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Honda India has been served a show-cause notice by Central Board of Excise and Customs asking them to pay an additional excise duty totaling to Rs 164 crore. This is a result of company not paying the duty on the cost of production of cars but on their final discounted sales price.

Mercedes-Benz India has previewed the upcoming A-Class hatchback on its official website and is holding a special contest as precursor to the launch. We already know that the German automaker is likely to launch the car for the Indian market in May and has confirmed that it will be made available in both petrol and diesel variants.

Audi has taken the first spot in the Indian luxury car space for the first time in the first quarter of 2013. This spot was previously held by its German rival, BMW, reports the Economic Times.

An undisguised facelifted 2013 Tata Nano has been spied during a shoot for a TV commercial by the team at Overdrive. The car has already been spotted testing across various locations over the last few months and features some cosmetic changes as well as some major mechanical changes.  

Volkswagen has launched the new Polo GT TSI in India for Rs 7.99 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). This new version of the Polo is powered by a 1.2-litre turbocharged TSI engine paired with seven-speed DSG dual-clutch automatic gearbox. 

The 2013 Skoda Octavia has been spied testing by the team at Motorbash. While that is not something new as we have had four different sets of spy shots from three different locations in less than two months, what is new is the fact that this car has been spied with a seven-speed DSG gearbox. 

A facelifted version Rolls Royce Ghost (MY 2014) has been spotted testing in Europe by the team at Autoblog. The report suggest that the car has got mostly cosmetic changes of which many cues have been taken from the Wraith Coupe that was unveiled during the 2013 Geneva Motor Show.    

It wasn't too long ago that something as premium as a Honda CR-V had a four-speed automatic gearbox. The Maruti Suzuki A-Star and Hyundai i10 still offer four-speed 'boxes. However, in the search for better performance and lower emissions, the automatic gearbox has been adding more and more speeds for a while. 

The next generation Nissan Micra for Europe will be manufactured at Renault’s Flins plant in France starting 2016. While the left-hand-drive version of the compact car will be produced in Europe, the right-hand-drive Micra will built at the Renault-Nissan Alliance plant in Chennai (RNAIPL).

Mercedes-Benz may launch the A-Class hatchback for the Indian market in May. The German automaker is expected to launch A180 automatic model of the A-Class range and as we had mentioned before, it will be available in both petrol and diesel variants.