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Ferrari’s India foray, which was under speculation since last year, has finally been made official. As predicted before, Shreyans Group has been appointed as the official importer for Ferrari in India. The prancing horse will first grace Delhi and later this year another dealership will be opened in Mumbai. The cars confirmed so far are Ferrari California, 458 Italia, GTB599 Fiorano as well as their latest shooting brake FF. The  [ Read More ]

If you missed out the discounts that were raining this December because you had to delay your car buying plans, well there is some really good news for you. Although Budget 2011-12 may have not done much for the Automotive sector in India, but it has certainly brought some discounts in the month of March. Because every Auto Manufacturer in India expected the Finance Minister to increase the excise duty  [ Read More ]

Talking from the Geneva Motor Show, Autocar India editor Hormazd Sorabjee told us a 7 seater on the Indigo Manza platform is in the pipeline for India. The Tata pipeline is certainly dry with only variants waiting to come in the next couple of years. The first real new car would be the Pixel which is at least three years away. The new Indica platform is a fertile field. Besides  [ Read More ]

From the countless Mercedes press events that we have attend so far, we have asked the company many times ‘When will the A-Class see the daylight of the Indian streets?’. Interestingly, Mercedes India doesn’t deny the possibility of launching the A-Class but at the same time, never really gives you a concrete answer. But according to our sources, the next generation A-Class is very much a possibility for India. So  [ Read More ]

It seems like Nissan wants to partner with every single automotive company on the face of the earth. After partnering with Renault, Mercedes and recently with Mitsubishi, Nissan is looking forward to partnering with the Malaysian based company Proton as well. Proton is making waves in the Indian automotive scene prior to its official entry with its proposed lineup, which are very promising. Essentially, Proton wants to use Nissan’s flexible  [ Read More ]

At the outset, Team IAB would extend our heartfelt condolences to all our friends and their families in Japan and wish them a speedy recovery. God has shown his horrific side to Japan. The devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan last week has crippled its entire economy. Nature has made its point and the Indian Auto market has also felt the tremors of this disaster. Brio Delayed The much  [ Read More ]

Earlier, we brought you a scoop about a mysterious SUV spotted on the GST road which leads to Renault-Nissan JV plant at Oragadam. We predicted that Renault is testing the Duster in India. Now, Overdrive magazine confirms that the Duster will make it to the Indian shores by early 2012. Overdrive reports the Duster will be priced at about Rs 7 lakh for the 2WD version and Rs 9 lakh  [ Read More ]

The Mercedes M class hasn’t been able to really do justice to the Mercedes brand so far in India. It has always been under the shadow of the mighty Audi Q7 and the BMW X5. However, that hasn’t stopped Mercedes from introducing new variants every now and then. But here we have some spy shots of the next generation Mercedes M Class (internally named W166). The spyshots reveal that the  [ Read More ]