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Buying a new car? Points to evaluate…

by Viral Dholakia on January 3, 2012 |

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I recently went through the experience of researching for new car and I thought I should share it with our readers so that they can benefit from it as well! Choosing a brand new car without proper planning could place you in a fix – as this is a decision with which you’ve to …

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Top 10 Car launches of 2011 in India

by Kaushambi
HondaBrio1

The cars launched in 2011 were a mix of hatchbacks, new variants of older popular models and SUVs. Catching up with India’s increasing demand of fuel efficient cars, automobile companies have been busy notching up their launches of 2011 with high performing car models. Let’s look at the top car launches in India in 2011, [...]

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Brand Arrogance: How Market leaders lose the plot – lessons from Honda

by Dr Vikram Venkateswaran
Honda City

Market leaders are always in a peculiar position. Always faced with the daunting task of keeping their position, Often than not, they lose track of what got them to the top and end up as laggards in the Industry they once dominated. In other words they become victims of Brand Arrogance. Take Hindustan Motors …

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5 Ways to beat Petrol price hike!

by Eric Jose
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Petrol price hikes have been a nightmare for all of us. Combined with inflation, it is becoming hard for an average Indian to survive. So it is high time that we adopt measures to use less fuel, so that the impact of price rise is minimal. Following are some practices when followed would …

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Maruti goes for a CNG drive – Advantage consumer!

by Viral Dholakia
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As the world gradually comes out of the grip of recession, the consumption demand has staged a remarkable come back in the developing economies like India – and, so also has the intense competition, lined-up to grab this incremental demand. Speaking industry wise, it goes without saying that the automobile sector in India has …

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Hyundai To Stop Production In India – Thanks to Labour Strikes !

by Ankit Agarwal
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Infrastructure or the lack of it, has often been cited as the primary reason for India remaining a developing country even with all the talent available in the world. There is no denying that fact, but there are numerous other reasons which will hinder India’s growth even if the infrastructure improves. One of the them [...]

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Bajaj goes the Nano way – To roll out $2500 Ultra-Cheap Car with Renault

by Viral Dholakia
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They say competition creates better products and leads to innovation and enhanced creativity. But, what can competition do in case of products that are ultra-cheaply priced? Be it mobile handsets or even low cost affordable cars. Either it will drive down the prices of the products further cheaper (which is hard to imagine …

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Maruti 800 To Make Its Journey Into History Books,To Phase Out Of 13 cities

by Ankit Agarwal

The dynamics of the consumer marketplace have changed phenomenally in the last few years.In this never ending pursuit to meet customer demand, the manufacturers have been forced to revisit their products and deliver new and better product variants every now and then.Now, the whole marketplace thrives on better and new products ever so frequently that [...]

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A Good Year For The Indian Automobile Sector

by Ankit Agarwal
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The dawn of a new year brings with it a lot of insights into what transpired in the year just gone by.In the industry , it is even more relevant when companies take a look at their Year On Year numbers.Well, the Indian Auto Sector seems to have come out tops reporting impressive numbers for [...]

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Remote Charging – A REVAlutionary innovation

by Arun Prabhudesai
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I am sure you have seen or atleast heard REVA -The Bangalore based electric car maker has been at the forefront of promoting a Green environment by its electric vehicles(EV). More so, the site has a rather stark punch line, “If they got it, more people will get it” …

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Force India does it again – This time its Sutil

by Arun Prabhudesai
Vijay-Mallya

By now you must have guessed that I am a huge Formula One fan. I used to look forward race after race in the hope that I will have something worth writing about, but it has taken long 1.5 years for that and it seems worth the wait :) 2 weeks back, I was ecstatic [...]

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Tata Nano to be launched on March 3rd

by Sriram Vadlamani
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Finally, we have a date for the launch of  the much coveted, most awaited car of the century. The 1 lakh car or Tata Nano is being launched on March 3rd. Bookings will start from the last week of February. One has to pay 70000 rupees for pre-booking to get the car on March 3rd. [...]

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Who else wants the oil price to be doubled to $80 per barrel?

by Sriram Vadlamani
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The current rate of $40 per barrel* will not help OPEC nations. Most of the OPEC nations depend heavily on the oil exports with very few other industries to fall back on. Speaking at the Davos, OPEC’s secretary general said the desirable price for oil should be at $60-$80. Of course he is speaking …

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Tata Motors posts loss. Nano launch might be delayed

by Sriram Vadlamani
Tata Motors

Tata Motors has posted a loss of 263 crores for the December quarter. The previous loss posted was of 153 crores in 2000-01. Tata Motors is not the only company which is facing some uncertain future in this heavily intertwined global economy. The big 3 automakers in the US are facing an uncertain future. …

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India needs Tata Prius and not Tata Nano

by Sriram Vadlamani

Toyota Prius uses the energy produced from braking and tries to replenish it for running the car. It also uses the kinetic energy produced from the spinning of wheels on a downhill to replenish some of the energy required to run the car. This would reduce the amount of energy (fossil fuel) needed to run the car. This car is best suited for city conditions. This was designed for US market.

Now, imagine the car in India.

I would say the car would never use the petrol in the tank. Any guesses why? In Indian cities you don’t do anything else other than hitting on the brake pedal. That is a lot of energy to run a car. So Isn’t Prius the better-suited car for India than Nano?

India needs a Prius or a Prius++, not Nano ! 

Nano would be an environmental disaster. It would clog the roads, the atmosphere and ultimately the lungs of little ones. Funny thing is Tata is doing the Indian society a great service by commoditizing the car market. Though they are running into loses already because of the Singur issue and the new plant to be set-up.

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