Auto Industry

Jens Meiners

Oct 28, 2014, 3:32 PM

New Volkswagen Passat Review

Is this car too good? When VW launched its first-generation Passat, it marked the departure from the Beetle and its derivatives - and ushered in the era of front-wheel-drive cars.

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  Kritika Sethi | Oct 27, 2014

  David Guetta + F1 = Dangerous

  David Guetta, yes, the renowned French DJ, will be seen driving Lotus's F1 car albeit in his upcoming music video for the song called 'Dangerous' from his sixth studio album.

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  Press Trust of India | Oct 28, 2014

  Automatic Toll Collection System in India From October 31

  Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate the electronic toll collection system on October 31, a few days later than planned earlier.

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  Ashish Jha | Oct 22, 2014

  Would These Be Future Toyota Small Cars For India?

  Toyota hasn't really been doing a great deal in the Indian market lately. The one-upon-a-time product, Qualis, set the ball rolling and the Innova has truly done well to keep the MPV numbers swelling - good job there. But what happened everywhere else?

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  P S Balakrishnan | Oct 20, 2014

  Hero's New Plant Will Specialise in Premium Motorcycles

  The new Neemrana plant will have an annual capacity of 750,000 units and will initially manufacture motorcycles and scooters, though it will specialise only in high-powered and premium motorcycles in the future.

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  Kritika Sethi | Oct 20, 2014

  Volvo Working on a Performance-Line with Polestar

  The German trio with their AMGs, Ms and RSs have ruled the performance cars scene for quite some time now. However, other manufacturers are also getting serious about taking the mainstream dive into the world of luxury automobiles. At least Volvo is.

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  Vikas Yogi | Oct 20, 2014

  Audi's Driverless Car Goes Racing

  Audi, the German luxury carmaker, was spotted having a lot of fun at the DTM season finale yesterday as the Audi RS 7 piloted driving (read: driverless) concept completed a lap at the Hockenim Grand Prix track. The company says the concept completed the lap in a little over 2 minutes.

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  Kritika Sethi | Oct 17, 2014

  Nissan to Debut New Crossover SUV Concept at Sao Paulo Motor Show

  Nissan, the Japanese automaker, recently teased a new Crossover SUV concept that will be unveiled at the Sao Paulo Motor Show in Brazil on October 28, 2014. International reports claim that Nissan is considering selling this car globally, which may be a preview of the production version of the Extrem concept.

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  Kritika Sethi | Oct 17, 2014

  Jaguar Heritage Driving Experience - A Rare Chance Indeed

  More often than not, we, the automotive journalist folks, are busy getting behind the wheels of the fanciest cars and even not really the fancy ones. However, if I were to be honest, it is rare for even us to get our hands on the heritage variety. Not any more though, thanks to the Jaguar Heritage Driving Experience.

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