India will be the leader in 2009 in Auto sale
According to auto research firm JD Power and Associates, growth in China and India is set to make Asia-Pacific the world’s largest regional market for automobile by 2009.
The region is expected to sell 23 million vehicles by 2009 compare to 22.7 million in Europe.
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After Maruti Hyundai goes for CNG
Hyundai’s understood that and to counter Maruti’s LPG Wagon R, It has introduced a CNG version of the Santro. One thing is clear immediately — the retro-fitment is no sloppy job one sees at so-called specialists’ workshops. The connections are secure, the mounts are solid and the cylinder has its own smart jacket too.
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Skoda leader in satisfaction
Skoda has been named the best overall sales satisfaction for the first time according to the J.D. Power Asia Pacificx 2007 index study.
According to India times report, Skoda performed well on three counts: delivery process, delivery timing and paperwork. Maruti Suzuki and Mahindra followed Skoda in the rankings, respectively.
But the bad news is that recording a single-point increase over 2006, the overall satisfaction in the industry remains static despite intense competition, and slowing of sales in past four months.
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Jetta to take on Honda City
Here is another good news for car lovers. According to Business Standard report, Volkswagen is pulling out all the stops on its India plans. Come 2008, Volkswagen will roll out the Jetta sedan from Skoda’s Aurangabad facility
To be assembled using completely-knocked-down kits from Puebla, Mexico, the operation will continue until 2009, when Volkswagen will move to its own Rs 2,450-crore, 110,000-units-a-year facility in Pune.
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Tata to hit the road with air car in 2008
The Rs 1-lakh car isn’t the only affordable technology that Tata Motors will introduce in 2008. India’s largest four-wheel automaker has plans to bring out cars fired by compressed air, the cheapest auto fuel in the world.
Tata Motors will start producing cars running on air fuel, sometime in 2008. These are expected to deliver the lowest running cost across all passenger car segments, and could be much lower than CNG, the cheapest on-road fuel (with a running cost of a rupee per kilometre) right now. The cost of a fuel refill would be about Rs 90, and each refill is expected to deliver a distance in the range of 150-200 km.
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LML comeback with VESPA
Tempted by the recent revival of the scooter segment in the country, the beleaguered LML (Lohia Machines) has re-entered the domestic market after a hiatus of 14 months with its Vespa brand of geared scooters.
The Kanpur-based company launched its 150cc Vespa brands NV SPL and Select II this week with an on-road price of Rs 35,000 in New Delhi, traditionally its biggest market. The company used to sell around 1,000 units a month in New Delhi before it went out of production in February 2006.
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A new car can now be yours at bargain price.
Dealers of leading car manufacturers, including Maruti, Hyundai, Ford, Fiat and Tata Motors, are tying up with used car owners to liquidate old stock f car models that have been phased out or replaced by upgraded models,
The popular models in market include Hyundai Sonata (replaced by Embera), Maruti Baleno (replaced by SX4) and Hyundai Accent Viva (production stopped) among others.
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Tata’s 1 lakh small car will be delayed
The ambitious Rs 100,000 car project of Tata Motors is running behind schedule, but Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata hopes that it would achieve top speed to make up for lost time.
“The project is getting delayed,” Tata told reporters on the sidelines of Tata Tea’s 44th annual general meeting here.
But he hopes there would be no time overrun in the project - whose first car is expected to be rolled out in the second half of 2008.
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Toyota’s small car coming to you very soon.
If you are planning to buy a small car then you should wait for some time because Toyota is also entering in small car segment. Japanese car major Toyota’s small car plans for India will either involve a brand new car based on its Yaris platform or an Indian specific model developed from scratch.
According to source in the auto industry, the company is still working out its cost feasibility between these to options.
Source also says that Toyota may follow the Innova model for its small car sourcing from specific low cost centers and selling the model in Asia. The small car may also come with both petrol and diesel versions.
Toyota’s Indian subsidiary, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, is likely to announce its small car project before the end of this year. Toyota’s global small car is being designed in Japan.
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Are you looking forward to buy a small car and unable to decide?
Should be and we all are unable to decide because of the overcrowded variety of cars
Maruti itself has created a tough competition for its cars and made a little difference among each other
Maruti 800
Maruti ZEN
Maruti Alto
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