1) After tasting the success with the 3 series and 5 series in the luxury sedan segment, BMW sets its eye on Indian luxury SUV market with its popular X5. X3 would hit soon. 2) The 3.0L six cylinder diesel engine of X5 develops 231 bhp and 52 kgm (from 2000 to 2750 rpm). The …
Category Archives: Luxury SUVs
Honda’s new CR-V with 2.0L engine
heart transplantation for Honda CR-V: Indian Stock markets are facing correction(till november 22nd) after a long rally. Similar is felt in Indian SUV market. Tata Motors recently came up with a 2.2L DICOR which replaced the 3.0L engine. Mahindra and Mahindra’s 2.6L engine will pave way for the less displacing 2.2L m-HAWK engine to power …
Preview on Hyundai’s santa fe
santa fe – Hyundai’s CRV Challenger.. You wonder why so many SUVs plying in our roads. Here’s the reason, we(indians) though ruled by British, India resembles americans in loving SUVs. The poor roads which demands high ground clearance pushes indians to prefer SUVs. Also rather than bringing and stripping a small car to suit Indian …
More from BMW arsenal for india
BMW India which recently revised its sales target from 1000 to 1200 is now planning big for 2008. It plans to expand its product range and dealership network. So far BMW has invested over Rs110 crores and assembles most variants of 3-series and 5series, it imports the 7-Series luxury saloon and the 6-Series coupe and …
Mahindra & Mahindra automatic and hybrid scorpio in United States
car4.jpgDavid C. Everitt, president of Deere’s $10.5 billion agricultural division has once conceded that “M&M’s tractors sales will one day pass Deere in global unit sales”. Such is the reputation of M&M in the tractor world, what M&M wishes to make sucess in its passenger car division in a similar fashion. Mahindra wants to be …
Continue reading “Mahindra & Mahindra automatic and hybrid scorpio in United States”
Alfa Romeo heads India
Next time when you watch a Ferrari or a jaguar or a land rover or an aston Martin you may not excite as you do now, yes these dream cars are heading India next year. Indians may dislike maybach(yes, we dislike!) the 5crore maybach is not finding enough customers but porsche’s and bentley’s are finding …
Mahindra’s axe – the Indian Humvee
Mahindra ready to axe India is all set to get its first high mobility multipurpose-wheeled vehicle or the Humvee, christened Mahindra Axe. Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) indian Humvee is ready to serve the Indian army’s and shortly for the civilian space too. First we will check out what is humvee and why it is so …
Mitsubishi’s all new Montero
Hindustan Motors and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today launched the All New Montero on June 25. The All-New Montero will replace the existing model, which was till recently being marketed in India. The vehicle is currently being made available as a completely built unit (CBU) and will be marketed through the network of 35 Mitsubishi Motors …
Maruti Suzuki’s new Grand Vitara
Maruti’s new SUV for India: India’s successful auto maker Maruti is slowly moving up the value chain, it wants to establish dominance in higher segments. After launching SX4 in the A3 segment, it eyes SUV market. Maruti is not new to this segment, earlier it tried in 2003 with Grand Vitara. The 2003 Grand Vitara …
Nissan
Nissan’s new SUV.. The world’s fifth largest manufacturer – Renault Nissan may be late entrant to India but that does not seem to halt the enthusiasm of world’s fastest growing manufacturer. Nissan –Renault –Mahindra has palnned to invest around Rs4000 crore for their new plant in Chennai. Renault has rolled out its wide body car …