Archive for ‘ Indian Car Market ’

BY Shantonil Nag India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd (IYM) launched the popular sports bike R15 version 2.0 last changes with visual upgrades to change the overall appeal of the machine. The 150cc sport model YZF-R15 has won the India Design Mark (I Mark) award by the India Design Council. The Indian Design Council is affiliated with India’s...

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BY Tushar Kelshikar For the past six years, the Fiat-Tata Motors’ alliance has been aiding the Italian car maker to sustain their business in India. As per their agreement, Fiat has been sharing showroom space with other Tata products. However, this didn’t seem to work for the Italian car maker as sales of their products never really...

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BY Shantonil Nag Volkswagen,the official partners of IPL launched the Vento and Polo in IPL badges with extra features. Now, as the cricket event is coming to an end, the Volkswagen will auction the Vento IPL edition, which was on display at stadiums throughout the tournament and  carries autographs of the captains of all the 9 teams....

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BY Tushar Kelshikar Recently, German car maker Volkswagen put on hold their multi-crore investment plan to setup a new manufacturing unit in Maharashtra. It included setting up a new factory to roll out future Volkswagen products at a cost of Rs 2000 crore. That said, Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat has been heading the campaign to...

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BY Tushar Kelshikar The Renault-Nissan alliance will soon bring an all-new small car aimed at the global markets. Alongside them are Ford who have also adopted a similar approach for the new models. A global product platform has been the tried and tested method of the American car maker and soon Renault-Nissan will join the bandwagon. The...

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BY Shantonil Nag CarZ, India’s the leading brand in multi-brand Car service network raised funding of Series-A totaling $5 million from Indo-US ventures to fund the company’s Indian expansion plan has opened nine world class facilities at Guntur, Khammam, Rajahmundry, Kakinada, Nellore, Nantpur, Tirupati, Vishakapatnam and Vajywada. The company, CarZ, started its services in Hyderabad in 2008 and...

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BY Shantonil Nag India is market where ‘Value for Money’ products steal the show without much effort and in the time when compact MPVs are gaining attention from conscious Indian buyers, Maruti’s Ertiga has silently piled up more than 40,000 bookings against its name. The popularity of Ertiga and with the huge booking tagging its name, Maruti’s...

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BY Shantonil Nag Pune became the second city after Delhi to get an exclusive Fiat Caffe at Koregaon Park. The Italian manufacturer is working hard to make its presence strong in the country after the partnership with Tata Motors. The Caffee is spread over 6,300 sq ft with 70 feet gate. The caffee has been designed with Fiat’s...

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BY Tushar Kelshikar As it turns out, Fiat India and Tata Motors’ marriage did not turn out to a happy one after all. Fiat finally split up with their local partners as the tie-up did not result in any significant rise in the sales of their cars. In fact, both the manufacturer’s cars were being sold under...

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BY Shantonil Nag When the country is ‘high’ on the fever of IPL, we decided do something related to tournament, which is keeping most of the people busy in front of idiot box! Volkswagen Group agreed with IPL to become their official partner for the season 2011 and 2012, which brought Volkswagen Vento and Polo in IPL...

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