After creating a history of making the cheapest car in the world, Tata Motors has plans to use e-commerce platform to market the car. The company is said to start online bookings for Nano from September. As of now, Tata has no immediate plans to issue new Nano dealership. Instead, its 190-odd ...

On 26 March 2009, General Motors (GM) announced the launch of its minicar Chevrolet Cruze from its Halol plant. According to Karl Slym, President and Managing Director of General Motors India Private Limited, the company would launch Chevrolet Cruze, its new offering in the small ...

Mumbai, the 'Bollywood' city of India, saw the launch of Montero 09 on March 25, 2009. With this, Hindustan Motors and Japan-based Mitsubishi Motors finally unveiled their premium sport utility vehicle (SUV) before the Indian customers. Montero was initially launched by Mitsubishi in the Indian ...

Mercedes-Benz India is entering the used car segment. It is also looking to launch long distance inter-city buses to compete with that of Volvo. Debasish Mitra, head of marketing and sales, Mercedes-Benz India said that, the used car segment is not organised in India and currently dealers out of ...

Kolkata-based Ruia Group is planning to acquire another European rubber sealing systems company, industry and banking sources familiar with the development said on Thursday (19th March). The sources also said that, Ruia Group's chairman Pawan Kumar Ruia is in Europe to ink the deal. Another source, ...

Mercedes-Benz India on Monday (17th March) launched its popular sports utility vehicle (SUV), the M-Class model in Mumbai. The new M-Class is now available in two V6 engine choices: the ML 320 CDI featuring a high-torque diesel engine and the ML 350 powered by a high output petrol engine. The price ...

Global auto major Honda is all set to launch its small car "Jazz" in Indian market very soon, most probably in June this year. The aim of the company behind launching "Jazz" is to cater the need sof the people, who think twice before spending a considerable amount on Honda City. ...

A subsidiary of Volkswagen Group, Czech carmaker SkodaAuto launched an all-new version the "Skoda Superb" in India this week. The new Superb comes at a lowered price of Rs.18.8 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) and is available in only one variant.
 
The refurbished "Skoda Superb" ...

The latest buzz doing the rounds is that the ultra-low-cost car project, announced by Bajaj-Renault-Nissan sometime back, will miss its pre-set deadline i.e. 2011. It is believed that Rajiv Bajaj, Managing Director of Bajaj Auto, is not too happy with the progress so far and has ordered scrapping ...

On Thursday (12th March), Honda Siel Cars India launched the advanced version of its premium sedan Accord, "Accord V6". The new Accord V6 is powered by 3.5-liter i-VTEC engine. The engine of the new Accord variant meets Euro-IV emission levels and is E-10 (10 percent ethanol and 90 ...

Dunlop India is considering a proposal to wind up its closed tyre manufacturing facility at Ambattur in Tamil Nadu and sell the 32 acres of land there, company's Chairman Mr P K Ruia said. According to Mr Ruia, The 700 workers of the Ambattur plant have proposed an early separation through one-time ...

To cut the overhead costs, auto giant General Motors (GM) on Sunday (8th March) announced the freezing of wages and pensions for its Canadian workers until 2012. The decision came after Canadian government made it mandatory for GM to cut costs and wages to be eligible for a bailout package. As per ...

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars showcased its all new experimental car 200EX at Geneva Motor Show. The experimental car has 4 doors and five seats and it will be powered by a new V12 engine. The new 200EX concept car grarbbed all the attention with its dynamic exterior design and size. The exterior ...

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) announced the launch of the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) version of its Innova brand in India on Saturday (28 Feb 2009). With this launch CNG Innova is the first energy efficient multipurpose vehicle in the country. Before such launch Toyota's Innova is available only ...

With a view to roll out its famed classic cars, Mercedes-Benz has inaugurated its first Indian assembly plant at Chakan near Pune on Tuesday (February 24). The Chakan manufacturing facility spreads over an area of 100 acres. According to official statement, the newly inaugurated plant was completed ...

One of the world's luxury car-maker Mercedes-Benz has launched an armour-plated version of the sleek new E-Class saloon. The new E-Class Mercedes-Benz car will minimize the life risk of its rider particularly politicians and captains of industry who are regularly threatened by anti-social ...

Ashok Leyland, the Hinduja Group commercial vehicles maker, is considering the option of setting up its joint venture with Nissan at the Nissan-Renault facility coming up at Oragadam on the outskirts of Chennai.
 
The Chief Financial Officer of Ashok Leyland, Mr. K. Sridharan said that the ...

Korean car brand Hyundai Motors has decided to hike prices of Santro, i10 and Accent models in the range of Rs 3,601 to Rs 14,636, with immediate effect. The recent price hike was due to rise in the prices of input materials and the burden was passed on to the customers.
 
However, the ...

A division of the B K Birla flagship Kesoram Industries Limited, Birla Tyres is likely to stop the operation of its Orissa plant temporarily for the third time from February 16 -28. According to a statement from the company, Birla Tyres decided to close the Orissa operation because the sales of ...

Leading luxury car maker, BMW has unveiled its all new 7 Series in Indian market a few months after its international debut. The new BMW 7 Series was launched at the BMW Studio at Janpath in Delhi. Initially three models of BMW 7 Series viz. 730Ld, 740Li and 750Li will be available in Indian ...

Gujarat Chief Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of a new radial tyre plant of CEAT at Halol on Sunday (25 January 2009). The Rs 700 crores plant is a green field project, located 40km away from Baroda.
 
This plant will provide employment to over 1000 people in the ...

General Motors Corporation India has launched a four-wheel drive, automatic transmission Chevrolet Captiva in New Delhi.
 
The new version brings superlative comfort and ease of driving, combined with unbeatable value; safety, security and luxury to the customers, said Karl Slym, the ...

BMW’s dealerships across India will roll out BMW India’s new BMW 3 Series for the country from January this year.
 
There are some redefined physical contours in the new BMW 3 Series which include a new vehicle front, side view, and rear section. The new BMW 3 Series will be ...

General Motors India launched sports utility vehicle (SUV) Chevrolet Captiva Automatic in Indian market. The SUV which made its debut at the international market in 2008 will be available at a price of Rs 2.03 million. With common rail diesel powertrain, the Captiva Automatic offers superlative ...

Indian bike major Bajaj Auto Ltd is planning to launch a gearless scooter by next year. This information was given to the media by company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr S. Sridhar. He said that, this light sport scooter would be a gearless one. It would have an engine capacity in the ...

One of the leading two-wheeler makers in the country, Bajaj Auto Ltd, on Wednesday (21st January) launched a new bike, the 135cc version of its XCD motorcycle. The new ‘Bajaj XCD 135’ has a 10.5 brake horsepower (bhp) engine. The bike will cost Rs.45, 000 (ex-showroom ...

Leading Italy-based carmaker Fiat has inked a merger pact with US automobile manufacturer Chrysler. In a statement, Chrysler said that the agreement is still at preliminary stage. Although detailed information has not been disclosed yet, but sources said Fiat will receive an initial 35 per cent ...

Italian automaker Fiat is planning to produce a low-cost car for India. The low-cost car may make its debut in Indian market by the year 2012.
 
Talking to media, the Chief Operating Officer, Fiat Group Automobiles International, Mr Silverio Bonfiglioli said that, this low-cost car would be ...

Indian vehicle major Mahindra and Mahindra is going to launch its top-selling Scorpio in the US by the end of the year 2009. As of now Mahindra only sells tractors in the American market. It also has local assembly plants in USA.
 
Mahindra has made the desirable changes in its Scorpio to ...

Leading auto manufacturing company, Fiat India Automobiles (FIA) unveiled its luxury sedan Linea in Indian market. In addition to this, the company also announced to launch its two hatchback models Grande Punto and Bravo in this year. The petrol variants of Linea will be available between Rs. 5.98 ...