Automobile News
Archive for October, 2009
Tata nano among World’s 50 Ugliest Cars
Though Tata Motors has won reputation for its low- cost car Nano, which is also the world’s cheapest car. Here’s one honour that the Indian company won’t be very happy with. According to Business week, the $2500 car is one of the world’s 50 ugliest cars over the past 50 years. Business week writes that [...]
Chevrolet Spark Electra will be Soon Seen Running on Indian Roads
General Motors India’s, small car Chevrolet Spark will soon be launched in the electric version. Chevrolet India has undergone a technology tie- up with the Reva electric car company with the aim to produce green cars. According to P Balendran, Vice President, General Motors, Reva will provide the technology of the green car, while General [...]
Premier Automobiles Re- Enters the Indian Automobile Industry
The Indian automobile company, Premier Automobile makes it entry once again to the passenger car segment after an interval of nine years. The company launched a compact sports utility vehicle (SUV), ‘Rio’ on Wednesday. The car model is priced around INR 5, 25,000 for a basic model. The car category has been placed between a [...]
The Next Model of Honda Civic To Be Smaller, Lighter and More Fuel- Efficient
It was planned that the New Honda Civic will be bigger than the current model as it was intended to rival Accord. But now the plan has changed and the new model will now be built to be smaller and efficient. The company altered the plan keeping in mind the changing world market. According to [...]
Toyota Builds Up its Own Flower Species in Order to Get Clean and Healthy Air
It is a known fact that an Automaker manufacturer make cars and trucks. Some companies like Honda, also make motorcycles, robots, jets as well as solar cells. But can you imagine of a car company that develop their own species of flowers? Yes its right, Toyota uses two derivatives of the cherry sage plant and [...]
The Audi and Bollywood Connection
If there is a question to be asked, that who drives an Audi- Salman Khan, Shahrukh, Amitabh or Bipasha? The answer would be all of them. Audi is one car manufacturing brand that caters to the demand from various segments, especially by various Bollywood stars in Mumbai. Bollywood stars like Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan, Shahrukh [...]
India Excels China as Asia’s Leading Automobile Exporter
When it comes to outsourcing sources, India is a world winner. But as far as being a manufacturing hub is concerned, the nation has not been recognised yet. Now for the first time, India has taken over China as Asia’s biggest automobile exporter. The nation is fast evolving as a global hub for manufacturing the [...]
Pressure Building on Honda- Customers Turning Away
India’s fourth biggest two- wheeler maker by volume, is unable to meet the normal supplies of scooters as well as motorcycles to it’s dealers. The company is forced to ask it’s customers to wait up for 4- 5 months for delivery. Honda had a long pay dispute with labour unions, which affected the production heavily [...]
Jeep Cherokee to be Launched in India
Jeep Cherokee, the car model by Chrysler will be soon launched in India by the joint venture of Tata and Fiat. The Jeep Cherokee, along with the other models will be seen riding the streets of India, which is one of the fastest growing car market of the world. The company has a factory in [...]
Hero Honda Bikes Rule the Chart of 2009 Indian Bikes Sales
Cashing on this festive season, the leaders of the bike world continued to dominate the market by selling over 4, 01,290 units in comparison to 3,85,262 units this year. According to the September 2009 bike sales figure, the growth of 4.16 percent has been registered this year. Hero Honda managed to register more than 4 [...]