Excise duty on sports utility vehicles has been increased to 30 per cent, while all luxury vehicles, including super bikes will attract 100 per cent import duty. ...
03:27 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Sports utility vehicles, imported cars and motorcycles, mobile phones, eating out at air-conditioned restaurants and cigarettes will become costlier with Finance Minister P Chidambaram deciding to impose higher taxes on these items. On the other hand, there is good news for ladies as far as jewellery is concerned as they will be allowed to bring more duty free gold items provided they have stayed out of India for more than...
02:25 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Excise duty on sports utility vehicles has been increased to 30 per cent, while all luxury vehicles, including super bikes will attract 100 per cent import duty. "SUVs occupy greater road and parking space and ought to bear a higher tax. I propose to increase the excise duty on SUVs from 27 per cent to 30 per cent. However, the increase will not apply to SUVs registered as taxis," Finance...
01:44 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Ford India has launched a special edition variant of its Endeavour SUV in India. ...
02:21 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Although it inhabits different parts of the market, Honda has always been the Japanese equivalent of Mercedes-Benz, a company that puts engineering first and is prepared to introduce innovations even if they do not promise an immediate profit. Honda's singular attitude has paid-off at different times when it had the best-selling cars in Japan and the United States but recently it hasn't seemed to do anything right. It was a...
04:48 PM, Dec 15, 2012
Mumbai/New Delhi: Great Wall Motor Co is in talks to open a plant in India, a move that would make it the first Chinese carmaker to operate in the country without a partner. "They are meeting industry. They are meeting government. They are meeting suppliers," Vishnu Mathur, director general of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers - a lobby group said. Great Wall, which sells its sport-utility vehicles and pick-up...
06:03 PM, Dec 10, 2012
New Delhi: A 27-year-old man has been arrested on the charge of duping a Delhi-based businessman of his two Audi SUVs on the pretext of selling the vehicles at a reasonable price. The anti-Extortion Cell of Crime Branch on November 30 had apprehended Sumit Walia, alias Sunny Walia, who had allegedly duped the businessman of Rs 35 lakh promising him help in import of Porsche SUV, a police statement said....
08:40 AM, Dec 08, 2012
Mumbai: The all-new Range Rover has been launched in India. There are three variants, the Vogue SE at Rs 1.72 crore, Autobiography at Rs 1.79 crore and the range topping Autobiography petrol at Rs 1.84 crore ex-Delhi. According to JLR, it is the world's first all-aluminium monocoque and also lays claims to be the 'largest automotive panel in the world'. The body shell is lighter by about 400kg and this...
12:46 PM, Dec 01, 2012
Premier has taken another step in the right direction with their compact SUV - the Rio. It is now available with the 1.3-litre Fiat Multijet diesel engine. And this will allow Premier to sell the diesel Rio in large cities and metros where the old car, a BSIII level emission, 1.5-litre diesel engine couldn't be sold. The diesel will be available in two levels of trim, the LX you see...
01:39 PM, Nov 27, 2012
New Delhi: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd unveiled the much-awaited Quanto SUV. The Quanto will be available nationally at Mahindra dealerships, with four distinct and attractive variants " C2, C4, C6 & C8. The Quanto price range starts from Rs 5.82 lac (ex-showroom Thane) for the base C2 model, to Rs 7.36 lac (ex showroom Thane) for the fully loaded top end C8 model. Quanto, with a sub 4m length and...
03:46 PM, Sep 20, 2012
Mahindra will be launching the much-awaited Quanto SUV (mini-Xylo) in the second half of September 2012. Based on the Xylo platform, the Quanto will be a sub 4-metre SUV. It will come with a new three-cylinder twin-turbo diesel engine producing 65PS and wear the same tyres as the Toyota Innova in size. The car will be pitched in the same space as the Premier Rio SUV and the prices are...
12:02 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Land Rover has revealed details and images of its 2013 Range Rover. The company says that the new Range Rover is 420kg lighter as compared to the outgoing model. An all-aluminium unibody structure is the reason behind this weight saving. The four-corner air suspension has also been thoroughly re-engineered and Land Rover claims that this will improve the SUV's cornering ability. Land Rover has also introduced its next-gen Terrain Response...
02:06 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Renault has recently launched its much-awaited SUV Duster in India at a price range of Rs 7.19 lakh to Rs 11.29 lakh. The Renault Duster in India will be available in eight variants. The Duster will have a choice of two engines, a 1.6-litre petrol engine and a diesel variant with 5 and 6-speed manual transmission.Renault has also included a rear aircon as a special addition for India. Want to...
06:47 AM, Jul 06, 2012
New Delhi: Renault has finally launched its much-awaited Duster SUV in India at prices ranging from Rs 7.19 lakh to Rs 11.29 lakh. The Renault Duster will come in eight variants. Here are the top 10 features of the recently launched Duster SUV: 1. The car is available at a base ex-showroom price of Rs 7.19 lakh for the 1.6-litre petrol, Rs 7.99 lakh for the 85PS diesel and Rs...
03:13 PM, Jul 05, 2012
New Delhi: Renault has launched its new Duster SUV in New Delhi at a base ex-showroom price of Rs 7.19 lakh for the 1.6-litre petrol, Rs 7.99 lakh for the 85PS diesel and Rs 9.99 lakh for the 105PS diesel engines. The Duster is available in eight trim levels and is available for immediate sale. Earlier showcased at the 2012 Auto Expo, the Duster had garnered a positive response from...
07:04 AM, Jul 05, 2012
Renault India has launched their first genuine volume product, the Duster SUV in India. Driving it in India, it came home to me just how much the car has changed in the last two years since Bert and I drove it across Europe. As I wrote then, the car needed to come to India looking and feeling different to appeal to Indian sensibilities and I believe Renault has made critical...
03:57 PM, Jul 04, 2012
New Delhi: Renault has finally launched its much-awaited Duster SUV in India at prices ranging from Rs 7.19 lakh to Rs 11.29 lakh. The Renault Duster will come in eight variants. The Duster will come with a choice of two engines, a 1.6-litre petrol engine good for 104PS and 145Nm of torque. The diesel variant will get the 1.5-litre K9K diesel engine from the Fluence sedan with 85 and 110PS...
12:52 PM, Jul 04, 2012
