The wait is over - Suzuki’s new Alto, the A-Star to us, has been launched with an introductory price of Rs 3.47-4.12 lakh. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: A-Star, Alto, hatchback, Maruti A-Star, Maruti Suzuki, small cars, Suzuki Alto
The latest Bentley to sport the ‘T’ legend is the Azure T, whose twin-turbocharged V8 engine produces 500bhp and 1000Nm of torque – an 11 per cent increase in power and a 14 per cent increase in torque over its 450bhp/875Nm Azure. Over 90 per cent of that torque is available between 1800 and 3800rpm. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Azure T, Bentley Azure, Bentley Azure T, Bentley convertible
Force India will use Mercedes-Benz engines and McLaren gearboxes from next season following the confirmation of a new technical partnership. It comes after last week’s news that Ferrari had agreed to end their engine supply deal with the team a year early. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: f1, Force India, formula 1, Formula one, Mallya, McLaren, McLaren Mercedes, Mercedes-Benz
Mahindra & Mahindra is weighing plans to launch its sports utility vehicles Scorpio, Bolero, Xylo and pickup trucks in the Chinese market where its tractors already have a presence through Mahindra China Tractors, a joint venture company between M&M and Jiangling Motors Company. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Bolero, M&M, Mahindra and Mahindra, News, Scorpio
Ford India has unveiled the new Ikon range offering improvements ranging from a new DuraTorq TDCi engine offering better fuel efficiency. The car costs Rs 5.08 lakh, ex-showroom, Mumbai. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Ford Ikon, Ikon, Ikon diesel, Ikon TDCi, TDCi
Audi, the German car manufacturer, has launched the Audi R8 in India priced at Rs 1,17,00,000 (ex-showroom Delhi without C.S.T., transportation, etc.). Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Audi R8, R8, sports car, supercar
The construction of the new Porsche museum at Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart continues. The first twelve exhibition vehicles will be installed soon and the relocation of all 80 exhibits to the new museum will be completed by the end of this week.
Tags: Museum, Porsche museum
Hyundai Motor India Ltd recorded an overall growth of 65.8% over the same month last year. Exports grew by 168.4% while domestic sales grew by 9.9% over October 2007. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: HMIL, Hyundai sales, sales, Sales figures
General Motors India has registered a sales growth of 6% percent in October 2008, compared to the corresponding period last year. It sold 6465 units in October 2008 as against 6139 units during the same period last year. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: GM sales, Oct 08, October, Sales figures
Mahindra Renault Pvt. Ltd. (MRPL) today announced that Mr. Ashish Shah from Mumbai is one of the winners of the ‘Chaabi mein Gaadi’ contest. “We are delighted to present Mr. Ashish Shahwith a New Collection Logan,” said Mr. Nalin Mehta, Chief Executive Officer, Mahindra Renault Pvt Ltd. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Chaabi mein gaadi, contest, Logan, new collection Logan
CarWale.com, India’s leading automotive Internet portal, announces the successful completion of a ‘Series A’ round of financing. The investment was led by Sierra Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm with more than $1.5 billion under management and a successful track record of investing in technology companies in India. This funding will be used to fuel CarWale’s growth strategy including expanding sales distribution, increasing marketing efforts, and continuing investment in product activities. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: business model, funding, growth strategy, investment
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd has announced an increase in the prices of models from its stable. The hike will range from Rs 2000 to Rs 6000. Read the rest of this entry »
SatNav Technologies is now providing GPS navigation software for all Symbian OS mobile devices across the country. Users who purchase the software can install the navigation software on any Symbian OS phone. Read the rest of this entry »
Maruti Suzuki India Limited has registered a Net Sales of Rs. 48,063 million (Net of Excise) during the second quarter (Q2) of fiscal 2008-09. The company had posted Net Sales of Rs. 45,297 million (Net of Excise) over the same period last year. Net sales reflected a growth of 6.1 per cent. Read the rest of this entry »
Today’s Times of India reported ZigWheels as No 2 automotive site of India. The news bit was based upon a recent study by ComScore, Inc. As per the study, ZigWheels has around 3 million page views every month. We had tried to contact ComScore to know who is at the first position. We will update this post as we manage to get the ComScore data. But for the time being, we can safely presume that we are by far India’s number one automotive website. This claim is backed by various traffic monitoring and analyzing entities and web analytical tools. We are publishing this kind of report for the first time and hope that it interests you. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: CarWale.com, competition, ComScore, Google Analytics, Google Trends
Maruti Suzuki India Limited inaugurated its next-generation KB-series engine plant at Gurgaon yesterday. Speaking at the occasion Mr. Shinzo Nakanishi, Managing Director Maruti Suzuki, said, “We are happy to introduce a brand new family of petrol engines for our customers.” Read the rest of this entry »
Hyundai Motor Co. has launched its Genesis Coupe in the Korean market at an event on Jeju Island. The coupe follows the Genesis sports sedan launched earlier this year. Hyundai promises the Genesis to be the most affordable 300-hp sport coupe on the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
General Motors India launched the new Chevrolet Aveo U-VA yesterday as part of General Motors’ centenary year celebrations. Read the rest of this entry »
The i20 is an eagerly-awaited car in the Indian marketplace. It was unveiled recently at the Paris auto show amid much fanfare. The success of Hyundai’s large hatchback, the i30, has people all over the world looking forward to the i20. Here are some facts and figures of the new model. Read the rest of this entry »
Honda Siel Cars India Limited is raising awareness about how environmentally friendly the Civic hybrid is, and they’ve come up with a novel idea. Read the rest of this entry »
