on the sidelines of Tokyo Motor show * Toyota was keen on launching Lexus in India but the Government should re-examine its import norms for completely built units. “India needs to relax its norms for importing vehicles and only then can we look at bringing Lexus to India,” Toyota’s Executive Vice-President Mr Uranishi said. * …
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Bajaj & TVS war turns ugly
Indian manufacturers always had a healthy competition, they even welcomed the foreign players entry into India. Things had been good, there were healthy competiton, there were healthy comments but recently it changed and the change is not on a welcome side. When TVS unveiled its 125cc Flame Bajaj reacted strongly that TVS copied its DTSi …
Ashok Leyland plans M&M Axe rival
Another Humvee from an Indian Manufacturer: Similar to M&M, Ashok leyland plans to foray into the utility vehicles segment with both military and civil models. Ashok Leyland has indigenously developed a new four-wheeler light specialist vehicle (LSV). Ashok Leyland’s LSV is a Humvee-type vehicle and the company will offer a prototype to the Indian army …
Hot News – October 2007 part 2
1 lakh mania is back * Hyundai says it plans to bring an entry level car with a minimum price tag of $3000(Rs1,20,000) like the one Renault is planning. However Hyundai says it will not make 1 lakh car. Here are Hyundai’s comment on new low cost car, the small technology and proposed Tata 1 …
Buy Reva electric cars online
India’s largest eCommerce company, mJunction services limited has launched a path breaking automobile portal, autojunction.in through which it plans to sell Cars online for the first time in India. The portal aims at making the car buying experience hassle free by providing complete end to end car buying options in the Internet itself. mJunction is …
2007 TNS consumer satisfaction ratings
Hero Honda, Bajaj Auto and Enfield motorcycles have come out tops in the customer satisfaction ratings in the 2007 TNS Motorcycle Total Customer Satisfaction Study conducted by TNS Automotive. The study says that newly launched motorcycles including the Splendor NXG and CBZ Extreme from Hero Honda, Discover 135 from Bajaj Auto and Bullet 350 from …
Tata -Fiat Joint Venture
Fiat Group Automobiles and Tata Motors on October 11th announced the signing of the definitive agreement for the establishment of the industrial Joint Venture, located at Ranjangaon in Maharashtra (India) to manufacture passenger cars, engines and transmissions for the Indian and overseas markets. Assembly of the new Fiat Palio at Ranjangaon has already commenced. The …
Hero – Ultra Velociti, Optima & Three wheeler
Hero -Ultra.. Hero Cycles Ltd (HCL) entered into a joint venture with the Ultra Motor Co (UMC), a Britain-based electric vehicle company, to form Hero Ultra Pvt Ltd. The Hero Cycles earlier in Oct 2006 signed a technical collaboration-cum-joint marketing agreement with the UMC to produce and jointly market a range of electric-powered two-wheelers in …
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Hot News – October 2007
* ABS is soon to become mandatory for all vehicles in India soon. Installing ABS could become mandatory in the next few months since discussions between vehicle manufacturers, government and other stakeholders are already in an advanced stage. As part of the Natrip(National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project) an ABS brake test pad is …
Preview on new Tata safari 2.2L Dicor
Tata in turbo mode…. Tata will kickstart its assault against the slumping sales and its rivals with the new safari 2.2L DICOR. Tata along with its partner Fiat is planning 8 new models(not facelifted) within next one year. Safari 2.2L DICOR will be the first one to roll out from Tata’s arsenal. 2.2L , twin-cam …