DriveInside.com | Saturday October 4, 2008
The liquidity crunch and the September Shraadh season have hit sales across segments. Market leader Maruti Suzuki posted a marginal 2.53 per cent increase in sales to 64,682 units, compared with 63,086 in September last year.
India’s largest car exportor Hyundai Motor India grew by 23.89 per cent totaling to 22,311 units this September as Read More...
DriveInside.com | Tuesday September 2, 2008
The slump in car sales mainly came from rising inflation and interest rates coupled with high fuel prices which continued to dissuade customers from any fresh purchases.
India’s biggest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India reported a 9.2% decline in sales to 59,908 units in August from 65,968 units in the same month last year. The domestic sales dipped Read More...
DriveInside.com | Tuesday September 2, 2008
Czech car maker, Skoda Auto India has sold 1,103 vehicles in August 2008 registering 22.6 per cent growth as compared to 900 units sold in the same month last year.
Out of the total sales, the super hatch Skoda Fabia sold 564 units.
Skoda sells hatchback Fabia, sedan Octavia, Laura and Superb in India. Read More...
DriveInside.com | Tuesday August 26, 2008
Second time in a row, Skoda Auto India topped the customer satisfaction survey in JD Power Asia Pacific 2008 India Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) study.
The study, in its 9th year, surveyed 5,416 new passenger car owners in 20 Indian cities having ownership tenure of two to six months. Forty-one different passenger car brands were assessed in the Read More...
DriveInside.com | Saturday August 16, 2008
Europe’s biggest car maker, Volkswagen Group is evaluating the setting up of a research centre in India. This will be on the lines of the centre already set up in China three years ago, to research accident sites and then incorporate safety features in cars.
According to Mr. Krishna Dhawan, head of technical office, SkodaAuto India every Read More...
DriveInside.com | Saturday August 9, 2008
Czech automaker Skoda India has upgraded the petrol version of its Fabia hatchback for increasing the fuel efficiency and performance of the car.
The company is not calling back, but upgrading the 1200cc and 1400c variants of the Fabia petrol for a "technical upgradation".
Due to inconsistent fuel quality in India, Skoda India has done minor Read More...
DriveInside.com | Saturday August 2, 2008
India’s top three car makers - Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Tata Motors reported a decline in domestic sales in July 2008 as compared to July 2007 while Skoda and General Motors grew during the same period.
Maruti Suzuki India's July domestic sales stood at 52,911 units against 52,839 units in the same month a year-ago, up by 0.1 per cent.
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DriveInside.com | Monday July 28, 2008
Skoda Auto's Indian subsidiary Skoda India announced an increase in prices of all its models. A hike in the range of Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000 would be effective from August 1, Skoda India said is a statement.
Commenting on the hike Skoda India Member of Board of Director for Sales and Marketing Mr. Thomas Kuehl said that the price hike has been Read More...
DriveInside.com | Tuesday July 15, 2008
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...
DriveInside.com | Friday June 13, 2008
The government has imposed an additional excise duty of about Rs. 15,000-20,000 as a specific levy on large cars, MUVs (multi-utility vehicles) and SUVs (sports utility vehicles) produced in India. Excise duty on cars of engine capacity exceeding 1500cc and upto 1,999cc has been increased by Rs 15,000 per unit. Similarly, vehicles having engine Read More...
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DriveInside.com | Wednesday June 4, 2008
Indian car makers saw an increase in the sales of May 2008 as compared to May 2007 despite rising interest rates and anticipated rise in fuel prices.
India’s biggest car manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki saw a rise of 15% in domestic sales to 64,143 units as compared to 55,952 units in May 2007. India’s biggest car exporter, Hyundai recorded a sales Read More...
DriveInside.com | Monday June 2, 2008
Czech auto maker Skoda Auto India sold 1,802 units in May 2008 recording a three digit growth from 810 units in 2007.
Fabia recorded sales of 753 units.
Skoda also sells the sedan range of Octavia, Laura and Superb in India. Read More...
DriveInside.com | Sunday June 1, 2008
Skoda India, a Volkswagen group company recorded sales of 1802 cars in the month of May. The increase is nearly 100 percent as compared to sales in the same period last year. The company sold 753 units of its popular hatchback Fabia which was the reason for the rise in sales. Fabia was launched in January this year. Read More...
DriveInside.com | Saturday May 10, 2008
Auto manufacturer Skoda Auto, part of Volkswagen Group, plans to launch five new cars in India till 2010. The new launches will be in the segments of multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) and the sports utility vehicle (SUV) where currently Skoda has no presence.
Skoda will launch the compact car that will debut next year. The compact car will come in Read More...
DriveInside.com | Saturday May 3, 2008
Skoda India which currently sells luxury sedan Superb will bring its successor, The New Superb, in India in 2009. The New Superb will be launched in Europe in October 2008.
It will come to India as a part of a well thought out strategy of Skoda India who wants to strengthen its standing in the D plus segment which is currently owned by Mercedes Read More...
DriveInside.com | Saturday May 3, 2008
Skoda India, a fully owned subsidiary of ŠkodaAuto a.s. Czech Republic (Volkswagen Group) unveiled the petrol variants of its superhatch Fabia in Mumbai on Friday. The Fabia 1.2 petrol versions is available in Active, Classic and Ambiente variants with price ranging from 4.86 lakhs to 5.80 lakhs.
The new Fabia comes with 1198 cc petrol engine Read More...
DriveInside.com | Saturday May 3, 2008
Skoda India has posted a 81 percent rise in sales in April 2008 as compared to April 2007. Skoda India’s sales rose to 1,814 units from 1,000 units.
The super hatchback Fabia which was launched in Auto Expo sold 834 units.
In 2008, Skoda plans to sell 10,000 units of Fabia and 15,000 units of Octavia, Laura and Superb. Read More...
DriveInside.com | Monday April 21, 2008
A consumer court has directed auto manufacturer Skoda Auto to replace a defective model with a new one or pay Rs 11.13 lakh as refund to the owner.
"Since manufacturer failed to rectify the defect, we direct Skoda Auto to replace the car with a new one of the similar model or in alternative refund the purchase price," Delhi district Consumer Read More...
DriveInside.com | Wednesday March 5, 2008
Good news for all the Palio and Fabia lovers. While Palio Stile goes in for a Rs. 12,000 slash in prices for all the three variants, SL, SLE and SLX, Skoda Fabia becomes cheaper by Rs. 18,000. For Fabia, the reduction in prices holds true for its diesel variants.
The price reduction is a result of the bringing down of the excise duty from 16% Read More...
DriveInside.com | Sunday March 2, 2008
After the reduction on excise duty by the finance minister, Tata and Skoda announced price reduction on their compact cars Indica and Fabia to pass on the benefit to its customers
The prices of Indica models have been reduced in a range of Rs. 8,500 to Rs. 14,600, while prices of the recently launched Indigo CS have been reduced in a range of Read More...