Posts Tagged ‘eclipse’

Hero Honda details price hike

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Hero Honda today provided in depth details on its recent price hike.http://www.vicky.in/straightfrmtheheart/hero-honda-hikes-splendour-and-passion-prices/A couple of weeks back, we have increased the price across various models in order to partially pass on the increase in input cost to the customer......

Trevor Creed retires from Chrysler, Ralph Gilles ascends

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Trevor Creed has decided that being the capo di designi capo for such programs as the Chrysler 300, PT Cruiser, Dodge Challenger, Viper, and Ram, among others, is a satisfactory way to cap a career in design. Creed has spent the past 23 years at Chrysler, and his departure as Vice President of Desig......

Hyundai plans to make hybrids in India

Monday, June 30th, 2008
Hyundai which is already making a statement across the world with the indian made hatchbacks like santro,Getz and i10 plans to make hybrids in India. Hyundai entered the environmentally-friendly auto market in October 2004, when it supplied the korean government with 50 Getz hybrid cars.This number ......

Rumormill: Nissan’s new RWD sports coupe could be hybrid-powered

Friday, May 16th, 2008
We've been obsessively following the developments surrounding Nissan's rumored re-entry into the compact, RWD market, and up until now, it's been assumed that a small-displacement engine would be mounted up front, possibly fitted with a turbocharger. But according to a report by Drive.com.au, Nissan......

Beijing ‘08 Preview: Nissan Livina C-Gear set to debut

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Click image for a gallery of the current Nissan Livina rangeThe Nissan Livina "world car" will get the allroad-ish treatment next week when the new C-Gear variant bows at Auto China in Beijing. The C-Gear follows the Livina Geniss/Grand Livina minivan and Livina hatch to market, and it's essentially......

Interview with Mr.Goindi senior vice-president, international business and three-wheelers, TVS Motors

Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Compared with buses and taxis the auto rickshaw provides a cheap and private way to get around without necessarily being cramped into often dirty or uncomfortable stations and cars with hoards of other commuters.Auto rickshaws known as common man’s limousine but it is facing severe image crisis. I......

Nissan to build small car in India

Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Renault and Nissan today reached an agreement with Tamil Nadu government to build a plant in Chennai. The $1.0 billion car plant will have a capacity of 400,000 cars a year. Both Nissan and Renault will have equal stakes in the project. The integrated facility includes an engine and powertrain plant......

Mahindra plans low cost UV

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Few weeks back Mahindra has confirmed it plans four new platforms before the end of this decade. Te Ingenio MPV will be launched in 2008 followed by a mass-market platform in 2009, the new SUV in 2010 and the trucks in 2009. The high-end SUV will be in the range of Rs 15-18 lakh. The first truck to ......

Soon bikes with ABS from TVS

Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Motorcycle is more safer than cars? seems controversial, TVS tries to make this true. When some of our hatches and sedans doesn’t have ABS, TVS plans to bring ABS - Anti-lock Braking System to motorcycles. Infact only in 2008, Indian government plans to make ABS mandatory for all cars. First of al......

Bajaj to revive scooters

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
Nearly after 10 years, Bajaj auto wants to ride scooters again. Why now? the reason is simple, while the overall two wheelers sales were down by 10% in 2007, scooter market is growing in double digits. Before 10 years scooters dominate the two wheeler market in India. For the first time in 1997, mot......