New Delhi: The Finance Ministry is considering raising the excise duty on diesel cars. The suggestion was mooted long back by the Oil Ministry. This came after the inter ministerial group on inflation and diesel pricing options met on Monday. However, Oil Minister Jaipal Reddy has categorically said that the government was not considering a hike in diesel, LPG and kerosene prices right now. Government sources said that the Empowered...
01:11 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: A day after petrol prices were hiked by an all-time record of Rs 7.50 per litre, leading car makers Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Hyundai Motor on Thursday announced discounts of up to Rs 50,000 on petrol models for a limited period. While the country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India has offered a Rs 30,000 discount on its best selling small car Alto in order to stop...
07:59 PM, May 24, 2012
Mumbai: In the wake of the over Rs 7 increase in petrol prices by the government, CNBC-TV18 spoke to executives from leading auto companies for their reaction on the hike in petrol prices, its impact on the rupee and the economy as a whole. Maruti Suzuki chairman RC Bhargava says that the price hike was not a shocker given the speed with which the rupee has depreciated. He also added...
10:37 PM, May 23, 2012
Washington: Texting and talking on cell phones behind the wheel kills more than 5,000 people every year on US highways. Teen drivers seem to be especially susceptible to distraction, a study says. A 2009 study focusing on drivers of larger vehicles and trucks has concluded that texting raised the risk of a crash by 23 times compared with non-distracted driving, says an environmental report. Environmental researcher Uvid Hosansky, who authored...
10:33 AM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: American comedian Jay Leno donned a cream coloured 'sherwani', resplendent with delicate embroidery to welcome a Tata Nano car to his 17000-square-foot garage in southern California. Leno even invited Bollywood dancers for the inauguration of the white Nano with the Indian tricolour displayed in the background and painted across the body of the car. The host of 'The Tonight Show' has a weakness for electric and hybrid vehicles...
02:17 PM, May 16, 2012
Barely four months after the diesel fuelled Pulse hatchback was launched, Renault India has launched the petrol variant. The Pulse petrol is being offered in three trim levels and six colours " RxE (Rs 4.25 lakh), RxL (Rs 4.99 lakh) and RxZ (Rs 5.55 lakh), ex-showroom Delhi. It is powered by an inline 1198cc, 3-cylinder engine which makes 76PS of power and 104Nm of torque, same as the Nissan Micra....
03:25 PM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India has raised the prices of the new diesel variants of its sedan DZire by up to Rs 12,000 from this month, citing input costs pressure. "The company is feeling the pressure of input costs. To mitigate the impact, we have hiked the prices of only diesel variants of the new DZire with effect from May 1," a senior Maruti Suzuki...
06:21 PM, May 08, 2012
Is the new Fiat Panda destined for India? Officially, there are no plans to make or sell it outside Europe but it looks entirely suitable for our market and an ideal successor to the now-discontinued Palio. Examine the size and specification: a tall, five-door, five-seater 365cm long, it is about the same size as the Maruti Ritz. There is a choice of four engines, including the 1.3-litre Multijet diesel that...
10:24 AM, May 06, 2012
New Delhi: Concerned over rising instances of criminals using black films for windscreens and side glasses of four wheelers, the Supreme Court on Friday directed States and Union Territories to strictly enforce the ban on use of the tint beyond the permissible limit. Manufacturers may produce the vehicles with tinted glasses which provide for 70 per cent Visual Light Transmission (VLT) for safety glasses on windscreen (front and rear) and...
10:35 AM, May 04, 2012
In a surprise move Audi has launched the updated A4 ahead of schedule and it's cheaper than the outgoing model. The previous A4 has been the best selling model in its segment, despite being at the end of its life cycle. Eager to ride the wave Audi have released the new model to cater to the customer demand. We have already driven the new A4 in Lisbon so we won't...
07:02 PM, May 03, 2012
On this episode we tell you about Maruti Suzuki Ertiga, BMW 3 series and all the motoring news of the world. ...
09:46 PM, Apr 21, 2012
Skoda has given the car buying public a reason to rejoice. Their luxury limo " the Superb now comes at a mouth watering starting price of Rs 17.6 lakh for the 1.8 TSI and Rs 22.07 lakh for the 2.0 TDI variants, ex-Maharashtra and a new Ambition trim level. Only last month had Skoda increased the prices across the range with the base petrol Superb costing Rs 19.6 lakh, pan-India....
03:52 PM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: Car maker Hindustan Motors cut the prices of sedan Cedia of its Japanese partner Mitsubishi's portfolio by Rs 1.31 lakh with immediate effect. The car, which was earlier priced at Rs 9.30 lakh, will now be available for Rs 7.99 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). "In order to boost our sales, we have decided to cut the prices of Cedia. We have not launched any strip down version, but the...
10:48 AM, Apr 17, 2012
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