24 new cars from around 14 car makers are expected to hit Indian roads in 2008. Most of them will be unveiled during Auto Expo in Jan 2008, and the exact release dates and other details might also be revealed there itself.
It includes Tata's much awaited "One Lakh Car", new model for Indica, Indigo and hopefully the old multi utility vehicle Sumo.
Hyundai will be coming up with "Santa Fe" may be witha different name for an indian version, something similar to its "ix0" series, i10 being a part of that strategy.
Maruti is expected to come up with "Splash", "Swift Sedan" and hopefully "Cervo".
Mahindra is expected to unveil its new MUV "Ingenio" which will be taking on Toyotas Innova head on.
GM is expected to come up with Chevrolet Captiva, that will be a premium SUV and shall be taking on Honda's CRV by neck. The MUV Tavera might also get a facelift.
Fiat to come up with Linea and Punto along with TATA as a joint venture.
The most awaited launch can be of Skoda Fabia, which has been in plans from a long time now, but might be finally hitting the Indian roads in coming year 2008.
Some more luxury cars to be launched include new Skoda Superb, face lifted Octavia sedan, new C-Class from Mercedes Benz, Audi A4 sedan.
Well a lot to watch out for in coming year I guess.
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