Mahindra & Mahindra unveiled their CNG variant of popular Bolero pick up truck in a pay-load of 1 to 1.5 ton, costs at Rs 5.42 lakh on Thursday.
editor on July 18th 2008 in Auto India News, Mahindra & Mahindra
The Bajaj-Renault-Nissan Joint Venture could expand beyond the “Ultra Low-cost Car” (ULC)to include the range of EV (electric vehicle).
Mr. Ghosn (Chief Nissan-Renault) just announced that they plans to begin mass production of EV as the part of their strategy to increase demand, which is currently slowed because of high fuel costs.
editor on July 17th 2008 in Auto India News, Bajaj
Bosch, the German Auto Component Maker, is growing their product offerings in Indian market with the plans to begin making anti-lock brake system here by 2009 as they goals for 20% increase each year.
The industry is also planning to launch additional products like ultra quite alternators and navigation system as the part of their India growth strategy.
editor on July 17th 2008 in Auto India News
VW, Europe’s biggest car manufacturer, will bring the compact car based on Polo platform in Indian market in 2010. They launched their ‘Jetta’ sedan on Wednesday and now planning the slew of niche and mass market initiates in India.
editor on July 16th 2008 in Auto India News, Volkswagen
Hyundai Motors has introduced the new “i10” powered by the 1.2L Kappa engine, in Chennai. The price of the car will be in between Rs 3.99 lakh and Rs 5.43 lakh. The industry has invested $421 million on the new engine and transmission plant at Sriperumbudur.
editor on July 15th 2008 in Auto India News, Hyundai
To cope up with the more efficient production systems and constant price reduction drives, Maruti Suzuki India has currently introduced the “one component one gram” drive which will reduce a weight of each Maruti car by a 2.5 kg and will bring into the net savings of rs 10 crores for the industry.
editor on July 15th 2008 in Auto India News, Maruti Suzuki
Bosch’s new automotive start-stop systems acquiring popularity day by day. These systems provide considerable decrease in a fuel consumption and CO2 emission also, since they are able to detect if a vehicle is motionless and can switch off its engine. In case, the vehicle is stationary for some period, these systems can turn off an engine i.e. at the red light or in the traffic jam.
editor on July 15th 2008 in Auto India News
Hyundai Motor plans to introduce a LPG variant of Accent and Santro soon. In 2007, they introduced CNG variant of Santro and just for Accent.
editor on July 14th 2008 in Auto India News, Hyundai
HM decides to increase sales of their age old classic model – Ambassador in the country. They are planning to sell 12,500 units this year with the introduction of their new fuel efficient engine. This engine will be compliant with the Bharat Stage 2 & 3 emission norms. It’s probably delivering the mileage of 16 km/l against a 11 km/l mileage from the existing diesel engine.
editor on July 14th 2008 in Auto India News, Hindustan Motors, Tuning
In the recent survey, Euro NCAP, the safety rating agency has given following NCAP ratings for some of the Indian cars. Other cars did no apply for the ratings:
| Model | Adult Safety | Child Safety | Pedestrian Safety |
| Hyundai i10 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Chevrolet Spark | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Hyundai Getz | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Suzuki Swift | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Skoda Fabia | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Chevrolet Captiva | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Nissan X-Trail | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Honda CR-V | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Audi A4 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| BMW 3-Series | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Mercedes C Series | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Hyundai Sonata | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Skoda Laura | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Skoda Superb | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| VW Passat | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Auto India on July 14th 2008 in Audi, Auto Safety, BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Mercedes, Skoda, Volkswagen