Indian Autos blog

The German assault on the Indian Market continues. The new contender in the D+ segment – The Passat BlueMotion was launched yesterday in Mumbai in its full glory. This is a second launch from VW in the same month, earlier one being the VW Vento IPL edition. This is also the first time VW is introducing the ‘Blue Motion’ technology in the Indian Market. So let’s get down to whats  [ Read More ]

The Tata Pixel attracted a lot of attention at the Geneva Motor Show. But for a few young designers from Royal College of Art in London in UK it acted as a source of inspiration and they have presented their own interpretation of how a small city car from Tata should look like. Let’s dwell on a few: Tata Yatta – Neis Van Roji Based around a central driving position,  [ Read More ]

TheAutomotiveIndia forum member Shona210 caught the Ssangyong Rexton on test in Delhi with its badges taped. The Rexton is based on the earlier generation Mercedes M Class with powertrains licensed from Mercedes Benz.

The Rexton is fitted with a 2.7-liter diesel engine that produces 165PS on the manual model and 186PS on the automatic variant (Mercedes Benz T-Tronic transmission) while the torque stands at 340Nm on the manual and 402Nm on the AT model.

Airbags, ABS and ESP are some safety features we can expect in India.

Tata Motors European Technical Center (TMETC) will see plenty of activity over the next few years as the Indian manufacturer plans to recruit more qualified professionals to work on its projects. By 2013, it will employ 340 staff members from the current 240. It also has announced a tie-up with the University of Warwick. Tim Leverton, Tata head of Advanced and Product Engineering – Today’s announcement represents a further demonstration  [ Read More ]

The new Mercedes ML Class you see here will be assembled in India this year. A YouTube user in Europe saw the mule parked on the side of a road and decided to inspect it closely. The GL and M-Class are brought to India presently through the CBU channel. The SKD operation (Semi-Knock Down) will be adopted for these two utility vehicles in 2011.

Ford India has achieved an important marker in its Chennai plant. The company announced that yesterday it had rolled out its 1,00,000th engine from its manufacturing plant at Chennai – a feat that was achieved in just 14 months after the engine plant was erected. Ford India President and Managing Director, Michael Boneham – This world-class manufacturing facility reinforces our intent and commitment to compete with great products and powertrains  [ Read More ]

This Monday British automaker Land Rover announced that its baby SUV Freelander has completed 250,000 units in manufacturing, a feat achieved only in its 4th year of mass production. The 250,000th model is 2.2l TD4 Diesel GS, painted in Fuji White, and will be shipped to its owner in Scotland. Richard Else, Halewood operations director- This milestone achievement and the increasing sales for Freelander 2 highlights just how important this  [ Read More ]

India is seeing a flurry of supercars through its doors and the newest joining the pack is Koenigsegg with its Bugatti Veyron rivaling Agera hypercar. You have to cough up a astronomical 12.5 crore rupees (ex-showroom Delhi) to drive home one, but as Motoroids rightly puts it, this is the best alternative for those who can’t afford the 16+ crore rupee Veyron. As we reported earlier, the Agera is sold  [ Read More ]