The Tata Motors has launched the Super Milo range of busses in India. As is apparent from the name itself, the Super Milo buses has been manufactured to deliver superior operating economics. These vehicles are available in two variants – City and Highway and each feature specific parameters ...

The largest commercial vehicle manufacturer in the world Daimler AG has chosen Chennai in India as the venue where, in collaboration with Indian partner Hero, it will initially assemble around 70,000 trucks every year. 

A statement issued by Daimler AG on Monday, July 7, said that the ...

The Hyundai Motor India Ltd has launched its new Exchange And Upgrade Scheme in order to help customers realize their dream of owning a big car. This new Hyundai Exchange And Upgrade Scheme has been conceived for the users of small compact cars and it allows one to reduce his or her monthly loan ...

Wait a few more months if you wish to buy a super luxe sports car as the German premium luxury automobile manufacturer Audi is planning to launch the ‘R8’ in India by this year’s end. 

The R8 is Audi’s newest sports car, which has bagged several awards in Germany and ...

Riding high on the successful launch of its hatchback i10 in India, the Hyundai Company has announced that it is planning to introduce its bigger siblings soon under i-series. Deriving inspiration from the German luxury cars BMW and Mercedes Benz, which as quite popular in the country, Hyundai has ...

Addressing the launch of a new model of Royal Enfield ‘Thunderbird Twinspark’ it’s director RL Ravichandran told media that company has decided to invest 25 crore rupees for the further expansion of production. The director said that after the growth in sales the company is ...

India witnessed the launch of its very first hybrid car, the sedan Civic by Japanese car manufacturer Honda Motor Co on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. The Honda Civic incorporates a petrol engine as well as electric battery and costs Rs 21.5 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). On a completely built unit (CBU), ...

Be ready to shell out Rs 20,000 more incase you are planning to buy an imported luxury car. This is because the Indian government has decided to levy an additional excise duty on fuel guzzling cars produced in India and this rule will also include in its fray all imported luxury cars such as ...

Keeping in mind the sky rocketing fuel prices, the government has decided to put additional excise duty on large cars including sports utility vehicle and multi-utility vehicles. Now for these fuel guzzlers one will have to pay additional excise duty ranging between Rs15,000 to Rs20,000. The new ...

The Hyundai Motors India (HMI), which is the second largest car manufacturer in the country, declared on Monday, 9 June that it is introducing the CNG variant of its mid-size sedan ‘Accent’. It was underscored that the CNG version of Accent will cost Rs 56,500 more than the existing ...

Toyota Motor Corporation is ready to produce hybrid cars in Australia and Thailand amid growing global demand for energy efficient vehicles in the wake of rising fuel prices. Hybrid vehicles, which save on gas by switching between a gasoline engine and electric motor, are growing increasingly ...

Tata Motors has disclosed its plan to bring its JLR brand products to Indian market. Although Tata is busy with its Nano car project, initially it will look for one dealer in each metro city for its JLR brand products. The process of statutory approval is yet not complete but company is hopeful of ...

The Maruti Suzuki Company, which fulfilled the Indian dream of owning a car with the introduction of its M800 almost 25 years back, is readying to soon launch an LPG variant of the model. Vendor sources divulge that it is in the coming week that the Maruti Suzuki will introduce the LPG variant of ...

Germany based BMW group is now looking at the Indian market for sourcing of automotive components, IT software to develop its future technologies and engineering services. Herbert Diess, BMW board member revealed to the press on Friday that India is an important market for the BMW group and they ...

Ashok Leyland and Japan’s Nissan motor company on Monday, May 26, 2008 three joint ventures to develop, manufacture and sell light commercial vehicles (LCV) and power trains. The Hinduja group flagship Ashok Leyland and Nissan formalized their agreement in a joint investment of about $575 ...

Japanese firm, Koito Manufacturing Co will be the one which will design lights for ultra-low cost cars including the one lakh Tata Nano car. Koito is the world’s biggest manufacturer of headlamps and is the maker of headlamps for Lexus brand cars. The company’s President Masahiro Ohtake ...

The third biggest automaker of Japan, Nissan Motor Co. has entered into an alliance with NEC Corp. to set up a factory that will make lithium-ion batteries in Japan. These batteries will be used in electric and gasoline-electric hybrid cars. In a joint statement issued recently, these two companies ...

The Italian luxury sports car maker, Ferrari is going to unveil its new car named California at the Paris Autoshow in October. This will be Ferrari’s first convertible with a retractable hard top. The leading sports car maker of Formula One fame has, however, divulged very few details about ...

Just a day after Nissan announced its collaboration with Bajaj for manufacturing a low cost $2500, it has said that it is also planning to go solo and launch an entry level car in India by 2010. This car, it said, will have 90 per cent localization and will be competitively priced. Carlos Ghosn, ...

After Tata, its official that Bajaj Auto Ltd. and Renault-Nissan, which is the world's fourth largest car maker, will build a $2,500 (Rs.1 lakh) car in India to challenge Tata Motor's Nano. The car is codenamed ULC, short for Ultra Low-Cost and will officially go on sale in the year 2011. However, ...

Renault-Nissan and Bajaj Auto said on Monday, May 12, 2008, that they will soon join hands to develop, produce and market small scale car, code named Ultra Low Cost (ULC). The car's base variant will be priced at $2500. The new joint venture (JV) company will be possesses 50% by Bajaj Auto, 25% by ...

Czech automobile manufacturer Skoda is all set to make five fresh launches in India next year, which will also include its much-touted global small car. With these launches, Skoda plans to foray into newer segments like multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) and the sports utility vehicle (SUV). Thomas Kuehl, ...

The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers has revealed that the industry has witnessed a spurt of 9.8 percent in sales of both commercial as well as private vehicles. Asia’s third largest vehicle market, India saw a boost in auto sales owing to start of the wedding season and harvest ...

According to Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, Nissan plans to launch a small car with a price tag of just under $3000. He said that if a manufacturer wants to be serious in India, then the price should not cross the $3000 mark. Nissan will now be in competition to the bottom prices with the likes of Indian ...

April 2008 ended on a high note for the automobile industry of the country. The industry witnessed a high growth rate in their sales after few months of decline. This has brought some relief to the automobile industry as they are facing problems of high interest rate and slow down in retail ...

The Hero Honda Company of India and Daimler of Germany on Monday 21 April declared that both will jointly invest Rs 4,400 Crore to manufacture light medium as well as heavy duty commercial vehicles in India. This investment will take place over a course of ensuing five years. The two companies have ...

German automobile giant, BMW has decided that it is not going to launch its premium small car Mini in India in 2009. BMW India President Peter Kronschnabl said that the Indian market is not viable for launching the car. However he also said that it doesn\'t mean that they have abandoned their plans ...

Lovers of SUV have something to cheer about. By the end of the year 2008 Mitsubishi is going to launch its premium SUV, Outlander. Mitsubishi is planning to launch the CNG version in Cedia variant while the LPG version is already available in the market.
 
Meanwhile YVS Vijaya Kumar, the ...

Toyota is planning to launch small cars in India by 2010-11. It is also planning to make India the export hub of small cars. The most successful car of Toyota in India is the Innova. Toyota however said that its small car will have all the safety measures and will have the required brand ...

TVS recently announced the launch of ‘Scooty Teenz Electric’, an eco-friendly scooter in Karnataka. The state of Karnataka and the surrounding region have been witnessing a tremendous rise in the use of two-wheeler vehicle by the women population. Mr. Srinivasan, General Manager (Sales) ...