http://www.autoindiaforum.com News and views about auto India scene Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:02:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Honda Motor Company, the Japanese car maker is all set to hot up the small car segment in the Indian market with its latest offering, Brio. It's aimed at the Indian consumers and is likely to pit against other small cars like, Skoda Fabia, Maruti Swift and Hyundai i10. http://www.autoindiaforum.com/honda-launches-brio.html Bajaj plans to make a big entry into the segment of premium motorcycles or superbikes by   launching variants of its Pulsar and KTM Duke Models in the 200 to 700 cc range. The development is seen as a major one as the second largest motorcycle manufacturer in India aggressively intends ... http://www.autoindiaforum.com/bajaj-plans-its-foray-into-superbikes-segment-with-new-pulsar-and-ktm-variants.html   Carnation Auto, the multi-brand car service chain has announced its plan for an aggressive entry into the Indian used car market. It would be starting over 160 outlets pan India in the next three years. The service chain is a venture promoted by the ex-chief of Maruti Suzuki India, Jagdish ... http://www.autoindiaforum.com/carnation-auto-to-make-its-entry-in-used-car-market-plans-160-outlets-in-3-years.html    An announced has already made by Maruti Suzuki Company that they are going to launch new diesel powered cars and simultaneously they are not sure about the establishment of the new plant in Gujarat. Many new vehicles have been launched and will be launched by the company hence it is ... http://www.autoindiaforum.com/maruti-suzuki-to-launch-many-diesel-power-cars-but-not-sure-about-the-establishment-of-gujarat-plant.html Ford has given a sneak preview to its much-awaited Ford B-Max MPV which is to be launched in the Geneva Motor Show during March 2012. The concept is said to be path breaking as the model has a unique design which would make it an ultimate compact city car. It ... http://www.autoindiaforum.com/brand-new-ford-b-max-mpv-to-be-launched-at-geneva-motor-show.html Toyota Kirloskar Motor got huge gains through its sales of Etios Range of cars. It is a leading Japanese carmaker. Almost 8,874 units of this Toyota Etios have been sold in the month of January 2012. It means the company recorded the sales of total 17.395 units in the month ... http://www.autoindiaforum.com/toyota-recorded-the-sales-of-17395-units-in-january-2012.html Mercedez Benz, the ace German automaker has expressed its opposition to hike the excise duty on diesel cars in the forthcoming budget. The luxury car manufacturer says that such an increase in excise duty on diesel cars may hamper the growth of the Indian automobile sector especially the diesel car ... http://www.autoindiaforum.com/mercedes-benz-protests-excise-duty-hike-on-diesel-cars.html The new DZire has been launched by Maruti Company. It is a wonderful three-box passenger car. Almost 3.3 lakh units were sold in the market hence the company got the result that they expected. Two versions have been made available for this model namely petrol version and diesel version. Its ... http://www.autoindiaforum.com/maruti-suzuki-launched-new-dzire-model.html The world-class production plant of Porsche in Leipzig, Germany recently witnessed a landmark achievement of 100,000 production units of its SUV Porsche Cayenne. This achievement has coincided with the beginning of the plant's celebrations towards its tenth anniversary. Ten years of relentless production of SUVs from one of the most ... http://www.autoindiaforum.com/porsche-cayenne-achieves-a-landmark-of-100000-production-units.html GL Grand Edition, a new model has been launched by Mercedes Benz Company. Two variants will be made available in this new GL Grand Edition such as luxury variant and executive variant. The price of these two variants has been revealed. Its luxury variant will be made available at Rs. ... http://www.autoindiaforum.com/mercedes-benz-launches-a-new-variant-gl-grand-edition.html