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| Honda Siel Cars added another feather in it's cap by lauching India's first hybridcar, that is 47 per cent more fuel efficient than the Honda Civic petrol car. Thecar is powered by a petrol engine and an electic motor. At high speeds, three stageiVTEC IMA petrol engine work while at idling or at traffic signal, the electricmotor works thus preventi... Read Full News
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| To curtail the demand for gas guzzlers, the Government of India has hiked the excise duty on vehicles. The SUVs, luxury cars having the engine capacity 2000cc and above will see increase in price of Rs20,000. The mid size cars having engine capacity ranging between 1500 to 1999cc increases up to RS.15,000.Sales of luxury brands like Audi,Daimler Ch... Read Full News
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| Hyundai Santro admitted as the number one position in compact car segment in the Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) conducted by JD Power Asia Pacific 2008. JD Power Asia-Pacific study is one of the most esteemed and renowned for its total objectivity conducted the test first time in India in various segments of the car like compact cars, premium ... Read Full News
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| There is total confusion across the country on who would bear the higher excise cost imposed on vehicles with higher capacity engines. Earlier, Govt has slapped an additional specific duty of up to Rs 20,000 per car. The cars which are with dealers right now are sent to them earlier before the new excise duty kicked in by the government. But the an... Read Full News
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| Yamaha which is buoyed by the initial response for its latest offering R15 is betting big on the bike. Yamaha has already made 500 registration in chennai within few days of the commercial launch and it hopes to sell 25000 units of R15 before the end of this year.We will start a new era of Yamaha India with this bike," Yamaha India chief executive ... Read Full News
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| Fed up with raising interest rates,spiking fuel prices, here is an announcement from Mr.Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman,Planning Commission you don't want to hear. The planning commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said that people in the upper middle class should be ready to spend more prices to the petrol and diesel, while referring to the... Read Full News
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| Royal Enfield, a division of Eicher motors unveiled its much expected Thunderbird Twinspark model with a Unit Construction Engine (UCE) Unlike the previous generation engines, the new UCE features engine, clutch and gearbox tucked into a single casing, thus making the entire assembly more compact, promoting the fuel efficiency by 10 percent and red... Read Full News
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| Ford has launched a new sports variant of Fiesta called Fiesta S that clocks 0-100 km in 11 seconds and an upgraded SXI variant of the Fiesta featuring new front grille and head lamps. The new Ford Fiesta range is priced from Rs. 6, 29, 000 for petrol variants and from Rs. 7, 10,000 for the turbodiesel models. The Fiesta 1.6 S, available only with... Read Full News
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| Tata's Nano may be the world cheapest car but it seems like buying a nano won't be cheaper. The Nano customers might be treated as a buyer of second-hand car if they are taking a loan to finance the Tato Nano says some leading bankers. The leading auto loan financiers are saying that typical loan applicants for the Tata Nano might be people with lo... Read Full News
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| Hyundai has announced an offer for the buyers of i10 and santro. Hyundai will take care of the increase in petrol price that might happen in next six months.The offer is valid only for buyers who book i10 or santro between June 20th to June 30th 2008.... Read Full News
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| An old India hand, John Parker brought Ford Motor Co. to India in 1995. As the first managing director of the company’s joint venture here with Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd, he’s seen the Indian market evolve for over a decade now.Read Full News
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| Swedish luxury carmaker Volvo on Tuesday said its India expansion plans will continue without any rethink even if its owner Ford sells the brand in the wake of the global slump in sales. Read Full News
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| DESPITE THE ongoing recession, many car manufacturers are experiencing good sales growth in India. This time it is Ford India, which saw a sales growth of 35 per cent in February 2009 at 2,636 cars against 1,956 units in January 2009. Along with this, the car manufacturer also registered 8 per cent growth in sales year-on-year.Read Full News
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| Owing to a huge drop in demand for cars lately, Chennai-based Ford Motor India, has offered a huge discount of Rs 91,000 on its popular Fiesta, a mid-sized sedan, just six months after it was launched in India.Read Full News
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| Ford India Pvt Ltd is back in the red in 2007-08, after posting a profit the previous year for the first time since it started operations here nearly a decade ago. Read Full News
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| US carmaker Ford, which is investing $500 million in its Indian operation, today said the company's expansion plans in the country are on track despite a global slump and economic downturn."The current world economy is creating some tough times for car business as a total. Credit crunch and the lack of confidence among consumers and banks have created short-term impact but our Indian plans are on track," Ford India President Michael Boneham told reporters here.Read Full News
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| Ford Motor Co., the U.S. automaker that hasn't made annual profits since 2005, said it will go ahead with its planned $500 million India investment, notwithstanding a slowdown in the local market. Read Full News
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| Car manufacturer Ford India on Tuesday announced the launch of Roadside Assistance Service (RSA) in Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Coimbatore and Jaipur taking the total number of cities having such services to 13.Read Full News
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| Ford Motor India has said that it is mulling both petrol and diesel variants for its India small car plan, which it said was on schedule for a 2010 roll out.Read Full News
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