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Old 13th September 2006, 08:11   #31
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Don't know why all car makers are making Indian cars look like Inverted Boats,
Honda City ZX, Chevy Aveo and now the baleno
Don't get fooled by the looks ..... ! When you ride on Indian roads, all of
them will behave like true blue boats, right side up, swaying this way and
that, --- like my Baleno does, --- on Bangalore roads !
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yes, you have tata but tata doesn't have c-segment.
If by C-segment you mean entry level three box car then, Tata Indigo/Marina sells more than almost any other car in C-Segment. The only car which sells more than tata in that segment is NHC.
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I meant 5 lakh+ price,

anyways, i always confuse with indian's segmentation.
it's very differrent from international segmentation.
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Old 13th September 2006, 14:48   #34
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I am a bit suspicious about the picture. I have seen it on the print edition and it appears blurred. They just have one picture and that of very poor resolution..

I really wonder where Autocar got the picture from. Cant be a spy pic of a test car, because the car isnt masked at all.
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Old 13th September 2006, 16:08   #35
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Isn't it strange to Maruti provide a car to be Scoop photographed with Suzuki badging prominently showing. If you look closely the bonnet/bumper looks concealed by something, giving the gaping panel gap.

Now Fiat/Tata had also made clear their intentions of a proper C segment car and Fiat Sedici in sedan form is the most near choice. Could this be a Fiat Sedici wearing Suzuki badge?
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well the same thing was shown in wheelspin with credits given to autocar
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Isn't it strange to Maruti provide a car to be Scoop photographed with Suzuki badging prominently showing. If you look closely the bonnet/bumper looks concealed by something, giving the gaping panel gap.

Now Fiat/Tata had also made clear their intentions of a proper C segment car and Fiat Sedici in sedan form is the most near choice. Could this be a Fiat Sedici wearing Suzuki badge?
Its nothing but a FWD Sedci sedan. I think ACI made their own conclusions (as they always do) about this being a Baleno replacement. Dont think Maruti provided anything.

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A bit Fiesty at the back, and that oh-so-ugly front quarter glass. But, new wine preferred anyway to old whine in older bottle
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Hmmm.. so they "borrowed" the pic from a website with giving any credit !! Looks like Autocar guys are googling a lot these days..
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Hmmm.. so they "borrowed" the pic from a website with giving any credit !! Looks like Autocar guys are googling a lot these days..
Aakhir dil hai hindustani. Its not the first time I am seeing this kind of blunder. It usually happens with Indian mags. You can take pics/data from anywhere on net but you should give some courtesy note at least!
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Aakhir dil hai hindustani. Its not the first time I am seeing this kind of blunder. It usually happens with Indian mags. You can take pics/data from anywhere on net but you should give some courtesy note at least!

that hapen in every 3rd world country.
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Thailand's car magazine used to copy my
writing in the internet without giving my credit

what a shame.

i'm feel very sad when i saw that mag.

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Old 14th September 2006, 21:00   #43
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it looks good, except for the gap on the bonet.

but on the whole a very good moredn and sporty looking car..........sure shot hit
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The current Baleno is so much better than this in terms of looks. This is just insane!!!
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Old 14th September 2006, 21:53   #45
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It looks ok to me. If we can accept the shapes of old santro, NHC and Tata Indigo, this looks way better than all of them.
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