Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M) has announced a 1.5%-2.5% (Rs 3,450 - 21,000) upward revision in prices of its vehicles. The company says this has been necessitated by a significant increase in input costs. The increase in M&M’s vehicle prices will be effective from the 19th of May, 2008. Read Full Story

Nissan expects to have more than 50 dealerships in India by 2012, selling more than 100,000 vehicles per annumJapanese carmaker, Nissan Motor Co has announced that it has appointed Hover Automotive India Private Ltd to develop its sales network in India, with the aim of establishing more than 50 dealerships by the year 2012, which will sell a total of more than 100,000 vehicles in that year. ‘Hover is a strategic partner that offers the necessary sales, marketing and dealer development... Read Full Story

A Fiat Group subsidiary, Magneti Marelli is in talks with Endurance Technologies and Unitech Technologies for setting up of joint venture companies to manufacture auto components for four-wheelers. Magneti Marelli is expected to hold a 49% stake in both the JVs. Endurance Technologies is an Aurangabad-based company that manufactures casting, suspension, transmission and braking products, with annual sales of Rs 1,265 crore from domestic operations and around Rs 770 crore from overseas... Read Full Story

In counter rising prices of natural rubber, the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA) has requested that the government should waive or reduce cess on rubber, which would help ease the financial burden on tyre companies in India. ATMA also suggested that the government should allow manufacturers to take full CENVAT on the total cess amount paid, against R&D expenses. ‘In view of the high prices of natural rubber during the last few years, charging of cess only adds to the input... Read Full Story

Amrit Sharma has won an automotive design award for his work on the Ecosse ES1, an experimental high-speed motorcycleAmrit Sharma, a PhD student of Indian origin, from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Imperial College London, has won a gold medal for automotive design at the Young European Arena of Research Awards. The awards were announced at the Transport Research Arena conference in Slovenia last month, and Sharma won the award for his work on the Ecosse ES1... Read Full Story

Amrit Sharma has won an automotive design award for his work on the Ecosse ES1 Amrit Sharma, a PhD student from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Imperial College London, has won a gold medal for automotive design at the Young European Arena of Research Awards, which was announced at the Transport Research Arena conference in Slovenia last month. ‘I am extremely Read Full Story

The Doctor remembers some of his firsts...With his first victory of the season at the recent Chinese MotoGP at the Shanghai circuit, Rossi is finally happy, and after a long time, hopeful of doing well in the championship this year. Speaking to Gazzetta, the five-time MotoGP world champ recently recounted some of his ‘firsts,’ which we found on Motoblog. Here are some of those: The first Read Full Story

You think Rossi and Lorenzo are doing well on their own steam? Pah! It's all because of Colin Edwards... Colin Edwards, the Yamaha Tech3 rider who’s never managed to win a single race in MotoGP, says he’s played a critical role in the revival of Yamaha’s fortunes in the 2008 MotoGP season. With both Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi doing well in this year’s MotoGP championship, Yamaha do Read Full Story

It packs a 96cc, 8bhp engine, so watch out! Pics: MotoblogUnveiled at the 2008 MotOh! Exhibition in Barcelona, the DH 2.0 looks like a mountain bike, but is actually fitted with a single-cylinder, four-stroke, 96cc engine that makes eight horsepower and 7.1Nm of torque. The bike, which carries fuel in its frame, weighs just 40 kilos and is fitted with automatic transmission. Small it may be, Read Full Story

Microsoft and Hyundai-Kia are now working on your next car's 'infotainment' system...Microsoft Corp. and the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group (HKAG) have entered into a long-term agreement to co-develop the next generation of in-car infotainment systems. Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, and Euisun Chung, president of HKAG, were present as Martin Thall, general manager of Microsoft’s Automotive Business Unit, and Hyun Soon Lee, president and chief technology officer of HKAG, signed the... Read Full Story