GM has introduced it’s Chevrolet Captiva Special Edition in United Kingdom, now becomes an even more desirable car. The reasons for this Special edition isn’t known, but one might assume it has got to do a lot with the state of the global economy which is forcing people to stay out of car showrooms.
Archive for January, 2009
After reaching a record mark of 100% growth for the year 2008 in India, the immediate step for the German car maker is capturing the luxury segment market and they have big plans to become No.1 in this segment.
In order to make this happen BMW has open up this year’s roster with latest edition of BMW 7-series, 3-series and SUV’s X6 and X3 during the course of the year.
The Fiat Linea is here- It’s supposed to be Fiat’s Indian Operations’ savior by all means. If the Linea and Grande Punto end up selling like the Palio, Fiat’s Ranjangoan plant will be used merely as a secondary Tata plant to produce the Indigo and probably the Indicruz along with thousands of Multijet engines for export. How dreadful will that be if you were Fiat?
The Fiat Grande Punto arrived just in time to save Fiat from biting the dust. It’s a fine example of the modern Fiat. The styling, performance, design all of them point to one thing- Fiat is here to stay. The Grande Punto will meet Indians later in 2009. For those who don’t know, the Linea is to the Grande Punto, what the Indigo is to the Indica.
The first units of Tata Nano will roll out from Tata’s Pantnagar facility by the end of February this year. While the engines and gearboxes for the Nano will be built at Tata’s plant in Pune, the final assembly will take place at the Pantnagar plant upon shipment.
One of my best buddies and a voracious follower of Indian Autos Blog, Anthony Carbone from Madwhips, last night sent me a few exclusive snaps from the Tokyo Auto Salon. All the images he sent me are modified versions of cars familiar to us Indians. Thank you Anthony for giving us some eye candy. We really appreciate this gesture of yours.
Over the weekend just gone by, yet another Auto Show took place in our country, this time in the city of Chennai at the Nadambakkam Trade Center. It wasn’t International by any standards, only because a few of the foreign brands like Hyundai and VW had participated, it was named Chennai International Auto Show. The same show organizers were also responsible for the Bangalore Auto Show a few days back.
The team strictly followed an actionable plan with established targets to build the perfect ATV keeping the five basic design parameters namely durability, acceleration, traction, maneuverability and speed in mind. Most of the components were designed and manufactured to complement an ATV weighing 320kgs as the market catered to cars weighing above 1000kgs only
It has not been even a month since Hyundai launched its i20 hatch in India and now the company plans to launch its i30 and Avante (new Elantra) soon in Indian in what we call a launching spree!
The i30 which was first launched at the Tokyo Motor Show for the Japanese market, is now being considered for an Indian debut because of the tremendous response towards the recently launched i20.
