Archive for the ‘Announcements’ Category

Hyundai Launches ‘Ghar Ghar ki Pehchaan’ for Rural India

Thursday, May 8th, 2008 193 Views

Do you recall that one television soap – the splendid (yeah, whatever!) Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki (or is it Kii? Sorry if I spelt it incorrectly, for I am not into tarot or numerology etc), by one Ms Ekta Kapoor? It reached millions of homes and even the people in ...

Automotive experts battle for best mileage

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 239 Views

Those who drive Hyundai Verna please stand up. Thank you. Ever wondered about the maximum fuel efficiency that your car can return? Well, even we, the automotive journalists, during our road tests give more of ‘real-world’ mileage figures but it makes for a good sense to see what’s the best ...

Cars to cost more - Interest rates hiked

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 242 Views

The crude oil prices have been on the rise. The automotive manufacturers decided to hike up the prices of their offerings owing to increasing material cost. And now, it is the turn of the financial institutions to play the party trick.

Tata keen to buy stake in Ferrari designer

Saturday, April 26th, 2008 602 Views

Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo etc… are you a fan of these automotive brands? Well, I am. So, any news relating to Pininfarina is quite important to me since a lot of cars belonging to niche brands like the ones mentioned are designed at this very Italian design house.

Winners Galore!

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 308 Views

The moment has arrived, finally. Having received a lot of articles for our contest 'Aspire & Become Motoring Journalist', a lot of good ones at that, the editorial team was oblivious to the fact that it had a tough task ahead. We thought it would all be over swiftly, but ...

Tata-LR-Jaguar: Quite a combo!

Thursday, March 27th, 2008 685 Views

Ford – world’s leading automotive manufacturer which has brands like Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda and Volvo in its family, just entered into a definitive agreement to give away two of its family members namely Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata Motors. The Indian automotive giant announced a $2.3 billion bid to ...

CarWale Awards - India Has Spoken!

Saturday, March 8th, 2008 679 Views

Don’t blame me, please, for not having posted anything in here any sooner. It was quite an event for all of us and everyone was in high ‘spirits’, if you know what I mean! All the guests present were happy and feeling merry. The event started with the propitious diya-lighting ...

CarWale Awards kicks off in style!

Thursday, January 31st, 2008 496 Views

CarWale Awards are here. And how! Acting as a tool to connect the consumers with the automotive world, CarWale Awards is a platform to commemorate the car makers for their effort. But like every good film has an interesting twist, CarWale Awards too has an element of uniqueness to it. ...

Skoda’s FabiaFeelSpecial.com is Spreading Viruses

Monday, January 21st, 2008 1,449 Views

Update: The problem is rectified now. The site is safe to visit. Skoda people acted really fast! When I opened Skoda Fabia's Feel Special website (www.fabiafeelspecial.com) a few moments ago, my Mozilla Firefox crashed! I tried opening the page thrice but with no success. Highly wondering, I tried opening the site ...

‘Write’ to win!

Monday, January 7th, 2008 400 Views

Automotive journalism. Everyone goes "wow, it's so cool" whenever we tell them about our profession. All we do is smile and reply with modesty overflowing from within in words like "it is a dirty job, yes. But someone's gotta do it." And then the whole room bursts into laughter! You ...

CarWale’s co-founder makes it to the top 25 entrepreneurs list!

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 22,009 Views

It's all in the mind, and Arun Kumar Sahlam - "the brain" of CarWale - as he is called by many in the office, has grey matter that is always overflowing with ideas and concepts. Some are eccentric, but the way this young, quiet, humble, witty and outright down-to-earth entrepreneur ...

Yipee! CarWale.com one of the top 100 Asian companies!

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 869 Views

Yesssss! This is certainly THE news of the moment! It was great to be in the top two-hundred, but this - the inclusion in the top hundred - is a feeling that we cannot even begin to describe.

CarWale.com Independence Day Survey/Review Awards Announced

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 687 Views

We are happy to announce results of CarWale.com Independence Day New Car Survey/Reviews. Total 24 reviews were short-listed, among which just two could make it to the finals.

CarWale among Asia’s 200 hottest companies

Friday, August 10th, 2007 862 Views

It's cool. Red Herring just told us that we are among 200 hot companies and in a month we'll know whether we are in top 100 as well! As I see the list, we are among barely 10-15 companies from India and probably the only company in Automotive space in ...