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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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| The global economic slowdown’s hurting Porsche customers as much as it does others. But, on the positive side, it is stimulating the used car market.Read Full News
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| Porsche India has announced that they would soon launch their own pre-owned car program.
This program is likely to enhance their business in the Indian market as more potential customers would be able to buy their dream Porsche.Read Full News
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| Porsche Cars India, an arm German luxury carmaker Porsche, on Tuesday announced the appointment of Rod Wallace as the company's new Managing Director.Read Full News
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| German luxury car maker Porsche on Tuesday announced plans to expand its presence in India. While its range of luxury cars — the 911 range, the Cayman, the luxury sports utility vehicle (SUVE) Cayenne and the Boxster — will continue to be imported, the company, which inaugurated its $2-million showroom in south Mumbai, will be opening similar exclusive showrooms in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai in 2008. Read Full News
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| Porsches have traditionally been built in Germany but even an exclusive marque like the Stuttgart-based sports carmaker is not immune from the forces of globalization. Read Full News
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| Sports car maker Porsche plans to roll out its Panamera sedan in 2009. The company expects this launch to catapult its sales here from 180 sports cars a year to 700-800. Read Full News
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| German sports car major Porsche on Wednesday rolled out its second generation Cayenne SUV in India at a price range of Rs. 49.30 lakh to Rs. 1.10 crore to help the company achieve a three-fold increase in sales in the next three years. Read Full News
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| The luxury car market seems to have remained unscathed by the financial turmoil with buyers lining up to place orders. Companies such as Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Porsche, Rolls Royce and Bentley have recorded fantastic growth in recent months, especially when the global meltdown has taken a toll on buyi...Read Full News
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| Last Saturday, the R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore unveiled Garuda, its super fuel efficient car! Team Leader Nishant Sarawgi, and members Kayaan, Darshan, Bharat, Jacob, Krishna, Gautham and Rakshit from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore develop...Read Full News
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| Car major BMW India opened its dealership facility, OSL Prestige, on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in Kolkata on Wednesday. The 4,300 square foot showroom, which is the company's first in the eastern region, has the capacity to display five cars.
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| With Maruti Suzuki India lining up shipments of over 4,000 units this month, it is set to breach the half-a-million mark in cumulative exports. The company has cumulatively exported over 4.97 lakh units till last month.
Europe has been a popular destination for Maruti vehicles accounting for 56 per...Read Full News
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| Fiat is planning an aggressive pricing strategy to boost sales in India. And, to keep prices low, it intends to increase local component sourcing. For instance, Grande Punto, to be produced at the Rs 4,000 crore Ranjangaon plant, will have an initial localisation content of 50% but will go up to 90%...Read Full News
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General
Motors (GM) India, a wholly owned subsidiary of US carmaker General
Motors, has set a target of selling 90,000 automobiles in 2008 to capture a bigger market share in the country.
"We have sold
60,000 units in 2007. We plan to increase the production by 30,000
this calendar ...Read Full News
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| Honda Motor Co Ltd (7267.T: Quote, Profile, Research) will invest $255 million in a second Indian plant by end-2009, and plans to bring both a hybrid version of its Civic sedan and the compact Jazz to the fast-growing market.
The Japanese automaker has about 4 percent of Indian car sales, offloadin...Read Full News
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| Honda Motor Co Ltd will invest $255 million in a second Indian plant by end-2009, and plans to bring both a hybrid version of its Civic sedan and the compact Jazz to the fast-growing market.
The Japanese automaker has about 4 percent of Indian car sales, offloading 42,365 in the nine months to Dece...Read Full News
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| Maruti Suzuki India, country's largest carmaker will hike prices of its vehicles across different models between Rs 4,000 and Rs 12,000 next week.
The company, which has started its week-long annual plant shutdown, will announce the quantum of increase in prices when it reopens the plant on Januar...Read Full News
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| Fiat’s hatchback Grande Punto and sedan Linea were expected to be launched in India by mid-2008,said Stefan Ketter, senior vice-president, manufacturing, Fiat Group Automobiles. Both are mid-size cars.
Fiat and Tata Motors, in an industrial joint venture for cars and engines, on Monday formally ...Read Full News
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| Ford India today announced the introduction of the Ikon 2007 sedan that comes packed with plush interiors and stylish exterior enhancements.
The car's ex-showroom price in New Delhi and Hyderabad is Rs 4,75,000 and has a new colour to opt for - 'Jeans Blue.'
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| The small car bandwagon is getting bigger. The latest entrant is the Czech arm of German company Volkswagen AG 9 (VW), Skoda Auto. Skoda plans to launch a new, low-cost small car specifically catering to the South East Asian markets of India and China, and Russia. The vehicle would sell for between...Read Full News
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Following last
year's win of the "Autocar Import Car of the Year" award
for the Audi A6, German premium car manufacturer Audi has repeated
the proud feat and received this year's trophy for the Q7. Audis'
first performance SUV was voted
"Import car of
the Year" at...Read Full News
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