Honda launches Jazz Select variant

Honda today added a new variant to its Jazz hatchback. Christened as Jazz select,it comes with new features such as parcel tray,alloy wheels and front mug guard. Jazz select is priced Rs7,21,000 (ex-showroom Delhi) The Jazz comes with a 1.2 Li-VTEC engine in 5-speed manual transmission and it was adjudged as the ‘Car of the …

Suzuki gains upper hand in Maruti stakes

Suzuki Motor Corp gains upper hand in acquring the stake in Maruti Suzuki to 55%, proving the interest of Suzuki’s businessfor its Indian subcontinent. According Indian Stake acquistion rules, if a foreign company wants to increase it’s stake, it can do so by only 5% per year. Also, if the stake hold crosses 55% threshold, …

Bajaj launches new Platina 125cc

After stopping Platina 125cc for a while, Bajaj has re-launched the Platina 125cc in the market. The new Platina 125cc comes with few cosmetic changes as well as a modified powertrain unit. New platina 125cc gets all new body graphics. The new platina 125cc engine develops 8.5PS of peak power at 7000rpm and 10Nm of …

Ford to launch Fiesta small car in India

You read it first at vicky.in After the launch of Figo, Ford might come up with another small car for the Indian market. Ford’s next hatch will be new generation Fiesta hatchback which was just launched in European markets. Ford has already said it would launch a new product every 12 or 18 months. Fiesta …

Ford to launch Figo March 09th

Similar to last year, we are witnessing an avalanche of hatchbacks into Indian market. Following the Volkswagen Polo launch, Ford Figo is all set to hit the market on March 09th. Figo will come in both petrol and diesel variants. Figo is expected to be aggressively priced as Ford has re-used the components and ensured …

Nissan Unveils Micra

Nissan today officially unveiled the Micra at 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The fourth generation Micra gains importance as it will be produced in India and come to sale from May 2010. “Combine 25 years’ experience of designing compact cars for city driving… with a totally new, versatile platform and Nissan production know-how… and the result …

Tata unveils Nano electric

Tata Motors further sweetened its ultra low cost Nano by adding an electric variant. The world’s cheapest car is now environmental friendly. Nano electric is unveiled at Geneva motor show. Mr. Ravi Kant, Vice Chairman, Tata Motors, said, “Electrification will be an integral part of our initiative to launch environment-friendly vehicles. The Indica Vista EV …

Cars to cost more thanks to the budget

The Indian Finance Minister’s budget involving an increase in the excise duty-from 2% to 5%- has made Maruti and Hyundai to effect the rise in their price for cars. The hike may be around Rs25000 with Maruti slating the increase by 2% Hyundai said the rise will be somewhere in the range of Rs6500-Rs25000. Volvo …

Tata Motors may hike prices following excise duty increase

The new budget has made Tata Motors to hike prices- due to increase in excise duties to 10%. This may see the hike in Tata Motors – Rs60000-Rs70000 in heavy vehicles and Rs5000-Rs6000 in smaller vehicles, said its MD for Operations. The company has the practice of passing over the fiscal variations on to the …