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Mahindra & Mahindra, which recently unveiled its much awaited Xylo MUV at an attractive price tag of Rs.6,24,500 is set to raise many eyebrows in the coming years.

Fuel Efficiency continues to be Mahindra’s focus as an official announcement by the company reveals its electric and hybrid plans.

Its crisis time and Bajaj is the worst hit of all motorcycle makers in India. A glance at the figures shows the state which Bajaj is in. At one point in the past, it almost overtook Hero Honda as India’s largest bike maker but from then on things have not gone all that well.

Did you know that Fiat 500 is also known as ‘The mighty mouse’? Well, we have now found evidence for the reason behind the name.

The Fiat 500 has recently taken up the brave job of crime fighting in New South Wales -Australia. In an attempt of building rapport between people and police officers, the 500 is doing rounds with Sydney’s Leichhardt Police Station.

The German car manufacturer – Bavarian Motor Works (BMW) today announced axing work hours at four of its main production facilities in Germany due to sick economic conditions.

BMW Indian operations in Chennai, gets the 3-Series in a box from one of these plants and puts it together locally. Although BMW India projects a 100% increase in sales, 3,000 or 4,000 cars annually would do little in forcing the German plants work longer hours.

This is what happens if you let a small independent body styling company, called Racer X Design, lay its hands on the BMW 6 series. They have sent out a few renderings of the BMW RZ-M6 concept based on the popular 6 Series and we believe, on the M1 Hommage also.

As the winter gallops and snow and moisture threaten to put to a stop on your ultimate driving experiences, BMW tuner Miranda Series has released a package to show run or snow, it’s still good to go.

Miranda Series-tuned BMW 320d Winter concept gets a revamped ECU which increases its power output by 22HP to 199HP. Other mechanical enhancements include the High Performance Eibach Pro-Street-S coilover suspension and the Stop-Tech brakes with 6-piston brake calipers and 355x32mm slotted discs.

Minutes ago, Global Motors posted spy pictures of the 2009 Tata Indicruz testing in cold weather in Sweden. It is partly camouflaged, and a head on photograph brings out the design elements of the car

The raised hood line is in conjunction with European Pedestrian safety standards. The grille is attached to the hood (similar to the Mercedes E-Class) and the whole front end has a lot in common with the Indica Vista like the fog lamps, headlights and the form of the hood and the rear-view mirrors. If you look closely at the 3rd images, a crease bisecting the hood is evident, just like in the Indica Vista.

The wheels seems to have come off the Tata Safari and the wheel-wells are an eye sore- A typical Tata vehicle trait. The size of this car should be close to the Toyota Innova’s and the price should be a couple of lakhs lesser than it. On the whole, people will assess it’s looks better than the XYLO.

Hyundai, which recently rolled out the second car from its ‘i’ series in India – the i20, has started claiming records already!

When the i10 was launched in late 2007, it quickly grabbed a spot in the the Top 10 sales chart, and now, same is the case with the Hyundai i20 after its late 2008 launch.