One of the most eagerly anticipated vehicles of the year, Kia Sonet, made its global debut on Friday. The Sonet is Kia Motors India's third offering in the country after the Seltos and the Carnival. The youngest member of the compact SUV segment, Kia Sonet will be up against the likes of Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza, Hyundai Venue, and Tata Nexon, with its bookings soon to be opened in India. Watch the video for more.Also Read: Kia Motors completes 1 lakh sales in record time

Sonet will compete in India's fastest growing but highly competitive segment; goes head to head with Maruti Brezza, Hyundai Venue, Tata Nexon and Mahindra XUV3OO

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani on Friday urged the government to take urgent policy measures to make India 2G-free; India's fiscal deficit touched a record $88.5 billion in the April-June quarter, 83.2% of the target for the whole of the current fiscal year, reflecting the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on tax collections and as the government front-loaded its spending; Output of eight core industries contracted by 15 per cent in June on account of decline in production of coal, crude oil, natural gas, steel, cement, and electricity. Watch this and more news on News Blast.

Kia Motors completes 1 lakh sales in record timeKia Motors India on Friday announced that it has crossed the 1 lakh cumulative sales milestone. With this, the Korean auto manufacturer has become the fastest automaker in India to have reached this target. It did so in just 11 months. Kia had debuted in India back in August 2019.Eight core industries' output down for 4th straight month, contracts 15% in JuneOutput of eight core industries contracted by 15 per cent in June on account of decline ...

Most of the credit for this milestone could be given to the Kia Seltos. Within 2 months of its launch, the Kia Seltos had disrupted the B-SUV segment by becoming the highest-selling SUV in the market

Among automakers, Hyundai Motor India led the segment with export of 12,688 units in April-June. However, the company's exports were 74.73 per cent lower as compared with the same period of last fiscal

Hyundai Motor has launched the second-generation version of its best selling SUV Creta at Rs 9.99-17.20 lakh (ex-showroom). Creta has been a runaway success for the company since its launch in July 2015

Kia Sonet was revealed to the world at the Greater Noida Auto Expo 2020. The Kia Sonet is expected to intensify the competition in the compact SUV market segment

With no bonafide SUV in its product pipeline, the sedan City that has been a mainstay for Japanese carmaker Honda in India for well over two decades is crucial for its fortunes

The second-generation Mahindra Thar was planned to be unveiled at the Auto Expo 2020. Now Mahindra has confirmed that the sports utility vehicle (SUV) would be launched in time for the upcoming festive season

Kia had earlier said the company has a long-term commitment to the Indian market and invested USD 1.1 billion in the manufacturing plant at Anantapur

New Verna comes in 11 variants with a starting price of Rs 9.3 lakh that goes up to Rs 15.1 lakh. Sedan is offered with a 1.5 litre petrol, 1.5 litre diesel and a new 1.0 litre turbocharged petrol engine that is already offered with Hyundai's other small sedan Aura and the i10 Nios hatchback

Many companies had decided to phase out diesel variants of their cars from the line-up as the companies thought that upgrading existing models to the stricter emission standards would make the cars too expensive for consumers to buy

The new Hyundai Creta 2020 has received more than 10,000 bookings in just a week

Riding on the success of Carnival MVP and Seltos, Kia has sold 15,664 units in February to become the third-largest carmaker in India

The Hyundai Creta, which is scheduled for a launch on March 17, can now be booked at select Hyundai dealerships

'We do not foresee any problem as of now. We will keep in touch with our suppliers and will inform if there is any issue', a Maruti Suzuki India spokesperson told

The minivan will have features like powered seats with leg support, heating and cooling functions, memory function and fold-out tables

Tata Motors is set to continue its product offensive that also now includes a slew of electric vehicles. It has already launched two new cars - the Altroz premium hatchback and the Nexon EV, this calendar year

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