Coming Soon....Tango: Tata Nano's Daughter

After the justification of the price hike in the Tata Nano Car, there is even a news that the Tata Nano's daughter car - Tango is an upcoming car that is soon to hit the market and below are the few Images, Photos & wallpapers of Tango - the daughter of Tata Nano.

New Fiat 500 Coming Soon in Indian Market

Fiat India is ready to re-launch Fiat 500 in the Indian market. It intends to re-introduce the model to compete strongly with Volkswagen Beetle that has been quite a successful small car in the premium segment. Presently, Volkswagen Beetle still has an upper hand for all those wanting to experience super-luxury and yet want the convenience of driving a small car in the Indian urban driving conditions.




So fat Fiat India has sold only 65 units of Fiat 500 in the country since it was first launched in 2008. On the other hand, Volkswagen Beetle has already sold over 300 units even though it was launched in November 2009. “Retro cars with distinctive looks are a big hit and that’s what we would capture in our new campaign to be rolled out in a few months,” said Fiat spokesperson.

The new Fiat 500 will come in new variants and will have option of customisation as well. Currently, Fiat 500 costs around Rs. 14.82 lakh as compared to Volksagen Beetle priced at Rs. 20.45 lakh. Fiat has not revealed the new prices or detailed specifications of the new model coming to India.

Source: cartradeindia.com

Hyundai to launch Hyundai Santa Fe in October 2010

Hyundai Motors India Limited is gearing up to introduce new models in the Indian car market. One of them will be one of the eagerly awaited SUV model Santa Fe which will be launched in October 2010. “Santa Fe may be launched in the month of October and its price can be in the range of Rs 20 lakh to Rs 22 lakh which will be very competitive,” said Y K Koo, Senior Director, HMIL.
SUV segment in India is growing everyday but there are very few strong contenders. Honda CRV comes with a hefty price tag and Toyota has temporarily halted bookings for Fortuner. Chevrolet Captiva and Ford Endeavour are the ones that are extremely popular with their diesel engines. Hyundai India plans to price the Santa Fe Crossover at about INR 20-22 Lakhs. With such a price tag, it is debatable whether Hyundai Santa Fe can be called as “extremely competitive”.

Hyundai has already attempted to enter in the SUV segment with its models like Tucson and Terracan in India but has not been successful. Hyundai Santa Fe will be its third attempt and will have to do things in the right way to make it happen.

Source: Cartradeindia.com

Nissan Micra Crossed 1000 Pre-orders in Just 4 Weeks

Nissan Motor India Private Ltd (NMIPL) today announced that the pre-order bookings of the soon to be launched Nissan Micra has crossed 1000 in just four weeks since the bookings began at the company showrooms from last week of May 2010.

Nissan Micra has so far clocked 1049 pre-order bookings until closing hours of June 21, 2010. In the cities, Delhi leads the race closely followed by Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Chennai amongst others.

Mr. Kiminobu Tokuyama, MD & CEO, Nissan Motor India says,"We are delighted with this encouraging initial response. With the launch of the new Nissan Micra next month, Nissan will begin an exciting journey in India aiming to provide Indian customers with a full range of products and services. We are confident that this booking trend will continue to improve as we move closer to the start of sales by middle of July 2010."

Says Abhijeet Pandit, Vice President –Sales & Marketing, Hover Automotive India,"We are overwhelmed with the response received on the bookings for the new Nissan Micra and it has already exceeded our expectations. This is very encouraging and we thank the customers for the appreciation and the enthusiasm shown to purchase the Micra. It is also heartening to note that our exercise of announcing Ranbir Kapoor as our brand ambassador has yielded good results and we have seen a jump of nearly 40% since the teaser campaign went on air from June 10, 2010. This is just the beginning but I would like to thank the sustained efforts of our dealer partners for this achievement."

Nissan launched their multi-media teaser campaign (print, digital, radio and TV) featuring Ranbir Kapoor from June 10, 2010. The all New Nissan Micra is born out of the need of simplying city chaos. With a mix of convenience and high performance features, the Micra stands for simpler city driving and thereby better living.

The new Nissan Micra has created an unprecedented amount of euphoria and attention. The teaser ad campaign featuring Ranbir Kapoor has already created a good amount of awareness and recall and has had a far-reaching impact with the customers.

The new Nissan Micra will be launched nationwide on July 14, 2010.

Courtesy: Nissan Motor India Private Ltd

Volkswagen to Increase its car production in India

World's biggest auto giant, Volkswagen is reaping success, thanks to its new Polo, which has lots of fan followers in India. Volkswagen has invested Rs.3800 crore in its Chakan Plant near Pune, and recently rolled out its 10,000th car during the first week of June 2010. As per the German company's plans, the production house will manufacture cars at full swing leading to 1.1 lakh cars in a short span of 18 months.


According to Joerg Mueller, the Volkswagen Group Chief Representative India & President & Managing Director Volkswagen India Private Limited, the company will start its second shift operations commencing in three months to acheive the production target. Apart from the production target, the newly launched VW Polo customers have to wait a bitter 3 to 4 months to drive their car home from the dealers. The German auto maker focuses on well built quality cars for Indian roads so as to leave not a single customer unhappy in India.

India is the most promising automobile market around the world. As per the expert predictions, by 2015, 3 million vehicles will be needed by Indians as against 1.6 million vehicles sold last year. Mr. Muller stated that India's automobile growth is tremendous and Volkswagen will happily participate in this growing momentum and thereby meets its internal growth and return targets.

Volkswagen Group of cars made the Indian entry with the first car Skoda Octavia. After, 2007 both Audi and Skoda cars were available, and now Volkswagen has got 17 different models including its own Passat, Jetta, Phaeton, Touareg and Polo. In 2010, Volkswagen launched Polo, a hatchback car which has got laurels throught the world.


The yet to be launched Vento, a Polo based sedan will strengthen the Volkswagen's line up of cars in the country. As more than 70% of the Indian passenger car market is dominated by small cars, Volkswagen is studying the Indian market in order to launch a small car below the Polo segment.

Source: living.oneindia.in

Mercedes Comes With The new E Class Coupe in India

German luxury car maker Mercedes Benz intends to play hard in the Indian market. It launched a brand new variant of E Class Coupe in the Indian market that comes with state-of-art technology and high safety standards. Mercedes is expanding into Tier – II cities and Tier III cities of India including Goa, Aurangabad, Indore, Bhubhneshwar, etc.

The new E class coupe comes as a star attraction for the young and dynamic who look for aesthetic, striking and passionate models for them. The model is equipped with 3.5 litre engine V6 engine offering 272hp at 6000rpm. The new E-Coupé offers all the technical innovations of the new E-Class series that one might expect to find in a sports-oriented luxury coupé.

"We have launched our new E-Class Coupe, the most aerodynamic series production car in the world. It comes with an aggressive price tag of Rs 54.83-lakh onwards ex-showroom in Mumbai,"said Mercedes-Benz India's Managing Director and CEO, Wilfried Aulbur.

Mercedes Benz E class coupe is priced at Rs. 55 lakh and will be available at all Mercedes dealerships across India.

Source: cartradeindia.com