Indian CEO’s and their cars

The luxury cars owned by some of the top CEOs in India are Bentley Continental Flying Spur owned by Vijay Mallya of Kingfisher,Mercedes-Benz Viano 3.5 owned by the Chairman of Zee Teleflims,Mr.Subhash Chandra,Mercedes Benz S 500 owned by the Telecom Czar,Mr.Sunil Mittal and Maybach 62 & Lamborghini owned by Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani of …

Honda to export Brio from India

Honda,the Japanese auto major plans to make India as its export center for its small car Brio.Brio will be manufactured at Honda’s Uttar Pradesh facility and will be exported to the neighbouring countries of India such as Nepal,Sri Lanka,Bangladesh and Burma.Brio is to make its debut in the Indian market during Diwali. The President and …

Tata Motors kicks off Nano in Sri Lanka

Tata Motors has launched its small car Nano in Srilanka at a starting price of Rs.3.80 lakhs.Nano will be sold in the country through its 50-year old distributor,Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC (DIMO). Tata Motors Managing Director and Group CEO,Mr.Carl-Peter Forster said that Tata Motors has already established a firm footprint in international markets…The Tata …

Renault eyes 100 dealerships in India

Renault,the French carmaker has announced today that it will expand its dealership in India from 14 to 100 by the end of 2012.It aims at 100 dealers across 75 cities in the country.Renault which is the second largest carmaker of Europe also plans to increase the localisation of its products following its proposed launch of …

Dost to take on Tata Ace and Piaggio Ape truk

DOST,the first LCV produced by the joint venture of Ashok Leyland and Nissan has been recently unveiled in India.The new DOST will mainly compete with Tata Ace and Piaggio Ape Truck.Its three available versions are a base version,a mid version and a higher version.It is powered by a specially-developed, 55 hp high-torque, 3-cylinder, turbo-charged Common Rail …

Renault to roll out B segment hatch early 2012

Renault,the French Auto major plans to introduce a fully developed hatchback in the B segment in India in early 2012.The Mumbai R&D centre plays a vital role in the development of this hatch.The company also plans to launch its SUV Koleos in this year.Renault plans to start with 14 dealers in the country which will …

Ferrari makes its first debut in India

Ferrari makes its Indian debut with the launch of its first dealership in Delhi.It plans to sell its entire range of cars in India starting with California at a price tag of Rs.2.22 crores.The other models to be launched in India are the 458 Italia,the 599GTB Fiorano and the flagship FF at a price tags …

Tata Motors starts first factory for JLR in India

Tata Motors today opened its first factory for Land Rovers with the major aim of making inroads in the South Asian market.Auto sector analysts claimed that the move will help Jaguar and Land Rover lower costs and become more competitive in India, the world’s fastest-growing major car market, where rivals BMW, Daimler and Audi are …

JLR plans to set up engine plant in India

Jaguar Land Rover owned by Tata Motors plans to set up an engine manufacturing plant in India.According to Autocar india,the Indian plant will make four-cylinder engines that are modular in design and up to 2.0 litres in capacity.The plant will be a carbon copy of a new engine which is set by JLR to start …