Sure, we already know that Mercedes-Benz spends heaps of cash on R&D in the Indian market and that they have still lost out to their fellow German rival (BMW) in the luxury car rat race, but now Mercedes-Benz India is undergoing a huge initiative to take on anyone who enters its segment. According to reports, [...]

Volvo has so far struggled to get a firm hand on the fast accelerating Indian luxury market and their sales were slowly dropping. They were finding stiff competition from the other European brands and it looked like they needed to do something about it. For one, not taking part in the Delhi Auto Expo was [...]

Well, well. It looks like car manufacturers just can’t get enough of ‘the going small’ routine. We have seen this craze with small cars becoming an obsession of sorts with manufacturers from all over the world, but mainly in Europe where strict emission norms are the true cause for the changing trend. But it is [...]

Kotak Securities recently published a report on the Indian automobile sector where they predicted that automotive volume growth will likely remain subdued, increasing 8-12% yoy in FY2013E as they saw no visible triggers for demand to grow at a higher rate than the 10-year CAGR (12-15%). They believe that low GDP growth, likely increase in [...]

There is more happiness being spread around the Indian Motorsport fraternity after it was announced that the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) would host the final round of the 2012 GT1 World Championship. For those of you who are not familiar with the race, it revolves around car manufacturers such as Chevrolet, Maserati, Aston Martin, Ford, [...]

Earlier we had mentioned that Indian consumers seem to be leaning towards bigger cars, and it seems we were quite right, because as of this month the market share for hatch-backs, for the first time ever in the history of Indian automobiles, has lowered below 50 percent. This might come as a surprise to most [...]

When Tata first took over Jaguar Land Rover, we could have sworn that Tata would be smart enough to begin local assembly of their luxury cars, however it has been 3 years now and still we have only now just received word that the plan is in starting phase. And now Mahindra, after taking over [...]

A lot of people were very skeptical about Tata’s takeover of Jaguar Land Rover, but over the years the brands have solidly built up their reputation and have come out with some magnificent cars. But everyone was still concerned weather or not the two luxury brands could hold their ground if their cars were being [...]

Just when we thought India couldn’t get any hotter for the SUV market space, another product is now on the cards for big car lovers. After every major OEM gave us a sneak preview at their new SUV, Chevrolet has finally hopped on the band wagon of big gas guzzling sport vehicles. The new avatar [...]

We all remember the recall fiasco that Japanese manufacturer Toyota had to undergo last year and how it affected their future sales. After being hailed as the number one car manufacturer, the Japanes giant who taught us all about TQM slipped away to the number three position with German giant Volkswagen reigning the new title [...]