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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 1,218 Views
CarWale.com today launched Money Back Guarantee for car sellers who are willing to pay for their listings. There are certain terms and conditions applicable, if one follows them and his car doesn't get sold in 90 days of its listing, full money will be refunded. Value package (pay per response) ...
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 1,247 Views
CarWale Used Car Valuation Guide is now available for ten more major Indian cities. These cities are Pune, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Surat, Coimbtore, Faridabad, Trivandrum, Ghaziabad and Cochin. The guide already had Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Gurgaon, Noida, Navi Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan.
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007 15,765 Views
Too many new cars coming this year. Matiz re-entered India as Chevrolet Spark finally. Rick Wagoner, Chairman and CEO General Motors, was present in New Delhi to launch Chevrolet Spark. Car is priced in Rs. 3.09-3.89 lakh range, ex-showroom Delhi. In almost every aspect, Chevrolet Spark is going to ...
Posted in New Arrivals | 21 Comments »
Saturday, April 14th, 2007 3,799 Views
Mahindra launched its new look Bolero last month. Mahindra design engineers have worked solely on Bolero's looks; fascia to be more precise. Mahindra logo on the front grille looks more prominent now. Headlamps and tail-lights are completely revised. Front bumper too is completely new, it's a bit similar to ...
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 33,116 Views
Finally very much awaited Mahindra-Renault Logan was launched yesterday. In another event this week, Hyundai India launched Getz with a smaller engine and renamed it Getz Prime.
Posted in New Arrivals | 94 Comments »
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 3,159 Views
Last Sunday, I was roaming around at VT, while passing by a roadside magazine stall, I caught glimpse of something familiar. I saw CarWale magazine placed in auto magazines column. Though it wasn't the first time I saw CarWale magazine at a stall but it game me a joy, satisfaction, ...
Posted in CarWale Misc | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 893 Views
Today we successfully implemented Captcha Image spam protection in CarWale Forums. CarWale Blog already has Akismet spam protection. Finally, goodbye spam. :-)
Posted in CarWale Services | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007 2,327 Views
For a long time, people had been asking for the facility of writing comment on User Reviews. CarWale.com has provided this facility from today.
Posted in CarWale Services | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 1,992 Views
No excise duty cuts! Means, no chances of reduction in car prices.
Complete Excise-duty exemption on Bio-diesel. Encouraging use of Bio-Diesel in India.
Posted in Indian Car Market | No Comments »
Thursday, February 15th, 2007 1,150 Views
Carwale.com's one of the most popular services, 'Ask a Question' was closed down a couple of months ago. There were some technical issues that forced this service to get withdrawn. Today, Carwale.com has launched yet another useful service, 'Carwale Answers' which is quite similar to 'Ask a Question'. Earlier, ...
Posted in Consumer Care, CarWale Services | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007 1,312 Views
Carwale.com's Car Valuation System received 2,00,000th used car value check request in the morning today. Car Valuation System was launched on 29th April last year. Valuators used to provide valuation on request then. The tool started to get around ten valuation requests from the very day of its launch.
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Thursday, January 25th, 2007 23,566 Views
Finally Maruti launched Swift Diesel in India. Introductory price for Swift Diesel is 4.68 lakh ex-showroom Delhi for the base version. The car is available for sale in two versions, LDi and VDi which are quite equivalent to LXi and VXi respectively in terms of features provided.
Posted in New Arrivals, Indian Car Market | 35 Comments »
Monday, January 22nd, 2007 17,861 Views
Tata guys seem to do a lot in a very short span of time. We are hearing something new from them almost everyday. The latest news is, Tata launched longer-wheelbase Indigo, the Indigo XL finally last week. Tata had revealed this car in Auto Expo-2006, New Delhi last year. You ...
Posted in Reviews/Previews, New Arrivals, Indian Car Market | 35 Comments »
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 38,924 Views
When to expect: January 2007
Estimated Price: Rs.5-6 Lakh
It's going to be a killer! Maruti Swift has already taken the premium hatchback market by storm. Everyone interested in buying an economical premium hatch will visit Maruti showroom for sure. It has all those things that made you mad about it, it ...
Posted in Upcoming Cars | 64 Comments »
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 129,592 Views
When to expect: April-June 2007 Launched
Estimated Price: 4.5-5.5 Lakh
Mahindra Renault Ltd (Mahindra and Renault's 51:49 JV) is introducing Logan in India. Renault Logan (also known as Dacia Logan) is a robust, reliable, economical mid-sizer. It has very good space and comfort is good too. Logan coming to India is stripped-down ...
Posted in Upcoming Cars | 283 Comments »
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 47,834 Views
When to expect: Launched
Estimated Price: Rs.5-6 Lakh
Getz would be economical now. And more powerful too. 1.5L CRDi engine (yes, the same that is found in Accent CRDi) will produce 88ps of power and 215Nm of torque. Car is expected to give 13-14 kmpl in city driving and close to 20 ...
Posted in Upcoming Cars | 131 Comments »
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 48,497 Views
When to expect: April 2007
Estimated Price: Rs.3-4 Lakh
Matiz is back. Seriously! But it's not Daewoo this time, it's GM. New name is Spark, Chevrolet Spark. Whoever has (or had) Matiz knows how good car it is. This ultra-small hatchback had been a huge success among Indian people.It's back now with ...
Posted in Upcoming Cars | 146 Comments »
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 38,658 Views
When to expect: May 2007
Estimated Price: 6.5-8 Lakh
Maruti couldn't sell Baleno (just discontinued) as per its potential. The Baleno was very much capable and was one of the best cars to drive in the segment. The newer Baleno (based on Suzuki's SX4) is much better on looks, interiors and of ...
Posted in Upcoming Cars | 168 Comments »
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006 35,604 Views
Chevrolet India has started massive ad-campaign for its upcoming car, UV-A. UV-A is a hatchback version of Aveo which was introduced in February this year. The UV-A is expected to be launched this month only, the latest would be first week of January 2007. Initially GM planned to house the ...
Posted in Reviews/Previews, New Arrivals | 96 Comments »
Friday, December 8th, 2006 12,544 Views
Finally Maruti launched the very much awaited new Zen (Zen Estilo) on 5th of December. The car is based on Wagon R and Japan's MR Wagon platform. Price range is quite competitive to Wagon R (Wagon R is approximately 10,000 rupees costlier). For the first time in Maruti's history, Zen ...
Posted in Reviews/Previews, New Arrivals | 17 Comments »
