MUMBAI: Nissan Motor India on Monday said it has opened five more dealerships, taking the total number to 20. The company has opened five more dealerships in Vijayawada, Bhopal, Jaipur, Navi Mumbai and Bhubaneswar, a press release issued here said. These dealerships mark the Japanese automotive major's ability to reach commercial coverage ...read more

NEW DELHI: Tata Motors has struck a barter sponsorship deal wherein it will provide 1,800 new cars to organisers of Commonwealth Games to ferry athletes in lieu of its advertisements as a logistics solutions sponsor for the 12-day sporting event. In a unique arrangement with the Commonwealth Games Committee it would provide these vehicles in ...read more

NEW DELHI: Toyota Kirloskar Motors on Wednesday launched the diesel version of Corolla Altis at a price of Rs 10.95 lakh, ex-showroom, Delhi. The car will be available in three variants D4DJ, D4DG and D4DGL. The top end model would cost Rs 13.75 lakh. The Altis earlier came with a petrol engine and Toyota hopes to corner a higher share of ...read more

NEW DELHI: It was quite an experience for Naina Shankar, a young corporate executive, who decided to buy Grande Punto, the stylish compact car of Fiat. Surprisingly, Shankar received Tata's Sumo Grande at her doorstep for a test drive. The dealer, who manages both Tata and Fiat brands, apparently got confused and sent Tata's multi-utility ...read more

NEW DELHI: Tata Motors is set to join Maruti Suzuki in the million-unit club this year, marking another milestone for one of India's oldest vehicle makers and a coming of age for the domestic automobile sector, whose volumes have historically trailed those of global peers. A widely-expected ramp-up in the production of Nano will catapult Tata ...read more

NEW DELHI: Nissan Motors India today launched the Micra in New Delhi, thereby marking its entrance into the small car segment. Bookings had been opened on 25 May and the response was pretty encouraging for the company. The Micra will be sold in three variants XE (3.98 lakh), XL (4.69 lakh)& XV (5.29 lakh) and will be priced between Rs ...read more

The 50:50 joint venture between John Deere India Pvt Ltd, a leading manufacturer and supplier of agricultural equipments, and Ashok Leyland, the flagship company of the Hinduja Group in India, will start production of construction equipment at Chennai by end-2010. The green-field project will be initially manufacturing loader-backhoes and ...read more

Carpet-bombing can be fun but isn't it much more fulfilling to take charge one block at a time? Bleed the entire sector inch by inch and gradually take over the market over a period of time... A few years back when Volkswagen landed in India with their sedan, Passat, nobody would have imagined what their plans for the future would be. But 2010 ...read more

MUMBAI: Tractor major, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), plans to introduce innovative technologies for the farming community and has set up centres pan-India for this purpose. "We are growing fast in the domestic as well as overseas markets. We are setting up `Samriddhi' centres to offer Innovative Farming Technologies (IFT) to the farming ...read more

NEW DELHI: European car major Volkswagen is likely to rope in Maruti Suzuki for developing an all-new small car below the Polo. The engagement between the companies � an offshoot of Volkswagen�s purchase of a 20% stake in Maruti�s Japanese parent Suzuki late last year � could see greater synergies as they work on a ...read more

NEW DELHI: German car-maker Volkswagen on Tuesday unveiled its entry-level sedan, 'Vento', in India. The car will be launched in the last quarter of this year. The car, which is being rolled out from the company's plant at Chakan, in Maharashtra, comes with 1.6 litre petrol or diesel engine options. It will be available with manual and ...read more

MUMBAI: VE Commercial Vehicles, the joint venture between India's Eicher Motors and Sweden's Volvo, said it has raised vehicle prices marginally from July to offset rising input costs and inflation. Eicher sold 2,966 trucks and buses in June, up 43 percent from the year-ago period, it said earlier in the day. Exports during the month were ...read more

Ashok Leyland today has announced an increase in the prices of its medium and heavy duty vehicle models by about 3 per cent with immediate effect. This will translate into a rise of between Rs 20,000 in the cost of vehicle on some models up to Rs 50,000 on others. This price hike has been necessitated to partially recover the increase in the ...read more

NEW DELHI: Fiat group auto component maker Magneti Marelli is targeting to increase its revenue from Indian operations by nearly nine-folds to 350 million euro (about Rs 2,000 crore) by 2015, as it expects the country to grow faster than other global markets. "India will continue to grow higher than the global markets. Our target is to ...read more

The Railway Ministry has invited firms to invest in developing common user terminals for automobile and ancillary hub. The Railways will provide land on lease initially for seven years and the lease can be extended every year, thereafter. The lease charges will be according to the Ministry policy on land. Railways is not charging any ...read more

CHENNAI: Hindustan Motors has launched Winner XD mini truck in Chennai for the Tamil Nadu region. According to a release, Winner XD is available with Win Motors, Chennai, an outlet which was inaugurated by Rattan Singh, Chief General Manager, Sales and Marketing (Vehicle), Hindustan Motors. Winner is the BS-IV version in CNG.

MUMBAI: General Motors India today extended its successful 'cashless ownership' offer to all its models, including the latest small car from the Chevy stable, the Beat, to provide best-in-class services and better sales. "This is a unique offer that would provide a low-cost of maintenance for our customers. It will ultimately help us ...read more

Carmaker Ford India is keen on making its products with high local content, a top company official said here today. The wholly-owned subsidiary of the US car major Ford currently manufactures hatchback Figo, midsize sedan Ikon, premium sedan Fiesta and premium SUV Endeavour at its manufacturing facility at Maraimalai Nagar. The plant has a ...read more

Riding on rising interest in Jaguar and Land Rover in China and Russia, and a robust demand for trucks and cars, Tata Motors globally sold 79,819 vehicles in May, a 50 per cent growth over that sold in May 2009. Tata Motors Group's global sales comprise sales of Tata Motors in India, Tata Daewoo and Hispano Carrocera range of commercial ...read more

KOLKATA: City-based PK Ruia Group, which has started due diligence on SsangYong Motor, on Tuesday said a special purpose vehicle (SPV), which will include Dunlop India and Falcon Tyres, will be formed if it were to go ahead to bid for the ailing Korean automaker. PK Ruia group and Mahindra & Mahindra are the two Indian entities that have ...read more