Automobile News
Archive for November, 2009
The Car Companies all set for a 2-Phase Hike in the Coming Year
The Carmakers are setting themselves for a two- phase price hike after a year. This is because of the rising input costs and turning to a stricter emission norms from next April. The prices of the popular vehicles like Honda’s Civic, Maruti’s Swift, Mahindra’s Scorpio and others are expected to go up by Rs 10,000 [...]
Nissan’s Zero- Emission Fuel- Cell Car to Promote Coca Cola Zero
If an automaker award has to be presented for best service to the alternate transportation in the year 2009, Nissan North America would surely be a strong contender. The company is really stepping ahead on both electric cars as well as fuel cells. Nissan displayed its leaf battery car earlier this month, which is presently [...]
Toyota Managers to Face 20 Percent Bonus Cut
Besides their monthly salaries, the Japanese workers at major Automobile companies such as Toyota are given twice- a- year bonus. But the Managers of Toyota will not be provided with any bonuses this time, as the world’s largest carmaker faces a massive recall in the United States and a huge loss for second straight fiscal [...]
Toyota Plans to Expand its Dealership
The world biggest carmaker company after witnessing a series of successful battles in the Portsmouth city is planning another expansion. The 150 Greenleaf Avenue dealership is all set to present itself in front of the Technical Advisory committee next Tuesday. Toyota of Portsmouth plans to add a 26,000 square foot building and 944 parking spaces [...]
TVS Launches Automatic Scooter ‘Wego’ and Clutch less Bike ‘Jive’
TVS Launches its range of scooters in the Indian market. The scooter is named as “Wego” and it comes with a 110 cc engine and develops 8bhp f maximum power at 7500 rpm and a maximum torque of 8nm at 5500 rpm. Besides this, the scooter comes with class leading features that includes rear fuel [...]
Pioneer of the Indian Electric Car Plans for the Biggest Plug- In Plant
Chetan Maini, the engineer who pioneered the first electric car of India, had his moment of glory around two decades ago, when he drove a vehicle that was fuelled by solar power throughout the blistering outback of Australia. Now, Maini, who is behind the Reva electric car Co, is all set to build the biggest [...]
Maruti Suzuki Plans to Replace Versa
Maruti Suzuki India, which is the largest car maker of India, is planning to launch a Van in position of the discontinued Versa by the fiscal end. I.V Rao, Managing Executive officer, Maruti Suzuki, on Monday, announced proposals to launch Versa. Rao was reportedly speaking on the sidelines of the 4th environmentally- friendly vehicle conference. [...]
Fiat Plans to Launch Linea T-Jet at Auto Expo 2010
Though Fiat Linea is a much-loved car of the carmaker company, but it isn’t by automobile enthusiasts. This is because the car isn’t much powerful. The 1400c Petrol engine that the model holds is not enough to give one, the driving pleasure he/ she looks for. Though the car definitely offers a lot more, but [...]
Toyota Plans to Move Some Jobs From California
The Toyota Motor Corp is expected to take away few jobs from California to the cheaper states because of the declining sales is forcing the world’s biggest carmaker company to cut cost and reorganise the operations. The automaker is expected to shift its U.S accounting, product planning, as well as its travel and data services [...]
Peugeot to Team- up With Caparo for the Indian Plan
The French Auto maker Peugeot- Citroen is believed to build a joint venture with the auto component manufacturer Caparo India, which is a fully owned subsidiary of the UK-, based Caparo Group. The company officials of Caparo are familiar with the development and Peugeot will surely be benefited with the assistance of Caparo, especially after [...]