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The Skoda Laura vRs and the Fabia Scout have been removed from the official Skoda India website.  This possibly means that the vehicles have been discontinued by the Czech automaker in their line up for the Indian market. 

Surprise surprise! The demand for petrol powered cars has gone up as compared to same period last year. A report from the Economic Times says that 57 per cent of cars sold in the market as compared to 53 per cent in the corresponding period last year. In the same period in 2012, the difference between the price of diesel and petrol was Rs 32 and now it is just Rs 13.4 further cementing the trend. 

Nissan has introduced a new exclusive version of the GT-R in France called the Gentleman Edition. Based on the GT-R Black Edition this one features an exclusive Grey Squale and ‘Gentleman Edition’ badging next to the front rear vents.

Mitsubishi has released the first official image of their new Attrage global sedan. Based on the Mirage subcompact car, the Attrage will go sale in Thailand this July. The new car falls under Thai Eco Car Project – where in car maker gets subsidies for vehicles with efficiency over 20kmpl.

BMW India has rolled out the locally assembled Mini Countryman from the Chennai facility. This is the first time that the Mini Countryman is being assembled outside Europe and is now available in both petrol and diesel guise.

Toyota has announced via its official USA Facebook page that will unveil the 2014 Corolla on June 6 and have released a teaser image in this regard. We already have an idea of the overall design thanks to the Corolla Furia Concept car that was unveiled at the 2013 Detroit Motor Show.

Force Motors’ new MPV vehicle has been spied testing in Bangalore. The new MPV from the Pune based utility maker is rumoured to be a re-badged version of the Mercedes-Benz Vito. The Vito is basically a commercial van in European market, but a couple of variants are sold in passenger car segment.

The Chevrolet Trax has been spotted testing in Argentina and is expected to go on sale in the South American country in the second half of 2013. The Trax is already on sale in Europe and will now be launched in the developing markets of Latin America as Tracker.

Mercedes-Benz and Tata Motors have parted ways after 60 years. The move comes in the wake of the German automaker opening its paint shop in October last year. Mercedes-Benz had been using Tata’s paint plant since it began local operation in the early 1990s and decided to setup its own facility when the agreement came up for renewal in 2010. 

General Motor India has announced that it will be hiking the price of all its vehicles by up to Rs 10,000 from the first week of June. The hike has been attributed to the increase in the cost transportation and logistics.