Hyundai opens new plant

Hyundai Motor India Ltd today commissioned operations at its second manufacturing plant at Sriperumbudur.With the commissioning of this new plant Hyundai Motor India is capable of producing 600,000 units per year doubling its present capacity of 300,000 units per annum.  Hyundai Motor India’s export destinations are expected to increase from 73 to 90 countries by …

BMW eyes No 1 position

Few days back, BMW announced that its Indian operation will break even this year. Here’s yet another announcement which will certainly create ripples in Indian Auto industry. “We have far exceeded our performance in India with 1,387 units sold last year. As we get closer to Mercedes, you can imagine we have in our sight …

Fiat on a comeback trail

Below listed are four new cars which will soon make Indian roads attractive. Cinquecento,Grande Punto,Linea and Bravo is sure to ease your eyes soon. Grande Punto – Fiat’s life saver Fiat 500 cinquecento – True hatchback Fiat’s Linea – purely italian Fiat’s Palio Diesel – perfect heart for perfect hatchback

Piaggio to sell vespa again

As expected, Piaggio Group will re-enter the Indian market soon. Today, Piaggio officially announced its plan for the Indian market.  Mr Roberto Colaninno, Chairman, said Piaggio would be setting up a new two-wheeler manufacturing facility at Baramati in Maharashtra. “We expect to roll out our first batch of two-wheelers in 2009-10,” he told. Piaggio will …

Yamaha to sell apparels

Bike showrooms are not just for selling bikes but for selling emotions. Yes,this culture is fastly catching up in India two wheeler industry. Yamaha Motor India has launched their first new-age lifestyle company owned store, ‘Bike Station. Already Royal Enfield has a similar setup and only few weeks back we reported you that Bajaj plans …

Winners of Renault’s IndDesign

Renault which opened a design studio in India had announced a design competetion called ‘IndDesign’ in August 2007. The contest theme, “What is Modern India Design?” was open to only Indian students. As many as 77 students from 12 institutes took part in the contest. Renault has just announced the winners of its Auto Design …

Tata’s Nano reserved

You may be frustrated because of reservations. In India, though the places are scarce reservations are plenty. Starting with the seats in colleges to government jobs reservation has become the way of life here. But this reservation is sought for a car, yes, for Tata’s Nano. Even at the press conference, one senior citizen and …

Toyota Innova recalled

Toyota will recall about 20,000 units of its popular multi-utility vehicle, Innova, in India to repair a defective part that could lead to oil leakage. “The problem, we have found, is in the differential carrier mounting nuts, which becomes loose, and on long usage could lead to oil leakage. It has been detected in about …

Volkswagen Touareg awarded

To escalate the enthusiasm among the Auto Expo visitors and to celebrate its maiden entry in the Delhi Auto Expo, Volkswagen organized a step-wise raffle draw game. As the Auto Expo drawn curtains yesterday,Volkswagen announced the winner of the contest. The lucky winner of the raffle draw conducted at the Volkswagen pavilion Mr. Dipish Khurana …

Auto Expo Live: Tata One Lakh car Pictures

Tata motors unveils its most awaited, most expected, most discussed, most controversial … Tata’s one lakh People’s car – Tata Nano.. Here is the exclusive pictures from the unveiling ceremony and the press conference. Suggested reading Tata’s one lakh car – part 1 Tata’s one lakh car – part 2 Tata’s one lakh car – …