Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) will soon equip the WagonR and the Alto with Bharat Stage-IV compliant K-series engines. The two cars are currently powered by F-series engines, which are not BS-IV compliant. The Bharat Stage IV emission norms will be effective in eleven cities in India starting from April 2010. Both the Alto and [...]

Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) will be launching a new version of its small car, the Zen Estilo, on August 25, 2009. The company will equip all three variants of the car with its 1 litre KB series engine, compliant with Bharat Stage IV norms. The Maruti A-Star too comes fitted with the same engine, [...]

Tata Motors will finally start delivering the first batch of the Tata Nano from Friday, July 17, 2009. Ratan Tata, the company’s Chairman, will personally hand over the keys of the car to its first customer, whose identity is not yet known. Tata Motors had started dispatching the cars to dealers soon after sending allotment [...]

As part of its plan to upgrade all its models, Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) will be bringing out two new versions of India’s highest selling hatchback, the Alto. One of these will be a stripped down variant of the car, intended to give direct competition to Tata’s Nano. The other will be an upmarket [...]

The joint venture between Bajaj Auto and Renault-Nissan to develop an ultra low-cost car has suffered yet another setback. The companies are now having differences over the branding of the car. While an MoU was drawn up by the two companies over an year ago, a formal Joint Venture agreement is yet to be signed. [...]

Tata Motors has received a record 2.03 lakh bookings for its mini car, the Tata Nano. Over 6 lakh booking forms for the car were sold during the booking period, one third of which were converted to actual bookings. 70 per cent of the bookings were made on finance-basis, while the remaining 30 per cent [...]

What happens when you crash a car that weighs 1100 kilos into one that weighs 1500 kilos? The former dies a gruesome death. It took the Washington based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety a series of ‘crash tests’ to figure that out. The institute took three small cars – a Honda Fit, a Toyota Yaris, and a [...]

Tata Motors launched its long-awaited mini hatchback, the Tata Nano, on Monday, the 23rd of March 2009, in Mumbai. The Nano comes with a two-cylinder, 623cc petrol engine and is available in three variants. While the base variant is priced at Rs.1 lakh (ex-showroom), the other two variants, equipped with an AC, power windows and [...]

Bajaj Auto’s Ultra Low Cost (ULC) car project, conceived initially as a joint venture between Bajaj, Nissan and Renault, is still on track. While Bajaj was to hold 50 per cent equity in the project, Renault and Nissan were to hold 25 per cent each. A statement from Bajaj Auto said on Saturday that if [...]

Tata Motors unveiled the European version of the Tata Nano, the Nano Europa, at the 79th Geneva Motor Show yesterday. The European Nano will be equipped with a 3-cylinder all-aluminium multi-point fuel injection (MPFI) engine, 5-speed auto transmission and electric power steering. In India, on the other hand, the Nano will be powered by a 2-cylinder all-aluminium MPFI petrol engine. The bigger and [...]