These cars offer the performance of a more expensive car for a quarter of the price.
The premium midsize segment (Rs 6.5-10 lakh) has always been a tricky one for all car manufacturers.
While the company has not disclosed the exact price, the new bike is expected to be tagged around Rs 42,000 (ex-showroom, Delhi).
Top carmakers, including Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai and Honda, are expecting a spike in their sales following the implementation of 7th Pay Commission recommendations.
German luxury car maker Mercedes Benz on Friday said it will hike prices of its products across models by up to 10 per cent in India from next month.
Team by team analysis of Sunday's Russian Grand Prix (listed in championship order):
Proposed investment dip 33% from Rs 1.42 lakh crore (Rs 1.42 trillion) in 2011 to Rs 94,259 crore (Rs 942.59 billion) in 2013
20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history. Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.
The 30-year-old Indian shuttler had an impressive run in the $75,000 BWF Tour Super 100 tournament before caving in tamely 14-21, 10-21 to Shesar in 28 minutes.
Car makers have started hiring from Gujarat's industrial training institutes (ITIs) for their factories across the country.
It is immediately not clear how GST will impact the mass car market. Experts, however, say the level of tax on smaller cars will have to be at a differential to the sedans.
Here's a car that is going to give its competitors a run for their money, says P Tharyan.
A quick computation puts the following value to the seizures.
Having learnt lessons from the past with Baleno and SX4 models, the company is preparing to aggressively tap customers who are looking to upgrade, with the Ciaz, on which it has invested Rs 620 crore (Rs 6.2 billion) on development.
The company sells a range of vehicles from three-wheelers to high-end sports utility vehicles.
Short of practice but rejuvenated after a break, India's first PGA Tour title winning golfer Arjun Atwal on Tuesday said he is aiming to round off his consistent year by lifting the Hero Honda Indian Open for the first time in 11 years, this week.
Data issued by Siam shows sale of PVs (cars, vans and utility vehicles) grew 14.3 per cent to 275,417 vehicles.
Hamara Bajaj may have walked into the sunset, but the sun is shining bright for other scooter manufacturers in the country.
Car sales likely to touch record 3-mn mark by the end of March.
Professional golfers of Indian and sub-continental origin, currently playing in Europe and America, will be seen in action at the $00,000 Hero Honda Women's Indian open golf tournament from November 11 in Gurgoan.
The sub-4 metre sedan will be available with both petrol and diesel engines.
"We sold 16.85 lakh units in FY 2011. In the current fiscal, we plan to increase it to 21 lakh units. We will continue to grow faster than industry. The turnover is also expected to jump to Rs 7,500 crore (Rs 75 billion) this year," company head sales N K Rattan said in New Delhi at the launch of the bike CBR 250R.
There was no sale of premium sedan Kizashi during the month.
Vehicles from global giants such as Yamaha, Kawasaki could be 40-50% cheaper when assembled in India.
Fiat India Automobiles Ltd, a 50:50 joint venture between Italy-based Fiat SpA and domestic auto major Tata Motors, plans to position the car in the premium hatchback segment along with Maruti Suzuki's Ritz, Hyundai's i20, Skoda's Fabia and to be launched Honda Siel's Jazz, the company said.
Prospective bidders had earlier termed the reserve price as too high, while multiple legal woes of Mallya-led UB Group are also being cited by many as reasons for lack of interest in buying this property
In the domestic market, the car has been well accepted and currently the company has over 80,000 bookings for the model.
In fact, since 2013, China has become the largest market for robots.
Maruti will showcase its first concept electric vehicle, the e-SURVIVOR; M&M it's six new EVs, including two futuristic concepts
Ferrari title rival Sebastian Vettel qualified only ninth.
Auto component sourcing has touched $3 billion in India and is expected to double by next financial year-end. Such sourcing has provided Indian players with the opportunity to charge a premium that varies between 5 and 10 per cent.
While home-grown firms like Tata and Mahindra have been actively participating in the government's e-mobility mission, by launching electrified versions of their existing models, the global firms believe electric is not the best solution for a country where the primary source of power generation is coal, and where infrastructure is a big impediment.
The vehicle will compete with the likes of Toyota's Innova, Maruti's Ertiga.
Pakistan's sports ministry on Thursday issued a No-Objection Certificate to the national hockey team to participate in the Hero Honda FIH World Cup, in Delhi from February 28 to March 13.
From discounts to hundred per cent financing to talks of a price hike, companies are doing everything to ensure retail sales pick up this month.
Maruti Suzuki posted a marginal increase in January and the likes of Hyundai, Ford and Mahindra & Mahindra reporting a single-digit growth.
Eyeing the volume segment in India, big car makers, including Honda, Toyota and Volkswagen, on Tuesday showcased their small cars here on the first day of the week-long 10th Auto Expo.
145 companies have paid Rs 125.65 billion (Rs 12,565 crore) as interim dividend for 2009-10
Dairy major Amul, Life Insurance Corporation of India and mobile manufacturer Nokia have emerged as India's top three brands according to Asia's Top 1000 Brands
Satinder Kumar and Raghu Prasad are the two Indian umpires who would officiate in the 12-nation Hero Honda FIH Hockey World Cup to be held at New Delhi's National Stadium in February-March 2010.
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