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May 11, 2014, 11:06 AM

450 Outlets for Mahindra First Choice in 3 Years

Mahindra First Choice Services, the multi-brand car service division of the Mahindra Group, said it plans to set up 450 outlets in the country in next three years.The firm entered the division in 2009 and has opened 28 company-owned outlets across the country.

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  Ameya Naik | May 10, 2014

  F1: Rosberg Rules the Time Charts in FP3 at the Spanish Grand Prix

  Nico Rosberg was fastest during the final practice session of the Spanish Grand Prix as Mercedes yet again showed their dominance over the sport. The two Mercedes cars of Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton traded fastest times 1.5s clear of the rest.

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  AFP | May 9, 2014

  Toyota Posts Record Annual Profit of USD 17.9 bn

  Toyota has posted a record annual net profit of $17.9 billion as the world's biggest automaker saw a recovery in major markets and got a boost from the weaker yen. But the company, hit by a series of huge recalls and recent labour problems in India, warned that profit growth would slow this year.

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  car&bike Team | May 9, 2014

  Volkswagen Vento Now Fights Fire

  Apprentices of the Volkswagen Academy India's three-year Dual Apprenticeship course, have built a firefighting car for the Volkswagen Pune plant's Safety Department. A group of 14 apprentices have submitted this as their final year project.

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  Ameya Naik | May 9, 2014

  F1: Hamilton Continues Top Form in FP1 at the Spanish Grand Prix

  Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of the opening practice session of the Spanish Grand Prix. He set a time of 1:27.109s. Hamilton put in a strong lap in the closing minutes of the session and went past Buttons time 1:27.891.

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  Ameya Naik | May 9, 2014

  Audi Introduces V6 3.0 TDI Clean Diesel Engine

  Audi unveiled a new V6 3.0-litre TDI clean diesel engine in Austria at the Vienna Motor Symposium. The engine will be powerful than its predecessor and the people at Audi say that it is fuel efficient too.

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  PTI | May 8, 2014

  Nissan to Set up Separate Datsun Showrooms Within This Fiscal

  Japanese auto major Nissan will start selling its Datsun brand from exclusive showrooms within this fiscal as it plans to have in three years' time totally independent outlets of its two brands in India.

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  Vikas Yogi | May 8, 2014

  Official: Ford EcoSport Bookings Resumed

  Ford India has now officially announced to have re-opened bookings for all variants of its sub-compact SUV, the Ford EcoSport. Though, Ford dealers never stopped it. We called a few Delhi NCR based dealers around 15 days back, and all of them were readily accepting bookings for the car.

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  Ameya Naik | May 8, 2014

  3rd Generation Skoda Fabia Coming This October

  Skoda has confirmed that the 3rd generation of the Fabia will make its debut in October this year at the Paris Motorshow. The car will be the recipient of the same engines as the facelifted Polo and we expect that there will be a host of changes made to the interiors and exteriors.

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