Automobile Reviews

Sales this January for Nissan Motors up thrice

vidya — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:37:36 +0000

Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of the Japanese vehicle manufacturer, Nissan Motors claims 5,168 units’ sales for January. At the same time, the sales for the same time period of the previous year was estimated as 1,857units, down by three times from the current sales amount. In the meantime, the sales unit [...]

Honda Motorcycle brings out its latest Scooter, the Dio

vidya — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:08:06 +0000

Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India, the Japanese two- wheeler company brings out the latest scooter range, the Activa and Dio, in India. Earlier version of the Dio model came into being in 2002, also sporting a petrol engine of 102cc. In the meantime, the new variant of the Dio model features a big 110cc engine [...]

Jules Binachi, this year’s reserve driver for Sahara Force India

vidya — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:11:52 +0000

Jules Binachi, aged twenty two is the reserve driver for Sahara Force India, for this season. He plans to take part in at the least nine of the practice sessions, organised every Fridays over the weekends of Grand Prix. Reports claim that the first vehicle that he may get to use for the pre-season testing [...]

Chevrolet to launch its model, the Trailblazer in India

vidya — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:00:49 +0000

Chevrolet has plans to introduce its SUV model, known as the Trailblazer in India. Coming out sporting diesel engine options like the 2.8-litre one generating 180bhp or the 2.5-litre engine delivering 150bhp, the model is expected to contend with its rival vehicles, the Fortuner by Toyota as well as the Endeavour model by Ford. This [...]

Surge in Profit of Swaraj Engine for the third quarter

vidya — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:57:48 +0000

The company, Swaraj Engines claim a growth of 24.27% to 14.08 crore rupees in the total profit for the Q3, that came to an end in 31 December, owing to the surging sales. It was reported that the net profit for the same quarter of the last financial year was 11.33 crore rupees. At the [...]

Have a look at BMW 7 Series!

vidya — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:10:26 +0000

BMW aims to attract the customers with its line-up of impressive looking luxury sedans, the 7 series. The leading luxury sedan, BMW 7 Series in terms of appearance is very classy. Meanwhile, it also comes out in both extended wheelbase as well as regular variants. BMW 7 Series 740Li and BMW 7 Series 760Li are [...]

ICML aims to launch the SUV, Haval H5 in India

vidya — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:29:34 +0000

Great Wall Motors, the Chinese car manufacturer has plans to bring out its SUV model, the Haval H5 to India, as per the reports. This expected model is said at present to be in its testing phase in Chandigarh. The vehicle is predicted to hit the Indian roads, launched by the ICML, which has also [...]

Cost of Nissan Sunny and Micra to go up

vidya — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:28:32 +0000

The vehicle manufacturer, Nissan India has boosted the cost of its most popular models, the Nissan and Micra from the past five days. The % of increase is dependent upon each variant. The cost is anticipated to increase by 2.09%, as per the models. In the meantime, the diesel models of Nissan Micra sees a [...]

Decline in the rupee value seems to bring in more export orders for auto manufacturers

vidya — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:23:43 +0000

Even as the decline in rupee value seems to have a negative impact for the auto manufacturers till date, their fortune looks like having taken an about turn. In the present scenario, more and more export orders are headed the way of automotive manufacturers such as Maruti Suzuki, Nissan and Hyundai. Despite the fall in [...]

Automotive brands look towards social networking sites to boost their popularity

vidya — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:29:53 +0000

The launch of the latest cars over last year as well as the new line-up ready for this year increases the competition for the car manufacturers, even as new international entrants try to create a niche in the Indian car market. In face of such stiff competition, some car manufacturers such as the Tata Motors [...]