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The largest SUV manufacturer of India, Mahindra and Mahindra has developed interest in acquiring at least a part of Saab Automobile, the auto maker from Sweden, which has recently gone bankrupt. This has been disclosed by two people, who are very familiar with this situation.

To help our readers find the best car deals that have been made available this Holiday season, we are providing you with a compilation of the best 12 deals that are expected to continue at least till the first few days of 2012.

Over couple of years, well-known automobile manufacturing companies have joined hands with Hollywood and Bollywood films for promoting their vehicles in a large way. In recent years, plenty of popular movies have used plethora of cars while shooting actions sequences and during entry of protagonist in the film.

BMW is going to display its Magazine application at the 2012 Delhi Auto Expo. This application makes available to its readers a unique multimedia experience of its brand, which goes far beyond its printed version. Sound and video files along with a series of photos have been beautifully integrated into its layout.

Audi has been working hard to topple BMW from the top slot in the luxury car market of India. Its latest sedan the Audi A3 could become the ideal tool in helping Audi achieve this ambition. It is, however, being felt that the German car maker is showing the urgency of bringing the sedan out as early as possible in 2012.

Hyundai India is the largest car exporter in the country and also the second largest manufacturer of cars in India. The company is going to conduct the global showcasing of its compact concept SUV called the HND-7 at the very first day of the Delhi Auto Expo on the 5th of January, 2012.

Audi has recently confirmed that the third generation of its A3 as well as its R8 e-tron is going to be put on sale in 2012. Though the R8 has been blessed with killer looks, it seems that the A3 is going to the biggest future star for the car maker from Germany.

Tata Motors, which is one of the leading car makers in the Indian market, has got a 50% stake in Fiat. The company has given its consent towards helping Maruti Suzuki get off its troubles to a great extent.

By the look of things, Ferrari, the sports car maker from Italy, is going to offer its entire range of cars in India at the 2012 Delhi Auto Expo. Sports cars have been recently generating renewed interest in India following the Formula I event that had been recently organized at the Buddh International Circuit at Greater Noida.

Honda Motors is scrapping 1400 of its cars damaged in Thailand floods.

The joint venture of Toyota Motor Corp and Kirloskar Group is going to start exporting the Etios sedan and the Etios Liva hatchback to the South African market. The cars are going to be exported from the Bangalore plant of the company and will commence from March.

Mercedes-Benz has come out with the plans it has made for the Delhi Auto Expo. The luxury car manufacturer from Germany is going to showcase the complete line-up of its latest models and its upgraded technologies at the expo that is coming up.

The Ducati Panigale 1199, though a change from tradition, does not disappoint, and will definitely pave the way for a new class of superbikes.

The Hyosung GT650 certainly scores over its race-spec cousin in aspects of practicality and provides greater excitement too!

Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is the perfect off-roader with a deadly combination of power and style.

Porsche 991 is definitely in essence a 911, but is lighter, quicker, a little larger and definitely more powerful!

The article previews the all new Subaru BRZ Concept - STI to be launched in the LA Auto Show.

The all new 2011 Chevrolet Suburban LTZ, the latest full-sized SUV is out, a review of the same is done here!

Three Suzuki Motorcycles India Pvt Ltd workers were injured when an accused tried to move them away from their protest site.

Indiandrives has previewed the Aprilia Mana 850 and have commented on its looks, features, engine, ride quality, fuel efficiency, dealer and also the price.