Indian Drives

The KTM Freeride 350 at the first glance. The good, bad and the ugly of it.

The new Traction Control System on the Yamaha YZF-R1 2012, its impact, and also other changes on the bike!

Yamaha's sales figure for October soars. Indian auto biggies could have a few sleepless nights in the days and months to come.

Ducati have come up with an AMG version of their Diavel motorcycle, however, they haven't announced any plans of bringing it down to the Indian market.

Suzuki Intruder M800 to make its foray into the Indian market pretty soon.

Ducati Monster 795 tickles every nerve of a bike lover. It's classy, stylish and powerful.

M&M plans on developing new product platform in collaboration with SsangYong within the next 3 to 4 years.

That the Range Rover Evoque is one of the most daring attempts of Jaguar Land Rover at making a compact SUV is well known and this compact thing is coming to India is for sure. However, the relatively unknown fact is that this car has got one of the most complex suspension systems that can be found in any modern car.

Maruti Suzuki saw low sales in July, aided further as the company halted production of the Swift. As the new Swift variant gets ready to launch in August, the sale are expected to increase further. In fact, the new Swift variant is expected to replace WagonR as the industry and Maruti's highest selling car following the Alto, which sells 18,000 units per month.

Utility manufacturer, Mahindra & Mahindra recently posted a growth of 7.56% in their net profits for the June 30 ended quarter, with a standalone net profit of IRN 604.88 crores, boosted by good measures for expenditure control and good sales. In the same period in 2010, the company had posted net profit as INR 562.39 crores.

Maruti Suzuki announces a decrease in export of diesel engines to Hungary, as they plan to concentrate more on the Indian auto market.

Nissan Motor India, which had been a fringe player till the launch of their Micra car in India, has quite a few big plans for the Indian auto market with Renault, its current alliance partner. The company is reportedly planning to release a small new car in the price bracket of INR 2 to 4 lakhs.

German premium car manufacturer, Audi recently undertook a recruitment drive, as it aims on hiring 600 employees in a span of two years time. This move comes as the company introduces a series of products in the market as well as their national expansion in India.

Yes, I know that the whole of India is awaiting the launch of the new Swift and that too very eagerly. Seems like 17th August is the most awaited date in everyone's calendar. Atleast so in the Indian scenario. Why even now, I get all types of questions thrown to me about this car.

Skoda Auto India announced a 98% growth in their sales for July, compared to the same period a year ago. Their total sales in July were around 2,412 vehicles in comparison to July 2010′s 1,222 vehicles sold. The company has been proving to be a competitive global auto player across all segments in the Indian auto market.

The Indian auto sales have taken a hit ever since the hike in lending and fuel rates a couple of months ago. One of India's biggest auto company's, Tata Motors was also hit badly, with the company registering bad sales for the month of July.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor recently posted their sales figure for the month of July. The company managed to sell 13,592 vehicles last month, in comparison to the 6,834 vehicles it sold in the same period last year. The sales of the company increased by almost 99% in comparison to the sales growth in June 2010.

The one thing that most of the people worry about is overheating in their cars. Often it can be seen in movies about the time when smoke comes out from under the bonnet and the hero rushes off to get some water from the nearby lake.