Festive bang begins

The first ones off the block to offer freebies and discounts to car buyers are Maruti, Hyundai and GM India. While MUL is giving away the Zen and the WagonR with goodies worth Rs. 28,900 and Rs. 26,500 on the house (the offer stands for all cars booked on or before the 15th of this month), Hyundai is rounding off the package on the Santro Xing for a tempting Rs. 3 Lakhs (ex-showroom), valid till tomorrow only. And in the C segment, it's the Opel Corsa Elite, a 200-numbers-only edition of the Opel Corsa 1.4 Gsi that's up for grabs at about Rs. 5.3 lakhs.