Another bombardment of news on our capital occurred when the Supreme Court on Dec, 16th passed the order to ban the registration of diesel cars having an engine capacity of more than 2000 cc in Delhi. The ban will be effective till March 31st. While on one hand the automobile enthusiasts wish they could go on a hibernating mode on the other hand the environment activists feel they can finally strike off one issue from the list.

This christmas won't be much of a merry one for the automobile industry who will get a major blow from this ban. It is said that approximately 12000 cars worth 1000 crores are already lying with the dealers which have a bleak possibility of selling since the demand drops drastically after the order.

Delhi has been one of the core markets for SUV's and Luxury cars. Out of the 38ooo luxury cars sold almost 18% are in Delhi. But at the same time Delhi has also been said to be one of the "Worst Polluted Cities" by World Health Organisation.

From Mahindra to Mercedes, as the press is popularly printing, everyone feels the brunt. In the SUV segment Mahindra, Toyota and Tata face an alarming situation as their famous cars such as XUV 500, Innova, Tavera and like have an engine above 2000 cc capacity.

Not just SUV's but the Big daddies of automobile such as Mercedes, Audi and BMW will also face the consequences. Amongst these the worst hit is going to be Mercedes since almost all its best cars from A Class to GLE all are above 2000 cc capacity.

Here's a compiled list of cars that may be off limits till March 31st:

Audi India

A7 Sportback
A8 50 TDI, 60 TDI<
Q5 30 TDI, 45 TDI
Q7 45 TDI

BMW India

5 series 520d, 530d M Sport
6 series 640d
7 series 730d
X3 sDrive 20d
XDrive 30d
X5 xDrive 30d
X6 xDrive 40d M Sport

General Motors India

Captiva
Trailblazer

Force Motors India

Force One

Ford India

Endeavour

Hyundai Motor

India Santa Fe

Isuzu Motors India

MU-7

Jaguar

XF
XJ

Land Rover India

Discovery 4
Discovery Sport
Range Rover
Range Rover Evoque
Range Rover Sport

Mahindra and Mahindra

Bolero
Getaway
Ssangyong Rexton
Scorpio
Thar
XUV500

Maserati India

Ghibli
Quattroporte

Mercedes Benz India

A Class 200 CDI
B Class 200 CDI
C Class 200 CDI
CLA Class 200 CDI
CLS Class 200 CDI
E Class 250 CDI
GL Class 350 CDI
GLA Class 200 CDI
GLE Class 250 CDI
GLE Class 350 CDI
S Class 350 CDI

Mitsubishi India

Pajero Sport

Porsche India

Cayenne
Macan
Panamera

Tata Motors India

Aria
Movus
Safari
Safari Storme
Sumo Gold
Xenon

Toyota Kirloskar Motors India

Fortuner
Innova
Land Cruiser 200LC
Land Cruiser Prado

Volvo Cars India

S60
S80 D5
XC60

Well this bittersweet moment definitely went trending on twitter and what people had to say conveyed pretty much their sentiments on this order: