Volkswagen and Suzuki are already in the battle at the court. Both the car manufacturers are looking to take the battle to the roads as well with their upcoming cars. Volkswagen and Suzuki are already in the battle at the court. Both the car manufacturers are looking to take the battle to the roads as well with their upcoming cars. Volkswagen has drawn first blood with the launch of its small car slated to be launched in January 2012 auto expo. The car will be called as the Volkswagen Up and will be the new small car from the company in India. The car is expected to come at a price range of Rs 3 to 4 lakh. The car will be cheaper compared to its Polo model. Volkswagen will be looking to lock horns with the Maruti Suzuki's A-Star with this launch. The Volkswagen cousin, Skoda will also be joining the battle with the launch of its own small car called the Skoda Citigo.
In fact both the cars will share the same platform. The Citigo is expected to come at a price tag of Rs 2.5 to 3.5 lakh and will be cheaper compared to the up, which will look to lock horns with the Maruti Alto K10. Meanwhile Suzuki is not sitting idle as well. The company is in talks with Fiat and is planning to come up with a diesel engine car in the next two months. Suzuki has also reached back to its peak production capacity at its Manesar plant. The recent strike caused a huge downfall in production of cars of up to 20,000 units. This clearly impacted its most selling models like the Swift and the Swift Dzire following the recent labor unrest at the plant. Is already available in the United Kingdom in October 2011 and comes in five models. They are the Take up! White. The car is priced at 7,995 pounds for the base level variant which roughly translates to 6 lakhs. The high end variants cost 11,180 pounds which is approximately 8 lakhs. Initially it was speculated that the Citigo, will be the first one to make it to the roads. But later both Volkswagen and Skoda have decided not to have any rift among them and have decided to go ahead with the launch of the Volkswagen up followed by the launch of the Citigo. The Volkswagen Polo for small car is a tough little beast. The car has a modest 59bhp and yet it seems quite refined at almost 4,000rpm on the clock and 70mph. The car easily breaches the top speed of 100mph for the 59bhp version and hits 0-62mph acceleration in 14.4 sec.
The brake is automatically released when the vehicle pulls away, for jolt-free starting. The Auto Hold function furthermore stops the vehicle from rolling forwards or backwards when halted. The Golf Variant also has the Apple CarPlay! It is very useful and making life much easier! With CarPlay from Apple, you can manage selected apps from your iPhone while on the move. The apps can be operated with all the ease that you鈥檒l have come to expect from an iPhone. Phone, news, music - everything just at the touch of a button. And if you choose, you can even operate the system by voice control. For further information please visit the Apple website. You can select these standard apps which are on your iPhone. And it mirrors the map on your phone to the 8-inch display screen directly! I can also play my favourite music from my iPhone directly and select it from the touch-screen. Here are the controls above the driver. Controls for the lights and opening/closing of the panoramic sunroof are all here. Glove compartment in front of the front passenger seat.
It has an Infotainment player which you can insert your CD or SD Card. You can even store things below the front seats as well. Not many cars would have this extra thoughtfulness. This is same for both driver's and front passenger's seat. Spacious rear area and legroom! In fact, I love the colour of the seats.. It does not appear dirty easily too. There's also armrest and cupholders for the rear passengers. A HUGE BOOT SPACE OF 605 LITRES! You can simply put EVERYTHING in! There's a luggage cover as well.. With just a tap at the end of the cover where my hand is.. This is how it will be like after tapping it. The entire cover can be removed to create even more space. By pulling the flap on the right side, you're able to fold down the right seats and create more space for the boot.
