Mahindra and Mahindra acquires Kinetic Motors

Mahindra and Mahindra today formally entered into the 7million Indian two wheeler market with the acquisition of Kinetic Motors.A new company called Mahindra Kinetic is formed in which will have control of 80% stake in the new company and 20% would be held by Kinetic Motors. Mahindra & Mahindra have acquires the majority stake for …

Mahindra Renault to jointly sell Renault cars

Mahindra and Renault may extend their retailing partnership to sell Renault’s future cars  as well. Through the existing Mahindra-Renault a 51:49 joint venture between both the companies are producing and retailing logan presently. Though Mahindra had pulled out of the proposed Rs 4,000 crore tripartite venture with Renault and Nissan to manufacture vehicles at a …

Skoda hikes prices of all models

Skoda Auto today raised the prices of its models in the range of Rs10000 to Rs25000. Skoda cites increasing raw materials cost for the raise in prices. “The price hike has been necessitated by a variety of cost push factors like surge in freight costs and in prices raw materials. The company has made efforts …

Bajaj launches new sporty discover 135cc

Bajaj Auto today introduced a new variant of its flagship product Discover 135cc. The new variant called as sporty discover gets Nitrox Suspension and Wider tyre at the rear. The sporty discover sports racing wheel stripes. Along with the introduction of sporty discover 135cc, Bajaj has upgraded all the variants of discover with number of …

Hyundai to launch i20 in December

The much expected Hyundai’s next i-series hatchback i20 will be out by December 2008. i20 will make its debut at the upcoming Paris motor show. i20 will be a premium hatchback. Hyundai says that the i20 will be positioned above the Getz which means the i20 will be pitted against Skoda Fabia and upcoming Fiat …

Reliance launches Autozone in Gurgaon

Reliance has launched its Automotive speciality store in Gurgaon. Reliance Autozone would be retailing electric scooters by offering multi-brand choice under one roof. The product offerings at Reliance Autozone include a comprehensive range of car and bike accessories, electric scooters, tyres, batteries and many more useful accessories. Mr Arun Dey, Chief Executive of Reliance Autozone, …

Maruti A-star Pictorial Preview

(Updated 19th November) To view the actual pictures, know the technical specifications, see the brochure and read the test drive of A-star visit http://www.vicky.in/blog/tag/a-star/ (updated 08th August )To read our latest report on Maruti Suzuki’s A-star and see real pictures visit Maruti Suzuki’s new Alto – A-star The spurt in raise of  i10 customers is …

Chevrolet Cruze – Pictorial Preview

Chevrolet has said that it unveil the new optra magnum in the upcoming paris motor show early October. Chevrolet’s c-segment which is known as optra and optra magnum is called by different name in different countries. Lacetti in Australia and NewZealand, Optra in Canada, India, Thailand, Malayasia,singapore and Indonesia, excelle in china and Forenza in …

Fiat launches 500 Cinquecento in India

Fiat 500 conquecento which is known as iPod of the cars of this century, Fiat 500 Cinquecento is here to excite the Indian customers. Created by the Fiat Style Centre, the new 500 is a small 3-door: it is 355 cm long, 163 cm wide, and 149 cm high, and has a wheelbase of 230 …

Volkswagen launches Jetta

Volkswagen today launched the much anticipated Jetta in India. Known as civic competetior this Jetta is set to trigger another war in the D-segment. This gently looking, solid jetta pretends to be a much bigger car than actually it is. The cabin reflects luxury at any point and complements its exterior styling. Jetta will come …