Will Nexa showrooms boost premium car sales for Maruti?

Maruti's premium push is welcome but the task is tough: examples of a mass-market brand becoming premium aren't too many, says Bhupesh Bhandari. Analysts have taken a positive view of Maruti......

India formula behind Hyundai's new high

Image: Hyundai Elite i20. Photograph: Kind Courtesy, Hyundai India’s top two manufacturers, Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai Motor India, control 75 per cent of the 1.8 million unit-per year......

Why Budget fails to excite the common man

Are you happy with the Union Budget 2009 or disappointed like the stockmarket, which didn't see any of the things it wanted - be it lesser government borrowings and corporate taxes, or a PSU......

The 20 YO lighting up F1

IMAGE: McLaren's Lando Norris has graduated quickly from kart racer to F1 star-in-the-making. Photograph: Loren Elliott/Reuters The Formula One season finally shifted into overdrive with the......

Sports Shorts: Alonso takes second Le Mans 24 Hours win

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday IMAGE: Fernando Alonso (extreme right) celebrates on the podium with his Toyota team mates Kazuki Nakajima and Switzerland's Sebastien......

Sports Shorts: Anand out of contention in Norway

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand had to hold himself with black and he survived many anxious and nearly catastrophic positions under the normal......

F1: 'Fighter' Alonso bows out with a champion's send-off

IMAGE: McLaren's Fernando Alonso waves to the crowd after his last Formula One race. Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters Fernando Alonso bowed out of Formula One, on Sunday, with a champion's......

McLaren's Alonso to retire from F1 at end of season

IMAGE: McLaren's Fernando Alonso. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images Double world champion Fernando Alonso will retire from Formula One at the end of the season, his team McLaren said in a......