*All new Toyota Corolla coming in the second week of August *Volkswagen Jetta Launched! *All new Honda City to be out in October *New Ford Ikon coming soon! *Fiat 500 Launched!

Archive for May, 2008

HYUNDAI PLANS MEGA SPEND ON GENESIS SEDAN LAUNCH, PRE-ORDERS TOP 700

Posted on May 27th, 2008 by by admin

 
Hyundai is ready to spend close to $80 million on the Genesis launch. For those of you who don’t know, Genesis sedan is Hyundai’s first ever luxury car by which Hyundai wants to take the fight to the mighty Lexus!
The car was revealed in Detroit motor show this year and Hyundai made it amply clear that they want this sedan […]

HYUNDAI TO OFFER OPTIONAL EXTENDED WARRANTY ON ITS CARS

Posted on May 27th, 2008 by by admin

Hyundai Motor Company India has launched two extended warranty schemes which will be available for i10, Verna, Santro, Getz Prime, Accent for a period of 5 years.
Here’s the full press release from the company.
Hyundai launches India’s first ever Optional Extended Warranty scheme 

A 10$ AIR-BAG FOR TATA NANO?

Posted on May 26th, 2008 by by admin

 
Tata has asked the automotive safety component maker Autoliv IFB India to develop a $10 Air bag for the Nano. If delivered this will be the world’s cheapest air bag. Just to give you an idea, the Air bags in other small cars like the Estilo start from $150, the more sophisticated one’s are offcourse […]

FIAT AND CHRYSLER IN CO-OPERATION TALKS

Posted on May 26th, 2008 by by admin

 
Fiat is in talks with its U.S rival Chrysler in recent weeks for co-operation of various forms. Alfa Romeo brand chief Luca de Meo told German magazine WirtschaftsWoche in a story published on Saturday.
Fiat Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said in an interview with the Financial Times at the end of March that his company was already […]

NISSAN LCV’S TO ROLL IN INDIA FROM 2010

Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by by admin

Japanese auto major Nissan will start selling its LCV in the Indian market by 2010. As announced earlier, Nissan will sart selling LCV sales in India and US by 2010″, the company said in a statement. The company also hopes to start selling LCV’s in Russia by september this year, it added.
The company has global ambitions as […]

MAHINDRA CLOSES IN ON KINETIC!

Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by by admin

Mahindra & Mahindra is planning to acquire a 76% stake in two wheeler maker Kinetic Motor Company for an estimated 120 crore rupees, for which it has signed up a term sheet and was doing due dilligence, sources have reported.
The deal could frutify in the next two months. Kinetic Motor’s Managing Director Sulajja Firodia  declined […]

SCOOP: JAGUAR XF-R CAUGHT TESTING!

Posted on May 21st, 2008 by by admin

 
Time has taken a U-turn for Jaguar with company in news for all the right reasons. As if Jaguar-XF wasn’t enough, combining the poise of a Mercedes and fun to drive factor of a BMW, the company is going ahead with XF-R which was caught undergoing testing with subtle body mods sprinkled all over.
Jaguar XF-R Scoop […]

FIAT 500 CABRIOLET CONFIRMED!

Posted on May 20th, 2008 by by admin

 
Fiat has confirmed that they will be making a cabriolet version of it retro small car, the 500. Fiat brand styling director Roberto Giolito reveled that the model is indeed on its way, although no launch date has been announced as yet.
Giolito also revealed that the car will feature a fabric roof instead of a […]

JAGUAR SALES RISE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2 YEARS!

Posted on May 19th, 2008 by by admin

 
Call it beginner luck or whatever, as soon as Ford offloaded the British marque Jaguar, the cat has leaped by posting its first sales increase in the last two years. Europe registered a 69.6% increase in sales in April mainly due to the hotselling XF sedan. The XF sedan has got rave review from the press […]

MOTOGP 2008: LE MANS RESULT, ROSSI EQUALS NIETO’s RECORD

Posted on May 19th, 2008 by by admin

 
The Le Mans circuit saw another brilliant MotoGP race in which The Doctor ‘Rossi’ equalled Angel Nieto’s record of 90 career victories by winning the race. It was an all Yamaha podium finish, with Jorge Lorenzo of FIAT Yamaha coming in second, riding with a broken ankle and other injuries. It was quite a sight […]

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