5 Limited Editions Cars & SUVs on Offer This Festive Season

Maruti Suzuki Ertiga Paseo

Price: 5.99 Lakh to 8.72 Lakh (Ex-Showroom)

A festive offer without the country’s largest car maker is not at all

acceptable and that’s what Maruti means to its customers. Although Maruti

has this practice of offering special editions throughout the year in its wide

network of outlets, festive season makes it even more special as the car

maker bestows its huge customer base with plenty of discounts making it

value for money buy.

Going by that this festive season Maruti has launched the Ertiga Paseo

Edition. This limited edition Ertiga is loaded with features which you usually

don’t find it on normal trims. The special edition features a cool/warm box,

digital tyre inflator, new seat covers, cushions, leather steering cover, high

speed USB charger, hands free Bluetooth kit, metal scuff plates, designer

mats and ambient mood lights. On the outside the car is equipped with roof

spoiler, rear parking sensors with display and special body graphics are the

other changes. The MPV’s special edition model is available in superior

white and silky silver colors but the engines and gearboxes remain

unchanged.

Renault Duster Explore Edition

Price: 9.99 Lakh & 11.10 Lakh (Ex-Showroom)

The Duster has gone through lot of tweaks since its launch in India and by

far you can say this Explore limited Edition from Renault is the sportier

looking one than the regular model. Since its said to be sold in limited

numbers, let’s look at what the company is offering with this edition.

This limited edition will be available in two diesel variants - 85PS RXL and

110 PS RXL at 9.99 lakh and 11.10 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) respectively.

On the outside, the car gets dark chrome front grille, a skid plate, new

racing stripes, a bull bar with driving lights, and a chorme finished tail-gate

with Duster engraved on the top. On the inside, the seats get dual tone

upholstery, the steering wheel gets leather wrapped while orange and satin

inserts come on the dashboard, instrument cluster, center console and door

panels making it more sportier.

Skoda Rapid Anniversary Edition

Price: 6.99 Lakh (Ex-Showroom)

Packed with power and distinctive elegance, SKODA has launched yet

another edition but this time it’s the Rapid Anniversary Edition which is a

thrill to observe as it is to drive. This newly launched edition especially for

the festive season comes with elegant changes on the inside and outside of

the car which is not available on the normal trims.  The edition has chiseled

curves and moulded body lines that blend in effortlessly with black design

elements along with new decals and a contrast black paint job on the roof

making the SKODA Rapid gracious. On the inside, wood trim and twin

airbags are now standard.

Along with the above features, the Elegance Plus variant gets a TrackPro car

tracking system, which will allow the owner of the car to configure many

details even when the system is disconnected or reconnected.

BANGALORE: Low budget sedans have been a great success in Indian

market and to capitalize the sales this segment offers Ford India is all set to

launch its most awaited sedan the Ford Figo Aspire. With this thorough

outbreak the company is also planning to launch two more cars by the end

of 2015 to rev up the sales in India, reports ONCARS.

Although Fiesta bought in some huge sales figures for Ford it has drastically

reduced due to tough competition from its rivals. However, the new Figo

Aspire is set to replace Fiesta and rival against the likes of the Tata Zest,

Maruti Swift Dzire, Hyundai Xcent and the Honda Amaze in the list of highly

competitive compact sedans.

Variants

The Ford Figo Aspire will be available in four variants—Ambiente, Trend,

Titanium and Titanium+ and will be offered with three engine options that

include 1.2-litre Ti-VCT petrol, a 1.5-litre Ti-VCT petrol and a 1.5-litre TDCi

diesel.

The 1.2-litre Ti-VCT petrol will churn out 88bhp of power and 112Nm of

torque, whereas the 1.5-litre TDCI diesel will power out 99bhp and 215Nm

of torque. Both the engines are mated to a five-speed manual transmissions.

There is also a six-speed dual clutch automatic on offer. This gearbox comes

mated to a stronger 1.5-litre Ti-VCT petrol engine that produces 110bhp and

136Nm of torque.

Specs and Features

Aside from the engine trims, the new Aspire is set to come loaded with lot of

features that include Bluetooth telephony, integrated infotainment system,

steering mounted phone and audio controls, automatic climate control and

height adjustable seats. On the safety front all the models will get standard

ABS and two airbags, whereas the top-end variant will come with a

staggering six airbags.

Expected Mileage Of Figo Aspire

25.83 Kmpl for the 1.5-liter diesel version

18.2 Kmpl for the 1.2-litre Ti-VCT petrol and 17.2 Kmpl for 1.5-litre Ti-VCT

petrol versions

Prices

The new Figo Aspire is priced in the range of 4.89 lakh to 7.79 lakh (Ex-

Showroom) although the bookings has already been commenced at a token

amount of 30,000

Colour Options

Ruby Red, Sparkling Gold, Oxford White, Deep Impact Blue, Tuxedo Black,

Ingot Silver and Smoke Grey

Volkswagen Polo

Price: 6.80 lakh to 8.6 Lakh (Ex-Showroom)

The German car maker has certainly surprised its rival car makers with this

move to add some major features to its most successful hatchback the ‘Polo’.

On what could be a game changer, this update comes just before the festive

season and that certainly makes it clear that VW India is planning to make

the most of the festive season to drive sales.

Coming to what the car maker has added, the 2015 Polo gets, All New turn

LED indicators/blinkers on ORVMs (TL, CL, HL), All New electrically

foldable ORVMs (HL only), All New Cooled glove box (CL, HL), All New

Cruise Control 1st in the premium hatchback segment (HL only).

All the above features is offered in the 2015 refreshed model at difference of

12,000, which looks to be a smartly worked out price, which none of its

rivals have offered till date.

Maruti Suzuki Swift SP Limited Edition

Price: 5.15 lakh to 6.20 lakh (Ex-Showroom)

Swift without a festive offer is unthinkable of and that’s the reason Maruti is

introducing a limited edition dubbed as the SP. This offering will target the

basic variants of the models like the LXi and LDi which is not making

enough sales for the car maker.

This edition will feature new wheel covers, fog lamps, blacked out A-pillar,

body colored wing mirrors and an ‘SP’ badge on the driver’s door. Changes

are more inclusive on the inside as the car gets a 4-speaker audio system

with Bluetooth, reverse parking sensors, SP branded cushions with memory

foam, new seat fabric, a leather steering wheel cover, power assist for all

four windows, central locking with keyless entry and 60:40 rear split. What

makes it more interesting is that all the above features will be offered at a

reasonable price of 5.15 lakh rupees (ex-Showroom) for the LXi and 6.20

Lakh (ex-Showroom) for the LDi variant.