City Cars made from Honda in 2007, numbering about 8532 , will get a new lease of life with the switch over of safe switch by the company. This is a third such attempt by Honda in India, and a part of its global recall of 6.46 lakhs for such defects in its series – …
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Toyota in a jeopardy over the recall
Toyota recalled millions of vehicles for defective functioning and it sees a grave danger in the sale in 2010. The hit will be severe for Toyota in the US wherein the company has withdrew 8 most popular models last week on the basis of accelerator pedal snag. But the company expects the reversal of fortune, …
China may lag behind India in car export
The envious position of India in car export will be a threat to its neighbor China, observe the analysts in the industry. The executive VP of Renault (Asia and Africa) an ex-head of Dongfeng Motor of China, admits that the Chinese manufacturing feeds the demand of its domestic market with huge output of cars. He …
Refreshed Volvo S80 drives Green with Twin-Turbo Diesel Engine
The Automobile world colossal Volvo made a fast start to the New Year with refreshed Volvo S80 which sounds as a first class exclusiveness with High-performance, twin-turbo Diesel with 205 Hp and 420 Nm torque. The new Volvo S80 provides top- class fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, coupled with the autograph of Volvo’s safety features. …
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Mahindra announces price of Maxximo
As you read it, Mahindra and Mahindra today officially launched the Maxximo. Maximmo is priced Rs2.79 lakhs (Ex-showroom Mumbai). Maximmo will be available in BSII and BSIII variants
Maruti to replace the engines for Alto and WagonR
Maruti’s premium selling cars Alto and WagonR will soon get their engines replaced(from the current 800cc hatchback and 1.1lit respectively). This might reduce the price of these cars and become affordable thereby increasing the sale. This methodology has been envisaged after the successful run of KB series engine in Estilo , Ritz and A-Star. Alto …
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Skoda showcases boutiques
Close on the heels of BMW(which opened studio), Skoda Auto India of Volkswagen has plans to come out with boutique showrooms. The move is to promote the brand awareness, where one car will be at display and the remaining space will be filled with Skoda T-shirts, kit-cars, fashion and car accessories. By the end of …
Royal Enfield to hike the prices of its bikes
The ensuing emission norms under Bharat Stage III for two wheelers forced the bike maker Royal Enfield to increase the prices for its ranges. Thus, the bikes will be designed with new engines and high efficiency, said the MD of Eicher Motors. The irony is the current price of Royal Enfield bikes-in various brands like …
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Toyota had a tough time recalling its many cars for the sake of faults in production. Now is the time for Honda to recall its Fit /Jazz on the reason in fault with windows. This follows a crucial incident of a child death due to fault in window switch and Honda had to withdraw some …
M&M is on the verge of 7 new variants in the next fiscal
Mahindra and Mahindra has set a target of 6-7 new variants of its vehicle portfolio during the next fiscal. This includes the launch of pick-ups in the US from this April, and other utility vehicles, commercial vehicles and three wheelers, said its President (Automotive). The process is for the homologation of its pick-ups in the …
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