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2010 March | Autoholiks - Part 2
Archive for March, 2010

Auto Sales, Maruti Suzuki, Suzuki

Maruti To Roll Out One Millionth Vehicle Today

March 23rd 2010 | Posted by admin

As we told you earlier, the One Millionth Maruti Suzuki vehicle will roll out today. With this Maruti enters the select list of automobile manufacturers like Toyota, GM, Volkswagen, Ford, Honda, Renault and Nissan who can boast of a million or more production units in a single calendar year.
Starting its operations 26 years back the [...]

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Auto Launches, Mahindra, Notchback, Renault

Scoop: Mahindra Logan Compact Sedan Caught

March 22nd 2010 | Posted by admin

Internet has been rife with rumours of a boot cut Logan which would bring the overall length to under 4 meters attarcting 10% excise duty instead of the current 18%. The duty cut would see a price correction to the tune of almost Rs. 30,000-50,000.
To give credence to the rumours, here is the picture of [...]

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Auto Launches, Bharat IV, Emissions, MUV, Toyota

Toyota Innova BS IV With More Power Coming Soon

March 21st 2010 | Posted by admin

New emission norms not only mean cleaner air but also more efficient engines and in some cases more powerful too like in case of the recently launched Fiat Grande Punto 1.2 BS IV variants which is more fuel efficient with ARAI certified figure of 15.2 kmpl.
There are some all new launches too to coincide with [...]

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Auto Launches, Emissions, Hatchback, Hyundai

Hyundai To Launch Santro and i20 Variants

March 20th 2010 | Posted by admin

Hyundai will launch the new variants of its best selling i20 and Santro which will conincide with their upgrade to the new Bharat IV emission norms. The new emission norms will come into effect from April 2010 onwards in all the major metro’s in India.

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Emissions, Hatchback, Maruti Suzuki, Scoop, Spy Shots, Suzuki

Scoop: All New 2010 Maruti Suzuki WagonR Revealed!

March 19th 2010 | Posted by admin

So finally here it is! Carrying on from where we left we now have the pictures of the all new WagonR which will be launched on April 15th. These images come to you courtesy sidindica@team-bhp.com, which as we all know is the leading automotive forum in India.

Unlike the last time, the upgrade this time around [...]

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Commercial Vehicles, Daimler, Test Track

Diamler India Commercial Vehicles Unveils Test Track In Chennai

March 18th 2010 | Posted by admin

Diamler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), a fully owned subsidary of Daimler AG, world’s largest truck manufacturer have today unveiled the company owned state-of-the-art test track at their upcoming facility in Oragadam, near Chennai.
This is company’s most important step towards their strategy to develop, manufacture and launch trucks for the Indian volume market beginning mid 2010. [...]

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BMW, Luxury, Performance, Pre Owed Cars

BMW Entering Into Used Car Business Beginning April in India

March 18th 2010 | Posted by admin

In a bid to get further stronghold on the Indian luxury car market, BMW will start its used car business ‘BMW Premium Selection’ beginning next month.
The first pre-owned car showroom will come up in Chennai followed by a showroom in Gurgaon in the third quarter of this year. According to the company a premium luxury [...]

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BMW, Luxury, Performance, Sedan

BMW 5-Series F10 Coming To India In July

March 18th 2010 | Posted by admin

Not wanting to play second fiddle to arch rival Mercedes Benz in the Indian market, BMW will bring in its latest 5-Series F10 sedan to India by July this year.
“The new 5 series in completely knocked down (CKD) version will be available for Indian customers by July 2010. X1 will be on roads by [...]

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BMW, Bicycle

With Love: Pedal Powered Bike From BMW M

March 18th 2010 | Posted by admin

Here’s something from BMW’s M division to compliment the M3 standing in your garage but this one doesnt comes with a gazillion horse power, welcome then the new BMW M Bike!
The 12.9 kilogram bike is based on a sleek aluminium frame and is painted in an exclusive matte anthracite paint. The bike is available in [...]

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Design/Style, German, Lifestyle, Performance, Volkswagen

Official: Volkswagen R GmbH Performance Division Announced

March 18th 2010 | Posted by admin

So Mercedes has the AMG division while BMW’s M divison makes everyday road cars into veritable rockets. Volkswagen have now announced their very own performance division, R GmbH which would solely focus on creating new performance models as well as special design packages.
The company is headquartered in Warmenau near Wolfsburg, Germany and employs a staff [...]

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