Auto Industry

Ronak Shah

Apr 25, 2014, 9:50 PM

ASIMO greets U.S President Barack Obama

"Mr. President, I am ASIMO." These were ASIMO's, Honda's bipedal humanoid robot, first words to U.S. President Barack Obama. ASIMO met the U.S President at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Known as "Miraikan") in Tokyo, Japan.

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  Vikas Yogi | Apr 25, 2014

  Toyota retains no. 1 position in global sales in Q1 2014

  Japanese automajor, Toyota Motor Corporation continued to top the global sales charts in the first quarter of 2014 as well, beating its rivals General Motors Co. and Volkswagen AG.

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  Vikas Yogi | Apr 25, 2014

  Volkswagen recalls batch of Passat, Jetta and Beetle globally

  The company said that a total of 26,452 units of Passat, Jetta and Beetle, powered by the 1.8-litre turbocharged engine will be recalled. All these vehicles were manufactured between February 1st and April 6th, 2014.

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  Ameya Naik | Apr 24, 2014

  Porsche Macan now gets a 4-cylinder engine

  Ever since the 968, Porsche has not given come out with a four-cylinder engine, until now. Porsche revealed a new entry-level version of the Macan powered by a four-cylinder engine.

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  Ameya Naik | Apr 24, 2014

  Renault teases new model, hints at doing a lap on the Nurburgring in under 8 minutes

  A teaser image was revealed by Renault Sports announcing the French car makers plan to introduce a mysterious new model on June 16th. Renault is playing their cards close to the chest and we will know more about the car soon

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  Vikas Yogi | Apr 23, 2014

  Tata Motors working on Datsun Go and WagonR rival?

  Tata Motors is rumoured to be working on an all-new small car based on the Indica platform 'XO', which will compete against the likes of Maruti Suzuki WagonR and the new Datsun Go.

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  Vikas Yogi | Apr 22, 2014

  Triumph Motorcycles opens its third dealership in India; 3 more by 2nd May

  The company claims to have received 326 bookings for its 5 model categories, and hopes to improve it further when other 6 dealerships come into function. The company is aiming to start all 6 dealerships within next one month.

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  Ameya Naik | Apr 22, 2014

  Volkswagen Group celebrates 40 years of the Golf with a special edition concept

  The Volkswagen Group is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Golf and what better way to do it than by introducing the new Golf Edition concept. The German car manufacturer unveiled the car at the Beijing Motorshow.

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  Ameya Naik | Apr 22, 2014

  Nissan Lannia Concept revealed

  Nissan's new concept sedan has made its way to the Beijing Motorshow and the company has called it the Lannia. This is the second project to come out of the newly opened Nissan design center in China.

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