News - Automotive

Another cheap electric car ? from Ajanta Clocks ?

Ajanta has been a renowned name as a Clock manufacturer, but its also been making electric scooters and bikes under ‘Oreva’ brand. As company says, Production of electric car is not difficult for us as the technology is almost similar and 70 per cent of its parts can be produced in-house, giving us an edge [...]

Hyundai i10 : 2008 Indian Car of the Year (ICOTY)

The Indian Car of the Year (ICOTY) 2008 is the Hyundai i10. Infact the South Korean brand’s small baby has won all the ‘car of the year’ awards of 2008. The ICOTY award has been instituted by automotive magazines including Business Standard Motoring, Autocar India, Auto India, Car India, Overdrive and Top Gear. Hyundai i10 debuted [...]

Tata Motors to produce ‘eco cars’ in Thailand

Tata Motors, Toyota & Mitsubishi as received Thailand government’s approval for setting up a greenfield facility to manufacture “eco cars”. The estimated investment is about Rs 760-1,015 crore. The three plants would be built on industrial estates in eastern Thailand. Last year, the BOI (The Board of Investment of Thailand) approved the eco car production [...]

Review : Fiat 500 and India, How well does it match ?

FIAT announced its plans earlier this year to release the iconic “FIAT 500″ along with Bravo, Punto and Linea. But how well will this car perform in the Indian Market ? The small car is not that small on price. But yesteryear stats can be wrong, infact looking at stats of the newly launched model [...]

Lancer Evolution X and Evo-like Mitsubishi Lancer coming in 2009

Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X, colloquially known as the Evo is going to be launched in India early 2009. Although few months ago Mistubishi and HM didn’t have any plans for the Evo X but something made them change their mind for good. The Lancer Evolution X sedan will feature a newly designed 4B11T 2.0 L turbocharged, [...]

Maruti Suzuki A-Star : Coming this october, 800 to be face-lifted

Maruti Suzuki faces a tougher competition when compared to a decade ago. Although its still the most popular brand in india, it needs model changes rather than few face-lifs and also introduce new models. Right now, many brands have two cars in the same segment. Unlike other markets, India seems to have good market for [...]

Tata’s new Xenon (TL Sprint) launched in Thailand

TATA is making lots of headlines these day, As it closed a year long deal with Ford with acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover. Now it launched the new TL Sprint Xenon in thailand for the domestic market. Xenon is a thai-made vehicle which is designed in England and features a German engine. The Xenon’s [...]

TATA acquires Jaguar and Land Rover : TATA now makes them all

As of today, TATA motors makes cars starting from 1 lakh to over 1crore. TATA showcased its 1-lakh car in the 2008 New Delhi Auto Expo this January and is all ready to roll out the Nano’s in Indian showrooms. But now the TATA has more to boast about, it owns two of the most [...]

Audi’s largest luxury car showroom in Pune

Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer announced today the opening of a new exclusive Audi showroom in Pune, Maharashtra. Spread over an area of 6,500 square feet the Audi Pune showroom invites the customers to experience the exclusive Audi world including the whole Audi model range with Audi A8, Audi Q7, Audi A6, Audi A4 [...]

Volkswagen will be up with Up! by 2009 in India

Mini Cooper, Beetle, Golf, 500 … these are referred to small cars in the europe and the US, but when it comes to India, things change a bit. When compared to the small cars here these European cuties are pretty big in size and price. But India is slowly catching up, economy is booming [...]