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Mahindra Scorpio undergoes some upgrades

Thursday, November 5th, 2009 1,884 Views

Mahindra Scorpio has been upgraded with modern technological add-ons which include airbags, Bluetooth connectivity, new twin dial instrument cluster, 'bluevision' bulbs in headlamps, front speakers with built-in tweeters and a speed warning alert.

Fiat’s Multijet India Drive (CarWale Experience)

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 1,581 Views

Fiat India Private Limited (FIAL) is conducting a multijet drive across India, covering more than 10,000km. All four Fiat cars sold in India (the Palio, Linea, Grande Punto and the 500) are a part of this drive with an additional Grande Punto as a support car. The drive was flagged ...

Premier To Launch Compact SUV on 28th October

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 2,532 Views

Premier will launch a compact SUV on the 28th of October, 2009. This will mark Premier's comeback in the passenger car segment after many years. The last passenger cars which Premier sold in India were the Fiat range  - the Uno and Siena, after which Fiat set up its current ...

Chevrolet slashes prices on the Captiva

Thursday, October 15th, 2009 2,628 Views

With the start of the Diwali festivities, Chevrolet has decided to slash the prices of the Captiva by a sizeable chunk. The automatic variant of the Captiva gets a price reduction of Rs 2.32lakh and the manual transmission variant is down by Rs 2.16lakh. The Captiva manual will now cost ...

Tata Indigo Manza launched

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 11,937 Views

Tata Motors launched its new Indigo Manza in Mumbai earlier today. The car is available with petrol and diesel engine options and has four trim levels – Aqua, Aura, Aura(ABS) and the top of the line Aura+. The petrol range starts at Rs 4.8lakh, and the top diesel range costs ...

BMW launches the Z4

Monday, October 12th, 2009 2,140 Views

The BMW Z4 Roadster was unveiled at the India Couture Week in Mumbai.The new BMW Z4 will be available in the petrol variant – BMW Z4 sDrive35i –and will be available across India at an ex-showroom price of INR 59,00,000 (Ex-showroom price excludes RTO registration charges, tax, insurance, handling charges; ...

Chevrolet Cruze launched; Beat spotted again

Monday, October 12th, 2009 3,469 Views

[caption id="attachment_3331" align="alignright" width="160" caption="L to R: Mr. P. Balendran, Vice President, GM India; Mr. Sumit Sawhney,Director Sales, GM India"][/caption] Chevrolet launched its new Cruze which is base on the 300 series Delta platform and is even called as the J300. The Cruze is available in two variants, LT and LTZ. ...

David Coulthard scorches the Mumbai Bandra-Worli sealink

Monday, October 12th, 2009 2,142 Views

David Coulthard drove the Toro Rosso STR1 painted in Red Bull F1 team livery powered by a Cosworth J2006 series engine on the streets of Mumbai during the Red Bull roadshow.

Nissan to launch a Global Compact Car in India

Thursday, October 1st, 2009 1,364 Views

Nissan India will launch a new small car which is yet to be named. The hatchback will be based on the global compact car platform and the car will be manufactured in five countries which include Thailand, India and China. In India, it will be manufactured at the Renault-Nissan plant ...

Porsche Panamera Launched in India

Thursday, October 1st, 2009 1,150 Views

Porsche India has launched the Panamera for the Indian car market. The Panamera is Porsche’s first four-door sedan which went into production as the earlier prototypes like the 1991 Porsche 989 prototype and the 4-door 911-based prototype never went into production.

Chevrolet Cruze coming on 12th October

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 3,099 Views

The Chevrolet Cruze will be launched on the 12th of October, 2009. The Cruze which has been caught testingby CarWale will have a 150bhp 2.0-litre diesel engine which also powers the Captiva.

New Mercedes E-Class Launched

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 1,327 Views

Mercedes Benz India has launched the new E-Class (W212) Avant Garde, which will be available from Rs 4698000 (ex-showroom, Delhi). The W212 will be available with a 3.5-litre V6 petrol engine which produces 272bhp and transmits power to the wheels via a 7G-Tronic transmission.

Land Rover Freelander 2 Launched

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 1,529 Views

Tata Motors-owned Land Rover has launched the Freelander 2 at the Jaguar-Land Rover showroom at Ceejay House in Mumbai. The base version costs Rs 33.8 lakh (ex-showroom, Mumbai without octroi).

Mahindra-Renault Launches Logan Play

Sunday, September 20th, 2009 3,559 Views

Mahindra-Renault this time has launched the sporty version of its Logan known as the Logan Play. The car only features cosmetic changes with no changes made to its engine. The Logan Play will be available with 1.4-litre Petrol and 1.5-litre Diesel engines variant. the petrol variant is available for Rs ...

Nissan Launches the new Teana and X-Trail

Thursday, September 17th, 2009 1,244 Views

Nissan Motor India Pvt. Ltd has revamped its X-Trail and Teana models. The Teana pricing begins at Rs 21.03 lakh and the X-Trail range starts at Rs 20.81 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).