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Mahindra & Mahindra have sold 42104 units in May 2013 as compared to 39938 units in May 2012. The company’s total sales stood at 43460 units during May 2013, as against 43989 units during May 2012. The passenger vehicle segment (which includes the UVs and Verito) registered a growth of 5 per cent, having sold 22244 units in May 2013 as against 21154 units during May 2012. Exports for the month of May 2013 stood at 1356 units.

Mini has announced that the Cooper Countryman and the Paceman will get their All4 all-wheel drive system from next month onwards. The All4 technology has been developed by the BMW owned British marquee on the back of multiple Dakar rally titles. The inclusion of the technology for these two models now increases the all-wheel drive models in the Mini range to ten vehicles.

Maruti Suzuki’s upcoming plant in Hansalpur, Gujarat is in trouble. The villagers of the area are planning to send ‘stop work’ notice to the company as they fear that the fertile land in the region will be lost to the plant and this in turn will affect their livelihood.  

Another day, another set of spy shots of the Volkswagen Polo Cross but this time much closer to the vehicle and revealing few more details. The Polo Cross is a hunkered and more beefy version of the standard Polo and is currently on sale on many of VW’s markets around the world.

Mahindra will launch the Verito Vibe (CS) at an event in Mumbai tomorrow and has released a teaser picture that shows the silhouette on its official Facebook page. The picture is accompanied by a message saying ‘Mahindra’s new compact 3 box car with a large boot.’

Renault India has sold 6300 units in May 2013 as compared to 438 units in May 2013 resulting in a 13-fold growth. This number includes 5146 units of the Duster, 670 units of the Scala, 410 units of the Pulse, 71 units of the Fluence and three units of the Koleos.

The facelifted Nissan Micra hatchback has been unveiled in the UK.  This is the same vehicle that made its global debut in Thailand two months ago. While retaining the same overall design, the car features many changes both inside, outside and now looks more muscular than the outgoing model. 

Audi may launch a two-wheel drive variant of its Q3 crossover.  This will be the German automaker’s entry into the affordable luxury car segment that is populated by vehicles like the recently launched A-Class hatchback and the soon to be launched BMW 1-Series and Volvo V40 Cross Country. 

Toyota has released a few more teasers for the 2014 Corolla ahead of its June 6 unveiling. The pictures show various aspects of the car and have been surfacing Toyota USA’s Facebook page. The overall design of the car is expected to be along the lines of the Furia concept vehicle that was unveiled at 2013 Detroit Motor Show in January. 

Yes, the second last piece in the EcoSport puzzle has been revealed. In a move that was almost guaranteed to happened, the brochure for the highly anticipated Ford EcoSport crossover seems to have made its way to the internet ahead of what is believed to be a June 11 launch for the vehicle.