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Archive for December, 2009
Hyundai Santro no More a Flagship Model- Replaced by i10
Hyundai’s next gen hatchback i10 has gone ahead of its bestselling car Santro and has become the flagship model for the Korean auto major. It all happened after the sales figure of i10 met with a sky touching records for the past the few months. The average sales of the current flagship model have reached [...]
DC to Showcase Rs 1 Crore Nano at the Auto Expo
The famous Indian Automobile designer Dilip Chhabria, better known as DC has something new in store for him at the upcoming Auto expo. He plans to turn the people car Nano (that is being sold at approx 1.5 lakh in India) into a crore- worth car. He will replace the current 623 cc engine of [...]
Autocar India’s Gujarati Edition Launched by ‘Chitralekha’
Chitralekha, which is the largest selling periodical in Western India, is launching ‘Autocar Gujarati’, the Gujarati edition of the Autocar India. Autocar India is a successful Auto Magazine of the nation and its Guajarati version begin with an 8 to 16 page magazine- within- magazine format. Autocar Gujarati will be circulated every month along with [...]
Tata Nano and Bajaj Pulsar- Car and Bike of the Year
India’s home-grown people’s car, Tata Nano has been awarded as 2009 Economic Times ZigWheels Car of the year. Nano was awarded as the best Indian Car after facing competition from other new and spanking cars including Mahindra Xylo, Fiat Grande Punto, Mercedes Benz E- class and Toyota Fortuner. The car came out on top not [...]
Global Production of Honda Drops for the 13th Month
Japanese second largest automaker company Honda Motor Co’s global auto production fell for a 13th straight month in November. The output of Honda has been decreased by 7.6 percent i.e. to 301,257 vehicles in comparison to the previous year. Besides this, the production of Honda also dropped in Japan by 25 percent. The overall fiscal [...]
Maruti Looks Big with its Upcoming Car Kizashi
Maruti Suzuki is coming up with Kizashi next year in India, which is a crossover between a sports car and sedan. The company launched the car model earlier this year in the markets of US and Japan. Kizashi is expected to range over Rs 10 lakh and it will be featured at the Delhi Auto [...]
Auto Expo 2010, New Delhi expected to be the Largest of Them All
The year 2009 witnessed 30 large auto shows throughout the world and most of these were held in US, Europe and China. But none of them matched the expected visitors for the upcoming Auto show, Auto Expo 2010, New Delhi that is scheduled to take place next month. Pawan Goenka, President of the society of [...]
Honda to Unveil New Small Car for the Auto Expo
Japanese Automaker Honda has plans to unveil a new small car targeting the emerging market consumers at the Auto Expo, scheduled next month i.e. January 2010. Honda announced the launch of small car just after Japanese rival Toyota, which is also the world’s biggest carmaker declared that it will introduce a small car at the [...]
Tata Nano Wins the Indian car of the Year
Tata Nano, who has been in pictures since it is launched, has won the prestigious Indian car of the year (ICOTY) award. ICOTY has been instituted by the leading automotive magazines in India in association with the JK Tyre in order to bring the auto industry in India at par internationally in recognising their efforts. [...]
Hyundai Plans to launch i10 Electric at the Auto Expo
Hyundai planned to launch an electric version of i10 long time back, but the car will officially be launched at the Auto Expo 2010, New Delhi scheduled next month. The specifications for the i10 electric are available already, but the price and other practical issues will be dealt at the event itself. The Hyundai i10 [...]