Chris Bangle, 52, the action man behind modern-day BMWs has quit the German company and the auto industry once in for all. CB worked with BMW for the past 17 years, overseeing the design department which rolled out immensely popular cars like the X5, X3 and the 1-series. His position will be taken over by Adrian Von Hooydonk, who worked closely with Bangle for all these years.
But why does everyone overlook these cars and term CB as an incompetent designer? Fine, he redesigned the 7-Series in 2002, which turned out to be a big disappointment for all BMW fans, but why think of only that?
Mixed sales figures for Indian two-wheeler makers in January 2009. While Yamaha and Honda are enjoying profits, Bajaj is seeing more unsold bikes!
Speculation has it that, Tata Motors is finalising its retail plans for its British marques- Jaguar and Land Rover to set base here in India. Tata officials said that plans are underway to try and sell the cars through company-owned showrooms.
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Hyundai
Hyundai’s next launch of 2009 is said to be the Automatic transmission version of Verna. Apart from the Honda City Zxi, this will be the second car in its segment and the only diesel engined car that will be available with an Automatic Transmission.
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Nissan
Nissan plans to a give a much needed facelift to its ageing X-Trail SUV which is likely to be launched by Mid-2009. The new X-Trail promises to be more powerful and fresh with new interiors and exteriors compared to the existing version.
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Hyundai
Korean carmaker Hyundai has made grand plans to rival Japanese car major Toyota’s iQ. The iQ is among the smallest cars you can buy off a showroom, whose concept was introduced back in 2007 at a glitzy Frankfurt Motor Show in 2007.
Sources in Hyundai have revealed the car will look simpler but will be more functional. This gives rise to doubts whether this is the small car which Hyundai will position under the Santro in India in 2011.
“It would be sort of modular and minimalist in a Citroën 2CV kind of way,” he added. That’s a big indication that yes, something simple is coming from Hyundai’s house and after knowing how Indians have received the i10, this may be another blockbuster. Chances are this car will be produced only in India, just like the i10, but that’s just a calculated guess from us here at Indian Autos Blog.
The Fiat 500 has been tuned by the World’s best tuners and this time around, it is German tuning house Merkur’s turn. They have installed new front and rear spoilers, a new set of 16? or 17? wheels and puffed wheel arches.
Mahindra’s much awaited XYLO was unveiled a couple of weeks back (we were at the Special launch, in case you didn’t know) and until today we hadn’t heard anything from Mahindra, though a few friends from Mumbai told me the XYLO sales was picking up rapid pace.
