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Cars these days are considered as a part of luxury status. For most people cars are intrinsically linked to their lives – be it going to earn their livelihood, or family shopping. Selecting a car is usually a combination of practicality,…

Except for HMSI (Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India) and Suzuki, who posted a 39% and 36% growth respectively as compared to August 2011, rest of the two wheeler manufacturers are in red. The slowdown is the first since January 2009, with…

How would you feel if you saw Bajaj scooters zipping off on the road like yesteryears? Well, that isn’t really happening because Bajaj quit the scooter production segment 2 years back. But in a few months time you might just be able to…

Most of India still hasn’t forgotten how there was a time when everyone was vying to buy the Maruti Suzuki 800 or the Fronty as it was lovingly called. Fronty may have been bid goodbye after its memorable run spanning a couple of decades,…

A car made for global markets, but designed keeping India in mind? While that sounds too good to be true, Maruti Suzuki seems to have nailed it. Based on the tried and tested Swift Platform, Maruti has unveiled its plans to launch the brand…

While it may not be the best of news for the team marketing the Beetle, it is definitely time for die-hard Mini fans to rejoice. BMW recently announced that various models of Mini Cooper will hit Indian roads by May this year. BMW earlier…

There was a ray of hope for the industry and investors alike when automobile companies reported record sales for the month of March 2012, as compared to March last year. Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai Motor…

Business daily ET reported yesterday that Tata Nano is all set to resurrect its image from an ultra-low cost ‘People’s Car’ to a more powerful variant with an 800cc 3-cylinder engine to tap the entry-level segment in the four-wheeler car…

We know nothing beats the feel and drive of a new car, but gone are the days when your idea of buying a used car in India was limited to dodgy road side car mechanics. The used car segment in India has recently taken massive leaps and the…

Tata has added another feather to its already crowded cap! They have unveiled a prototype of a approx. USD 20,000 electric car that can easily carry four passengers. The reason it should make us proud is because it has been fully engineered…

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…

The Indian Auto story is like a Bollywood movie, full of twists, turns, item numbers and emotions. It is also very overrated! In 2008, the auto industry in India was the center of attention of the entire world. In that year Tata motors…

Delhi recently hosted the first international formula 1 championships in India. In the middle of the hype and excitement, I was wondering if there was any benefit to the Industry and society from such an expensive sport. It’s not cheap to…

We all know that Detroit has been an automobile hub because it is home to GM, Ford and Chrysler. Gujarat, too, the way it is attracting Automobile giants,  is poised to be the next big automobile hub, not only for India even…

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…

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…

In the early 1980’s there were two automobile giants in talks with the Indian government, to launch a small car in India. One of them was Suzuki that went on to create history with the launch of the Maruti 800. The auto giant that didn’t…

If you have read the Business Page of Times of India today – you must have come across a title saying “Now, Lease a Merc, pay 50% cost”. It probably is dream come true for many as you can have pleasure of having a Mercedes car at half the…

Any Guesses as to which is India’s most popular color choice for car buyers? If you said “White”, you are bang-on. White is the most popular car color for Indians. According to Dupont Automotive Color Popularity Report, more than half…

Indian Automobile market has been going strong for the last few years and has caught the fancy of foreign automakers like Hyundai, Volkswagen etc.  The likes of Hyundai, Volkswagen, Chevrolet despite an existing portfolio of cars got…