Budget 2009 Reduces Cost Of Big Cars

The government of India’s Budget naturally raises expectations. The Budget 2009 proposed to reduce the additional excise duty on big cars. It also cut the duty of petrol-driven trucks to eight per cent from 20 per cent at present.The middle class expected an almost certain fall in price of the small cars but they were …

Toyota Fortuner Yet To Be On Indian Roads

The Toyota Fortuner is such an wonderful vehicle in its class, designed and geared up to go wherever the wind blows you.  The Toyota Fortuner is a pickup-truck-based passenger vehicle (PPV) produced by the Japanese automaker Toyota for some Asian, African and Latin American markets. Toyota is the world’s top automobile manufacturer. Toyota Kirloskar Motor …

Tata Motors Will Benefit From The JLR Deal

The  automotive industry is unique because car makers have to think and act today to make the kind of cars people will drive half a decade down the line and sometimes even more. It’s unfair to look at the automotive industry on a year-on-year basis. Automakers have to see the future and as everyone knows, …

Honda Plans For Jazz 1.5L

Japanese premium car maker Honda Motor recently launched its hatchback Jazz. The Honda Jazz might be Honda’s smallest offering in India, but by no means is it a small car. With a 1.2 litre petrol engine, it is as an extremely tech savvy piece of machinery that is designed to offer enhanced mileage and excellent …

Yamaha launches new Fazer

As you read it first at vicky.in few weeks back, Yamaha today launched the new Fazer in India. Fazer is the third bike from Yamaha on FZ-16 platform. Recently yamaha launched a new variant of FZ-16 called FZ-S. Similar to the FZ-S, the fazer is powered by a 153cc engine producing 14PS of max power …

Bajaj to launch Discover 100cc on 12th July

As part of Bajaj Auto’s six months six bikes plan, it will launch a mass motorcycle on 12th of July. The new bike would be also called as Discover (codenamed as DiscoverM or Discover K70). The new discover would come with an engine displacing between 100 and 110cc. The power and torque ratings are not …

Indian Cars Rock The European Market

Indian carmakers are reaping the benefits of the incentives offered by the governments of Germany, France and the UK to people exchanging their old cars for new fuel-efficient ones. The country’s largest car exporter, Hyundai Motor India expects to sell around 5.8 lakh cars, out of  which nearly 3 lakh cars will be exported including …

Royal Enfield To Launch New Bikes In India

Enfield fans will soon be treated to more royalty. Eicher Motors-owned Royal Enfield will open the gates for much-awaited international models including the new Bullet Classic C5 by 2010.Some of the popular models sold in the US include Bullet G5 Classic (EFI), Bullet G5 Military and Bullet 500 Deluxe. Several Indian models are already being …

Bajaj Gears Up With New Technology

Rajiv Bajaj, managing director of Bajaj Auto, appears to have quietly steered the company towards producing technologically-superior products not only for better profitability, but also to increase sales volumes. Over the last few months, Bajaj has faced some very rough times with domestic sales falling to a low of 65,000 units a month. But a …