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Tweet Email The owners of Ducati Motorcycles are looking at selling of the Italian brand in 2012. The interested buyers who could pick up the Italian superbike manufacturer include BMW, Mahindra and Volkswagen. The current owners of Ducati are Investindustrial who are looking at 1 billion Euro from the sale. Ducati is not on the stock market and the owners are looking at an individual buyer to pick up Ducati. Currently Ducati does not have a strong support in countries outside of Europe... Read Full Story

Tweet Email Renault India has confirmed that they will be launching the Duster Crossover in June 2012. The French automaker will be offering the Renault Duster in 5 variants and will offer lot of equipment on the vehicle. The Duster’s arrival will be at the right time and will help the company take the first mover advantage before the Ford EcoSport arrives by October. Neither the Duster nor the EcoSport are sub 4-metre in length and thus none of the compacy SUV’s will benefit from... Read Full Story

This vehicle can go anywhere and still cruise in town without a hiccup. It has a panoramic roof and absorbs undulations on the road like a tank. Which is this vehicle we are talking about? Read Full Story

Tweet Email Ford India is very serious about the Indian market and they will reiterate the fact on 16th February 2012, when the American automaker will open 45 dealerships in India on a single day. A Ford official has confirmed the same to us but says there is no launch around the corner and this dealership expansion drive is part of Ford’s commitment to the Indian market. In 2010, Ford opened 28 new dealerships on a single day, which was done on the back drop of the Figo’s launch in... Read Full Story

Tweet Email The Mahindra XUV500 came, saw and conquered the segment. The company has currently closed bookings of the global model after receiving 25000 bookings in just 10 days. Mahindra recently launched the Xylo facelift, which featured new things not seen in its bigger siblings. Case in point is the all new 5-speed manual gearbox on the mHawk engine. Known as the MT320, the said gearbox will soon be launched in the Scorpio. Another interesting feature to debut is the Voice Command... Read Full Story

Tweet Email How many of us are tempted to drive down to Pondicherry to register their cars or bikes there? I am sure quite a few of us, that is because a Ford Figo ‘s on-road price is Rs. 5,59,236/- in Pondicherry, while the on-road price of the same car and variant is Rs. 6,26,031/- in Mumbai. The price difference of Rs. 66,000/- is quite shocking and the sole reason for this is the difference in road tax rates between the two states. If a proposal by a panel of highways ministry is... Read Full Story

Tweet Email Its not rocket science that petrol cars are not selling as much as their diesel counterparts. Car manufacturers are finding it difficult to shift petrol cars as buyers look for more frugal offerings. Those cars having both petrol and diesel offerings are seeing almost 80% bias towards diesel variants. The problem is not only of selling, but diesel car production is always less than the supply due to which diesel vehicles are commanding a high waiting period. Many dealers... Read Full Story

Tweet Email Oven fresh spy shots of the 2012 Hyundai i20 have surfaced yet again. Two white Fluidic i20′s were caught in Sriperambadur by a Team-BHPian undergoing tests along with the current i20. Hyundai has recently stopped production of the old model to make way for the new model. The official global debut of the new Hyundai i20 is set for early March at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The Indian launch is expected to happen by mid-March, with deliveries starting immediately. Hyundai always... Read Full Story

Tweet Email The Indian auto and utility vehicle manufacturer had envisaged to bring a revolution in the Indian auto industry with the launch of the world’s cheapest car, the Tata Nano. Though the car brought along with it a lot of promises for many families who desired for a car but weren’t able to afford one, it couldn’t strike the right chords due to what followed a series of technical flaws and snags. Nano catching flames added to the woes and eventually Tata Motors had a hard time... Read Full Story

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