http://www.autoindiaforum.com News and views about auto India scene Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:27:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en German car manufacturer Volkswagen is planning to bring their iconic car – Beetle in Indian market. http://www.autoindiaforum.com/volkswagen-beetle-might-be-coming-to-india.html On Wednesday, Mahindra Renault launched a special edition of their sedan Logan. It will be priced between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 7.15 lakh at ex-showroom, Delhi. The industry is also planning to export the cars to improve their sales and introduce the CNG variant of Logan soon. http://www.autoindiaforum.com/mahindra-renault-launched-special-edition-logan-edge.html Tata Motors Ltd is open to Italy’s Fiat SpA assisting sell their low-priced Nano overseas, Ratan Tata said on Tuesday. We have held talks about the Nano being marketed where Fiat has already a strong presence. I am open to consider a partnership. http://www.autoindiaforum.com/tata-open-to-fiat-selling-nano-cars.html Fiat India has launched the Fiat 500 also known as Cinquecento (in Italian) in the India. The 500 was originally designed by Dante Giocosa and was introduced in 1957 in the Turin. Exactly 50-years after its 1st launch the latest Fiat 500 was launched last year in Turin amidst a ... http://www.autoindiaforum.com/fiat-500-cinquecento-launched.html In India, prices of the cars are now witnessing next hike in almost all car models from all carmakers. This is the 3rd time the carmakers hiking prices of their car models this year. http://www.autoindiaforum.com/car-prices-go-up-3rd-time-in-india-2.html Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest car manufacturer, reported net profit of Rs 465.9 crore in 1st quarter of 2008-2009, against Rs 499.6 crore during the corresponding period of the last financial year. http://www.autoindiaforum.com/maruti-suzuki-q1-net-at-rs-4659-cr.html Dashing hopes of the big car manufacturers for the excise duty at same level with the small car, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has ruled out extending tax concessions to bigger vehicles. He also said that there was no scope for decreasing duties on the imported hybrids vehicles, while government could consider ... http://www.autoindiaforum.com/no-tax-concessions-for-imported-hybrids-big-cars-chidambaram.html After revealing the cheapest car of the world with the price tag of Rs 1 lakh, Indian auto major Tata Motors is now gearing up to hit the other extremes of the market with the new models of their newly attained luxury brands JLR priced in surplus of 1 lakh ... http://www.autoindiaforum.com/tata-to-design-upmarket-cars.html The Chevrolet Aveo sedan is not much popular in India, and General Motors may plans to replace it soon. But, the replacement could still be up to 2-years away. http://www.autoindiaforum.com/chevrolet-cruze-may-replace-aveo-sedan-in-india-by-2010.html BMW launched its new models of 5 series in India last week. These models are costs in the range of Rs 36.5 lakh to Rs 46.8 lakh. They launched 525i and 530i – as the new petrol versions and 520d, 530d and 53D Highline – the diesel versions in a ... http://www.autoindiaforum.com/bmw-5-series-in-india.html