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Looking to hit back at its competitor BMW that has collapsed it from the topmost position in the  Indian luxury sector from  Mercedes Benz, a leading German auto major have planned to introduced more than ten brands in coming 3 years for getting back the numero uno position by the year 2015. Mercedes Benz is taking efforts to regain topmost position in India. On the other hand, BMW said that it is not ready to give in the position just now and would take the leadership by making it to a new level of customer satisfaction and brand positioning. It has also been added that the new products launched by the company will even include small cars of the company.

On its losing numero uno position in the luxury car market in India to compatriot BMW, Mitra said: “We are the market leader in all the segments we are present, except the E-class… The actual game of numbers will start when all luxury manufacturers will have their all products here.”

Mitra also said that, when the company has its complete range of products in coming 3 years, Benz is going to get its number one position. Mercedes Benz lost its leadership and number one position to BMW in the year 2009. Almost 3,247 units had been sold by Mercedes Benz as against 3,619 units of BMW. In the year 2010 also, almost 5,819 cars had been sold by Mercedes Benz as compared to BMW’s 6,246 units. Continue Reading »

Mahindra is all set to announce the new launching of global SUV, the XUV 500. This new launching is going to hit the roads. A greatly anticipated Global SUV of Mahindra is all set for creating new segment. The growth of Mahindra in the SUV sector has surely been on the high rise as it introduced the rocky Scorpio and all-rounder Xylo to the Indian market. Due to this dual success, Mahindra is also going to launch its global SUV call as the XUV 500. The question can come to your mind that why Mahindra has decided to give this new launching the name XUV. The answer to this question is this launching is the next generation SUV for Mahindra that is set to process the SUV game further and therefore they decided to give SUV term further with the term XUV.

As we have got a clear idea about why this new launching is given that particular name, we will not move to the product itself. Mahindra is trying to position this new launching XUV 500 between Scorpio and the premium SUV range that consists of Chevrolet Captiva, Mitubishi Outlander, Toyota Fortuner, Honda CR-V and the likes. As there is no manufacturer available in that sector, it is the best chance for Mahindra to become the first to play this field. Only the unusual however very capable Skoda Yeti can be considered as the closest competition of XUV 500 however time can tell that. Continue Reading »

In India, the month of August was a mixed month for auto makers due to boosted sales and others sold few cars as compared to previous year. India’s two largest auto makers such as Tata Motors Ltd and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd sold only some cars in the month of August because key car models were produced in fewer amounts and a slowdown in the market.

But, a few other like Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Hero MotoCrop Ltd and Toyota Motor Corp show growth in volumes. Asia’s No.3 automobile market has been also hit by a slowdown that posted record vehicle sales previous year as consumers have been insisted to postpone purchases due to the increase in the fuel prices and high loan rates. Analysts as well as companies are expecting sales to see a seasonal burst from the month of September because of a number of festivals and considered the best time for new purchase. Almost 91,442 vehicles have been sold by India’s largest car maker, Maruti in the month of august. A company spokesman said that Maruti producing some of its best demanded and best-selling Swift hatchback towards the end of the August month, because of labor issues at its north Indian plant. Continue Reading »

Announcement has been made by Peugeot, French car maker that it is going invest the amount of 4,000 crore for establishing the auto manufacturing plant in Sanand. It will be established next to India’s future car unit Tata Nano factory and Ford. For Peugeot, the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation has also set sideways almost 584 acres of land in Sanand. More 25 acres has been set aside for ancillary industries for supporting the unit. The facility will surely offer both direct and indirect employment to people. Direct employment will be provided to almost 5,000 people. Indirect employment will be provided to 25,000 people.

The manufacturing will begin operating in the year 2016 for manufacturing 1.65 lakh vehicles at first and the company is expecting to export 25% of its vehicles. Furthermore, gearbox and engine developed with latest power training technologies will surely help represent a completely fledged modern industrial automotive facility. It also recommends increasing its capacity to and from 1.65 vehicles to 3.40 vehicles, 3 lakh gear boxes and 3 lakh engines till the year 2020. Continue Reading »

Skoda Yeti, Czech soft roader is really the best vehicle and Czech soft roader. Having overcome a few of the most demanding terrain and off-roading landscapes of India, it has worked very hard for proving its mettle in India. Thanks to its maker. This is a five-seater multi-purpose vehicle that continues to entice the interest of bold car purchasers in the country. It really has many new featured added in it and hence it becomes the best choice of vehicle of many people. Due to the great addition in this vehicle, people are getting attracted towards it.

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India’s biggest automaker is all set for a major project to take on of launching 15-20 new vehicles in five years. To remain competitive in the market, the automaker will continue to focus more on low-cost vehicles with 70-80% of its upcoming offerings are possibly to be in small car segments. It will include mostly facelifts and variants.

Out of the planned vehicles, five are already in the advanced stages of development. The company probably may roll out sub-4 meter Swift Dzire at the Auto Expo2012 in Delhi. It will be followed by a multi-purpose vehicle based on the R-III concept, an A Star facelift, next gen Alto 800 and Ritz backlift by early 2013. Continue Reading »

At the Manesar factory of Maruti Suzuki India LTD, production of new cars was hit when the company announced that it would only permit workers who accepted and signed a good conduct bond to work in the company, mentioning indiscipline and damage by workouts in the last 2 months during a strike in the month of June. Such move could even hit the new car’s production, the famous swift that has attained almost 85,000 bookings only within ten days after its launching even if Maruti executives told that the firm was in the probability to move its production to its Gurgaon Plant.

This fight could even curved into broad labor disaster in Gurgaon, Manesar belt in Haryana, which houses the factories of a number of auto companies with the president of the Haryana CTTU chapter of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, Satbir Singh. Unions of a few other farms would even join the workers of Maruti for protesting against the action taken by the company. Continue Reading »

Franco- Japanese auto partnership Renault Nissan Alliance India Pvt Ltd recently announced that it has passed the figure of 100,000 for manufacturing petrol engines last month and has already started making 1.5 liter petrol engines for Nissan’s new mid-sized sedan Sunny.

Kou Kimura, CEO and MD of Renault Nissan collaboration said, “The plant has set milestones that are creditable on a global level. It makes me feel proud of the local skill-set that are driving it to such high levels.” Continue Reading »

Amid the assumptions about current happenings that are made for some time in the recent past, The Renault Koleos took the next step. The product called the Renault Koleos Crossover is in try of making its way to the big Indian automobile market for becoming the second product, which French automaker Renault India is going to exhume out for the huge Indian market. The news of this launching of the new product has been spread in the market by a few reports earlier. According to the reports, this new and fresh product will be a face lifted version.

Apart from the clear information that Renault Koleos Crossover will be launched in the month of October 2011, inside-outs of Crossover are even noticeable. Such new and fresh face can be available in diesel version only. It has a 2 liter DCi turbo diesel engine. This engine has the ability to produce a great power of 150 Bhp. The approach that the company has is not an eye-opener observing diesel version that it contracted with placing it as the main model. This new Koleos consists of 6 speed auto transmission engine. Its four wheel drive system is a fantastic addition.

This new product Koleos Crossover has of underwent a facelift, which has modified the broad round looks of the Crossover into by and large contour, which is considered to be a credible change amid the people. Talking about the interiors of the Koleos, it has equipped with the great appearance. It has beautiful inner appearance. The Koleos Crossover, which has been introduced in India has some exciting and fresh features in plurality same as a Bose car Stereo to offer the masterpiece. Furthermore, it also has an accessory, which captures attention of many people. The accessory that has been added in this new product is twin hatchback door design. This new addition allows you to keep loads of luggage in it without doing any adjustment.
The price of Koleos Crossover is 20 Lacs to challenge the likes of the Mitsubishi Outlander and Honda CR-V. One of the best features of Koleos Crossover as compared to other models is that it has a diesel engine. Koleos Crossover is able to create a danger to the makers of other car if it will spread like wild fire. Another great thing about this newly launched vehicle is that it is available at a throw-away distance.

In an event organized in the wonderful city of Pune, BMW Ina launched BMW X3. This event took place at the new Bavaria Motors dealership. By considering the engine size of BMW X3,  BMW X3 was launched in 2Variants such as BMW X3 xDrive 30d and BMW X3 xDrive 20 d.

This newly launched car costs around 41, 20,000 and has two diesel engines and dropped petrol engine from X3 line-up. Audi is the rival who will be competing with BMW in this segment. Audi Q5 is leading in this segment. A few days back, the cost of the Audi Q5 has been reduced by almost 5 lakhs. Such reduction in the cost of Audi Q5 made things difficult for BMW.

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