Car Prices to Rise in September: Tata and Hyundai Announce Increases
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Two big car companies will make their cars more expensive soon. Tata Motors and Hyundai Motor India will raise prices from September 2026.
Tata makes cars like the Punch and the Harrier. People can still buy these cars at the old price for a short time. After 10 days, the price will go up.
Hyundai will also raise prices. The company will make cars, SUVs, and EVs cost more. Prices will go up by 1 percent.
If you want to buy a new car from these companies, it may be cheaper to buy now. After September, the cars will cost more money.
Vocabulary15 words
- SUV
- a big, strong car
- EV
- a car that uses electricity, not petrol
- price hike
- when something starts to cost more money
- vehicle
- a car, bus, or other thing that moves people
- percent
- a small part of 100
- increase
- to become bigger or more
- model
- one type of car made by a company
- company
- a business that makes or sells things
- buyer
- a person who buys something
- window
- a short time to do something
- cost
- the money you pay for something
- announce
- to tell people about something new
- raise
- to make something higher
- current
- happening now
- market
- the place where people buy and sell things
Quiz
Answer key
1. Tata Motors and Hyundai Motor India 2. September 2026 3. True
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Two big car companies will make their cars more _____ soon. Tata Motors and Hyundai Motor India will raise prices from _____ 2026.
Tata makes cars like the Punch and the _____. People can still buy these cars at the old price for a short time. After 10 _____, the price will go up.
Hyundai will also raise prices. The company will make cars, _____, and _____ cost more. Prices will go up by 1 _____.
If you want to buy a new car from these companies, it may be cheaper to buy _____. After September, the cars will cost more _____.