Archive for the ‘Indian OEMs’ Category

Hyundai Launches ‘Ghar Ghar ki Pehchaan’ for Rural India

Thursday, May 8th, 2008 188 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 236 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 ...

GM Maintenance Promise : It Works!

Thursday, April 24th, 2008 437 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. ...

Maruti Suzuki rewrites records… again.

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 673 Views

In sport, politics or general market trends, single handed domination is not something one looks forward to or expects at least nowadays because of cut throat competition and also a wide array of audience with varying tastes. But a good performance cannot be ignored nor can it be taken lightly. ...

Fiat India – Punto, Bravo and beyond…

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 1,488 Views

Long time ago, here, a certain Uno, was launched with many expectations. Apart from introducing a flagship hatchback, Fiat was focused on creating a liaison of sorts with the consumers. Launch as such was for the car, never the organization as a whole. It was well recognized and had a ...

Hyundai Exports - An Observation

Friday, March 28th, 2008 461 Views

The worldwide launch of the Hyundai i10 in India was not only a landmark for the Indian Automotive Industry but it also has proven to be the lucky charm for Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL), with the i10 bringing in the combined exports of HMIL to 500,000 units at the ...

Going, going, gone! Tata bags Jaguar and Land Rover!

Thursday, March 27th, 2008 373 Views

Tata has done it again – after shocking the world by displaying the cheapest car ever made, it has now acquired Jaguar and Land Rover for US$2.3 billion. The deal was announced yesterday. Tata will pay the above amount on paper, but Ford will pay about $600 million into both companies' ...

Skoda’s FabiaFeelSpecial.com is Spreading Viruses

Monday, January 21st, 2008 1,447 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 ...

Tata’s Jag & Land Rover Deal

Monday, January 7th, 2008 720 Views

Everyone is sick and tired of it now. It has long been coming, but the status remains the same. As early as mid Dec 2007, it was said that a formal announcement will be made towards the ownership of Jaguar and Land Rover. It is the seventh day of the ...

Hyundai India to raise i10 prices, other models to follow

Saturday, January 5th, 2008 1,543 Views

Hyundai Motor India the country second largest automobile manufacturer has announced that it will revise the price of the recently launched i10 across all its variants effective from January 12, 2008 up to a maximum of Rs 5,000 for the top trim. Other models too will see a marginal price ...

Indian auto-majors may hike car prices in new year

Saturday, December 8th, 2007 1,115 Views

Many Indian car manufacturers are considering a substantial price hike in the year coming ahead. GM, Maruti and Hyundai are among those who might really do this. According to these OEMs, the culprits are increasing prices of crude input materials including petroleum products and aluminium. The expected price hike is ...

Chevrolet Optra Magnum vs Honda Civic vs Skoda Octavia

Thursday, November 15th, 2007 17,392 Views

It was pretty simple, seemingly. A good friend of mine was interested in buying a car and his budget was about 10-12 lakhs. Not a bad budget that, you'll say. I said the same. And what followed was pandemonium. Why? I'll tell you.

HyundaiMotorIndia.com domain expired!

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 960 Views

That's right! The domain www.hyundaimotorindia.com which hosts Accent, Elantra and Sonata Embera's micro-sites, has expired.

Mercedes-Benz in India : A Synopsis

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007 5,632 Views

All those people who are going to read this article do love the Mercedes brand and also have a dream of possessing a car from MB stable. So, itâ??s a feast for all those who fantasize the Mercedes-Benz cars. Read on, and you will know all what Mercedes-Benz, the world's ...

Need help? Mail Hyundai Guys!

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006 1,220 Views

Do you have anything to ask about Hyundai product e.g. Santro or Accent? If yes, don't wait a second, drop a mail at their official e-mail address and forget... Trust me, they will forget to reply too! I had asked them a couple of questions regarding Santro Xing history ...