automobiles
TAB Cab’s new Licensed mark–4,000 jobs to cab drivers
By Shivani at 15 March, 2012, 11:02 pm
PR News: SMS Taxi Cabs, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nagpur-based SMS Infrastructure Limited, has been awarded licenses for 4,000 phone fleet taxis by the Government of Maharashtra through a first time tender for phone fleet taxis. Also called TAB Cabs, it was launched in Mumbai on February 3, 2012. This agreement has created a [...]
Read More >>Toyota Etios Liva To Compete Small Car Market
By Robinsh Kumar at 23 June, 2011, 1:56 pm
Indian small car market segment getting hotter after latest launch Toyota Etios Liva and ruling cars will get it as their one of the finest competitor because of it’s model and features in the compelling price range. The Toyota Etios Liva will be on road this 27th June between the price range of Rs.4-5 lakh. [...]
Read More >>Ducati Unveils Diavel In Banglore, To Target Indian Bike Lovers
By Robinsh Kumar at 22 June, 2011, 1:33 pm
Banglore City Showroom : On the occasion of opening fourth showroom of Ducati (Italian Company) in India Mr Mirko Bordinga, Chief Executive Officer, Ducati Asia Pacific launched Diavel a sport model for the high speed bike lovers. Ducati Diavel will cost you over Rs.17 lakh while Diavel Carbon Red is about Rs.22.50 lakh and Ducati’s [...]
Read More >>Volkswagen to Increase Price of Vento Diesel
By Robinsh Kumar at 6 June, 2011, 5:14 pm
One of the leading luxury car maker of the world Volkswagen announced a official price hike from India for it’s Vento diesel variant model by 1st of July 2011. Currently the Volkswagen’s Vento diesel variant is available in price range of Rs.7.99 lakh to Rs.9.24 lakh and company announced that they are going to increase [...]
Read More >>Renault Plans to Launch 4 More Cars On Indian Roads by 2012
By Robinsh Kumar at 4 June, 2011, 3:58 pm
Renault India : Planted in Chennai designing at Mumbai announcing in media that they are planning to launch four more cars on Indian roads by the end of 2012 to compete with SUV segment frontiers like Fortuner, Endevour, Hondo CR-V means they have their designs in process to target the market ranging price under 20 [...]
Read More >>Maruti Suzuki plans to setup a new plant in Gujarat
By Robinsh Kumar at 31 May, 2011, 7:28 pm
Maruti Suzuki in a meeting held with the Gujarat Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, on Tuesday expressed its intention to set up a manufacturing plant in the state having production capacity of 10 lakh units per annum, expandable up to 20 lakh. Managing Director of Maruti Suzuki, Mr Shinzo Nakanishi, and Chairman, Mr R C [...]
Read More >>Tata Motors cuts production of SUVs, cars by 15-20% – To balance the business output
By Robinsh Kumar at 26 April, 2011, 10:27 pm
Auto major Tata Motors has cut down on its sports utility vehicles (SUVs) and car production by 15-20% over March, reported by CNBC-TV18. The production cut in April is aimed at balancing out the company’s increased output in March. “Whatever has been done is part of the usual balancing in production month to month,” stated a Tata [...]
Read More >>Introducing Fiesta Classic In India From Ford
By Robinsh Kumar at 8 April, 2011, 3:29 pm
Ford Motor India on Thursday introduced Fiesta Classic after strengthening its presence in the Indian market with the launch of Figo and Fiesta. Claimed to be an appropriate product for the mid-size segment, Fiesta Classic is targeted at customers in the 30-40 age group. “It is a classic car at an affordable price,” said Managing [...]
Read More >>GM India may fire the striking workers – A warning
By Robinsh Kumar at 26 March, 2011, 1:54 pm
Employees are striking at GM India and this strike is going on because of unfair labour practices and the workers have submitted medical reports of 269 colleagues with back injury to National Human Rights Commission seeking its intervention. But General Motors India is not going to take it seriously in the current news and also [...]
Read More >>CKD bikes price will not get hiked In India : Harley Davidson USA
By Robinsh Kumar at 24 March, 2011, 6:18 pm
Bike maker Harley Davidson today said it will not hike prices of its two models to be assembled in India despite an increase in import duty for completely knocked down (CKD) parts. The company, which is setting up an assembly unit at Bawal in Haryana, said it is evaluating options in the wake of the [...]
Read More >>Tata Motors to increase prices for its cars – Indica, Vista, Sumo, Safari, Aria up by Rs.7,000 to Rs.36,000
By Robinsh Kumar at 18 March, 2011, 10:10 pm
It’s an official announcement from Tata Motors to increase the price range of it’s car segment because of price hike in used materials, they also told that this price hike will exclude the Nano. In a statement from Tata Motors on friday they are forced to increase the price of different cars depend on their [...]
Read More >>Hero Honda working on it’s brand makeover exercises
By Robinsh Kumar at 11 March, 2011, 10:36 am
Now when the Honda and Hero are two other companies to creat their business in the market in competition with other market leaders like Bajaj, TVS and Yamaha it’s very necessary to make it clear that it is not the Hero Honda but something different in the upcoming market by changing some of basics of [...]
Read More >>Maruti Suzuki launches new 1000cc Alto, to take on competitors
By Poonam Singhal at 6 August, 2010, 11:24 am
Maruti Suzuki has launched a new version of Alto, with a more powerful engine compared to its existing model. The new version has a 998cc engine, compared to 800cc earlier. It is suppose to provide the highest fuel efficiency among petrol cars in the A2 segment, 20km per litre. On the exteriors, it has been [...]
Read More >>Deposit rates hiked. Home and auto loans to follow.
By Poonam Singhal at 29 July, 2010, 2:44 pm
On Tuesday, RBI hiked the repo rate by 0.25% and the reverse repo rate by 0.5%. This indicates the onset on high interest regime in the days to come. It indicates that the interest rates on deposits, home loans, auto loans and other loans will go up in the near future. A day after this [...]
Read More >>Tata Nano prices hiked by Rs.6000
By Muruganandham Krishnan at 18 July, 2010, 6:45 am
Tata Motors announced the hike in Tata Nano price by Rs 6,000. This has been done due to the increased input costs. But the carmaker also said that it will retain the rate which has been promised to the first 1 lakh customers of this low-cost small car. Though for the “retainee customers”, who had [...]
Read More >>Nissan Micra : Specs & Prices in India – New entrant in small car segment
By Poonam Singhal at 15 July, 2010, 12:38 pm
New entrant into the highly competitive Indian small car segment is the Japanese car maker Nissan. Nissan has announced the launch of its small car Nissan Micra in the Indian market. Micra will be available in three standard variants priced Rs 3.98 lakh, Rs 4,69,500 and Rs 528,800. Some of the specs & features are: [...]
Read More >>No advance booking for Tata Nano from August 2010 – Thanks to Sanand plant
By Muruganandham Krishnan at 10 June, 2010, 1:57 am
World’s cheapest car, Tata Nano, will be available without advance booking from August this year, a senior company officer said. "From this August or September, customers will be able to walk into our showroom and drive out in a Nano," Manoj Arora, Senior Manager, Tata Motors, told. Arora said that setting up a manufacturing facility [...]
Read More >>Volkswagen to launch Vento in India
By Poonam Singhal at 6 June, 2010, 1:23 pm
Volkswagen is to all set to launch its new sedan model, Volkswagen Vento in India, in autumn this year. The car will be built at Chakan plant, Pune. After the successful launch of Polo, this will be the brand’s second volumn launch. It will be positioned as a premium entry level sedan in the country. [...]
Read More >>GM to launch diesel version of Beat in early 2011
By Muruganandham Krishnan at 5 June, 2010, 11:09 pm
Auto major General Motors India plans to manufacture diesel engine for its Chevrolet Beat at its Talegaon manufacturing facility near Pune, a top company official said. "The one-litre diesel engine will be rolled-out from Talegaon early next year for our small car, Beat," General Motors India Vice-President (Sales, Marketing & Services) Ankush Arora told. The [...]
Read More >>Tata Motors inaugurates Nano factory at Sanand
By Muruganandham Krishnan at 3 June, 2010, 6:50 am
Tata Motors on Wednesday 02-Jun-10 inaugurated the world’s cheapest car, the Nano’s, manufacturing facility here, nearly two years after it was forced to shift the plant out of West Bengal over a land row. The new plant at Sanand was inaugurated by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata, who seven [...]
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