The ultra-low-cost small car being jointly developed by Bajaj, Renault and Nissan is expected to hit Indian roads by 2010. Renault and Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, who was on a visit to Bajaj Auto in Pune on Monday, said that he hoped the prototype of the car will be completed by the end of this year. The car is expected to cost US $3,000 and will compete with Tata Motors' Rs 1 lakh car due next year.
The hottest cars in the most popular segment.
Though the compact SUV is based on Duster, the company has reworked the interiors and styling.
Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa says compatriot Fernando Alonso should have no worries about joining McLaren from Renault in 2007.
Renault manager Flavio Briatore is confident the 25-year-old Finn has what it takes to triumph in Formula One.
Compact SUVs have caught fancy of Indian buyers as they have all features of a full-fledged SUV - higher ground clearance, spacious, and high seats.
Taking a cue from success of Mahindra and Renault sports utility vehicles, Maruti Suzuki plans to launch two compact SUVs.
Television actors Rithvik Dhanjani and girlfriend Asha Negi talk about their big win.
Japanese auto major Nissan said on Tuesday it expects to finalise its India plans, including setting up of a manufacturing facility, by March this year as it is still at an early stage of talks with Mahindra-Renault for a joint venture.
Ford EcoSport is undoubtedly, the most successful launch, the Indian automobile industry has witnessed in 2013.
Formula One world championship leader Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix for Ferrari on Sunday in the German's 200th race start.
Product development and launches are expected to lift the buying mood.
Automakers are betting big on utility vehicles as buyers will soon graduate from small cars to premium ones.
Competing with the cars from big auto companies, Swift and Swift Dzire have made its way into the top 20.
Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella will lose 10 places on the Belgian Grand Prix starting grid after an engine change on Saturday
He became the first Spaniard to win his home grand prix on Sunday to the screaming adulation of a 130,000-strong crowd.
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton took pole for Mercedes at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso is confident he can stop Michael Schumacher's winning run in his Ferrari rival's home German Grand Prix this weekend.
Michael Schumacher has won seven times at Magny-Cours, and can become the first driver to win the same Grand Prix eight times.
McLaren: Raikkonen produced a brilliant race with a two-stop strategy.
Shedding their boring boxy structure, the MUVs of today are not only offered with their prime USP of space, but also offer amazing exteriors and feature-filled interiors.
With the launch of Nissan's Terrano, the fight for supremacy in the compact SUV segment hots up.
Renault took second and third place with Italian Giancarlo Fisichella and newly-crowned champion Fernando Alonso respectively.
Reliance on a single model begins at about 40% and goes up to 80 % in case of some companies
Karun Chandok will drive for Korea-based E-Rain Racing in the Formula Asia Renault V6 series
The double world champion retired his McLaren for the second race in a row while he had been running in a points-scoring position.
Besides being budget-oriented these cars also offer fantastic performance and mileage.
Three rookies are set to make their race debuts and Azarbaijan will make it's Formula One debut even as Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg pose to challenge odds on favourite Lewis Hamilton.
Finland's Valtteri Bottas seized the first Formula One victory of his career at the Russian Grand Prix on Sunday after jumping both Ferraris at the start and then holding his nerve over the tense closing laps.
Points rather than a podium finish may be the best Ferrari can hope for from their home Italian Grand Prix this weekend, said the Formula One champion.
India's Narain Karthikeyan will start 19th on the grid on Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix.
Global automobile majors are looking to leverage India's cost-competitive manufacturing practices and turn the country into an export hub for utility vehicles.
The race has been won from pole eight times out of 11 editions.
Fernando Alonso put Renault on pole position for Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix.
Apart from a pavilion of vintage cars, there will be a Bollywood corner
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