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Ford Motor Co is nearing a deal with Mahindra & Mahindra to form a new joint-venture company in India, a move that will see the U.S. automaker cease its independent operations in the country, two sources with direct knowledge of the talks told Reuters. Under the terms of the deal being negotiated, Ford will form a new unit in India in which it will hold a 49 percent stake, while India's Mahindra will own 51 percent, the two sources said.

The Hyundai Venue will be India's first connected car and will be making its first public appearance both globally and in India. We already know that it will come equipped with an in-built eSim which will be powered by Vodafone-Idea and will be future ready for the 5G services. Coming off new, Hyundai has also confirmed that it will be providing free data service to its customers until the car is under warranty.

Toyota-owned luxury car brand Lexus has come out with a new teaser for its LM Minivan. Yes, you read it right, a minivan. The latest teaser image which hints at a larger boxy people carrier appears to be a lot like the Toyota Alphard van, and the upcoming Lexus model could be based on the popular minivan. As of now, not much is known about the new Lexus LM minivan, but we might not have to wait much longer as the Japanese luxury carmaker is likely to reveal the model at the upcoming Auto Shanghai 2019.

The BlueLink tech has been developed in-house at Hyundai and the company has integrated 10 India-specific services for the Indian market.

This is the first time the Hyundai Motor India has officially released the sketches, which give us a good insight of the interior and exterior design of the new and upcoming Hyundai Venue subcompact SUV.

Audi has already shared plans about electrifying a host of its models including the A6 and A8 sedans. The company had also mentioned about introducing plug-in hybrids to the Q range and it looks like the recently unveiled Q8 coupe SUV will be the first electrified Q model. A test mule of the Q8 has been spotted testing and few elements are clear giveaways of it being the hybrid iteration.

Toyota has launched an updated version of its bestselling SUV in India. The Toyota Fortuner range now starts at Rs. 27.83 lakh for the base 4x2 diesel variant and go all the way up to Rs. 33.60 lakh for the top-end 4x4 diesel automatic variant, all prices ex-showroom, India. Toyota has only updated the diesel variants of the Fortuner while the Petrol 2.7 remains unchanged. The updates on the 2019 Fortuner, however, are limited to interiors and it remains identical to its predecessor in terms of looks and mechanically.

Toyota India has updated its bestseller in India- the Innova Crysta. The Innova Crysta range now starts at Rs. 14.93 Lakh and goes up to Rs. 22.43 Lakh while the Innova Touring Sport range starts at Rs. 18.92 Lakh and go all the way up to Rs. 23.47 lakh. The Innova Crysta is the market leader in its segment and its diesel variants are now updated with more features and upmarket interiors in a bid to tackle the competition better and stick to its segment-leader position.