Volvo launches XC90 R-Design in India

The news that India is a ‘developing’ nation is becoming evident in more ways than one. What else can one say when any product which took nearly 2 to 3 years to appear in India is now available in under a month. The Swedish automobile giant, Volvo has also started understanding this and what a …

Mahindra Scorpio automatic

Mahindra will soon launch an automatic variant of Scorpio. This is the second time for scorpio to get an automatic gearbox. Mahindra earlier offered a 5-speed automatic variant of scorpio. However this one is a six speed autobox. With the new autobox and the recently introduced superior 2.2L mHawk engine we can expect Scorpio automatic …

Mahindra’s Scorpio Hybrid

yet another first information report Auto manufacturers can no longer produce gas guzzlers. The rising crude oil price makes the buyers across the world to think twice before buying a gas-sucking behemoth particularly SUVs. Even the American started hating SUVs and switch to hybrids. Alternative energy is the need of the hour and Fuel cells …

Honda CR-V Diesel

Honda’s oil burner: Honda never loved to hear diesel clatter, its attitude to diesel engines used to be that they were crude, noisy, dirty, smelly and altogether unworthy of being mentioned in polite society. But when it started losing out to oil-burning rivals from Toyota, Nissan and Land Rover. It introspected itself  and came up …

Audi opens new showroom in Pune

Audi today opened a new showroom in Pune. Audi’s pune dealership will showcase models like A8, Q7, A6, A4 and the sports car TT. The showroom has a total capacity to display six cars.Audi recently opened showrooms in Gurgaon and Hyderabad. Now, in India Audi has six dealerships including Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Pune. “With …

Mitsubishi’s new Pajero SFX

You read it first at vicky.in New Pajero SFX An SUV buyer had only one oil burner till recently,but with the launch of Chevrolet’s Captiva he has another one now. Being the market leader Hindustan – Mitsubishi wishes to retain its customers with the launch of new Pajero. Mitsubishi will soon launch a facelifted Pajero …

BMW opens Rs6 crore dealership facility in Chennai

BMW India today announced opening of KUN exclusive its dealership facility in Chennai. BMW which eyes top position in Indian luxury car segment has been aggressively expanding its dealership facility. The ultramodern showroom will give the same international experience as any BMW dealership worldwide. The chennai dealership facility KUN exclusive covers 20000sq ft and it …

Ford’s new Endeavour Thunder+

Unlike in the past, manufacturers are keenly watching competitors move. Few weeks back Maruti Suzuki refreshed its flagship product swift to defend its territory from the new debutant Skoda fabia. Today Ford has come out with a new Endeavour to defend its leadership against Chevrolet’s new captiva. With the new endeavour Thunder+ Ford adds a …

Auto Expo: General Motors launches Captiva

General Motors (GM) launched the much awaited Chevrolet Captiva SUV at the Auto Expo. Captiva is priced at Rs 17.74 lakh. General Motors (GM) hopes to sell 1,000 units of captiva SUV by the end of 2008. “The two-litres diesel engine powers Captiva has everything that a premium SUV customer in India wants. We are …

Honda plans to make CR-V in India

Honda Siel Cars India is exploring the option of manufacturing the CR-V in India. Currently,Honda is directly importing the CR-V’s from Japan as a completely built unit (CBU) and this escalates the price to Rs20lakh(as CBU attracts 114% import duty). CR-V has been the market leader in its segment since its debut. On an average, …