List of articles tagged: Chennai

The end of Round 5 of the Polo Cup in Chennai saw the championship leader Sailesh Bolisetti slip to the second spot as Parth Ghorpade finished first and second in the two races of Round 5.

BMW Plant Chennai today rolled out the 10000th car from its assembly line."It is a moment of great pride and joy for us at BMW Plant Chennai to roll-out the 10000th car made in India. The BMW Plant Chennai team is very excited with the achievement of this milestone in less than four years and looks forward to fulfil the increasing demand for BMW cars in India. BMW production is characterized by people that consider quality not only a task, but first and foremost a core attribute. I am convinced that our employees here at BMW Plant Chennai will make a great contribution in strengthening our company’s long-term success in India”, said Mr. Juergen Eder, Managing Director, BMW Plant Chennai.

Parth Ghorpade won the second race of Round 4 of the Volkswagen-JK Tyre Polo Cup India 2010 at the Irungattukottai Race Track, Chennai. Mumbai driver Mohammed Fahad Kutty finished in second position ahead of Imran Majid. Ghorpade completed the race in 3.717 km track in a time 25:13.862 to win his second race of the season. The young driver from Vizag, Sailesh Bolisetti went on to win the first round of the Round 4 of the Volkswagen JK Tyre Polo Cup India.

JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. (JK Tyre) announced the setting up of its world-class Greenfield project at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect was today signed by Dr. Raghupati Singhania, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, JK Tyre and Industries Ltd. in presence of the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Thiru M Karunanidhi and Thiru M.K Stalin, the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. 

Ford dealers in Punjab, Chennai and Cochin celebrated significant milestones with regards to the sales of the Ford Figo. The senior Ford India executives went on-site to hand deliver the keys to proud new owners of Ford Figo.

Recently, CarWale had visited the Ford plant near Chennai. Here are more pictures of the factory.

Mahindra and Renault today announced the restructuring plans for their 51:49 JV, Mahindra Renault Pvt Ltd, through which the Logan car is manufactured.

Narain Karthikeyan, who can be called the fastest Indian on wheels as of now, will on Thursday, April 15 2010 showcase the power of Nissan GTR with some cool spins.

Nissan is pulling all stops to gain presence in the Indian market. The company recently introduced a 'Student Brand Manager' program wherein students from B-schools across the country (Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai) and those who have completed first of their course to showcase their business acumen, people skills and creative thinking ability as part of this innovative strategy.

Daimler India Commercial Vehicle Pvt Ltd, the 100 percent Indian subsidiary of German automobile giant Daimler AG, said that it is setting up a plant in Oragadam, TamilNadu (near Chennai) to roll out 36,000 trucks by 2012.