. The Grand i10 Nios-based Aura sedan was unveiled last month, and now we have a launch date. Read all about the Aura’s booking charges and variants in our story.  

Great Wall Motors Tweeted About Its India Debut

We’ll see GWM’s cars at Auto Expo 2020. But which one of the carmaker’s 13 cars will come to India? We got a hint of that in a tweet from the Chinese carmaker. See what we know about GWM and its subsidiaries, Ora and Haval.

Maruti Showed Us The Ignis Facelift

Maruti Suzuki is all set to give the Ignis a mid-life update with a new grill and some redesigned trim and bumpers. While the changes are subtle, they do influence the Ignis’ aesthetic. A BS6 petrol engine means that the Ignis will only lose its diesel arm in the BS6 apocalypse. 

Hyundai Gave The Santro A BS6 Update 

We now know that the Hyundai’s most affordable car in India, the Santro, will get an updated BS6 heart. Expect the car to be launched ahead of the April 1 BS6 deadline. Read our story here for more details. 

Auto Expo Updates 

Read our story here to see the cars we expect to see at the MG pavilion at Auto Expo 2020. Great Wall Motors will be there, too, with a stall full of SUVs and electric cars. Tata Motors will bring a number of much-awaited models to the show. While 2018 was just a prequel for sustainable mobility, the EVs are coming thick and heavy this year. Watch this space to catch up with all our Auto Expo stories of the week.