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car&bike Team
Dec 20, 2018, 8:46 PM
Hyundai Motor India has announced a price hike of up to Rs. 30,000 across its model range effective from January 2019. The decision comes due to the impact of rising input costs and is a part of cyclical price revision which happens at the start of every year and has become a norm in the auto industry. Recently, some of the major carmakers such as Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Ford, Honda, Renault, Nissan, Toyota and BMW have also made price hike announcements citing similar reasons.
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car&bike Team | Dec 20, 2018Next-Gen Mahindra Thar Spotted Testing In IndiaImages of the next-generation Mahindra Thar have recently surfaced online, and these are one of the first sightings of the upcoming off-road SUV. The current-generation has been present in the Indian market since 2010, and save for a minor facelift that was introduced in 2015, the SUV remains unchanged.1 min read
Sameer Contractor | Dec 20, 2018Exploring Global Markets With The Mahindra XUV300, Says M&MMahindra & Mahindra finally revealed the production name of its highly anticipated subcompact SUV S201 yesterday. The all-new offering will be called the Mahindra XUV300 upon launch and will be a premium offering in the sub 4-metre SUV segment. The automaker revealed the design details and feature list on the new model that is slated to go on sale in early 2019. The new XUV300 is an extremely important product for Mahindra not only for the Indian market but for its global ambitions as well. In fact, on the sidelines of the launch, Mahindra President - Automotive Sector, Rajan Wadhera told caranbike that the company will be exploring global opportunities with the new XUV300.2 mins read
car&bike Team | Dec 20, 2018Toyota Joins Hands With IIT Delhi To Educate School Children About Road SafetyToyota Kirloskar Motor has joined hands with Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Delhi to drive a road safety mission- Hackathon initiative aims at incubating ideas of young minds to support the national mission of 'Zero Fatality'. Over 180 teams which include over 370 students from more than 100 schools from the Delhi-NCR region have participated in the road safety campaign. The students who have been allowed to register for the road safety mission are from grades 9th to 12th who will be working in association with Indian Road Safety Campaign (IRSC), an NGO formed by IIT Delhi.1 min read
AP | Dec 20, 2018Norway Sees A Boom In Electric Cars, Fueled By The GovernmentA silent revolution has transformed driving in Norway. Eerily quiet vehicles are ubiquitous on the ford-side roads and mountain passes of this wealthy European nation of 5.3 million. Some 30 percent of all new cars sport plug-in cables rather than gasoline tanks, compared with 2 percent across Europe overall and 1-2 percent in the U.S. As countries around the world - including China, the world's biggest auto market - try to encourage more people to buy electric cars to fight climate change, Norway's success has one key driver: the government. It offered big subsidies and perks that it is now due to phase out, but only so long as electric cars remain attractive to buy compared with traditional ones.1 min read
car&bike Team | Dec 18, 2023Mahindra XUV300: 5 Things You Need To KnowMahindra has finally announced the name of its highly-anticipated S201 and we now know that it is called the XUV300. The XUV300 will be launched in February 2019. The SUV will be based on the SsangYong Tivoli and is Mahindra's third SUV in the subcompact segment after the Nuvosport and the TUV300. The company targets a whole new set of audience with the introduction of this one and hence there's a lot of effort gone into the design as also adding comfort to the consumers.3 mins read
car&bike Team | Dec 19, 2018Volkswagen Groups Worldwide Sales Grow By 1.8% From January To November 2018The Volkswagen Group boosted worldwide deliveries from January to November 2018 by 1.8 percent to 9.92 million vehicles. In November, the Volkswagen Group delivered a total of 940,900 vehicles throughout the world, corresponding to a fall of 5.4 percent compared with the prior-year month. The Volkswagen Group brands made further progress with the changeover of their model range to the new WLTP test cycle. In Europe, where the fall in deliveries compared with the prior-year month was lower in November, at 3 percent, than in the two preceding months, 353,000 vehicles were handed over to customers.1 min read
car&bike Team | Dec 19, 2018There's A Home With A Mahindra Jeep Roof In Ladakh!In today's day and age where it's more important than ever to recycle and use our resources more efficiently, here's a story that certainly brings some fun and innovation to the whole concept of recycling. In what is otherwise a home in Ladakh, has now been made famous thanks to something very different about its appearance. The home is using the body of a Mahindra Marshall as its roof, not to forget taking a completely different route of recycling auto components. The images were shared by Mahindra & Mahindra Chairman, Anand Mahindra, who took to Twitter to congratulate its creator Soman Wangchuk. The latter is an engineer, innovator and educator, and also the inspiration for the character of Phunsuk Wangdu in the movie 3 Idiots. The recycled roof has been used at one of the houses at Sonam's Himalayan Institute of Alternatives where learners are encouraged to undertake research and creative efforts.1 min read
car&bike Team | Dec 19, 2018Mahindra XUV300 To Be Launched In India In February 2019The all-new Mahindra XUV300 will be launched in India in early February 2019. The company today officially announced the name of its upcoming sub-4 metre SUV, and as the name suggests, the new SUV shares its styling bits with the bigger XUV500.2 mins read
