Car ACIndia is known for very hot climate, so other Asian and middle east countries are, and if you are going on a long trip or you have to cover even a short distance but your AC fails to cool down car cabin and your car AC blowing hot air then it’s really frustrating.

Usually it happens due to faulty compressor or gas leakage but Sometimes there is minor issues which can be fixed at home with some DIY.

There are common solutions which don’t even need much knowledge or high efforts to solve it so here are things which can be taken care at home with your spare few minutes check and fix.

Main causes for  AC to not working properly to cool down car’s cabin

There can be so many reasons that your car ac is not working properly and most of the time it happens due to poor maintenance of your AC components.

So most of the time problem is traced by minimal knowledge and efforts so here are main causes to slow your AC cooling

Low refrigerant levels or gas leakage

Refrigerant is commonly called as AC gas which is main reason your car gets cooled during your drive.

This is common issue with some old cars when components are aged and they start giving fault and you can identify the problem by hearing any hissing sound or bubbling sound from AC lines which reduces cooling capacity.

Sometimes you can find some oil stains or wet patches near AC hoses or fittings

Faulty compressor

Compressor is heart of AC system which sends AC gas into whole AC setup and in case of Compressor failure all AC system collapses.

When there is problem with compressor then AC stops working suddenly and then it start working itself. It makes loud clicking noise.

Even when AC is on then it gives cool air and next time hot air so it works intermittently.

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Condenser issues

Condenser is second most important component in AC system after compressor and It is fitted in engine bay near radiator.

Condenser cools down refrigerant to keep cooled airflow in your AC system. If it is clogged with any particle like dirt, leaves or raod debris it will not cool down AC gas which will result in hot air in cabin.

You can see if there is dirt or any damage to condenser which is blocking hoses to work properly. Mostly in this case car temperature improves while driving but when car is idle in traffic it effects cooling level.

Electrical or relay problem

Modern cars are equipped with lots of electronics and each electronic component has its relay so when there is an issue like fused or bad relay then it effects cooling capacity.

When there is an issue with relay then AC doesn’t even start as power supply is not reaching to AC unit especially with fused relay. A bad relay can inconsistent cooling.

If you see dashboard AC light is flickering it can be another sign of bad AC relay.

Cabin air filter blockage

Whenever people go for Servicing their car they pay attention only on regular parts to maintain but they forget that their car has another air filter which exists in the AC system and they don’t ask service center guys to clean or maintain after some specific kms.

Over the time it gets filled with dust, debris which choke its airflow and which results in less cooling or even it doesn’t work.

A clogged air filter blocks the airflow even at maximum fan speed even there can be musty or dusty smell in the cabin after turning on AC and there will be visible dirt when filter is removed.

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Step by step DIY fixes

Here are some small steps which can be taken at home to avoid visiting mechanics or service center which will take a good amount of money for simple work which can be done with less efforts at home.

While washing car ask the washing guy to clean the AC condenser with gentle water spray which will clean all the dirt or debris from condenser and keep it works well.

If you see any flickering in dashboard ac lights or inconsistent AC flow then check relay and fuses you can buy it yourself from spare parts shop and change it at home or keep a spare relay or fuse at home it will be helpful.

With minimal efforts you can clean tye air filter at home or you can replace it if it needs to be replaced. Regular inspection and cleaning increases the efficiency of AC

Always check the refrigerant level if you feel any less performance in your car AC there are pressure gauge which gives accurate reading.

When to visit to a mechanic

There are some issues which can’t be solved by you so you need any mechanic for them as they need professional knowledge and tools.

 

If your car’s AC compressor is noisy or not working properly then you should visit a mechanic or service center as it needs mechanical work to fix this problem.

If there is any hissing sound or stains on ass hoses or wet patches near AC vents then you should visit a mechanic.

If you change fused or relay but problem is still there then you should go to service center as it is a mechanical error which can be fix with professional scanning only.

Even if everything seems good but still AC performance drops suddenly without any visible cause then visit service center for better solution.

Common mistakes to avoid

There are some mistakes which even some mechanics also do so you can avoid it by telling it or you should also known for yourself to avoid doing wrong work on your car

Sometimes mechanics fill refrigerant or AC gas without fixing leakage which resulted in leaking new gas too and problem remains there same. So its better to inspect fault first and repair any leakage before topping up gas.

Sometimes some car owners ignore weak cooling in their car which later leads to big problems which needs more money to fix entire AC system.

Some local mechanics keep some low quality refrigerant or amAC parts which fail in short duration and it can also harm your car AC system so always avoid to save some money on refrigerant or parts.

Don’t relay only on yearly service so always check any fault or basic checks at your home by yourself.

Conclusion

So a car’s AC  is most crucial part in a car especially for hot indian summers so never avoid checking your AC components and functionality.

Ome basic fixes at home can make your car AC long lasting and efficient on cooling and also less load on your fuel consumption.

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The term “facelift” has become the most conversational word in car industry. This is the strategy for uplifting sales on a model or trying to cop up with market trend so customers keep getting new advanced features and design.

There are many cars which were selling average numbers of cars but after getting facelift update their sales skyrocket.

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Renault kwid

Renault kwid was an entry level hatchback which was launched in 2015 and it got its first facelift update in 2019 with 2 varients kwid and kwid climber where Renault replaced its box shaped headlights with split headlamps, new led drls and new grill.

Interior was updated with digital cluster, new infotainment touch screen and new seats.

This facelift update increased kwid sale drastically where it gained 77% hike in sales comparison to its previous year’s sales.

Maruti Suzuki dzire

Maruti launched its iconic hatchback swift in mid 2000s which had a massive sales for Maruti Suzuki. After such success from its hatchback Maruti decided to bring a sedan car where Maruti integrated boot space.

It was a bad move from Maruti Suzuki which ruined shape of a great hatchback even Maruti chose to be creative with its fonts but it didn’t go well.

Then Maruti came with its second update which fixed some things in design line but still it was not more than a modified hatchback car which is converted into a sedan.

Finally Maruti Suzuki came with a new design in 2017 where Maruti improved a lot and now it was close to a proper sedan car.

2017 dzire got lots of exterior changes where it got a wider hexagonal chrome grill, wider and longer body by increasing wheelbase and hight.

A pillers were redesigned to give a sharp look to give a proper sedan look and all these changes increased its sale even if it was already at record numbers of 200000 unites which increased to 225000 units at same year.

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Tata Nexon

Tata launched its compact suv nexon in 2017 and personally I liked its sharp and futuristic design nexon had some quality issues with its first version but Tata improved it in their next facelift version in 2020.

This is the first 5 star rating car with safety features and solved previous issues in its 2020 model

Tata brought its next facelift update in 2023 with new design language and Tata tried tk bring interior quality close to European standard by giving 10 inches touchscreen infotainment system, ventilated seats, wireless charger.

All these facelifts improved sales where 2019 nexon was having 3000 units it increased to 6000 unites in 2020 and with 2023 facelift update it reached 10000 units.

Maruti Suzuki brezza

Maruti brought a practical clean and simple looking c segment suv in 2016 and it had decent sales till Maruti decided to launch its facelift version in 2022. Maruti was doing well since launch of brezza but in 2022 there was so.much competition and every car was getting a facelift so Maruti came with a facelift brezza.

Brezza came with new redesigned access chrome grill new led connected projector headlamps. It’s rear design was having floating roof and taillights were inspired by range rover evoke. 

It’s redesigned version gained 700% sales after 2022 facelift and in first month it received 70000 bookings and sold 15000 units. This facelift made brezza again nunber one compact suv by crossing its rival suvs like nexon, venue.

Honda city

Honda is selling its city in india from early 2000s and it had launched many generation of city so far but it brought a big update in 2020 in its city model.

This 5th generation city was sharp design language to give clean and premium look.

Honda worked well on its design but some people didn’t like its grill as it wasn’t sporty or creative for people but overall sedan was great looking car.

With this new update Honda was selling more than 20000 units which was more than its rival sedans like Verna, rapid and ciaz.

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Maruti Suzuki Baleno

This Maruti Suzuki hatchback was also launched in 2015 with great features in this price segment where Maruti was offering advanced technology apple carplay, uv cut glasses, all led tail light, reverse parking camera.

Maruti Suzuki Baleno was first in the segment to offer these features in hatchback which was making it a premium hatchback.

Design line was smooth and sleek like some European car which was attracting customers for its features and look.

In 2022 Maruti Suzuki decided to give it a facelift update where this car got new front grill, led fog lamps and new design led drls with  extended taillight.

Facelifted Baleno got flat bottum steering wheel and 360 camera which was again segment first.

This facelift update secured 25000 bookings at the launch date and first month booking number went to 50000 which resulted in saying Baleno 20000 units in its first month.

Tata Safari

Tata safari was launched in late 90s and so far it has a big fan base.

In 2021 tata safari brought its facelift version to ignite the suv market first it was about to launch with Tata gravitas name because generally it wasn’t a real facelift of Tata safari but it was replacement of Tata hexa but Tata marketing department gave it safari name to keep the fanfollowing of safari suv.

2021 facelift was decent and coping up with market trend to adapt trending technology but real change was seen in 2023 facelift version.

Tata safari got all new redesigned front facia grill with connected headlamps and taillights with those dark edition 19 inches wheels.

The major change was in its interior where safari which got futuristic steering wheel, ventilated seats JBL sound system and 12 inches touchscreen infotainment system.

These changes brought its sale to 2200 units from 1400 units which was sharp jump of 50% growth in sales.

Hyundai Creta

This compact suv was launched in 2015 a d till 2018 this car established a good name in indian car market. This was already in big numbers of sales without updating anything even Hyundai gave a facelift in 2020 but it didn’t affected its sales much.

Then Hyundai came with another facelift update in 2024 which introduced many new features to this car.

2024 version got new parametric pixel led headlights, new redesigned square cascading grill new led drls connecting with grill. It got connecting rear taillights which has become signature feature for Hyundai now.

Creta got adaptive level 2 ADAS, forward collision warning, lane keep assists, smart cruise control as safety features upgrade.

Kia Seltos

Kia entered in Indian market in 2019 with its premium and attractive feature loaded seltos and it was a hit for new car brand in india.

Kia brought its facelift update in 2023 which was faster than other brands even for a hit model which was already selling big numbers of cars.

Kia was selling its seltos for its bold, sharp and attractive design language but new facelift was even more aggressive and appealing look.

Kia redesigned its tiger nose grill with a new led headlights, rear connected taillights and dual exhaust design

Interior was updated with dual 10 inched curved screen Bose audio system and front ventilated seats which made it segmant first car to provide these features.

All these changes brought its sale to the number of only 3 4% because it was already selling good amount of cars.

Conclusion

After getting facelift update these car models were selling double units per month and it was common that customers always went to experience new technologies to make their driving experience smooth snd rich

Nissan not only built race iconic cars but it also built powerful engine in suv to its sport cars and some others company like Suzuki also used its engine in its off-roader gypsy.

Nissan is known for its skyline GTR, patrol, worldwide and it’s first choice for tuning shops and car enthusiasts to customize it.

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Short history of Nissan

In 1933 a Japanese company tobaka casting where they made a auto devision with the name of Nissan motors, which was formed properly as automobile branch after world war.

From 1950 they started making reliable and affordable cars and till 1960 they were reputed name in car industry.

In 60s nissan started importing their cars in USA and Europe with the name of Datsun which created a history for nissan in automobile field.

In the same time nissan was participating in Japanese race events where they were obtaining lead or 2nd or 3rd position in every car race which started building Nissan’s fan following.

In the 80s and 90s nissan had build some famous and fast cars which captured European and USA customers with their sporty fast cars like GTR etc.

Beginning of the Nissan’s downfall

Nissan was doing everything great but Nissan’s business started facing downfall even if they were in demand in 90s.

It’s true that Nissan attracted customers through its presence in racing world but nissan was involved in racings extremely that it spent most of the money on events and participating and lack of attention on its business.

All of this led to company towards loss and it had 17,02,11,51,000.00 United States Dollar in 1999 and Nissan had to have partnership with Renault with their 36% stake to save it from going to bankrupt.

There are few points which brought downfall on Nissan.

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Cost cutting and no R&D

After getting new CEO nissas focused on major cost cutting and which resulted in lacking research and development on company’s products.

Because of this Nissan’s cars were keeping loosing its iconic badge of performance cars now company shifted to family cars like sedan and vans

and new innovations

Due to cost cutting policies of Nissan there weren’t innovative cars in this brand as it used to be in early year so car enthusiasts started getting away from this brand.

Alliance structure

Nissan has another partners in its share like Mitsubishi and Renault where Renault has more stake in company but still Nissan was more profitable than these other brands.

All this created chaos in board members so there wasn’t progressive partnership due to varying mindset and decisions.

Controversy and arrest of Carlos

In 2018, company’s CEO Carlos ghosn was aarrested in Japan with allegations of hiding own salary and serious charges of  financial misconduct against him.

He was accused of using company’s funds and  adding their personal losses in company’s balancesheet.

Before Carlos ghoul was taken as a hero in Japanese media for recovering a looss making  big company with his dedication strategies and plans by working from morning 7 to evening 11 pm.

Lack of visionary Leadership

After Carlos ghoul arrest Nissan’s leadership was totally wracked so there were no new strategies no clear visionary approach and no strong decisions which resulted it to decreasing even more market share.

Outdated and boring products

In post pandemic Era nissan was totally on Backfoot when other competitors were busy in adopting new market trend and manufacturing their products with new technologies especially in ev sector, nissan wasn’t even updating their existed products from very long time.

There’s even some issues with its models and quality complains were on peak which was making negative impact on Nissan’s customer service experience of people.

Slower actions than rival and even new established car brands

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Overexpension

When Nissan’s sales were on peak in year 2017 then nissan started expansion globally before stabling its growth and profile. Nissan was spending more on expansion without a proper lineup and product.

So in 2020 pandemic, nissan couldn’t handle overexpansion burden and it started scaling down.

And this wasn’t a good sign for a company which started giving competition to brands like honda Toyota etc.

Nissan lost its half value after its profit dragged down 75% with sale from 5.8 million to 4 million and desperate for survival.

Nissan in india

Nissan entered in Indian car market in 2005 with its Teana model through cbu route. Later Nissan’s collaboration with Renault brought well known hatchback cars like Renault kwid, nissan micra in a manufacturing plant in Chennai.

With this joint venture nissan brought very decent products in india like nissan micra, sunny etc which had a great market share with big numbers of sales.

Weak products planning

Nissan failed to plan its products well structurally to launch in india where even dealers couldn’t catch their strategy. It led massive confusion in buyers and dealers

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Less and limited service centers

No doubt Nissan’s products were quality products but it failed to expand its service centers and customer experience with ita services. There was massive issue with spare parts availability which was enough for negative marketing about Nissan’s services.

Under estimating to Indian customers

Where entry level car market was already being dominating by well established car brands Hyundai and Maruti Suzuki, nissan didn’t provide even infotainment system in it dutson go and redigo hatchback even it top varient.

Indian customers were underestimated by nissan which caused failure in Indian operation.

Life cycle management

When Nissan didn’t have much products in indian market, it decided to discontinue well performing products like micra, sunny without launching any successor or any new replacement.

Even terrano was discontinued within few years of its launch even if it was rebadge kf Renault Duster.

Currently there’s only one product of Nissan in Indian market which is nissan magnet and nissan is exporting Nissan magnate outside India from its Indian manufacturing plant.

Conclusion

So nissan is missing its innovative soul in design and if it wants to comeback then nissan should avoid unnecessary coat cutting and bring some new models in market after researching.

I guess you all have watched fast and furious: Tokyo drift and you are all aware of drifting cars on tóge mountains. In fact there wasn’t real tòge mountain pass featured in the movie but mount Fuji road was used as drifting location for the movie scenes.

BMW was never the one who introduced drifting to the world but why the name of drifting culture was linked to it when it’s Japan who gave this racing technique to the world and even on a Japanese car and not on any BMW.

So story behind this mixed confusion is very interesting which started like this so let’s get to know it further.

The introduction of the drifting in a motorsports

It was year 1970 when there was a intense car race event on Fuji speedway and there was a man who was there not just to win that car race but he came there to do something new which wasn’t even thought before by someone else.

It was Kunimitsu Takashi who was a retired bike race who joined car racing after having an accident in a bike race. He already loved speed but he was always into doing something new so he tried it on Fuji speedway race event.

He was in his nissan skyline GTR and he did an experiment with his car, when he approached corner he accelerated his car which resulting his car to slip his rear tires and his car moved to oke direction without loosing any control or dropping speed on the corner. Where other drivers were applying brakes on corner to slow down and to take a turn without loosing control on car.

Audience and present people were shocked to see this all as in prior to this whenever someone’s car used to be oversteer then generally drivers used to be panic because all this used to resulting in spinning the car or dropping off thr track and driver’s elimination from the race.

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So Japanese nissan skyline GTR was the first car to do drift for the first car even if it wasn’t drift friendly car and even for now nissan GTR can’t drift without any tuning.

Car enthusiasts were trying to drift with their nissan GTR but they were unable to do it and “drift king” Keiichi Tsuchiya was one of them. 

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Keiichi Tsuchiya was working in his family metal workshop in his childhood and he used to drive his family car to deliver parts to clients in very young age. In the same race i 1970 Keiichi Tsuchiya saw this drifting and he was so thrilled by this drift that he wanted to own his car so he can practice this art.

He bought his first car nissan skyline GTR canmery which he was racing with and winning so many races. With his consistent winnings local racing team and sponsor kurata jido sa and bando a scai decided to make a deal with him to give him a Toyota A86 if he wins that 1984 championship. And Keiichi Tsuchiya fulfilled his promise and won that car.

Now this car brought a turning point in his career and life where he tunned this car for drifting and also getting support from sponsors and car magazines and tuning shops for parts and maintenance.

In 1987 Keiichi Tsuchiya made a video of him drifting on his A86 and it got viral in car enthusiasts worldwide when internet wasn’t a thing so it was circulated in a video tape which reached in European car guys.

European cars for drift

Germen already having good engineering in cars in mid 80s and they had a decent image in car market so BMW was already aware of drifting but official didn’t want that their car should be linked with this enthusiasm as Mercedes and audi had clean reputation so BMW also wanted tk keep that reputation in car guys.

BMW already had all those qualities in their E30 which are drift friendly in a car but official didn’t want to be associated with a dangerous motosport.

But European car enthusiasts had recognized its ability so now they started drifting with this car and this is how BMW E30 M3 was the BMW’s first car which became a drift king.

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Now European car enthusiasts came to know the potential of their BMW E30 cars which can’t only go fast on straight line but they are capable going sideways on tight corners.

After E30, another model E33 was also famous in drifting guys as these cars were less expensive lightweight and without any tunings and only with just a differential belt they were drifting corners very well.

Now these cars were also popular for thefts as they were increased in numbers of stolen cars where police gave it a slang ‘break my window’.

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After hitting the popularity among drifting still BMW’s official didn’t want to adopt drifting culture as they were still focused on traditional racing only. So their main purpose was to maintain a clean image and not to get known for illegal street races, drifting, smoky burnouts.

Even audi and Mercedes didn’t want their cars to used as street racing or drifting so the Mercedes launched ESP (electronic stability program) in 1995 which was stopping any drift in a car and then audi shifted to Quattro technology which avoid any drift in their cars.

How finally BMW entered in drifting culture

In the starting of 2000s finally drifting was getting recognized by the motorsports and companies were organizing such events officially. Where BMW introduced a safety feature in their cars called DSC ( dynamic stability control) in end of 2001 which used to cut the power if car is about to slide in corners. As BMW didn’t want their cars to be connected with illegal street drifting activities.

But BMW secretly working for drift lovers as their M cars and performance cars still were available with rear wheel drive and mechanical components which were perfect fir drifting.  Even BMW started drifting training in their winter driving school in 2006  where they were teaching drifting. In sweden BMW was teaching to control drifting on ice surfaces to the students.

Finally BMW adopted drifting and accepted it officially in 2011 where BMW launched an ad where BMW M coupe was drifting on a road and this is how BMW openly accepted drifting

Then in his next move BMW blocked an entire roundabout in Capetown where they shot cinematic of drifting on 5 235 coupe were synchronized in drifting act

Now BMW has made its fun to drive tagline a marketing campaign where new BMW’s are launched to be a fun to drive cars and even BMW made a drifting guinis world record on its M5 by drifting it for 24 hours continously where another M5 was refueling it by drifting parallel

When we talk about Chevrolet in India then we don’t remember much models from this brand but still it has a soft corner in Indian car buyers.

Chevrolet’s an American car company which is owned by General Motors group but why this globally successful car got failed in Indian car market.

And why they shut down their business in india and not only single time but this car brand had to close its business in india second time before they left india.

History

Chevrolet introduced some famous and failed products in indian car market during its operation from early 2000s to till 2017 when Chevrolet finally stopped its operation in India.

There were some successful cars in indian market before cruze was launched for example Chevrolet Tavera, beat, spark, aveo and some failed attempt of chevrolet like forestor, sr-v, optra, Captiva.

There was only one car which was launched in india by chevrolet in its last years if operation in india due to poor sales and it was a premium true American suv chevrolet trailblazer which was on sale only for 2 years after its launch in india.

Cruze journey

Cruze is also known as j300 and Chevrolet was already selling this car in Japanese, Australian and new Zealand car market with this name but it wasn’t a proper sedan it was a semi light duty SUV.

but chevrolet didn’t do a proper analysis of indian car market and they launched an underpowered but overpriced car optra which could not impress Indian buyers.

After all of this blunder chevrolet finally launched its iconic best selling car chevrolet cruze which was also known as j300 and this car later earned a historical name as a diesel rocket due to its ergonomically performance.

Updates and upgrades

Initially cruze was launched with 2.0 liter turbocharged diesel engine which produces 150 ps and 320 nm torque which was giving a punchy driving experience at that time which became its usp. Chevrolet introduced only one engine option in india with diesel engine where there was petrol engine launched in us and Europen countries.

First generation (2009)

First generation cruze had some electronics and mechanical issue which resulted in factory recall to so many units to fix it

Common issue which was faced by owner was steering column failure, engine compartment fire risk. But still it was safest sedan with 5 start ncap euro crash test rating.

First major change(2011)

There was second update in cruze after 2 years of its debut in 2011 where cruze got improvements in fit and finish and Chevrolet tried to work on previous issues.

This upgraded version got extra performance with increased power figure from 150 to 166 ps and 380 nm torque which gave it a name diesel rocket it was beast according to that time.

The combination of power and style in affordable price increased its customers which were modifying it to the next level.

After many improvements in this car there were still some reliability issues which raised a question mark who were owning it or planning to buy one.

The main issue with this car was plastic coolant outlet which was causing issues by cracking and then resulting in overhearing which was affecting engine gaskets and cylinder head damage.

Chevrolet didn’t have a big share in indian market so there were limited showrooms and services which were resulting in parts unavailability and making repairing time longer.

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Second generation (2016)

Soon after chevrolet brought second generation in india in 2016 which was later proved a reliable car with lots of improvements in components.

Chevrolet decided to give extra premium look and increased safety features to make ot even more safe by introducing modern features in second generation cruze.

Cruze got this time soft touch interior, touchscreen infotainment system with mylink and ot added 6 airbags for extra safety stability control and advanced abs.

Cruze was still available in only diesel engine which was same as previous one but it was most reliable engine with increased mileage.

Cruze started giving 2 transmission options from 2011 which was manual transmission for base trim LT and both manual and automatic transmission in top varient LTZ.

Manual LT and LTZ were giving approximately 17+ mileage where automatic LTZ was giving 14 kmpl mileage.

Price

Chevrolet did a mistake with price while launching optra in india and it was a overpriced car which caused the failure of the optra so this time Chevrolet was cautious about price bracket.

Finally cruze was launched with price of 12.98 lacs in October 2009 and Chevrolet decided to manufactur cruze in india to reduce the price to save money from import tax.

Now chevrolet was giving competition to brands like Honda ford Suzuki skoda with this reasonable price of cruze by offering more power and features in less price.

Look

This factor also played a crucial role in its popularity in Indian car market. This sedan was giving premium look with sportier and futuristic design.

Large and aggressive front grill was giving a different road presence to this car with premium look and side profile long and sporty with sleek designed door panels and long hood with sharp boot.

Long wheel base, sporty aerodynamics, wide widths all these point were giving it a true American muscle car appearance with rich performance.

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Features

All those features which are standard in 2025, those were given in 2009 in cruze even at that price point such as comfortable leather seats with tremendous comfort to give a tough competition to those recliner sofas at premium hotels.

There was Bluetooth connectivity touchscreen infotainment, rear parking cameras with sensors, rain sensor wipers, keyless entry, cruise control etc.

Central console was inspired by plane cockpit which was giving a unique experience for both driver and passenger.

Success of cruze in indian car market

After offering such tremendous value to the customers in a very affordable price cruze hit a massive success with records sales.

Cruze defeated most selling car honda civic by selling 25% more cars than civic and it was slightly behind from top selling car Toyota corolla by only 200 cars.

Why chevrolet had to close its operation in india despite having such good car?

Chevrolet made a place in indian car market with its famous suv Tavera and then brought iconic hatchback Spark but still Chevrolet didn’t have good reputation in indian customers as it was lacking good cars.

There are some those cars which mostly indian have never heard about as it didn’t compete with other car brands due to poopr reliability or marketing.

When there wasn’t any reliable or value for money chevrolet model then cruze ignited a spark of hope in this company but due to make in India strategy, this car had lots of reliable issues which started shattering customers trust in chevrolet.

When other cars were bringing advanced technology and features in their car, cruze took very long time to upgrade and this car was already facing reliable issues so customers started avoiding this car.

Chevrolet sale was dropping day by day and it was becoming very hard for them to operate their business in india so chevrolet shut their business in india and this most loved car had to stop manufacturing.