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Mahindra's new Verito could soon be available in two different variants, as the company contemplates expanding their portfolio by this fiscal year end. Pawan Goenka, the president of M&M's Farm Equipment and Automotive Sectors, said that one of the variants will be a completely refreshed variant; the one will be a sub-four meter small car.

GM in to launch two Indian variants of their JV partner SAIC's cars in India by 2012, beginning with LCVs.

GM India recently announced that they have increased their investment at their Talegaon plant to the tune of INR 400 to 600 crores.

GM India recently announced that they plan to invest an additional INR 400 to 600 crores at their engine and car manufacturing plant in Talegaon as they plan to introduce many new models in the following two years.

Maruti Suzuki, India's largest car manufacturer recently posted their sales figures for the month of June. Last month, the company saw its sales decline by 8.8%, selling around 80,298 units in comparison to the 88,091 units it sold in June, last year. The company's domestic sales fell by 3.8% from 72,812 units to 70,020 units.

"The Maruti-Suzuki Baleno is the Japanese manufacturers answer to the premium hatchback segment that is growing rapidly in India. With the likes of the Hyundai Elite i20, the Fiat Punto 90HP, the Volkswagen Polo GT TSI/TDI and the Honda Jazz as competition, the Maruti Suzuki Baleno is sure to do well in India considering the fact that it will be both bigger than the Swift and crammed with more gizmos than the Swift. Expect pricing to be around the Rs 8-10 lakh mark. "