Weekly Round-up of our Top Stories
In case you have been caught up in your busy schedule over the week and missed out on all the automotive news that happened this week, here's a quick glance at the top stories from the automotive world!
1. Fiat Linea Facelift launching on the 4th of March - Fiat will launch the first of its four new cars in India this year with the Linea facelift. Read more here.
2. Tamil Nadu Government to set up Auto City - The Tamil Nadu Government has planned an Auto City in Chennai for the benefit of the car manufacturers there. Read more here.
3. Honda to launch Mobilio MPV by 3rd Quarter this year - After the inauguration of the Honda plant in Tapukara, Rajasthan, Honda announced that the Mobilio MPV will be launched soon. Read more here
4. Top 5 Sub-4 metre cars to wait for - We give a list of cars under the sub-4 metre bracket which will be launched this year and are worth the wait. Read more here
5. Kawasaki Z250 to launch by June 2014 - Kawasaki is likely to launch the all-new Z250 by June this year and this will be a bike to look out for. Read more here
6. Skoda to go wild at the Geneva Motorshow - At one of the biggest and most glamorous motorshows in the world, Skoda is going completely wild with a host of launches and concepts that you thought weren't possible in your wildest imagination. Read more here.
7. What to expect from the Datsun GO - Datsun will soon be launching their first Indian-made hatchback in March and we are going to give you a report on how it drives. But to satiate your curiousty for the time being, here is what you can expect from the car. Read more here
8. Piaggio to launch Vespa S Scooter on March 4 - Piaggio showcased the Vespa S at the Delhi Auto Expo and said that they were soon going to get it out. Well, It is going to be launched on the 4th of March and we look forward to what the Vespa S is all about. Read more here
9. Faulty Design of Volvo Buses? - The Andhra Pradesh CID department have submitted a report saying that Volvo buses have an essential design fault and that is one reason why there are so many accidents related to them. We analyse the report to spill out the truth. Read more here.
10. Arvind Saxena appointed as President, MD GM India - Well the rumours were always doing the rounds about him leaving Volkswagen and going somewhere. But we were the first one's to report about his move to head General Motors in India. Read more here
11. The Q3S is the most affordable Audi in India - Audi India has relaunched the Q3 S Edition at Rs. 24.37 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi), making it about Rs. 62,000 cheaper than earlier. At this price, the Q3 S has become the cheapest Audi offering in India to date. Read more here
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