Mahindra has launched a website of the upcoming Innova challenger MUV, the Ingenio Xylo. The website doesn’t have much info about the Xylo but Mahindra wants to build suspense before they launch the car. Not that they haven’t build suspense as the car has been on test by Mahindra for quite some time long. Mahindra will be launching the Xylo in December this year.
Suzuki has launched its two hyper sports bikes, the Hayabusa and Intruder M1800R, both priced at Rs 12.5 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). Hayabusa is powered by a 1,340 cc engine, while the Intruder is powered by a 1,783 cc V-twin engine.“This launch is very significant when we are globally surrounded by uncertainties. Suzuki has been delivering superior technology, which has been proven world-wide. We intend to showcase the same in India,” Suzuki Motorcycle India Vice-President (Sales & Marketing) Atul Gupta said.
The bikes will be available in Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Stay tuned for more pictures, details and info on the superbikes.
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd said on Friday that it was targetting sale of about 50,000 units of its latest model A-Star in the Indian market. The car would be manufactured in Manesar production facility where the capacity has been upgraded to manufacture three lakh cars a year.
The A-Star will be made in over 200 variants and exported to around 150 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia, Australia and Africa. A-Star would contribute half of Maruti Suzuki’s overall export target of 200,000 units by 2010-11. The company plans to commence exports of A-Star in early 2009 to Europe.
Honda is set to hike car prices across models by Rs 10,000 to Rs 1.5 lakh from January next year to factor in increased production cost due to depreciation of the rupee and expensive raw materials.“Many of the parts are imported and the rupee’s depreciation has made them expensive . Thus, we will be revising car prices with effect from the first week of January,” Jnaneswar Sen, marketing vice-president for Honda Siel Cars said.
The highest impact would be on the sports-utility vehicle CR-V, which is imported to India as a completely-built unit (CBU). While price of the luxury sedan Accord will go up by Rs 30,000-50 ,000, Civic will likely to be dearer by Rs 10,000-20 ,000. For the moment the price of City wont be hiked as its new model and has just been launched. Honda has received 5,000 bookings so far,
The imported content in the Accord is about 75% and in Civic about 22%. The new City has about 26% imported parts. The current price of CR-V variants is between Rs 17.7-19 .9 lakh, the Accord between Rs 16.9-17 .7 lakh and the Civic between Rs 11-12 .8 lakh (all ex-showroom Delhi). The rupee has been weakening against the dollar for months and crossed Rs 50 last week. “The cost of imports from Japan alone has gone up by 30-35 % in the last around three months,” Sen said.
The economic turmoil has cast its spell on country's oldest automobile company Hindustan Motors, with sales of Ambassador cars dipping by more than 33 per cent in the past few months.
A company official told reporters that Amby sales which were in the region of 900 cars per month have come down to 600 units now. "The situation is not very good," the official added.
The official further said that though the company was not thinking of any move like a temporary shutdown of the plant for the moment some ways would have to be found to combat the crisis if the situation continued for long.
He also dismissed any chance of slashing prices, saying HM would not go for any price cut to boost sales of Amby. The company manufactures Amby at the Uttarpara plant in West Bengal.
Hyundai Motor India achieved yet another milestone by reaching the 20 lakh sales landmark. “This is also the fastest 20 lakh production for any manufacturer in India and Hyundai Motor India achieved this in just around 10 years,” the company said in a release.Commenting on its achievement, H S Lheem, managing director-HMIL, said, “Since its inception, Hyundai Motor India has been committed to honour the sentiments and desires of the Indian customers and has always brought the best and the latest in automotive technology and design backed by the best of warranty, competitive pricing and a huge sales and service support network. This new record of producing the fastest 20 lakh cars will further empower Hyundai Motor India to play a vital role in the growth of the Indian automobile industry.”
As a gesture of goodwill, the 20th lakh car was handed over to CRY – Child Rights and You, India’s leading advocate for child rights, which has worked tirelessly over three decades to make sure all children enjoy all their basic rights.
Mahindra was present with a 4×4 track experience at the Autocar Performance Show. A well built off-road track was prepared where Mahindra vehicles could demonstrate their capabilities. The cars on the track were only the Scopio and the Scorpio Getaway. Anyone could drive the car after purchasing something from the stall. Check out the Mahindra Scorpio off-roading pics at Motorbeam.com
Maruti Suzuki India has sold 10 lac units of its the Alto in the domestic market. The Alto was launched eight years ago in September 2000, with two variants. Currently it sells in three variants. Maruti had completed the production of 10 lakh units of the Alto in February this year.
A senior company official said that the first five lakh units of the Alto were sold in six years of its launch, while the next five lakh units sales happened within just a little over two years.
Besides the domestic market, Maruti Suzuki India exports the car to countries like Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Greece, Austria, Ireland, the UK, France, Italy and Sweden. So far it has exported over 1.8 lakh Altos. The company plans to start exporting the Alto soon to new markets like Denmark, Hungary and Portugal, the official said.
Porsche has plonked Audi’s 3.0 liter V6 Turbo Diesel engine in the Cayenne.
The turbocharged diesel engine that is hooked up to a standard Tiptronic-S automatic gearbox develops an output of 240HP and a maximum torque of 550NM. The Cayenne Diesel returns an average consumption of 9.3 liters per 100km with CO2 at 244 grams per kilometer.
For the first time in 22 years, a General Motors vehicle has been voted ‘Car of the Year’ (COTY) in Europe. The brand-new Opel insignia gathered a total of 321 points beating the second Ford Fiesta by the narrowest possible margin - a solitary point.
The Insignia is the third Opel / Vauxhall model to be awarded with the COTY after the Kadett (Vauxhall Astra in the UK) scooped the award in 1985 with the Omega (Vauxhall Carlton) following in 1987. The COTY jury, which is made up of 59 senior motoring journalists from 23 European countries gave the VW Golf VI a total of 223 points placing it third of the contest’s seven finalists.
“This is the closest COTY competition for years,” comments Ray Hutton, president of the 59-strong jury of senior motoring journalists. “Car of the Year has often been decided narrowly, but it is eight years since another Ford, the Mondeo, was beaten by a single point by Alfa Romeo’s 147.” To underscore the closeness of the 46-year-old competition, the Vauxhall/Opel Insignia received most votes from 20 of the international jurors, while the Fiesta was placed first by 19 of them.
Points allotted by journalists to the other COTY finalists were Citroen C5 198, Alfa Romeo MiTo 148, Skoda Superb 144 and Renault Megane 121 points.
For the record, the competition’s first stage was in October, when jurors chose seven finalists from a total of 37 contenders. In order to be eligible for COTY, a car must be launched within the past 12 months and has to be available in at least five European countries - which is why the Toyota iQ didn’t take part in this year’s competition as European sales start in January 2009.
Source - Carscoop
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