Team MRF will join hands with Skoda to compete in the 2012 Asia Pacific Rally Championship(APRC)
Indian tyre major sponsored Team MRF has separated from long time partner and Japanese automaker Mitsubishi. For the 2012 Asia Pacific Rally Championship, Team MRF will join hands with Czech automaker and Volkswagen group company Skoda. This development means that Team MRF will now break decade long partnership with Mitsubishi, one that saw the Indian rally outfit winning no less than 3 APRC championship titles. Skoda will partner Team MRF’s rally effort with the Skoda Fabia S2000 Rally Car. Ace Indian rally driver Gaurav Gill will drive the Skoda Fabia S2000 rally car in the 2012 APRC season.
Skoda Fabia S2000 Rally Car
Move over time share holidays, time sharing of supercars is now in India through Club Torque!
Owning a supercar might be beyond the reach of everybody except the most well heeled of car enthusiasts. But, this shouldn’t dissuade you from getting behind the wheels of your dream supercar, and not stop at just one supercar. This is what time sharing can do, just as it has done to holidaying in exotic places at affordable prices. This time around, the time sharing concept now comes to supercars, and for the first time in India. Essentially, you pay a fixed amount of money every year and you get to drive a range of supercars for up to a month each year. Yeah, it is that simple and Club Torque is the name of the organization which has brought the Supercar timesharing concept to India.
Ferrari F430 Supercar
Lamborghini Gallardo replacement to share platform with Audi R8 Supercar!
The Lamborghini Gallardo’s replacement is currently under development and is scheduled to be launched sometime in 2013. The next generation Audi R8 supercar, which will be launched much later in 2014, is the car with which the next generation Gallardo will share its platform with. The Volkswagen group owns Audi, Lamborghini and Porsche, and hence has a joint car development program going on, through which plenty of parts will be shared across supercars of these brands, although each brand will retain the crucial differences that form their unique selling propositions.
2012 Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Supercar used as an illustration
Say hello to the 2012 Mitsubishi Outlander Crossover primed for a Geneva debut!
Ladies and gentlemen, it is finally out in the open, weeks after Mitsubishi teased us with a teaser image of the 2012 Outlander Crossover. A solitary image of the 2012 Mitsubishi Outlander has hit the interweb and we aren’t too chuffed at what we’re seeing. Gone are the sharp lines Evolution-Xesque lines of the Outlander, which is replaced by a few boring looking curves that makes the Outlander look a little too overgrown. This understatement perhaps is a sign of things to come from Mitsubishi, which is now focusing on stretching every drop of dinosaur remains to the farthest possible distance.
2012 Mitsubishi Outlander Crossover
Hyundai Sonata Fluidic sedan brochure hits the interweb; Launch could happen as early as March 7th, 2012!
The likes of the Passats and Accords of this world will have a new competitor amidst them, possibly weeks from now as Hyundai India prepares to launch the 2012 Hyundai Sonata Fluidic. This car was showcased at the 2012 Indian Auto Expo, even as Toyota launched the 2012 Camry sedan. The Hyundai Sonata Fluidic will be assembled by Hyundai in India through completely knocked down kits, a measure that could result in the car being quite competitively priced. The word on the street is that the Sonata Fluidic will be priced between INR 16-18 lakhs, which is quite a competitive price.
2012 Hyundai Sonata Fluidic Sedan
Maruti Suzuki sells more than 1 crore cars in India!
Ever since Harpal Singh drove away with the very first Maruti Suzuki 800 on a wintry day in 1983, Maruti Suzuki has managed to sell a whopping 1 crore or 10 million cars in the Indian domestic market. A million more can be added to that number if we consider the cars that Maruti Suzuki has exported as well. Undoubtedly, Maruti Suzuki is the most successful car manufacturer in India, with more than one out of two cars sold in India flaunting the Maruti Suzuki badge on the bonnet. High fuel economy, bomb proof reliability, low maintenance costs and one of the best after sales service is what distinguishes Maruti from other brands.
Maruti Suzuki Way of Life Logo
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