Car News Wrap (April 07-11): Kia Syros Scores 5 Stars, Dark Editions, SUV Updates, & More
The second week of April roared headlines from essential topics about testing the Kia Syros by Bharat NCAP, making it significant as the first-ever Kia to achieve something of importance. Lifeless mass-market Citroen cars were enjoying their dark spell basked under the new Dark Edition label while rivaling.
Not only that, but the week also saw launches of new variants as well as an improved safety suite on some of the popular cars. Want to know more? Let's hop into the details.
The Kia Syros proved its mettle at Bharat NCAP by achieving a full 5-star safety rating in both the Adult Occupant Protection (AOP) and Child Occupant Protection (COP) tests. This makes it the first-ever made-in-India Kia SUV to score full stars in the indigenous crash test.
Skoda is gearing up to the 2025 Kodiaq for launch and has revealed its bulk of information about the upcoming flagship SUV for our market. For the new Kodiaq variant wise features powertrain color options along with the launch date of the premium 7-seater SUV-touted flagship in-the-making were revealed.
Hyundai offers up the entry-level EX CNG variant of the micro-SUV to make CNG-fueled Exters available to more people. This variant's accessibility is sure to lower the price of a CNG variant in the Exter considerably by a significant margin as it operates with dual cylinders.
New variants were launched for both these compact SUVs, with fare hikes in the hundreds of thousands. Both these Toyota Hyryder and Maruti Grand Vitara were updated-new stuff, to comprise 6 airbags (standard), a power driver's seat, electronic parking brake and rear window sunshades.
After updating the safety suite with 6 airbags (as standard), the Maruti Grand Vitara saw the Maruti Eeco and Maruti Wagon R follow suit.
However, it may be noted that the Eeco cabin has not changed but has a 6-seater configuration instead of the 7-seater MPV. There are no feature modifications or changes in the safety suite of the Wagon R.
Maruti has switched off Ciaz. After being on sale since 2014, this compact sedan was discontinued by Maruti. But a cryptic official statement gives weight to the assumption that the carmaker has plans, something possibly significant, with a very popular nameplate. Can it be brought back? Only time will tell.
It is being some time that the Testing of Kia Carens 2025 has been running in India. Now, there are some dealerships in all parts of India. They have started taking offline bookings for the upcoming MPV. The hint is, of course, towards the imminent launch of the vehicle.
The Hyundai Venue is reportedly due for a generation update this very year, thus, spylenses were recently spotted overseas capturing some test runs of the upcoming sub-4m SUV. The images which feature the Venue in heavy camouflage, showcase some of its new exterior design elements that makes it look more boxier.
A few weeks behind, bookings for the Mahindra BE 6 and XEV 9e opened and courtesy the company, the two electric vehicles delivered together 3000 units. There is also this very interesting revelation from Mahindra that says one of the EVs was undoubtedly popular than the other.
Adding its name to the list of cars that get a black edition, all mass-market Citroen cars, including Citroen Basalt, Aircross, and C3, received the new Dark Edition.
Based on the top-spec ones, all dark editions of all cars have the same all-black inside-out and exterior color. Do you want to have one? Then you have to hurry as they will be produced in a very limited number.
The Tata Curvv will also get a Dark edition, like the main rival of the Citroen Basalt, which was confirmed last week when we spotted it in a dealership. Now, however, the company has teased the Curvv Dark edition officially in its ICE avatar, although it is also expected that the EV will get this special edition.
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