Archive for June, 2010

Diesel Cars Sales to decrease in coming months

Until now sales figures of diesel variants cars in India have showed an upward trend but, as per the sources it is expected that there will be a certain decrease in coming months as the government of India has decided to hike the price of fuel in the country. Long back in the year June 2006, the gap between petrol and diesel price was about of Rs 15 in national capital, whereas the current difference is only Rs 11.56. The major contributor to this expected decrease in the demand for diesel run cars is the narrowing down gap between petrol and diesel prices, because of this buyers of diesel variants are now moving towards petrol versions of the cars.

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Mercedes India Enters used car business

The largest luxury car maker in the Indian market, Mercedes Benz India, has entered the used car business with the launch of its new company certified pre-owned car outlet in the country called  Proven Exclusivity. The automobile analysts sees this move of starting a used car business here as a part of German company’s long term growing plans in India.

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Nissan Sedan Based on V-Platform in India Next Year

Encouraged by  the terrific response it is getting for its small car Micra, Japanese auto giant Nissan is planning to launch its Sedan model for Indian market next year. This particular sedan is based on company’s latest V-Platform which has been developed for developing countries  like India. The recently launched Nissan Micra is the latest model to roll out from this platform. During the launch of Nissan Micra, the company officials stated that the company will introduce the sedan model of the car by second quarter of 2011.

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New Mahindra Logan To Be Launched By 2012

Mahindra & Mahindra, India’s largest utility vehicle (UV) maker is looking to introduce its popular Logan sedan in all new look by the end of the year 2012. The new version will have a length of less than four meters. Because of this it will qualify for a lesser excise duty segment. Mr Rajesh Jejurikar, chief executive (automotive division) of the company said in a statement given to a leading news daily that company is planning to launch a restyled Logan within the next 18 months.

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Tata To Launch Nano In Nepal Market Next Month

Tata Motors will launch world’s cheapest car Tata Nano in the neighbouring Nepalese market next month. Tata Motor is already getting ready to market the model in the international market for long time now and Nepal will be the first one to get a glimpse of this ultra-cheap car on its roads after India.

Tata nano, Nano

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Shah Rukh Khan To Drive Bugatti Veyron

As movies have larger audiences all over the world Car makers have always looked for Hollywood for showing their latest cars to the international world. This trend of introducing new models in popular movies is quickly catching up in Indian subcontinent too where Bollywood movies are a bigger than Hollywood. It gives car makers a good platform to show their models in India and its neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

bugatti veyron wallpaper

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Hyundai Sonata/i45 Wins AutoPacific Awards

Hyundai Sonata has been reintroduced in international markets as Hyundai i45. Under a survey, 975 Hyundai i45 owners rated their customer satisfaction for over 48 separate categories including the basics of comfort and convenience, to performance and environmental friendliness for various mid-sized sedan models. North American automotive consulting firm AutoPacific awarded Hyundai i45 the the first-ever President’s Award.

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SCOOP: BMW’S NEW 6-SERIES

BMW,  is unlikely to bring the M6 this time around in the Automobile market. Instead, the 650i will take the place of the top-of-the-line 6-Series. The basic shape of the car looks unchanged apart from the M6 style quad exhausts. Using more ellipsoid headlights, losing the RS5 nose, and cutting off two doors are a few details that make this photo-shopped 6 infinitely prettier than BMW’s recent (as in today) debut at the 2010 Beijing motorshow: the Gran Coupe. In profile, the rear of the car looks heavy with its huge boot. The car features a newly worked front bumper and headlights with LED’s. Here are the first disguised pictures of the 6-Series.

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Topless Chevrolet Stingray featured In Transformers 3

After the Ferrari 458 Italia now the convertible Chevrolet Stingray is the part of sci-fi Movie Transformer 3. Here we manage the photo as well as video which clearly shows the whole scenario. We sot car was on set, filming some of the scenes.In the video you can see the Chevrolet Camaro which plays Bumblebee and possibly the new Autobot, the Ferrari 458 Italia.But, the bad news is the Megan Fox will no longer be Shia LaBeouf’s partner in the movie.

chevrolet stingray in transformer3

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1,049 bookings in 4 weeks for Micra

Much awaited Nissan’s latest small car, the Micra has open the bookings and crossed over 1000 bookings within 4 week. This is the good start for Micra, car will be officially launched on July 14. But Nissan has not disclosed the price of the new sensational Micra. The inside sources from the industry say that the base model will  cost around 4 lakh Rs. The new Micra will compete with the Swift and i20. Nissan has signed Ranbir Kapoor as brand ambassador and released two television commercials with him. Nissan targeting the100,000 sales of the Micra by the end of 2013.

Micra

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