The Discovery celebrates 20 years in style with ground-breaking tech. Land Rover Discovery is celebrating 20 years of dominating presence in the market. The all-purpose vehicle, has been around since November 16, 1989. It was made to fill the gap between the Defender and the top-of-the-line Range Rover. Phil Popham, Managing Director - The Discovery is built on innovative design and advanced technology. It has answered the needs and tastes of its increasingly urbane and discerning buyers. Bac... Read Full Story

The upcoming Audi A8 luxury sedan uses an extended A4 platform The new Audi A8 will be launched on November 30 in Miami in the Audi Pavilion, a temporary museum. This gives rise to speculations of a possible appearance during the Auto Expo in India next year. The 2010 Audi A8 has sold a fraction of a 7 Series or a S-Class in  India. Audi’s strong performers are the A6, Q7 and Q5. If Audi is to be taken seriously in the full-size car segment, the radically different A8 needs to land here... Read Full Story

T-Jet is more than just a badge with chrome. Its mental. The puny petrol engine on the Fiat Linea isn’t helping sales scoot along so in comes the mental T-Jet variant. The turbocharged 1.4 liter petrol engine develops 120 PS@5000 rpm and 206Nm of torque right from 1750rpm. The Linea T-Jet will accelerate from 0-100 kph in a staggeringly low 9.2 seconds and will run till 200kph. The Linea will be the first petrol car under 10 lakh rupees to come with a turbocharger. Apart from the racy e... Read Full Story

The new Mercedes C-Class would not have any major alterations Mercedes-Benz will not fiddle around with the C-Class much for its mid-life facelift, instead the focus will be only on tweaking it slightly. The new C-Class will come with new bumper, headlight and wheel designs. What we cannot see from these spyshots is the interior of the car. Most certainly, Mercedes Benz will make minor changes to the seats, materials and dashboard. Mechanical changes will revolve around making the vehicle mor... Read Full Story

Sales of Royal Enfield has been growing despite the industry slump recently Royal Enfield has projected sales of 50,000 units in 2009 which is a 15% increase compared to last year. The company has been quite stable in this period of slowdown and has recently launched Bullet variant Classic 500. The company has shown a steady growth of 15-18% in the past few years and there hasn’t been much impact on it even in this slump period. Shaji Koshy, head of sales and marketing - Our aim is to touch ... Read Full Story

BSA Diva Electric Scooter BSA Motors recently launched five models of BSA Motors electric scooters in Orissa – Smile, Diva, Street Rider, Roamer and Roamer Plus – to double its business in the country in year’s time. Mr. S. Krishnaswamy, general manager, BSA Motors - The electric scooter market in India is currently estimated at Rs 400 crore. The industry is expected to double in a year’s time and we hope BSA Motors will register an equal growth momentum during the same period. Each ele... Read Full Story

The official unveiling of the new BMW 5-Series is not very far away, and before you get to look at the actual car, Auto Express has prepared a drawing of how the car is going to look. The controversial Bangle touches have been shed, the new design is conservative, but elegant. Design wise, the 5 Series will look very close to the 7 Series and the Concept CS. The interiors will be very close to the recently launched 5-Series GT. BMW has also added four-wheel steering to the new 5 Series. An a... Read Full Story

Scheduled to make its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2010, the new VW Jetta is heavily inspired by the VW Golf. The Golf’s front fascia will be carried over to the new Jetta, while the interiors and engines are expected to stay the same. The rendering here depicts exactly how the new vehicle will look. Frankly, the existing Jetta’s fascia isn’t its high point. The Jetta has been big success story for VW in US and Canada, and the credit belongs to the clean diesel t... Read Full Story

The Honda CBF Stunner is a unique addition to the 125cc range of bikes in India. With its sharp cowl and slightly tuned engine, the CBF Stunner shows no signs of its Shine-derived architecture. Naturally, this will prompt existing customers to explore the possibility of fitting performance parts to their bikes and here’s something that will interest them. Leovince, a UK-based performance parts maker, has unveiled a new exhaust system for the CBF Stunner. The press release says by adding... Read Full Story

The ugly not-so-good-looking Hyundai Verna facelift launched earlier in Korea, will make its Indian debut shortly, reports Motoroids. Ever since the launch back in 2005, new variants of the Verna have not been in shortage but the company is yet to give it a proper facelift. And after the arrival of a revamped SX4 and Fiesta, Hyundai’s think tank would be prompted to give a fitting reply by applying cosmetics to its ticket. The arrival of the VW Polo sedan and Fiat Linea variants among ... Read Full Story