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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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| General Motors (GM) India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of US carmaker General Motors Corp, Thursday launched a new Chevrolet model here.“The new Chevrolet U-VA brings superlative value and additional safety, security and luxury to our customers,” said GM India vice president P. Balendran at the launch.Read Full News
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Chevrolet
Aveo U-VA, a premium hatchback from General Motors is a combination
of modern Italian design, generous list of features and roomy
interiors. It’s stylish and incredibly spacious five-door set a new
benchmark in its segment in terms of product attributes.With
a class-leading wheelbase and overall length, the Aveo U-VA is
incredibly spacious. It can seat five adults comfortably thanks to
its generous legroom and shoulder room. There are plenty of storage
locations in the cabin such as cup holders in the front centre
console that are flexible and can take cups of various sizes, a cup
holder towards the rear of the floor console for rear occupants, dual
storage areas on the instrument panel, a deposit box in the centre
console and a ticket clip in the driver's sun visor. Its relatively
low height of 1,495 mm underlines the dynamism of this new vehicle, a
characteristic that is also expressed in its sporty design.
Circular-theme tail lamps with jeweled elements complete the sporty
look.
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General
Motors India is looking at selling 1,000 units of Chevrolet Captiva
by end of this year, its top official said. "The total domestic
SUV market as on today is 7,000 units. We are looking at selling
1,000 units of Chevrolet Captiva by end of 2008, taking the SUV
market to 8,000 units", Karl Slym told reporters on the
sidelines of the launch of Chevrolet Captiva premium Sport Utility
Vehicle here today. The SUV market is likely to go up
to 25,000 units by 2012, he said.
"GM India achieved an overall sales turnover of 60,000 units
in 2007 as against 35,000 units in 2006, registering a growth of 68
per cent when the industry growth stood at 14 per cent. We are eyeing
a turnover of 90,000 units by end of this calendar year", Slym
said.
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| Car maker Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) today reported a 9.90 per cent rise in domestic passenger car sales during October 2008, at 20,009 units, against 18,207 units in the corresponding month of 2007.
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| Giancarlo Fisichella failed to set up a time in the first qualifying session, while his team-mate Adrian Sutil could only manage to complete 10 laps as the Force India duo will now start from the back of the grid in the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix here on Sunday.
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| General Motors, the fifth largest car manufacturer by the number of cars sold in the country, today announced plans to hive off its marketing and sales activities into a separate company. The new company — called GM (India) Marketing — will oversee sales and distribution of the company’s Chevrolet b...Read Full News
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| CZECH CAR manufacturer, Skoda is prepared to introduce its brand-new low price car. This elite car would be priced below Rs 10 lakh and will introduce its low-emission environmental-friendly ’Greenline’ Fabia series, which at present is being sold mainly in the European markets.
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| CZECH CAR manufacturer, Skoda is prepared to introduce its brand-new low price car. This elite car would be priced below Rs 10 lakh and will introduce its low-emission environmental-friendly ’Greenline’ Fabia series, which at present is being sold mainly in the European markets.
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| Volkswagen, the biggest European car maker, is aiming to bag 10 percent of India's burgeoning market within five years, a director said Monday in the business daily Handelsblatt.
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| When Tata Motors (TAMO.BO: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) (TTM.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), India's top bus and truck and former locomotive maker, unveiled its first car, the Indica hatchback, 10 years ago, a chorus of detractors said they could not pull off the transition.
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| Skoda India said the company is increasing price by Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000 across all the models effective from August 1.
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| Hyundai Motor Company plans to start retail sales of its first LPG-electric hybrid vehicle this month.
Barely 10 day ago the auto maker had announced plans to introduce hybrid alternate fuels variants of Accent, Sonata and Avante sedans in Korea and later introduce them in India.
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| Volkswagen, Europe's biggest car maker, has sold around 10,650 passenger cars in the first half of this calendar year in the country, and expects to close the year with a sale of 20,000 units.
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| Luxury car maker, Mercedes-Benz India will launch two new variants of its E-Class model. The new models, E 230 and E 220 CDI, will boost the sales of the popular E-Class in India, which has already sold more than 10,000 units in the country since its introduction in 1995.
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| Europe's biggest carmaker Volkswagen is intensifying efforts to rapidly expand in India, including increasing the number of models and dealerships, as the group eyes an overall market share of 10 per cent in the next five to six years.
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| Domestic passenger car sales rose by 14.26 per cent in May to 1,10,743 units from 96,923 units in the same month last year.
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| Considering the boom in the luxury car segment in the country, German car maker Audi today said it expects to sell 1,200 units in India by the year-end.The company is also ready to start assembling its, yet to be launched, A4 variant in the country with an investment of 10 million euros.
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| Aiming to produce 1.5 million cars with 10 years, Czech car manufacturer Skoda Auto said April 16 it would more than double its production. "Skoda Auto plans to produce 1.0 million cars by 2012 and, on condition that the world boom continues, we could reach 1.5 million cars in 2018," the ...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 cur...Read Full News
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| Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI has set a sales target of 10 lakh units for the next financial year. What is more unique is that 70 per cent out of these will be automatic scooters in which the company has made its presence felt. The 100 per cent two-wheeler subsidiary of Honda Motor Compan...Read Full News
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To leverage the growth happening in
the luxury car segment in India, Germany luxury car maker Audi is
planning to focus on enhancing the dealership network, investing more
on training the workforce, improve the range of products besides
working on the local assembly line in Aurangabad which ...Read Full News
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