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CarWale Awards Prize Winners Announced

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 3,127 Views

We are very pleased to announce the prize winners for CarWale Awards 2009 Vote & Win Contest. First prize has gone to Mr. Aswin Salus of Thrissur (Kerala). He has won "Free petrol for full one year"! Mr. Salus drives a Santro Xing and had come across CarWale while researching ...

CarWale Awards 2009 Results Announced

Monday, May 25th, 2009 1,364 Views

We are glad to announce winners of CarWale Awards 2009. The 2nd edition of India's only consumer choice car awards has received 1,58,220 votes across seven categories. The voting for the awards was on during 1st Feb 2009 and 1st April 2009. Apart from these seven categories, there were three ...

Book Tata Nano online at CarWale.com

Thursday, April 9th, 2009 2,032 Views

Tata Nano can be booked online at CarWale.com. The booking is powered by Tata Capital Ltd. Booking amount for Nano Base, CX and LX are Rs.3199, Rs.3799 and Rs.4299 respectively. There are stamp duty charges extra, as applicable in your state. The online booking can be done in 171 major ...

Maruti to discontinue 800 and Omni in metro cities in 2010

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 1,338 Views

Bharat Stage IV emission norms may be good for environment but they have proved fatal for Maruti 800 and Omni. Maruti Suzuki has no plans of making Euro IV compliant 800 and Omni because the company doesn't find the option worthwhile. This translates into discontinuation of Maruti 800 and Omni ...

Tata launches Nano; CarWale drives it

Monday, March 23rd, 2009 1,220 Views

Tata Motors just launched people's car of India, the Nano. As promised by Mr Tata, the Nano has a price tag of Rs.1,00,000 (ex-factory). The car is available in three versions i.e. base, CX (has AC) and LX (has AC and front power windows). Ex-showroom prices (New Delhi) of Nano ...

CarWale recognized among Top 10 Internet Companies in India

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 1,131 Views

Bangalore-based The Smart Techie magazine has recognized CarWale as one of the top 10 Internet companies in India for 2009. Among other winners are Anil Ambani's BigAdda.com, Sabeer Bhatia's Arzoo.com and Satya Prabhakar's Sulekha.com.

New Mahindra Scorpio launched

Friday, March 6th, 2009 6,358 Views

Mahindra, India's number one utility-vehicle maker has just launched a refreshed range of its flagship SUV, Scorpio. Apart from its face-lifted looks, the new Scorpio has also got quite a few new features. The face lift gives it new multi-reflector headlamps, new fog lamps, 'Scorpio' embossed on side cladding, chunky ...

Exide Industries sails in last quarter sales

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 486 Views

Exide Industries, one of the suppliers of lead-acid car batteries, has posted a growth of two percent in sales for the final quarter of 2008, in spite of the 30 percent drop in OE (original equipment) by the automakers.

Maruti Suzuki December sales figures

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 1,462 Views

Despite the launch of its A-Star and after offering discounts on its various models, Maruti Suzuki saw a dip in its sales by 10% in December 2008. The company managed to sell 56,293 units this December (which includes 4,264 units which were exported) as compared to 62,515 vehicles it sold ...

CarWale acquires funding worth $7mn from Sierra Ventures

Thursday, November 6th, 2008 997 Views

CarWale.com, India’s leading automotive Internet portal, announces the successful completion of a 'Series A' round of financing. The investment was led by Sierra Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm with more than $1.5 billion under management and a successful track record of investing in technology companies in India. This ...

CarWale.com is four times more visited than its immediate competitor

Friday, October 24th, 2008 3,915 Views

Today’s Times of India reported ZigWheels as No 2 automotive site of India. The news bit was based upon a recent study by ComScore, Inc. As per the study, ZigWheels has around 3 million page views every month. We had tried to contact ComScore to know who is at the first ...

Toyota Altis (new Corolla) launch on 5th September

Monday, August 18th, 2008 9,479 Views

The Toyota Corolla Altis, the new Corolla, will be launched on the 5th of September in India. The new Corolla is expected to have the same 1.8l petrol engine but a few tweaks  will help it produce 132bhp (as opposed to the current one's 125bhp). The Corolla Altis will be ...

Car sales down by 1.7% in July

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 807 Views

It has finally happened: new car sales figures have gone down by 1.71% in July. After three years, the Indian car industry has seen a dip in sales figures. 89,250 cars were sold in July 2007, while India managed to sell only 87,724 cars in July this year. Tata Motors ...

Major hike in fuel prices within a week

Friday, May 23rd, 2008 957 Views

The government has been trying hard to avoid hike in fuel prices for some time now. However, after meeting leading petroleum companies’ officials, Petroleum Secretary M S Srinivasan confirmed today that the fuel price hike is around the corner. The cabinet will discuss the hike tomorrow and the decision will ...

GM Maintenance Promise : It Works!

Thursday, April 24th, 2008 2,034 Views

General Motors came to India with its Opel brand in 1996. Being a contemporary luxury car, Opel Astra became an instant hit. But the party got over as soon as people started realizing the maintenance cost of the German Astra. GM introduced Corsa which proved to have the same problem. ...