Archive for June, 2009
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Suzuki is a company known in India for its tough and durable bikes. Two years ago the company stole “a march in MX1” with its RM-Z450 fuel injection bike. Now Suzuki announces its MX2 motocross bike, the 2010 Suzuki RM-Z250. The dirt bike features a battery-less fuel system with a 43 mm throttle-body and progressive [...]
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Back in May this year, we had reported that some hundred Hyundai Equus sedans would be displayed at dealers in the USA. However, at that time there was no clarity on the US launch. Now motor news site Auto Blog is reporting that the Hyundai Equus could hit the United States in 2010. Earlier the [...]
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Aston Martin would probably be the last name that would come to your mind when you think about mini cars. But then nowadays in the auto industry, anything is possible. Now Aston Martin sends word that they have made the Cygnet, which is basically a new luxury commuter concept. The small car from the British [...]
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Just yesterday we reported that Tata unveiled the first showroom for Land Rover and Jaguar in India. But the Coventry-based British automaker is going all guns blazing in other territories also. Now Jaguar informs that they have introduced the newest car in the XF lineup. Called as the 2010 Jaguar XF Supercharged, it is the [...]
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
Indian firm Tata had acquired JLR a few months ago. Some time ago, we had reported that Land Rover and Jaguar would soon be coming to the country. Now Tata sends word about the official entry of Jaguar Land Rover in India as the first showroom facility was launched in southern Mumbai by Ratan Tata. [...]
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
Aren’t vehicles running on CNG and LPG a rage in India? Many people are even converting their cars as they find that option a little cheaper. But automakers had taken notice of this trend and soon started to introduce LPG variants of their cars. But Maruti had said last year that they are planning to [...]
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
If you are planning to buy a Mahindra vehicle on a loan, chances are that you would be getting it from the State Bank of Hyderabad. Mahindra & Mahindra (or M&M) has sent word that they have signed two memorandums of understanding with SBH (State Bank of Hyderabad). These MoUs have been signed for vehicle [...]
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Saturday, June 27th, 2009
Previously we had reported about special edition Volkswagen New Beetle. Many auto companies are getting special editions of their cars. Now French car maker Renault has sent word that they would soon be launching the special edition versions of New Clio and New Megane. It will be unveiled in the first week of July. Coming [...]
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
A few weeks ago, we had reported that Tesla had confirmed that they would not only have a strong retail network in North America but also in Europe. Now Tesla Motors has sent word they have opened their European flagship store in United Kingdom. It is located in the Knightsbridge district in London. Elon Musk [...]
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
Troubled American carmaker General Motors had pretty much laid out its plans that it wants to concentrate on four of its core brands. The GMC was one of them. The marquee is known for rolling out not only sports utility vehicles but the name has been used for trucks and vans. One car that was [...]
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
The Tata Nano is something of an innovation for the Indian market and earlier we reported that the tiny rear-engine car had received over 2 lakh bookings. Now Tata announces that the company has selected the first 100,000 owners of the Tata Nano using a computerized system of random selection. The booking process closed on [...]
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
As Land Rover prepares to make an entry into the Indian market, the British car company, apparently, is working on few more models that would be released in other parts of the world. Land Rover has caught on pretty well in the United States as back in January this year it crossed the 500000 sales [...]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
The Honda Civic Type R hatchback hasn’t done as well as everybody expected it to, in the Euro-market at least. But Japanese engine tuning and parts manufacturing company Mugen Motorsports has modified the Honda Civic Type R hatchback to give it a very sporty look, and inject some adrenaline into the line. The car apparently [...]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Volkswagen has been very active in India lately. A few months ago, they inaugurated a new plant near Pune, a city in western India. The plant is expected to have a maximum annual production capacity of 110,000 vehicles. As for their dealer network, VW appointed a second one in Bangalore as it expands in other [...]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
The Audi R8 is one exciting sports car. In fact, at an Audi event that we went to, the attendees were apparently more excited about the supercar than the car that was going to be launched! A few weeks ago, there were speculations that a convertible version of the car would soon be unveiled by [...]
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