Indian Drives

Indiandrives has listed out the additional deals for the month of July 2011 and have also mentioned the specific offers from the manufacturer's end.

While the auto market in India witnessed 30% growth last year, this year the expectations are low, with Volkswagen India director projecting a slower growth of 12 to 14%.

Indiandrives has previewed the Jaguar XFR and have commented on its launch date, looks, fuel efficiency, engine options, price and also the specifications.

While car theft is becoming rampant, owners can now breathe more easily, with a new high tech plate that are built to trap and trace auto thieves. The plates designed by Motor Vehicle Authority have a micro chip embedded in them that can help to trace the car.

Most of us would remember Peugeot's (it is by the way pronounced as (Per - zow) or even Paa - Zo) first entry in India as the Peugeot 307. The two lion on two legs logo would forever be etched in many minds considering that the 309 was an iconic vehicle of its time Peugeot in India

Indiandrives has listed out the different types of headlamps in use currently by Indian 4 wheelers and also listed out their benefits and other details.

Audi India recently posted their sales performance for half the year. The company managed to sell a total of 2,802 cars in the January to June period, just a little lower than last year's total sales of 3003 cars, that is an increase of more than 100%.

Yesterday afternoon, the first new Range Rover Evoque was ready for sale, hot off the assembly line at the company's facility in Halewood, UK. The company validated on Monday that they plan to increase their expenditure on products for the following five years by 1.5bn Euros per annum, instead of their earlier set target of 1bn Euros per annum.

Tata Motors recently filed an amendment to their earlier petition in the Singur land case on Monday that included new developments and facts that were not included in the earlier petition that was filed June 22. The earlier petition filed by the company before the Calcutta HC had challenged the Singur Land Act 2011s constitutional validity.

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.

Toyota recently announced that they will be launching their much awaited hatchback, Etios Liva on June 27. The company has reduced the wait period by a month.

Mahindra Reva recently inaugurated their new facility in Bangalore, which will manufacture their first ever four seater full sized electric car that is so far named NXR.

Ford India has set out on a roadshow across 1,000 Indian cities that will last for a 100 days. This roadshow celebrates 1lakh wholesale sales of the Figo Hatchback.

Ford India are looking at diesel engines as the future harbinger of success in India considering the rising price of fuel and especially petrol.

here is a No to Petrol on 1st July 2011 drive going on and Indiandrives wholeheartedly supports this initiative.

Toyota is expected to bring out facelifted models of both the Innova and the Fortuner SUV by early 2012.

Hyundai Motors is trying to increase the production of their 2011 Fluidic Verna so as to decrease the long waiting periods associated with the model.

Jaguar Land Rover is now available in Kolkata as well. The brand recently opened their new dealer outlet in Kolkata in the up market area of AJC Bose Road.