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Maruti Suzuki Launches New Grand Vitara

Thursday, July 5th, 2007 3,472 Views

Maruti Udyog Ltd has launched the new Grand Vitara a couple of hours ago. The new Grand Vitara has got a lighter 2litre Petrol engine and is available for sale in two versions (Manual and Automatic). Price for manual and automatic transmission versions are kept 13.8lakhs and 14.8lakhs respectively (Ex-showroom, ...

Much Awaited Hyundai Santro Xing CNG Launched

Thursday, July 5th, 2007 16,026 Views

Many were waiting for CNG Santro to be launched. Many bought something else in frustration of waiting. There were debates whether

Ford is planning to launch Fusion 1.4 TDCi (Diesel)

Monday, May 21st, 2007 13,533 Views

When to expect: Launched Estimated Price: Rs.6.25-6.75 Lakh Ford Fusion is not a successful car in India. Launched in three variants ('Std', '+' and '+ ABS') in 2004, Fusion always remained a show-piece in Ford showrooms. Reason was very high price.

CarWale.com launches Money Back Guarantee for car sellers

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 1,823 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) ...

CarWale Used Car Valuation Guide includes ten more cities

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 2,524 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.

Chevy Spark Launched in 3-4Lakh bracket

Monday, April 23rd, 2007 30,114 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 ...

Mahindra launched its best-selling UV Bolero’s new avtar

Saturday, April 14th, 2007 6,299 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 ...

Mahindra-Renault Launches Logan, Hyundai Launches Getz Prime

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 42,902 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.

CarWale Magazine - Mumbai Classified

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 6,481 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, ...

Goodbye Spam…

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 1,393 Views

Today we successfully implemented Captcha Image spam protection in CarWale Forums. CarWale Blog already has Akismet spam protection. Finally, goodbye spam. :-)

Now you can write comments on User Reviews

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007 5,057 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.

Budget 2007-2008 and Indian Automotive Industry

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 2,674 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.

‘Ask a Question’ is back as ‘CarWale Answers’

Thursday, February 15th, 2007 1,822 Views

CarWale.com's one of the most popular service, '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, ...

Car Valuation System Crosses 2 Lakh Mark

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007 1,984 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.

Maruti Swift Diesel Launched, Finally!

Thursday, January 25th, 2007 42,751 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.