Cars and Bikes launched in 2010

2010 was great year in India automotive history. We witnessed many successful launches inlcuding the Ford Figo and Toyota Etios. Manufacturers were taken aback seeing the demand for the products. Indian customers rushed to showrooms to buy cars. Many manufacturers witnessed an exorbitant growth in excess of 30%. Let’s hope the Indian auto boom continues …

Tata Nano available at showroom across India

Tata today opened sales of Nano across India. Nano  was thus far freely available in 12 states. Customers across the country, who are desirous of driving home a Tata Nano but had not booked the car during 2009, will now be able to purchase a Tata Nano from the company’s 874 sales outlets in India. …

Toyota opens fortuner bookings

Toyota has opened bookings for fortuner again. Toyota which stopped bookings for fortuner SUV has cleared half of its backlog. Now it has left with 3000 bookings for fortuner which the company says will be cleared in 3 months. “The current backlog of around 3,000 units will be cleared in about three months,” said Mr …

Bajaj plans Pulsar 250cc

The much awaited Pulsar 250cc may finally hit the market in 2011. As Honda clocks record bookings for its CBR250R, Bajaj cannot be idle for long. While Bajaj plans higher displacement duke for indian market, it is also looking 250cc+ pulsar. Honda CBR250R is likely to be priced sensitively. To counter these, Bajaj may look …

Honda starts booking for CBR250R

Honda has started accepting bookings for its upcoming sport bikes CBR250R. Ever since Honda showcased CBR250R few months back, expectations are running high. Honda dealers across India have started inviting bookings for CBR250R. You can pay Rs5000 to book yourselves Honda’s CBR250R.  Honda will officially launch the bike in March 2011. Though the official price …

Maruti to launch seven models

It seems Maruti is planning to counter the offensive by competitors like GM, Ford and Volkswagen. Maruti plans as many as seven models in next 12-18months. We already reported you about the launch of Kizashi,SX4 diesel and new swift. Four more models will add up. The key point here is Maruti plans not only includes …

Maruti to launch Kizashi on January 28

Maruti will make a bold step forward by launching Kizashi on January 28th.  Kizashi is the first luxury car by Maruti to be introduced in India. Maruti will import the kizashi as CBU (completely Built Unit) and could be priced upwards of Rs15lakhs. Kizashi will come with petrol engine 2.4litre, 4-cylinder engine. The same engine …

BMW launches X1 Price list

BMW today launched its low cost offering X1 SUV in India. The new BMW X1 was launched in New Delhi in three variants: BMW X1 sDrive18i (petrol), BMW X1 sDrive20d (diesel) and BMW X1 sDrive20d Exclusive (diesel) and can now be ordered at BMW dealerships across India. Dr. Andreas Schaaf, President, BMW India said, “The …