As you read here few days back, GM Chevrolet will launch two new cars in India apart from the upgraded variants of existing cars. GM Chevrolet’s new cars is believed to be the cruze (civic competerior) and spark 800 (alto and Maruti 800 peer). But GM today said that the small car which is due …
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Premium car makers facing the heat
Just when premium segment car-makers thought they were insulated from the slump in the automobile market, unlike mass market car-makers, data from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) seem to shake them out of their comfort-zone. In October, sales of high-end cars (priced between Rs 8.02 lakh and Rs 1.24 crore) fell by 30.51 …
Ford to phase out Fusion
Ford Fusion – No non-sense car to go Owing to the poor sales, Ford India plans to phase out the Fusion. First introduced in 2004, the fusion got an upgrade in 2006. In 2007, Ford added a Fiesta diesel to this no non-sense car and in March 2008 it made price cut on Fusion diesel. …
Bajaj plans ultra low cost bike steel
Really the Nano is making every one to think, few months back we reported about the Hero Honda’s low cost product. Hero Honda is believed to be working working on a ultra low cost product. Whether its a moped or a bike is not known. Following Hero Honda, India’s 2 largest two wheeler maker Bajaj …
GM Chevrolet to launch Spark 800 and Cruze in India
GM India today said that it would launch two new models in 2009. GM India president and managing director Karl Slym told reporters that the new models would be a small car and a sedan. “The small car may be in the same category like Spark or even cheaper. The other model will be in …
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Ford launches new Ikon
You read it first at vicky.in As you read, Ford is launching the new Ikon in a ceremony being held in Delhi. New Ford Ikon is the Ford’s attempt to reclaim the charm of josh machine and to pull away customers from Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire, Mahindra Renault Logan and Tata Indigo. The new ikon …
FAW – Ural to produce low cost car in India
Representatives of a Chinese automobile major met chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee seeking 600 acres to set up a small car factory in Bengal. While the government hopes the company would slip into the Nano site Singur vacated by Tata Motors, it will also showcase other locations at Kalyani, Kharagpur and Haldia. China’s First Automobile Works …
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Toyota bullish on India
Even amidst the slow growth in auto sector, Toyota has decided to step up the planned investment for its second plant in Bangalore. According to an announcement made on Wednesday, Toyota has decided to invest about 68 billion yen (Rs 3,200 crore) in the second plant currently under construction. Earlier, a decision was made to …
Ford to launch new Ikon
New Ford Ikon will be out in few hours. But before that let’s preview the car, as expected Ford has given the new ikon diesel very minimal exterior changes. New ikon gets grille less front with a meatier bumper for the mean look. Kinked headlmaps and semi transparent tail lamps are the visual differentiator over …
Toyota will make its Indian small car
Denaying media reports, Toyota today said that it will produce the proposed small car on its own not from the Daihatsu stable.”No. This (the small car) is very much Toyota’s…,” Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) Managing Director Hiroshi Nakagawa said. He denied reports that the small car was proposed to be launched in association with Daihatsu, …