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| Honda Siel Cars added another feather in it's cap by lauching India's first hybridcar, that is 47 per cent more fuel efficient than the Honda Civic petrol car. Thecar is powered by a petrol engine and an electic motor. At high speeds, three stageiVTEC IMA petrol engine work while at idling or at traffic signal, the electricmotor works thus preventi... Read Full News
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| To curtail the demand for gas guzzlers, the Government of India has hiked the excise duty on vehicles. The SUVs, luxury cars having the engine capacity 2000cc and above will see increase in price of Rs20,000. The mid size cars having engine capacity ranging between 1500 to 1999cc increases up to RS.15,000.Sales of luxury brands like Audi,Daimler Ch... Read Full News
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| Hyundai Santro admitted as the number one position in compact car segment in the Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) conducted by JD Power Asia Pacific 2008. JD Power Asia-Pacific study is one of the most esteemed and renowned for its total objectivity conducted the test first time in India in various segments of the car like compact cars, premium ... Read Full News
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| There is total confusion across the country on who would bear the higher excise cost imposed on vehicles with higher capacity engines. Earlier, Govt has slapped an additional specific duty of up to Rs 20,000 per car. The cars which are with dealers right now are sent to them earlier before the new excise duty kicked in by the government. But the an... Read Full News
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| Yamaha which is buoyed by the initial response for its latest offering R15 is betting big on the bike. Yamaha has already made 500 registration in chennai within few days of the commercial launch and it hopes to sell 25000 units of R15 before the end of this year.We will start a new era of Yamaha India with this bike," Yamaha India chief executive ... Read Full News
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| Fed up with raising interest rates,spiking fuel prices, here is an announcement from Mr.Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman,Planning Commission you don't want to hear. The planning commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said that people in the upper middle class should be ready to spend more prices to the petrol and diesel, while referring to the... Read Full News
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| Royal Enfield, a division of Eicher motors unveiled its much expected Thunderbird Twinspark model with a Unit Construction Engine (UCE) Unlike the previous generation engines, the new UCE features engine, clutch and gearbox tucked into a single casing, thus making the entire assembly more compact, promoting the fuel efficiency by 10 percent and red... Read Full News
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| Ford has launched a new sports variant of Fiesta called Fiesta S that clocks 0-100 km in 11 seconds and an upgraded SXI variant of the Fiesta featuring new front grille and head lamps. The new Ford Fiesta range is priced from Rs. 6, 29, 000 for petrol variants and from Rs. 7, 10,000 for the turbodiesel models. The Fiesta 1.6 S, available only with... Read Full News
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| Tata's Nano may be the world cheapest car but it seems like buying a nano won't be cheaper. The Nano customers might be treated as a buyer of second-hand car if they are taking a loan to finance the Tato Nano says some leading bankers. The leading auto loan financiers are saying that typical loan applicants for the Tata Nano might be people with lo... Read Full News
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| Hyundai has announced an offer for the buyers of i10 and santro. Hyundai will take care of the increase in petrol price that might happen in next six months.The offer is valid only for buyers who book i10 or santro between June 20th to June 30th 2008.... Read Full News
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| To test their claims, I headed to their factory in Amb, Himachal Pradesh to try out the latest iteration. Sonalika have set up a 24,000 unit a year capacity state-of-the-art plant to manufacture the Rhino, and from first impressions, the facility is right up there, among the best in the country. Really. It is completely dust-free, is superbly equipped and the paintshop is good enough for Tata Motors to despatch a 1,000 of their Ace mini-pickups a month to get painted. Read Full News
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| Adding to the ballooning list of luxury cars that cost millions on Indian roads, Italian sports car maker Lamborghini on Friday rolled out its super luxury hot wheels: 'Gallardo' and 'Murcielago'.
Lamborghini president and CEO Stephan Winkelmann told PTI that the company had already sold six cars in India (two of them delivered) and hoped to finish the year with ten.Read Full News
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| A US based company is developing a vehicle that would require nothing but air to run on the roads, with Tata already buying the rights to make the car for the huge Indian market. According to a report in Environmental News Network (ENN), Zero Pollution Motors is developing a vehicle that can motor a...Read Full News
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| Honda Motors' upcoming plant in Rajasthan will be an export base for certain key engine components, and not a manufacturing hub like some other auto-makers such as Hyundai, Suzuki and Renault have planned. The company has similar bases in other ASEAN countries.
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| Bangalore-based REVA Electric Car Company (RECC), India’s first electric car manufacturer, is organising the first ever “Petrol to Electric Car Exchange Mela” in Bangalore on September 13-14, at its showroom. This will be the first time where customers can actually exchange their petrol cars for a b...Read Full News
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| Just months before the launch of Tata’s small car Nano, auto major Maruti Suzuki organized a rural car fair in Singur smack in the heart of Nano’s national production base.
Well, this is one way for the country's largest carmaker to take on the imminent battle with Tata Motors.
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| India is becoming the small car exports hub for two of India's leading car manufacturers. Hyundai and Maruti Suzuki have already shifted their complete manufacturing bases for their small cars to India.
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| Bangalore-based electric carmaker Reva Electric Car Company is looking at licensing its vehicle technology to other carmakers. One of the largest manufacturers of electric cars in the world, Reva is currently exported to 13 overseas markets in small numbers.
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| Volkswagen Up! shall be available in India by 2010-11. It shall be priced at Rs. 3 lakh and shall announce VW’s foray into the small car segment in India. Volkswagen had announced last year that it was considering manufacturing its small car in India based on New Small Family Car concept.
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| Its virtually luxury on wheels-- a whole new look, redesigned Honda Accord with a larger wheel base and luxury features.
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| Japanese automaker Nissan is planning to launch their large scale Indian operations by launching a compact car based on their Micra model.
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| Japanese automaker Nissan is planning to launch their large scale Indian operations by launching a compact car based on their Micra model.
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| Toyota Motor has announced to build its second auto plant in India with an investment of more than 35 billion yen. The plant will be set up in Bangalore, on the site of Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd, its automobile production base in India.
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| Famous Japanese auto-maker, Nissan, has finally decided to increase its presence in India.
Since other big companies have entered into India earlier, Nissan is now planning to focus on building up a good supply line and a strong customer base for its long term survival.
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| The ‘big daddy' of the automobile industry seems to be finally fuelling up for India. As it wraps up small car plans for the Indian market, the Japanese auto major promised to the Government to make India a base for export of the car to other markets, a development that would sure provide a boost to...Read Full News
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| US based automaker Ford has an opportunity to launch a small car in the Indian market through their collaboration with Mazda. The company is said to be considering plans to import Mazda2 kits from Thailand.
These kits can be imported to India in completely-knocked-down (CKD) kit. Ford could benefit...Read Full News
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| Mahindra and Mahindra, maker of utility vehicles, on Thursday launched its lifestyle Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) - Scorpio Gateway.
Gateway is based on the Scorpio platform and sports a grand deck that can carry various equipment and gear as per an individual's lifestyle needs.
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Bentley has
unveiled the Azure and the Continental GTC in India. They are
manufactured at the UK plant and will be imported through the CBU
(completely built unit) route at a price of Rs 3.8 crore and Rs 2.1
crore respectively (ex-showroom - Delhi). They are available through Delhi based E...Read Full News
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| DaimlerChrysler has said that they are seeing improved sales of their Mercedes Benz branded cars in the Indian market.
The company is now trying to improve their sales by targeting a wider base of aspirational buyers through financing schemes.
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| DaimlerChrysler has said that they are seeing improved sales of their Mercedes Benz branded cars in the Indian market.
The company is now trying to improve their sales by targeting a wider base of aspirational buyers through financing schemes.
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| Carmaker Ford India on Tuesday launched a diesel variant of its premium hatchback Ford Fusion priced at Rs 6.59 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). The new variant would be powered by a 1.4 litre Duratorq engine.
"Our customers were demanding a diesel variant of Fusion. Based on their feedback we are laun...Read Full News
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