Mahindra Mini Xylo caught taking drives

The Indian auto industry is abuzz with the news of the launch of Mahindra new SUV, Mahindra Mini Xylo. The home grown auto giant Mahindra & Mahindra has been working aggressively towards rolling out the compact form of its popular SUV Mahindra Xylo. Mahindra is all set to take the SUVs in India to the next level. This muscular SUV was caught taking test drives in Ooty, Tamil Nadu. Rumor has it that Mahindra has commenced the pilot production of mini Xylo and apparently the facelifted Mahindra Xylo could be out in the market soon.

Xylo' rear end design probably will undergo cosmetic change however as far as the front end is concerned, the Indian auto giant is mulling to keep it same as in its predecessor. Some of the changes which will be incorporated in the new Xylo are the placement of the tail lights on the top of the D-pillar, on the other hand the space wheel will be mounted on the rear door and the reverse guide lights are placed on the bumper. As of now the company is tight lipped about the price of the new offering under its portfolio however the forerunner Mahindra Xylo price is Rs6,92,100 lakh to Rs9,11,000 lakh

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Maruti to have production unit Gujarat

Maruti- India`s leading car manufacturer is planning on manufacturing Maruti cars in India and has considered setting up a production unit in Gujarat. The initiative will pose challenge to Tamil Nadu which is the current Detroit of India. The production unit is likely to be close to Sanand where 250,000 cars will be manufactured annually.

General Motors and Tata Motors already have their plant in Halol and Sanand respectively. As per reports, the proposed manufacturing unit will focus on Maruti Swift, Maruti A-Star and Maruti Estilo. At present, these cars are exported to Africa and Europe from Mundra port. About one Lakh units have already been exported from Mundra. Maruti has a full-fledged pre-dispatch section at this port. The capacity of the Manesar and Gurgaon plants of Maruti has capability of manufacturing 1.2 million units.

If sources are to be believed, a 500-acre plot has been finalized by Maruti India that is next to Sanand (Tata Motor’s Nano plant). Although there is no confirmed news on the purchase, Maruti Suzuki has sought for concessions similar to those that were granted to Tata Motors, when it shifted Nano plant from West Bengal to Gujarat. The location is believed to be the best as this place has direct road links with Kandla and Mundra ports.

According to sources, efforts are being made for clearing decks for Maruti so that it could open its plant closest to Sanand. Along with Maruti, tractor manufacturer John Deere, Car firms Peugeot and Ford are also looking for possibilities of opening their plants in Gujarat. Gujarat also has plants of Asia Motor works and Bombardier. Many manufacturers of auto components are also planning to set their shop in this region.

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Italian car Pagani launch in India

There are many stylish super cars in India such as Aston Martin, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Maserati, Koenigsegg and Bugatti, but the list won't end here as another mind blowing super car manufacturer Pagani is all geared up to launch its car in India pretty soon. Apparently, Italian Supercar Pagani is thinking of employing an importer for India. This car manufacturer will proffer Huayra, which will be available at the approximate price of Rs15 crore. It might seem very pricey but the Huayra features make this car worth it.

The major highlights of Pagani Huayra include; a powerful and sturdy Mercedes-AMG V12Bi-Turbo M158, 5980cc engine that keeps the capacity to churn out whooping 700 bhp power along with 1000Nm torque. This power and torque boosts up the car performance and it can touch a mark of 100km per hour in merely 3.5 seconds and has a supersonic speed of 370 km per hour. So, it could be said that now Aston Martin One-77 is not the dominator in the sports car market, it is sure to face a very hard-hitting competition from Pagani Huayra. The hopes are pretty high from this super cool sports car and it is expected that around 10 units of Huayra will be sold within the first year of it's sale in India.

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Most awaited small cars of 2011

Indian auto market is a paradise for small cars and there are certain small cars of 2011 in the waiting that have stepped up anticipation among the Indian car lovers. Among the most awaited ones are new Maruti Swift, Toyota Etios Liva, Honda Brio and Chevrolet Beat Diesel. Among these hopefully we would be seeing Toyota Etios Liva and Chevrolet Beat Diesel this June apart from 2011 Maruti Swift that is expected to launch within 2 months and Honda Brio which is slated to be launched in September. Let us see what exactly makes them the most awaited small cars of 2011.

Starting with the new 2011 Maruti Swift that is expected to be on roads within two months, it is the new avatar of the exiting Maruti Swift. The new Maruti Swift is expected to be released in four variants. The petrol version of the Maruti Swift 2011 is expected to be a 1298cc, 4 Cylinder, 16 valves engine that can produce a maximum power of 87 Bhp @ 4000 rpm and a maximum torque of 113 Nm @ 4500 rpm. The 2011 Maruti Swift price in India is expected to be Rs6 lakh.

There were talks in India about the Toyota Etios Liva since its appearance at the Delhi Auto Expo in the month of January 2010. This all new hatchback from the Japanese major was scheduled to be launched in the month of April 2011 but due to the untoward earthquake and Tsunami in Japan and the consequent parts shortage the company had to postpone the launch of the Etios Liva. Now Toyota India plans to launch the all new Toyota Liva in June. The Toyota Etios Liva price in India is expected to be Rs5 Lakh.

Among the most awaited one, Chevrolet Beat Diesel is perhaps the one that is expected to amass bookings besides 2011 Maruti Swift. The rising petrol price could be one reason that would add to the popularity of Beat Diesel coupled with the success of existing Chevrolet Beat. Recent reports suggest that the Beat Diesel would have a three cylinder, turbocharged common rail diesel engine and it would be price between Rs3.9 lakh to Rs4 lakh.

Another much awaited small car of 2011 is the Honda Brio which is slated to be launched during the festive season of Diwali. As per unconfirmed reports Honda Brio India would be somewhere in the price range of Rs5 lakh car and it would be the cheapest offering from Honda India. The Honda Brio launch in India has been planned crucially eyeing the festive season in India.

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Infibeam Launches Buildabazaar - Setup Your Own Online Store Brand, Access Consumer Demand for Your Products, & Start Selling with Zero start-up Cost

Ahmedabad, India; May 25th 2011: Want to setup a new business online? Worried about the upfront investment in setting up your online store? Don't have ecommerce expertise to sell online? Infibeam's 'Build a Bazaar' (www.buildabazaar.com) answers all these questions.

Infibeam today announced that it is opening up its ecommerce platform which will enable anyone to create an Online store under his own branded URL. It's as easy as registering your Store, Uploading product catalog and start selling – all in a matter of few clicks. One can also make their products visible to millions of visitors on Infibeam and its Affiliates as part of Infibeam's Affiliate program. All this comes at no upfront investment for the Store owner!

Infibeam will allow Store owners to run their own self customized, branded online business where an owner can upload their own product catalog (different catalog size options available) and do their own customized site configuration. The uploaded products can be made available for sale on Infibeam.com and hundreds of stores using Infibeam platform through the Infibeam Affiliate program. In addition, the entire product catalog or selected product categories from Infibeam retail supply chain is also made available under store owner's own brand at no additional cost. Infibeam will ship orders while the store owner gets paid a commission for such transactions under their own stores.

Vishal Mehta, CEO of Infibeam.com said "This launch signifies our largest commitment to empower entrepreneurs including Sellers as well as Local Shop Owners by allowing them to create their own online store under their brand. Using our self service platform, every entrepreneur can setup their own branded Online store, upload their own product catalog, select products from Infibeam catalog like Books, Movies, Mobile phones, Electronics, Cameras and start selling with no upfront investment"

The ecommerce platform from Infibeam provides useful tools for regular website management, along with features such as updates, promotions, and new product releases, among others. The platform provides powerful tools for catalog, inventory and order management. Store owners can manage their inventories on multiple affiliate stores through a single interface. They can also manage all their orders through a single order management interface. Other integrated platform features include a custom library of unique merchandising widgets and a powerful marketing and promotion engine to develop and handle innovative sales offers and schemes. Infibeam platform protects store owners through integrated fraud processing and an integrated payment gateway.

Vijay Subramanian, CIO of Infibeam.com said "We are able to scale our technology, product and platform that supports Infibeam.com to all shop owners across India using cloud services. All aspects of ecommerce are integrated in Infibeam's platform making it the single stop solution for anybody planning to sell online".

Infibeam is inviting applications from interested applicants. One can apply online at www.buildabazaar.com. Infibeam will enable selected applicants to setup their own online store. Applications will be accepted till 7th June and selected applicants will be announced on 10th June.

http://www.buildabazaar.com/

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About Infibeam.com
Infibeam.com is India's leading eCommerce portal with a selection of more than 100 lac products across Books, Media, Lifestyle, Gifts, Electronics and Automobiles. Infibeam.com is known for its innovative navigation, lowest prices, free shipping and dedicated customer service.

Infibeam.com also offers its web-store technology and associated infrastructure as a service to well- known brands and retailers such as NDTV, K Sera Sera, Hidesign, TTK Prestige etc.

Infibeam.com was founded in 2007 by a group of ex-Amazon employees with expertise in e-commerce and technology. Headquartered in Ahmedabad, Infibeam has 250 employees based out of offices in Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. The leadership team consists of MIT, IIM and IIT graduates amongst others with more than 100 years of combined experience in Retail and eCommerce.

For any queries please write to us at pr@infibeam.net

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Petrol Price hike Diesel Car Decreases

Latest updates from Indian Automobile world states that Automobile giants like Maruti and Volkswagen said that due to the recent hike in petrol prices and increasing burden on common man’s wallet, people are drifting toward Diesel cars. Also backed by advantages like low price and high mileage, market is expecting huge growth in the sales of Diesel cars in India. It is said that in comparison with existing 30% share in new car sales, next three-to-four years will see a contribution of 50% share of diesel cars.

According to survey reports, the sales figure of diesel cars has already gained the speed and are about to surpass the sales of petrol cars. Likewise, with repeated increase in difference between the prices of the two fuels, diesel cars are going to get the advantage. As the demand of diesel is reaching heights, more and more car companies are planning to roll out diesel variants of their existing models. Auto industry experts commented that since the running cost of diesel cars is lower as compared to petrol cars and with government taking no initiative in making petrol prices lower, consumers are now keeping diesel cars in their preference list. No doubt petrol cars are going to stand in the line, but diesel variants are expected to enter the waiting lists soon.

If reports are to be believed, Maruti Cars like Maruti SX4 Diesel, Maruti Swift Diesel, Maruti Dzire Diesel with Volkswagen Polo Diesel and Ford Figo Diesel enjoyed the favoritism ever since they were launched in Indian car market. Maruti Neeraj Garg, director of sales at Volkswagen Passenger Cars said that Volkswagen Polo and Volkswagen Vento are main selling models of the company and company is having 50% of their sales based on diesel variants. Complying with the ongoing condition of Indian auto market, car companies like Hyundai is planning to establish diesel engine plant in India and other car companies like Maruti, GM and Ford are increasing the manufacturing capacity of diesel engine units.

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Katrina Kaif filmed on Royal Enfield

Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 500 and Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 350, the legendary cruisers from Royal Enfield Bikes have always been admired by the bike riders due to their powerful performance and unique looks and dimensions and nobody has missed the pleasure of losing the chance of riding it. This time it was the turn of none other than the hottest Bollywood diva Katrina Kaif who is reported to be riding the Royal Enfield Classic 500 bike in Spain in her latest upcoming movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. Her this act is definitely going to be the profitable deal for the Royal Enfield Bikes which will encourage the other women riders to try their riding skills on the 200 kg cruiser.

According to Katrina, she started bike riding in Mumbai before she left for shooting in Spain. According to her this was the demand of character and now she can easily handle the heavy Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 500 without any hard effort. Katrina also added that riding the lighter bike in the beginning helps to learn the proper balancing of bike and once she got familiar in handling the lighter bike she shifted towards the heavy bike during the shooting schedule.

While talking regarding the difficulties she faced while riding the Enfield Bullet she replied that she is quite strong to overcome such challenges but she agreed that there were chances when she had to struggle in controlling the bike in the beginning of her learning process and quite often got her knees wounded on several occasions.

However by the time shooting schedule was over Katrina had mastered herself in bike riding. According to Katrina she often went for bike riding after the shoot was over and riding the bike on the roads of Barcelona was nice experience due to less traffic and good roads.

Katrina also added the whenever in coming future if she buys a bike she will definitely ride the bike according to the traffic rules and will wear helmet while riding and follow the traffic rules strictly.

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Fiat turbo bags best engine award

The Fiat’s 875cc two-cylinder Twin Air has won the 2011 International Engine of the Year Award at the Engine Expo in Stuttgart in Germany. There were expert judges as well as some of the world’s most renowned motor journalists. All were awed at the performance of the engine that was extremely low on emissions, high on fuel economy and was powerful enough in its category. There was much anticipation among the judges as well the participants as to how such a tiny turbocharged engine could deliver such performance.

This 875cc engine is currently powering Fiat 500 car. Besides the International Engine of the Year Award, the small engine also bagged the Best New Engine, Best Sub 1-litre, and Best Green Engine awards in its category. Surprisingly, the engine completely beat zero emission electric engines by Nissan and Mitsubishi that were also on display at the Expo. The Fiat Linea and Fiat Grande Punto are fitted with a similar 90 Bhp engine.

In addition to the Fiat’s 875cc engine, BMW also managed four wins in different categories. It’s 4-litre V8 found in the M3 was adjudged as the best in the three to four litre category. Besides, its 3-litre DI Twin Turbo also won the best engine in the 2.5-litre to 3-litre’ category award. BMW uses this engine in several of its cars. The 2-litre Twin Turbo diesel engine that currently powers the BMW 123d and BMW X1 also won the best engine award in the 1.8-litre to 2-litre’ category. In addiition to it the BMW 1.6-litre four-cylinder turbo engine that is the joint product of BMW and Peugeot also bagged the best engine award in the 1.4-litre to 1.8-litre’ category.

Meanwhile, Volkswagen’s 1.4-litre TSI Twincharger engine retained its title in the 1-litre to 1.4-litre category for the third year as well. Moreover, the biggies category engine awards in the above 4 litre category were comfortably bagged by Ferrari. The 570bhp, 4.5-litre V8 engine currently powers the Ferrari 458 Italia.

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Tata Nano Superdrive flags from Mumbai

Tata Motors flagged off the Nano Superdrive 2 from Concorde Motors India Ltd., Prabhadevi, Mumbai. Tata Nano Superdrive 2 will be an enchanting 28 day voyage, where in 12 Tata Nanos will circumambulate India.

Tata Motors set on a 26 day long Nano Superdrive in June 2010, which covered 36 cities, and an incredible distance of 15,000 km. The Nano Superdrive 2 is a testament to the Nano’s robustness and reliability and the company will create a new record of 18,000 km with a country wide drive – the Nano Superdrive 2, which will witness 12 Tata Nanos travelling across 6 routes, covering 62 cities.

The Tata Nano, an innovation marvel, has received an overwhelming response by customers in India. Through Nano Superdrive 2 the company plans to take the brand closer to customers by visiting the interiors of the state. Two Tata Nanos will traverse on the western route. Starting from Mumbai the cars will touch other cities like Kolhapur, Solapur, Nagpur, Amravati, Aurangabad, Surat, Vadodara, and will culminate in Rajkot. The caravan will provide customers with an opportunity to engage with Tata Nanos on select routes, and enjoy the car on-road.

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New Ford Fiesta Spotted in Chennai

Ford India said that the company is not going to launch the new Ford Fiesta this month. As per company resources, Ford India is looking forward to create the same charisma by new Ford Fiesta as done by Ford Ikon. And with latest reports, Ford India is conducting the road tests of its new Ford Fiesta in Chennai.

It is expected that after the launch of new Hyundai Verna, Ford is eager to release the new Ford Fiesta as soon as possible. Reason being that Hyundai is gaining share in car market with its new invent and the latest release of new Ford Fiesta will certainly result in low availability of market to dwell.Furthermore, it is expected that Ford India may send demo cars to the dealers for feedback collection. Not to forget that with the presence of large number of cars in the segment like Volkswagen Vento, Toyota Etios, Fiat Linea, Maruti Swift Dzire and Maruti SX4, Ford India could use the price tag (still undisclosed) as unique selling point.

As reported earlier, after unveiling new Ford Fiesta in New Delhi on 14th April this year, Ford India already gave an insight of the features added in its latest invent. Some of the new Ford Fiesta features like voice-activated controls, new interiors, new design of central console, better corner handling and advance safety measures are capable of creating good space for Ford India in market. But even with these attributes, competition with other players of the segment like Nissan, Skoda or the Hyundai won’t be an easy task.Furthermore, since company is still holding the announcements regarding the pricing of Ford Fiesta, the rumors regarding the price tag are high. Now it is all up to Ford India how to create a space for its new Ford Fiesta when new Hyundai Verna is already moving forward in every aspect.

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Toyota Corolla Altis spotted in Bangalore

Unconfirmed reports have come in that the Toyota Corolla has gone for a facelift. Sources revealed that the new Toyota Corolla Altis has been spotted in Bangalore with all new exteriors. The new Altis was originally slated for a release this month but following the devastation due to earthquake and tsunami in Japan Toyota fell short of parts and had to delay the release. However, as per recent reports from Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd. (TKM), the company hopes to bring things back on track much before than expected.

Apart from new design for bumpers, lights and all new alloys, new front fog lamps, Toyota plans a total transmission upgrade and complete facelift for the Toyota Corolla Altis. The new Toyota Corolla Altis hopes to feature a 7-speed automatic transmission rather than the existing 4-speed automatic transmission with super electronic-controlled transmission (ECT). The new Toyota Corolla Altis will be available in seven variants of petrol and diesel engines as well as the CNG variant may also come up. The new Toyota Corola Altis price is expected to be between Rs11 to Rs16 lakhs.

The present Toyota Corolla Altis is available in 1.8L petrol, D4DJ petrol, Altis G petrol and Altis GL petrol versions. Compared to its petrol counterparts, the diesel variants are claimed to deliver a mileage of 21.4kmpl. In July 2010, the company launched the diesel version of the luxury sedan with variants named D4DJ, D4DG and D4DGL priced in the range of Rs10.95 lacs to Rs13.75 lacs (ex-showroom New Delhi).

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Ford Launches New Fiesta Sedan

Ford launched their latest car, the new Fiesta Sedan at their Fiesta Cafe in Delhi yesterday at the Select City Walk Mall in Saket. The new Fiesta Sedan, which has over a million sales around the world under its belt was launched at the event.

The Ford Fiesta Sedan has a fresh new design that Ford claims is all for the upwardly mobile and dependent Indian customer. The variations of the car are powered by Ford’s Ti-VCT petrol and TDCi diesel engines. There’s also cruise control features built into the car.

Ford has taken inspiration from consumer electronics while building this car. The car has a bult-in voice control feature that allows drivers to interact with gadgets in the car. For example, you can make and receive voice calls on the phone, change radio stations, climate control and even change the music track being played.

The Fiesta Sedan is being built at the Maraimalai Nagar plant in Chennai. Ford had planned to build eight cars in this plant last year. The Ford Fiesta Sedan is the first of those cars.

The Fiesta Cafe itself is for those who want to bask in the Fiesta ambience. There’s plenty of features to keep customers and enthusiasts entertained all thanks to the gadgets and media being played around. Ford streams feeds from social media services about the Fiesta on their digital walls. Customers can also sit around and use the iPad applications to learn more about the new car.

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Honda CBR 250R launched in Kolkata

Now this is the great news for all the bike fanatics! Honda CBR 250R was officially launched in Kolkata,India by Honda Motorcycle & scooter India it is a very siper cool 250cc sports bike. On the launch company says that they are expecting to rise in sales by around 20-25% regardeless of hike in interest rates.

On Discussion with N K Rattan sales head of Honda Motorcycle & Scooters India, the company has sold around 16.85 lakh units in the financial year and has expected turnover of more than 7,500 Crore. As the demand of Honda bikes is increasing day by day, this well-established company's 2nd plant located in Rajasthan, will start its manufacturing of bikes in the 2nd half of 2011

The Rajasthan plant has a large capacity and wil lbe manufacturing around 6 lakh units per annum in the starting phase. Company has told us before that there has been around Rs 500 Crore investment done in Rajasthan Plant till now. The expected price of Honda CBR 250 R will range from Rs. 1.46 lakh to Rs. 1.71 lakh. More, the head N K Rattan says they have plan of around selling 30,000 bikes solely in India & exporting around 10,000 units.

Bikes in India are picking up the pace at a supersonic speed. People are now getting much inclined towards sports bikes, which include Kawasaki Ninja 250R. Keeping this thing in mind, Honda has launched its CBR 250R, which could be considered as a total sports bike. It is loaded with numerous features, such as liquid cooled 4 valve engine, an outdoor fuel filter that will facilitate trouble-free maintenance resulting in amplifying the capacity of the tank. The rear and front disc brakes assures a safe ride and the perfect placement of the handle that would make it flawless during the sporty riding.

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GT650R oriented superbike launched in USA

Hyosung GT 650R and Hyosung ST7 are newly launched bikes in the market which are getting buzz response from overseas and Indian market. Both the Hyosung bikes have mind blowing appearance and latest features which make them attractive in the segment. Meanwhile power and performance of the bikes are world premiered. A US based electric bike manufacture has bewitched by Hyosung bikes and launched an electric superbike which looks same as GT 650R.

US based Roehr Motors has recently launched this electric super bike which looks same like Hyosung GT 650R i.e. called eSupersport. This bike is powered by a highly efficient AC Induction Motor that generates max power of 50Kw or 67bhp which is similar to what the petrol powered bike produces. Meanwhile top generating torque is 80 lb/ft. This powerful motor is capable of reaching top speeds in excess of 100 mph (161 kmph) that ensures to provide real riding experience to the sports bike lovers.

With a recharge of 7 hours, the bike can run for 75 miles or 121 km because it is integrated with a 7.7Kwh capacity of LiFePO4 battery. It can also be recharged through a powerful 1500 watt powered charger within 7 hours. The bike is priced at dollar 17,500 in that market.

Roehr Motorcycles LLC is pioneer company in electric motorcycle manufacturing that was setup in 2008 by Walter Roehrich. Presently the company includes three models in its stable like eSuperBike, 1250sc and just launched eSuperSport. All the Roher bikes are getting buzz response from that market because in these days electric bike market is increasing with unexpected growth.

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Mercedes-Benz opens brand centers India

As the demand for small cars is increasing day by day in India combined with profitable future prospects, Mercedes-Benz Germany based carmaker is planning to make brand centers in major cities of India like New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai. Company is also expected to install one complete manufacturing unit in Chakan, Maharashtra.

Known as one of the best automobile manufacturer companies, Mercedes-Benz wants to get hold of good market share in India and for this the purpose company is thinking of opening brand centers across the country. As the German automaker is facing tough competition from one of its closest rival BMW, having brand centers will help the company in acquiring an edge over it. As per speculations, Mercedes Benz is all set to come up with its first brand center at Gurgaon, and will display entire fleet of cars present in Mercedes’ India portfolio. With a fleet of 40 cars, the company is going to open next brand center in Mumbai later on in the year.

Furthermore, with the increasing list of automobile giants like Hyundai, Honda, Volkswagen, Skoda and recent addition of BMW, Mercedes-Benz is getting quite high competition in Indian car market.

One of the company official said that Mercedes Benz is going to invest around Rs 6,000 crore along with installation of a development unit of cars in India. Furthermore he said that company is planning to increase the participation of local vendors and thinking of assembling cars of luxury segment within the country. Currently Mercedes Benz is assembling cars of C, E and S Class in India.

However he also stated that company is ready for having collaboration with Indian suppliers, not only for completing the requirement of Mercedes India but also for Mercedes plants all across the globe.

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Tata Nano launch in foreign Markets

From April 2011 Tata Nano, the smallest car of Tata Motors will be sent abroad with shipment of 498 units. It is believed that a formal announcement of this export is to come up soon. As per SIAM, 498 units were exported last month when in the corresponding month last year only a single unit was exported.

However right now the Company is not interested in sharing the list of the countries in which Nanos have been dispatched last month. The Company when asked by PTI replied by saying that they will announce about it very soon and they have their reasons as why r they sending Nano to the overseas market.

As per last year's statements of Tata group they are at the final stage of selecting a site for the production of Nano cars which can be in Latin America, South East Asia or Africa.

The Managing Director of Tata Motors industries Mr Kishore A Chaukar said that as they are at the final stage they need to select a place where supply of components is easy. They consider Latin America, South East Asia and Africa as key regions where their will be a supply chain of components along with a local and accessible market.

Apart from this the company was also looking out possibilities in the neighbouring countries. They explored Nepal to be production site as well.

The price of Nano car in Nepal is NPR 700,000 which comes around INR 4.5 lakhs because of 300 percent custom duty. The distributor of Tata Motors in Nepal Mr, Shambhu Prasad Dahal they will import five Nano cars as test drive in July last year.

Currently, In India, the world's cheapest car or commonly know as the people's car is manufactured at Sanans in Gujrat and also at Patnagar in Uttrakhand.

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Jaguar to build C-X75 hybrid supercar

Jaguar is today well known for concept cars that allow users to get the most out of their automobile. Jaguar is all set to confirm the launch of the remarkable C-X75 concept car as an exclusive hybrid supercar. Jaguar C-X75 will become the British marque’s most advanced model to date. It will offer performance on a par with the fastest production cars on the market, while adopting cutting-edge technology that offers remarkably economical running. Jaguar expects this hybrid supercar to deliver incredibly low CO2 emissions of less than 99g/km while being able to achieve in excess of 200mph.

Aiding the transition from concept to production vehicle is the choice of powertrain. Jaguar continues to develop the use of the micro-turbine technology that was showcased in the original concept C-X75. Jaguar’s parent company Tata has taken a significant stake in Bladon Jets, and will develop this very advanced technology as a medium-term aspiration that will play a part in Jaguars of the future.To bring Project C-X75 to showroom reality within the timescales of a conventional model programme, an equally innovative powertrain had to be developed. The road-going supercar will use a state-of-the-art, small-capacity, highly-boosted internal combustion engine with one powerful electric motor at each axle.

Jaguar Brand Director, Adrian Hallmark, said, “People expect Jaguar to be innovators - that is when Jaguar is at its best”. He added, “The C-X75 received an incredible reception as a concept car. We’ve been building on that momentum and there is a clear business case for this exclusive halo model. No other vehicle will better signify Jaguar’s renewed confidence and excellence in technological innovation than this.” Project C-X75 will be the ultimate expression of Jaguar design and engineering innovation. This high-performance hybrid supercar will stay true to the initial concept design study that made its debut at the 2010 Paris motor show, while fulfilling requirements that allow it to be homologated for road use.

“We were always determined that the Jaguar C-X75 would be as striking on the road as it was in concept form,” said Ian Callum, Director of Design, Jaguar Cars. “This will be the finest looking and most innovative Jaguar ever produced. Even in the world of supercars, we can still produce the most beautiful.” In an unprecedented move, Jaguar C-X75 will be developed in association with Williams F1 who will provide their engineering expertise in areas including aerodynamics, carbon composite manufacture and hybrid technologies. This association will be at the leading edge of British automotive engineering and innovation.“Confirmation of this project today signposts Jaguar Land Rover’s continued determination to embrace new technologies,” said Jaguar Land Rover CEO, Dr Ralf Speth. “A supercar like the C-X75 is the logical choice to showcase cutting-edge design, intelligent use of new environmental technologies and motorsport-inspired performance.”

The step marks a new milestone in both company’s histories as Jaguar Land Rover and Williams collaborate for the first time to produce one of the world’s highest performance and environmentally sustainable supercars. The production of Jaguar C-X75 will create more than one hundred highly-skilled jobs in the UK.A direct technology transfer between elite motorsport and road-going production cars is key to C-X75’s success. The supercar’s chassis will be made of carbon-fibre to create an incredibly lightweight, yet rigidly strong structure.

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Fiat Linea & Fiat Grande upgraded soon

Fiat motors will be revamping the existing models of Fiat Linea and Fiat Grande Punto. Contrary to the rumors that Fiat was looking at launching new cars, the manufacturer is all set to launch revamped versions of the existing bestselling models.

The upgraded version of new Fiat Linea is expected to hit the roads during the festive season of Diwali. The speculation undergoing company`s plans to launch the upgraded version of Fiat Grande Punto, also along with Fiat Linea, is yet another much awaited event. The other variant of Fiant Grande Punto Dynamic will be upgraded with inbuilt audio system but it will not have the facility of rear power windows. Besides, the interiors of Fiat Grande Punto will also be designed similar to Fiat Linea.

History repeats itself and this time it will be repeated by the legendary car manufacturing company Fiat Motors. Fiat Siena also called as Fiat Petra was once honored with the title of “Car of the Year”. The next generation car Fiat Palio which came after the launch of Fiat Siena with lots of hope could not meet the expectations of the customers and received very lame response though it was upgraded with stylish looks.

Fiat motors then replaced Fiat Siena by various other upcoming cars in the same segment. Time has again turned back and Fiat Siena was found on the roads. There is hope regarding the upgraded version of Fiat Linea and Fiat Grande Punto. They are poised to give tough competition to the cars existing in the similar segment.

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Triumph America ready to hit India

The Indian racing team Tork India is all set and ready for 2012. The race machine for Tork India is pretty powerful. In the year of 2009, the Indian guys landed at the Isle of Man TT and T001x, their sturdy race machine was under the supervision of XXXXxxx who finished 3rd defeating some flourished and booming electric bike manufacturer.

Yamaha is a very well known in the world of racing bikes, with Yamaha YZF R15, there is also Yamaha R1, which is counted in one of the best racing bike manufactured by the company till now. The new race machine, T001x is based around the platform of Yamaha YZF R15, which is powered by Li-on battery and managed to be at the 3rd position and all because of 30 Nm of torque, which was accompanied with feather weight arrangement. It represented it with exceptional ratio of torque to weight that was able to boost up the bike to 150 km per hour.

Now in the year of 2010, the team gathered the confidence and encouragement by the racing work, and made a strong decision to take part in United Kingdom’s first racing championship with electric motorcycle. Dodging the over confidence, Tork India remained stuck to Yamaha YZF R15 podium by accepting that the main key to success is the light weight and prevailing electric motorcycle. This year, the race machine got more powerful and managed to boost up the bike to the mark of 189 km per hour. This year too, India team was successful and was able to win the race.

The hard work and winning streak that has been seen in Tork India team proves that it is completely ready to face the cutthroat competition in the world of racing, which include some very big names, such as Electric Hussers and Motoczysz. The three guys, Ketan Mhasawade, Nishant Kalbhor and Kapil Shelke (system design head) are pretty confident to create waves in the racing world and make the country proud. In 2012, the Tork India team has taken a decision to have a little pause and develop the race machine further, but with so much of racing going on, they haven’t got time till now.

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Suzuki Skydrive to be Launched Soon

The main highlights of Suzuki Skydrive include the power-packed engine and fuel injection system that will certainly help it to climb the ladder of success soon. It is also being said that its engine spawns trouncing torque and striking power on Indian Roads too.

Suzuki Skydrive will surely make it big in India, as it has 124 cc displacement along with 4 stroke that is not available in any other scooter in India by far. This scooter doesn’t have any difficulty in chasing the mark of zero to 60 in just 9 seconds. The engine of this scooter is pretty responsive, which promises to deliver zippier speed and impressive pick up, which will definitely make a positive impact on the consumer in its first test drive. There are chances that you might fall for Suzuki Skydrive in just a single test drive.

The enhanced and improved 1265mm wheelbase of Suzuki Skydrive is excellent. This remarkable scooter is basically pulled together with hydraulic disc at front & drum brakes at rear. The international market buyers are awestruck with the instant brake system. With all these features, Suzuki Skydrive is said to be the best in the lot. Another highlight of this scooter is the footrests and foot pegs that provide comfort to both the rider and the passenger. The wide seats certainly give the rider a pleasant riding experience.

In India, Suzuki Skydrive will be available with both kick start and electric start and the noise, voice and harshness of this scooter is pretty capable and astonishing.

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Audi Q3 soon to arrive in 2012

There was much anticipation and commotion among car enthusiasts right from the moment when the Audi Q3 2012 was unveiled at Shanghai Motor Show this year. Soon after, car analysts drew extensive comparisons of the Audi Q3 2012 with other cars of the same segment and declared it as the most viable option to BMW X1 and Toyota Fortuner provided Audi it priced low in India.

Stated to be launched somewhere in 2012, the Audi Q3 2012 crossover would primarily be targeting the Indian urban class and may emerge as the cheapest option in the SUV segment. It is the compact size yet spacious character of Audi Q3 that is what Audi is pushing forth to create market for the Audi Q3 2012.

The standard high end models of Audi Q3 comes with four-wheel drive however, Audi is pushing the front wheel driven 2 liter, 140 Bhp, TDI Diesel engine variant for its global customers. This variant will be a budget model that is also fuel efficient and affordable to maintain. Besides this the Audi Q3 2012 will be available with 170 Bhp 2 liter TDI engine and 2 liter TFSI engine options as well.

The proposed launch of the Audi Q3 2012 has also triggered BMW to rethink the options in BMW X1 and come out with smaller and more fuel efficient variant for India. Still as far as performance is concerned, the 1500 kg Audi Q3 2012 may have to fall short of BMW X1 Diesel but still its space and practicality may outshine its rival.

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Nissan Sunny Spotted near Chennai

After launching Nissan Sunny in China, it was spotted taking test drives in India. The car has been caught near Chennai airport at Renault-Nissan plant during the evening. It seems that the company is working rigorously to launch Nissan Sunny on the Indian roads soon.

The car has been spied again on the Indian roads, wrapped in black, taking test drives around Chennai. The Japanese auto biggie has pulled its socks and is all set to render this new car in the exponentially growing Indian auto market. Known as the Nissan Sunny in China, this global sedan will be the second offering based on the ‘V’ platform after the Nissan Micra in India. It is being highly speculated that this new baby from the Japanese auto giant will have close resemblance from its sibling Nissan Micra which has already been launched in China, followed by 170 countries worldwide including India.

This car is considered to have similar specification as US version and it has been known that it may be powered by a 1.6 liter petrol 4 cylinder petrol engine which can punch out 100 bhp and 1.5 liter diesel engine which concludes that Nissan Sunny sedan will be based on Nissan Micra platform .

Nissan Sunny will gun straight against cars like Volkswagen Vento, new Hyundai Verna and the New Ford Fiesta.Sources close to the development revealed that Nissan Sunny is expected to be launched on or before the festive season.If we talk about its price range then it is expected to be priced competitively between Rs 4.75 to Rs 6.25 lakh.

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Gifts as Sweet as She is! From Infibeam.com

Ahmedabad, India; May 3 2011: Mothers day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May, and this year it will be celebrated on May 8th.The festival was originally celebrated with much aplomb in western countries and is slowly but steadily gaining popularity in India. Mother’s day gifts are a popular category of occasion specific gifts. Infibeam spruces up for the special day by adding mother`s day gifts to the impressive gifts section.

The previous catalog has been revamped with innovative gift vouchers, mementoes, scrumptious goodies and personalized gifts for special moms. The other gifts include flowers, delectable cakes with timely deliveries and special messages, combo gifts and gift hampers. Besides, all time favorite gifts like apparel, jewelry and a striking array of curios make up the gifts category. If personalized gift is the look out, shoppers may choose suitable templates and get them customized with pictures and messages.

The gifts section at infibeam.com also has a wide range of skincare products to indulge mothers with and attractive hampers and gift coupons to make the gifting experience all the more memorable.

Make this mother’s day very special with great gifts, chosen from an impressive and variegated selection.

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Maruti to bring CNG as Dzire & Swift

The next wave in the Indian automobiles industry may be driven on CNG platform. Riding high on the success of CNG models of Maruti Alto, Eeco, Maruti SX4 sedan, WagonR and Estilo, the company is planning to bring all its models on CNG.

Recently Maruti became the only company to launch a car in all fuel variants after it introduced Maruti SX4 in CNG model. Overall it has 11 models which are built in India. The next models which can be expected to be available on CNG platform are Dzire, Swift, Ritz, A-Star, Omni, Gypsy models on CNG platform.

With this Maruti will become the first company to bring all models on CNG fuel. Alok Jaitley, general manager, homologation-environment planning, MSIL, said, “We are working on CNG models. We have already launched five vehicles on this platform and eventually plan to offer all our models on a CNG platform.”

The company is planning to launch Maruti Swift 2011 in Indian road in coming months. If it comes with CNG model also, it will give good boost to sales especially in the Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida in North India and Maharashtra and Gujarat in West India. This is also more important with the rising cost of diesel and petrol. CNG fuel variant reduces the cost of fuel to almost 1/3. Petrol and Diesel cost Rs. 62 and Rs. 40 respectively whereas CNG cost just Rs. 29.30.

Rest of the year has more favorable market conditions for Maruti Suzuki. Two of its competitors Toyota and Honda have reduced their production levels and may also delay launch of their vehicles. It is reported that Honda Brio and Toyota Liva launch in India get delayed if components supply from Japan continue to remain under constrain.

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