Toyota Etios to Debut in India on December 1
25 Nov 2010, 14:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese carmaker Toyota will roll out the Etios on December 1 in Bangalore, India but it's still unclear whether the company is planning to market both the sedan and the hatchback. If we are t...
Indian Minister: SUV Drivers Should Be Considered Criminals
18 Nov 2010, 15:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / SUVs and large vehicles aren't exactly appropriate for the current economic climate, but India's environment and forests minister, Jairam Ramesh is even harsher than that. Speaking in New ...
Yeti Returns Home
16 Nov 2010, 15:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As announced since this summer, the Skoda Yeti has made its way into India and plans to have a field day in the country. Some 1,000 customers are already awaiting their Yetis, which has become perha...
GM Opens Engine Plant in India
12 Nov 2010, 15:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM has expanded its commitment to one of the fastest growing automotive markets in the world, India, by announcing the opening of a new engine plant in Talegaon. After spen...
Honda New Small Vehicle Prototype Coming to Thailand Motor Expo
9 Nov 2010, 08:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The world’s automotive producers are making efforts to developed new efficient vehicles that come to protect the environment and offer a high fuel efficiency that reduces transportation costs ...
Harley-Davidson CKD Assembly Operations to Start in India
8 Nov 2010, 11:35 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson recently revealed it plans to assemble motorcycles for the Indian market in the country, using component kits supplied by its U.S. plants. The compan...
Piaggio NT3 to Take on the Tata Nano
5 Nov 2010, 17:12 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / At this week’s 2010 EICMA Moto Show in Milan the Italian scooter maker Piaggio has taken the wraps off its NT3 concept. The small car has three seats, uses a four door configuration and was de...
GM India Workers Go on Strike
30 Oct 2010, 17:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The work at the GM Halol plant in Gujarat, India, stopped today due to a strike of the workers there, who are demanding an increase in wages. The strike started as the plant was getting ready to sta...
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 India Official Launch
30 Oct 2010, 07:05 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / The Bugatti Veyron was officially launched in New Delhi, India, on 28 October 2010, despite the 110% import tax which raises its price tag to an astonishing $3.6 million (about 160 million rupees), ...
BMW Bikes to Sell in India
28 Oct 2010, 10:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Indian motorcycle market, one of the hungriest in the world, will a get a new dish soon, as German manufacturer BMW Motorrad is getting ready to start sales of its bikes in the country in Decemb...
2011 Yamaha FZ Midnight Special Series Launched
25 Oct 2010, 06:07 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Yamaha Motor India has recently introduced a limited edition FZ series (FZ, FZ-S and Fazer) bikes in India, produced under the Midnight Special version. As the designation suggests, the bikes will c...
Volkswagen Training Academy Opened in India
5 Oct 2010, 13:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The second El Dorado of the automotive world these past few years, India, is attracting more and more investments from the carmakers who sell vehicles there. The latest such investment has been made...
Nissan India Starts Exporting the Micra
5 Oct 2010, 12:50 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Indian division of Nissan announced today it has begun exporting the Micra compact hatchback, with the first major consignment of 3866 cars already on their way to Europe. Earlier, in April this...
Tata Aria Launches Next Week
5 Oct 2010, 09:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Indian manufacturer Tata Motors announced this week that the new crossover it has created, the Aria, will hit local dealerships on October 11. The model, the first crossover made in India, is expect...
BMW Targets Indian Luxury Motorcycle market
22 Sep 2010, 13:37 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German manufacturer BMW has been quite successful in the luxury car market in India, so now it will try to squeeze in its two-wheeled offerings here as well. The manufacturer will first try and intr...
Volkswagen Presents Talking Newspaper Ad
22 Sep 2010, 10:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / When we first came across this, our imagination went wild. We could imagine a world where a photograph would interact with us, a world where the columns in the newspaper would read themselves, in a ...
BMW Increases Production in India
21 Sep 2010, 09:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Promising at least just as much potential as the Chinese market, India is slowly becoming the new focus of carmakers who have some type of operation in the country. In BMW's case, the attention...
Yamaha Starts SZ Tour in India
20 Sep 2010, 14:10 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Indian division of Yamaha chose twenty bikers to be part of a one-month tour that will culminate with a gala event in Cochin on October 17, 2010. The members of the division will ride on Yamaha&...
Toyota Etios for India to Enter Production
30 Aug 2010, 19:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Toyota announced today it plans to begin trial production of the Etios model for the Indian market in September, way ahead of the original scheduled production start set for De...
Suzuki India Launches SlingShot 125
27 Aug 2010, 09:25 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / While the whole world is hoping for a 125cc sportsbike from the Japanese brand, Suzuki India has debuted the 125cc SlingShot, a smaller street touring machine. Inspired by its bigger siblings the GS...