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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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| Ford Motor India has said that it is mulling both petrol and diesel variants for its India small car plan, which it said was on schedule for a 2010 roll out.Read Full News
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| MITSUBISHI MOTORS, leading Japanese car maker, is planning to take a step towards making automobiles eco-friendly. It is going to launch electrically-operated cars in India.Read Full News
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| Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of South Korea's Hyundai Motor Company, is planning to advance the rollout schedule in India for the diesel variant of its new small car, i10, from the earlier deadline of 2010 to end 2008 or early 2009. This will follow the launch of i20 model.Read Full News
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| Japanese car maker Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has decided to manufacture its sports utility vehicle Outlander in India, through its Indian joint venture with Hindustan Motors (HM), a C K Birla Group company. The Indian JV currently manufactures the Lancer range of sedans, sells Montero, a premium segment sedan, and imports completely built SUV Pajero. Read Full News
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| Japanese automobile company Mitsubishi Motors may launch a compact car in the B segment in the country. The car is expected to hit the roads in three years. Mitsubishi Motors, which has a technical tie-up with the CK Birla-promoted Hindustan Motors, sells Pajero SUV and Lancer sedan in India. Read Full News
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| Hindustan Motors-Mitsubishi is planning to launch one model every six months as part of their growth plan. The company which is selling four models, including Pajero, Lancer, Cedia and Montero, will launch another SUV Outlander in August-September. Read Full News
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| Hindustan Motors-Mitsubishi is planning to launch one model every six months as part of their growth plan. The company which is selling four models, including Pajero, Lancer, Cedia and Montero, will launch another SUV Outlander in August-September. Read Full News
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| The Hindustan Motors - Mitubishi Motors joint venture plans to launch a small electric car in the country in the next three years. According to reports, the vehicle will be a rear engine car capable of running up to 180km on a single charge. The environment-friendly, premium small car has already won Best Tech Car Award in Japan recently. Read Full News
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| Japanese automobile company Mitsubishi Motors Corporation will launch one new model in the country every six months. This is in line with the company’s strategy to increase its product portfolio through the launch of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) and cars in coming years. Read Full News
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| Hindustan Motors has said that they are considering plans to launch the environment-friendly electric I-MIEV in the Indian market. Read Full News
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| Recently in Geneva Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, the Japanese collaborator of Hindustan Motors, is looking to expand its presence in the Indian market with a bigger line up of vehicles in the next two years.
The company, which has had a manufacturing collaboration with HM since 1998, and which currently has three models in the market, is also targeting to triple its sales during the next two years from the present 3,000-odd vehicles to about 10,000 units by 2010.Read Full News
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| Struggling Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp (7211.T: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday it would focus on promising new car markets as it seeks growth with the aim of more than doubling net profit in three years.
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| Tata Motors today announced the launch of a new Safari DICOR 2.2 VTT range, powered by a new 2.2 L Direct Injection Common Rail (DICOR) engine. Read Full News
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| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries India Precision Tools Ltd (MHI-IPT), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, Japan, inaugurated their new manufacturing facility at Ranipet, near Chennai, on August 10, 2007. Built with an investment of around Rs 50 crore, the plant effectively doubles MHI-IPT's production capacity in gear cutting tools. Read Full News
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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 launching the new product," company Managing Director and President Arvind Mathew told reporters in New Delhi. Read Full News
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| Japanese car major Mitsubishi Motors has announced their plans to launch their SUV model Outlander in the Indian market later this year.
The company has clarified that they have no plans to enter the Indian compact car market. Rivals like Nissan, Renault, Honda and Toyota have announced their plans to develop products to cater to this segment.Read Full News
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| Hindustan Motors Ltd, (HM) India''s oldest car maker, says it will introduce a new variant of Mitsubishi Motor''s Montero SUV, as well as another vehicle with Mitsubishi, though it did not specify any other details of the proposed other vehicle.Read Full News
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| Diesel seems to be the buzz word in the Indian compact car segment. Ford is now sharpening its weapon to take on the swift diesel and the to-be-launched Getz diesel, reports CNBC-TV18.
Ford's bet in the hatchback segment, Fusion, has not really paid off! Even after a facelift last year, it currrently sells only less than 250 units per month. And to improve that performance, Ford is now set to roll out a diesel Fusion. Read Full News
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| Taking the competition to rival Maruti, Korean carmaker Hyundai is planning a major expansion in the diesel segment, including possibility of manufacturing diesel engines in India in another 2-3 years.
"In another two to three years if our overall diesel car sales volumes touches about 50,000 units then definitely we would make diesel engines in India," Hyundai Motor India Ltd Managing Director H S Lheem said on Friday in New Delhi.Read Full News
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| Hindustan Motors on Friday launched Mitsubishi Motors’ sports utility vehicle ‘Outlander’. The company also announced its plans to launch another vehicle in the next couple of months.
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| A proposal by the joint venture between Tata Motors and Fiat to set up a facility to manufacture the world's most famous small diesel engine — the 1.3 multijet — had been rejected by Japan's largest maker of minicars, Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC).
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