If someone were to ask me if India has finally caught up with the rest of the world in terms of our car building skills, this is what I would show them. The XUV700 is not just the best Mahindra till date but is up there with the global cars in terms of space, performance, […]Continue Reading
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The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, or Siam, reported on Thursday that passenger vehicle sales in September plunged 41% to 1,60,070 units, down from 2,72,027 units in the same month a year ago. High commodity prices and a chip shortage exacerbated automakers’ woes, resulting in lower sales. In the same month last year, the car […]Continue Reading
Tata Motors is making a global investment in the electric vehicle business. US-based TPG Rice Climate and Abu Dhabi-based ADQ will invest Rs 7,500 crore. Tata Motors will transform its electric vehicle business into a separate company. The TPG-ADQ alliance will have an 11% –15% stake in the company. The new company is valued at […]Continue Reading
The Ministry of Transport has issued a notification raising the rates for renewal of vehicle registration. This is part of the implementation of the vehicle demolition policy. There will be no registration fee for the new vehicle on presentation of the demolition certificate. The re-registration fee for buses will be increased by 12.5 times and […]Continue Reading
For many years, the Octavia has been the yardstick of European quality by which other cars were measured. It was classy, good-looking, well-built, and no matter what engine you chose, it was fun to drive. There was the punchy yet frugal diesel, an all-rounder of a standard petrol version, and a hotter RS version for […]Continue Reading
Thousands of employees at Ford Motor Co. and numerous Ford-related businesses face an unclear future after the global automaker abruptly ended its operations in India on Thursday, following a growing list of American automakers to leave the nation. The decision, which was revealed on Thursday, would have an impact on 4,000 staff, hundreds of dealers, […]Continue Reading
US automaker Ford ceases production in India. The manufacturing unit at Sanand in Gujarat will close by the end of this year and the Chennai unit by the middle of next year. Sales of the Figo, Aspire, Freestyle, Ecosport and Endeavor models will be discontinued as soon as current stock runs out. Sales of imported […]Continue Reading
Piaggio India has announced the launch of a new line of superbikes in the country. The RSV4 and Tuono V4 have priced at INR 23.69 lakh and INR 20.66 lakh ex-showroom, respectively, while the all-new Aprilia RS 660 and Tuono 660 are priced at INR 13.39 lakh and INR 13.09 lakh ex-showroom, respectively. The Moto […]Continue Reading
This is the most important new car for Skoda in many years. It is the first product to be part of their new ‘India 2.0’ strategy to develop India-specific models rather than bringing a product from their global portfolio and adapting it to the Indian landscape, as they always did before. Given our tax structure, […]Continue Reading
The policy of scrapping old vehicles, which is leading to a great revolution in the automotive world of the country, starts from today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that this decision is a milestone in the country’s development journey. Under the new policy, commercial vehicles will not be allowed on the road after 15 […]Continue Reading