Italian car maker, Fiat has launched its new car 500 in India. 500, created by the Fiat Style Centre is a small 3-door, 355 cm long, 163 cm wide and 149 cm high. Powered with a 1.3 Ltr Multijet engine with 75 bhp of power output at 4000 rpm and a peak torque of 145 nm at 1500 rpm , the 500 ensures the greatest driving pleasure and an Read More...

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Indian electric carmaker, Reva Electric Car Company announced that Mr. R Chandramouli, former senior vice president of TVS Motor Company has joined them as President – Sales and Marketing. Mr. Chandramouli will be responsible for brand building, marketing, sales and distribution for Reva in India and non-European markets. He brings with Read More...

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India's SUV manufacturer, Mahindra & Mahindra said it will introduce the CNG version of its SUV Scorpio and also plans to launch electric vehicles. During the launch of the CNG pick up, Mr, Vivek Nayer, VP (Marketing, Automotive Sector), Mahindra & Mahindra said that the company would also introduce eco-friendly passenger vehicles as the Read More...

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Luxury car maker, BMW plans to bring its hybrid car to India. BMW Senior Vice-President, Asia Pacific (excluding China) and South Africa, Mr. David Panton said in a statement that in the next 18 months the hybrid vehicle from BMW will make its international debut and there is a possibility that it could find its way to India. BMW has had a Read More...

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Auto giant, Volkswagen plans to make a small car based in and for India. This car will be rolled out from in its new facility in Chakan near Pune in 2010. The design would be speacially for India and would be under the Volkswagen brand of cars. It would also have a large content of local components. Volkswagen also plans to bring a Read More...

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Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M Ltd.), market leader in the Large Pickup category, unveiled the environment friendly Bolero Pik-Up Flatbed CNG. This is the first CNG Large Pickup model to be introduced in India and is priced at Rs. 5.42 lacs ex showroom Delhi. “In the recent past we have successfully launched the Alfa Cargo CNG in the small 3 Read More...

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Europe’s largest car maker, Volkswagen launched its new sedan Jetta in India. The Jetta , assembled locally at Volkswagen’s Aurangabad facility, will be available in three variants and two engines — Jetta 1.6L petrol engine with a five-speed manual gearbox, a 1.9L TDI diesel and option of a five-speed manual transmission or a six-speed DSG Read More...

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The Indian subsidary of luxury car maker Porsche, Porsche Cars India has appointed Mr. Rod Wallace as its new Managing Director. Mr. Wallace, with nearly 30 years of experience in the industry, would be responsible for overseeing the company's initiatives and operations in the growing Indian market. Speaking to the press Mr. Wallace that Read More...

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India’s largest car exporter Hyundai launches the i10 Kappa which has a more powerful engine without compromising on the mileage. The in-line, four-cylinder, 1.2 lt engine will deliver greater operating efficiency in terms of fuel consumption and emissions. This engine delivers all time low NVH (Noise, Vibration, Harshness) levels keeping the Read More...

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Europe's biggest car maker, Volkswagen Group India has registered a growth of 69% from January to June 2008 as compared to the same period in 2007. The group sold 10,366 cars under the brands of Skoda, Audi and Volkswagen as compared to 6,131 cars in 2007. Skoda sold 9,665 units while Audi and Volkswagen sold 470 and 340 units respectively. Read More...

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Volkswagen Passenger Cars India has appointed a new managing director – Mr. Makham Dhalivaal who would be replacing Mr. Andreas Prinz and bringing with himself 25 years of automotive experience. Mr. Dhalivaal would be heading sales, after sales and marketing for all locally produced and imported cars Commenting to the press the president and Read More...

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French auto maker, Renault has set up Asia’s first International Logistics Centre near Pune. The centre will source auto components for Nissan, part of Renault group. The automaker aims to source from the globally competitive centre to cater to the cars that roll out from plants in the emerging economies. The company already has 30 Read More...

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Sonalika Group’s company Indian Cars and Motors Limited (ICML) announced that it will invest Rs 700 crore in developing and launching a family of 'World Cars' by 2010 in collaboration with the Italian automobile design house Pininfarina. Speaking to the press Mr. Deepak Mittal, MD – ICML said that they would be launching the world car by 2010 Read More...

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German car maker, Audi India introduced the all new sedan A4. The new car is an entirely new technical concept offering considerable advantages compared to its predecessor. According to Benoit Tiers, Managing Director, Audi India, “The Audi philosophy of ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’, the consistent innovation, has showed the way for the new Read More...

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Luxury car maker, BMW India introduced its diesel variants 520d, 530d and 530d Highline along with the petrol variants – 525i and 530i thereby expanding its 5-series range of cars. The 2008 BMW 5 Series offers powerful and efficient engines along with the latest in innovative safety technology. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Peter Read More...

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Tata Motors introduced a new range of 'Super Milo' bus chassis which delivers superior operating economies, priced at Rs 8.5 lakhs (ex-showroom Delhi).The range comes with an engine warranty of two years or two lakh kilometres (whichever is earlier) and a chasis warranty of 1.5 years or 1.5 lakh kilometres. The chassis will be available in two Read More...

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India’s largest car exporter, Hyundai India announced an Exchange and Upgrade Scheme that allows customers to lower their monthly car-loan payments even as they upgrade to a bigger car. The scheme is targeted at all those users of smaller compacts who would prefer to upgrade to a bigger car but are prevented from doing this by the higher EMI’s of Read More...

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US auto major, General Motors have reduced the prices of its compact car Spark in India approximately by Rs 23,000 for limited period. Spark’s current ex-showroom price (New Delhi) is Rs 2.89 lakhs is reduced to Rs 2.66 lakhs for its base variant. Mr. Ankush Arora, V.P – Marketing for GM India said that the special price is the result of Read More...

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Tata Motors is working on new variants of Nano to overcome high fuel prices and be environmentally friendly. The company’s new plant at Singur in West Bengal was expected to go into operation in the last quarter of this calendar year and the manufacturing facilities would be expanded to meet the demand in the domestic and international markets Read More...

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Indian car manufacturer Tata Motors reported total sales of 47,245 units (including exports) for the month of June 2008 as against 44,317 units in June 2007. They sold 26,797 units of their commercial vehicles in June this year as against 21,417 units in June last year thus registering a growth of 25%. The passenger vehicle business achieved Read More...

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Japanese car maker, Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI) recorded 5.4% increase in sales for the month of June 2008 with 4,748 units as against 4,503 units in June 2007. Honda sold 2,507 units of its sedan City ZX and 1,104 units of its sedan Civic. The SUV CR-V sold 294 units in June 2008. Honda Accord which was launched in May 2008 sold 843 units in Read More...

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Car maker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M) sold a total of 19,371 units (including exports) in June 2008, as against 17,807 units sold in June 2007. The company exported 1192 units in June 2008, as against 1002 units exported in June 2007. In June this year M&M sold 12,662 units of its utility vehicles Scorpio, Bolero and sedan Logan as Read More...

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India's second largest car maker, Hyundai India registered an overall growth of 45.3%, exports growth of 61.7% and growth of 34% in domestic sales during June 2008 as compared to the same period last year. The total sales stood at 40,182 units of which domestic market accounted for 21,881 units, compared to a 16,335 units for the same month Read More...

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Indian car market leader, Maruti Suzuki sold 61,247 units in June 2008 as compared to 59,917 during the same period last year. June 2008 sales include 4,836 units in exports. Maruti sold 5,361 units for its entry level car-800 in June 2008. It aggregrated sales of 37,767 for its Alto, Wagon R, Zen Estilo and Swift, while the sedans DZire and Read More...

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The Indian auto veteran, Mr. BVR Subbu, Hyundai’s former President is planning to set up a chain of car repair and service shops in India under the name of Altius. Altius will sell, refurbish and provide spare parts of high-end luxury cars, heavy commercial vehicles and construction equipment. Altius is a JV with Japanese company Gulliver Read More...

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