Mahindra Thar launched in India

     Mahindra has launched the Thar jeep with 4x4 and 4x2 options. Thar looks like the old MM540 but with new chassis and loads of features. It is an off-roader with 2 and 4 wheel drive options and available in DI and CRDe  engine versions. It is a perfect vehicle for go anywhere attitude and the company is targeting such people who would like to do more of offroading.

     Thar is priced at Rs. 5.99 lakh for CRDe BSIV variant and Rs. 4.47 lakh for the DI 4x2 variant (prices ex-showroom Jaipur). The vehicle will be launched in New Delhi, Chandigarh, Bangalore and Mangalore by the end of December and all over the country in January.

     Mahindra gives an option for customization of Thar jeep which would cost Rs 2 lakh more than the cost price. Customization offered include – alloys, black leather seats with red piping and winch etc. 

Nissan Sunny officially unveiled at Guangzhou

     Nissan has officially unveiled its global sedan Sunny at the 8th China International Automobile Exhibition held at Guangzhou, China. It will go on sale in China from January next year and later sells in 170 countries under different names.

Tata Nano new TV Commercial

     Tata Motors have come up with a touching TV commercial to boot the sales of Tata Nano

Peugeot Citroen to enter Indian Market

     French automobile manufacturer Peugeot Citroen is scouting to enter Indian Market by setting up facility in India. The company has already looked two sites in Chittor and Sitarampet both located in Andhra Pradesh. The company is in talks with the Andhra Govt. to provide incentives and also insist that the Govt. purchase their vehicles.

     Peugeot Citroen will invest around Rs 10,000 Crores in coming years. The company aims to create employment to over 10,000 people in India. 

Honda CB Twister named Indian Motorcycle of the Year(IMOTY) for 2010

     Honda CB Twister has been named as the Indian Motorcycle of the Year(IMOTY) for 2010 by a jury comprising of top journalists from various Indian automobile magazines. The jury incuded included Aspi Bhathena of Bike India, Pablo Chaterjee of BS Motoring, Girish Karkera and Debabrata Sarkar of Top Gear India, Vikrant Singh of Auto Bild besides Sirish Chandran and Shubhabrata Marmar of OVERDRIVE.

     CB Twister beat its nearest competitor Bajaj Pulsar 135 LS by mere 3 points. Other bikes in the contention were TVS Jive, Bajaj Discover150, Mahindra Stallio and TVS Max 4R.

Ford Figo named Indian Car of the Year (ICOTY) for 2010

     Ford Figo has been named as the Indian Car of the Year(ICOTY) for the year 2010. ICOTY is India’s prestigious award given by a jury consisting of top journalists of India’s best automobile magazines. Figo is followed closely by VW Vento with just difference of 26 points. The other cars in the contention were Chevrolet Beat, New Maruti Suzuki Wagon R, Nissan Micra, Skoda Yeti, Tata Aria and the VW Polo.

     The jury included Bob Rupani and Gautam Sen of Auto India, Aspi Bhathena of Car India, Srinivas Krishnan and Pablo Chaterji of BS Motoring, Girish Karkera and Sriram Satyanarayanan of BBC Top Gear India, Yogendra Pratap and Vikrant Singh of Auto Bild besides Sirish Chandran and Bertrand D’souza of OVERDRIVE.

Discounts offered by manufactures in India this December

• Maruti Suzuki is offering discounts ranging from Rs 20,000 on an Alto K10 to Rs 60,000 on an Estilo or an A-star to maximum value of Rs 40,000 on the SX4. The company is also offering exchange bonus up to Rs 25,000.

• Hyundai is offering a saving of 33,000 on Santro and Rs 40,000 new i10. It is also offering benefits worth Rs 45,000 on the Verna.

• General Motors has discounted the prices of Chevrolet Spark from Rs 3.22 lakh to Rs 2.73 lakh and for Beat from 3.53 lakh to 3.32 lakh.

• Ford is offering a huge discount of Rs 71,000 on the Fiesta. It also offering only 8 per cent rate of interest for Ford Endeavour and and Ford Figo

• Buy a Mahindra Xylo or a Scorpio before December and you can get a discount of Rs 50,000.

• Fiat is offering Rs 55,000 worth of benefits on the purchase of its Linea and Punto.

• Honda Siel is offering discounts on Jazz worth Rs 60,000

• Tata Motors is offering discounts on all models ranging from 50,000-100,000

• Volkswagen has issued a warning. It will raise Polo prices by 2.9% from January 2011. Current prices last only till December 31.

Source: Indianautosblog