List of articles tagged: Auto Shows

It wasn’t certainly a usual Sunday morning for Mumbaikars. The enthusiasm to get a glimpse of the world’s most revered sports cars at the super car show brought in by Gautam Singhania was rather astounding.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd. (TKM) announced that it will display 14 production and concept vehicles at the 10th Auto Expo in Delhi to be held at Pragati Maidan from January 5 to 11, 2010. More than 2,200 square meters (Hall no. 6) will be used to display a diverse line-up of products, and more importantly the much awaited ‘world premiere of the compact car’. 

The Autocar Performance Show held at the MMRDA grounds in Bandra-Kurla complex saw car manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, Skoda Auto, Ford, Hyundai, Honda, Toyota, Jaguar and Land Rover, Fiat India, Premier and Mahindra & Mahindra displaying their cars. MapMyIndia was there in full force with their navigation systems, as was Garware with their product range. JCB showcased their record breaking Diesel Max, and K&N was present in full force courtesy Methods Automotive and Four Seasons. They also had on display Remus high performance exhaust systems and Thule cargo boxes.  The Supercar Club of India, DC Design and Apollo Tyres (and wheels!) and the AutoMission rally school were some of the other participants. Suzuki was there with their Hayabusa and Intruder grabbing a lot of attention! John Abraham and Gautam Singhania had cameras following them at the show inauguration, as you can see in the picture.

The giant American auto makers like GM and Daimler, and Japanese manufacturers like Honda, and Nissan didn’t participate in this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show. The main highlights of this event were the Europe-based manufacturers with many of them going green.

The i20 is an eagerly-awaited car in the Indian marketplace. It was unveiled recently at the Paris auto show amid much fanfare. The success of Hyundai’s large hatchback, the i30, has people all over the world looking forward to the i20. Here are some facts and figures of the new model.

This one's a bit of a mystery. The Paris Motor show's around the corner, and the teaser campaigns have begun going out to the public. Here's one from Lamborghini.

The 1978 Paris Motor Show saw BMW introduce an unexpected car. They stepped into a genre completely new and unlike BMW - supercars. The M1 was the first mid-engined car from the Bavarian stable and it had a straight-six engine. Eyebrows were raised and curious people wondered what made them take such a radical step. Radical? BMW?? It did not fit. The Porsche 911 was dominating anything and everything that came its way that ended in a chequered flag. Was this the reason for BMW to introduce the M1? Thirty years on, people seldom remember the M1 but the M3 and M5 are not that hard to recall. Then the penny drops and they realize how the ‘M’ badge became associated with BMW’s arm of performance machines. The design, engineering, and production of the M1 was assigned to Lamborghini. Can you imagine the plight of the Lambo designers trying hard to incorporate the kidney grille in a mid-engined sports car? Creative license, anyone? Jokes apart, the production of the M1 ceased in 1981, but was always remembered for its excellent drivability and it was often called a civilised supercar.

Mazda will present an all-new show car at this year's Moscow International Automobile Salon. The concept is a compact crossover designed especially for the Russian market.

An auto-show is what most of the auto-makers eagerly wait for to showcase their best and the latest machines. The Frankfurt Motor Show has been no different and has seen everything from exotics to concepts, and somewhere in between were the looks-production-ready kind of cars. And some of them might come to our land as well!