List of articles tagged: Volvo

The Hyderabad International Auto Show 2010 kicks-off today. The four day Auto show will exhibit several exotic cars and bikes from across the world. Besides 100 models of cars and bikes, the event will also showcase a range of new launches, some vintage cars and vintage bikes along with concepts cars, high performance vehicles, SUVs and super bikes. CarWale is also a part of this Auto Show and we will bring you the inside scoop each day as the events unfold.

The Hyderabad International Auto Show held in 2009 registered a huge success and obviously left the consumers asking for more. Vista Entertainments has got the much loved International Auto Show 2010 in Hyderabad yet again. The Auto Show kick starts from the 22nd of July to the 25th of July at HICC, Novotel.

VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV) announced an investment of Rs. 2,880 million in its Pithampur plant for the production and final assembly of the Volvo group’s new global medium duty engine platform.

Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) has entered into a joint venture agreement with General Motors India. SAIC will now have a joint MD to co-manage Indian operations for General Motors India. The joint venture will bring in some changes in the board and SAIC will have a bigger say.

Volvo India has said that their India plans will not have any impact on the account of the acquisition of its parent Volvo by China's Geely.

Swedish car maker Volvo Auto India has brought the Volvo XC60 to India as per plans. The car arrived on the Indian shores last week and has been handed over for homologation.

The Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's 2010-11 budget has led to mixed reactions from the industry. Earlier in the day, the minister had announced a 2% hike in excise duty on large cars, SUVs and multi utility vehicles taking the excise duty from 8% to 10%.

In an exclusive interview to CarWale.com, Paul de Voijs, managing director, Volvo Auto India talks about the silent existence of the brand and its dynamic future plans Volvo has been present in India for some time now but still the brand remains unknown to many? Volvo Auto is relatively still new to the market. Although, we had a Ford backing, Volvo always took its own decisions. We opened our first dealership in March 2008 in Chandigarh which makes us a very young player in the market and there is a strong reason why we haven’t made much noise in the Indian market till today. For any company to become a brand takes some time. Volvo might be a reckoned name outside India but here one has to start from scratch. We did not want to come to India and launch an ‘x’ amount of cars; idea was to go at a slower pace and make people get used to the brand. Exploding into the market with too much hype didn’t make sense to us. This is probably one of the reasons why people are not much aware about Volvo cars in India but we are now increasing the marketing and branding activities for the cars in India.

Volvo India, today unveiled the new S80 with additional features and a new diesel engine in Mumbai on Wednesday.

The S60 is Volvo's sedan that will compete with the likes of BMW's 3-series, Mercedes-Benz's C-Class and Audi's A4. A new model will be put on display at the Geneva Motor Show in March next year, and Volvo has released the first official images of the sedan.