American cult bike brand Harley Davidson may finally hit the Indian roads. Harley Davidson had expressed its intention to enter the Indian market in 2005. However, due to the differences it had with the Government on import duty of its bikes, it had put its plans on hold. In 2007, under a new quid pro …
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Tata to retire after Rs 1 lakh car launch
Ratan Tata would like to retire from active business life after his dream project — the Rs one-lakh car — is launched successfully. “In an ideal world, after the small car has been launched and is successful, that would be a nice time for me to exit,” Tata told the ‘Financial Times’ newspaper. Tata Motors, …
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2008 Car Of The Year Awards
Here is the winners from the important Car Of The Year (COTY) awards from around the globe. European Car of The Year (ECOTY) ——- Fiat 500 cinquecento Japanese Car of The Year (JCOTY) ——-Honda Jazz/Fit North American Car of The Year———- Honda Accord Global Car Of the Year——————Lexus LS460 Interestingly the european, Japanese and North …
Business Standard Motoring 2008 Awards
Business Standard Motoring a popular motor magazine has announced the 2008 awards for the best automotives. BSMotoring awards is the the oldest automotive award in India. According to Business Standard, they have driven the cars launched in 2007 over a period of time, over all kinds of roads, evaluated them over 21 critical parameters, tested …
Yamaha to develop engines with Bajaj
Perfect mates? This would be easily, one of the biggest marriage in Indian automotive history. India’s 2nd largest bike maker and worlds’ pronounced may jointly develop engines of superbikes in India. Few months ago it was rumoured that Yamaha’s head visited one of the Bajaj’s plant. This seems to be true, Yamaha will rope in …
Yamaha to revamp its indian operation
Restructuring… Yamaha’s massive restructuring plan begins when Ishikawa who was appointed as the head of Yamaha’s indian operation will get a leap at the expo. Yamaha Motor Co global president Takashi Kajikawa who is visiting india for the expo is likely to announce the final investments sanctioned by the parent firm in the local unit. …
Maruti to challenge 1 lakh car with 800
On the one side Suzuki has raised apprehensions on Tata 1 lakh car (jeh) , but on the other side it seems to be preparing to face the battle. Maruti Suzuki’s newly assumed Shinzo Nakanishi recent comments is clear indicator of Maruti’s plan. “We have been saying for the past few quarters that the current …
Soon bikes with ABS from TVS
Motorcycle is more safer than cars? seems controversial, TVS tries to make this true. When some of our hatches and sedans doesn’t have ABS, TVS plans to bring ABS – Anti-lock Braking System to motorcycles. Infact only in 2008, Indian government plans to make ABS mandatory for all cars. First of all ABS in simple …
Honda plans to make CR-V in India
Honda Siel Cars India is exploring the option of manufacturing the CR-V in India. Currently,Honda is directly importing the CR-V’s from Japan as a completely built unit (CBU) and this escalates the price to Rs20lakh(as CBU attracts 114% import duty). CR-V has been the market leader in its segment since its debut. On an average, …
Bajaj to revive scooters
Nearly after 10 years, Bajaj auto wants to ride scooters again. Why now? the reason is simple, while the overall two wheelers sales were down by 10% in 2007, scooter market is growing in double digits. Before 10 years scooters dominate the two wheeler market in India. For the first time in 1997, motorcycles overtook …