Mercedes Benz City Bus to take on the Volvos in India
Mercedes Benz City Bus
The Swedes finally have some competition, German competition. After making a fairly successful foray into the luxury inter state bus segment, Mercedes Benz is upping the ante and will soon launch low floor city buses shortly. Read more
Nissan-Ashok Leyland LCV alliance to spawn the NV200 Multi Utility Vehicle
Nissan NV200
When Nissan joined hands with Indian truck maker Ashok Leyland, the air was thick with the news of yet another small car. Thankfully, it isn’t so and instead we’ll see an LCV borne out of this alliance. That said, both Nissan and Ashok Leyland haven’t ruled out the LCV platform spawning a $5,000 car sometime later. Read more
Tata Magic Iris Van Launched: Price Starts at Rs 1.98 Lakhs
Tata Magic IRIS
Tata Motors has launched its newest player in the commercial vehicle segment, Magic Iris, at an attractive pricing of just INR 1.98 lakhs Ex-showroom Jaipur.
The vehicle launched has a BS 3 complaint engine which means it cannot be sold in the 13 BS 4 cities. Company has started putting up advertisements of the vehicle in various local daily across the country, this particular one is from Dainik Bhaskar. Read more
Bajaj RE445M & RE145D: Meanies turn greenies, er, somewhat!
Bajaj RE145D
Auto Rickshaws are pesky three wheeled contraptions that most city slickers silently or sometimes vociferously hate. But, getting across the crowded Indian cityscapes would be more than a little difficult if our didn’t play host to these three wheeled urban transporters. Read more
Tata Ace creates history in Indian commercial vehicle segment: Sales cross 1,00,000 mark
Tata Magic IRIS Vehicle at Auto Expo 2010
The Ace Mini-truck, also known as the Nano of the commercial vehicles, has created a record which no other vehicle in its category has achieved before. Tata Motors has sold more than a lakh units in a single year to reach a figure of 1,10,032 in the FY 2009-10. Read more
US Foray: Mahindra to go it alone
Mahindra Scorpio Pick Up
While there has been some talk lately, about Mahindra tying up with diesel engine alliance partner, Navistar USA, for manufacturing the Scorpio Pick Up in the United states, Mahindra has come out in the open to deny any such plans. Read more
After Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland joins the armored vehicle bandwagon
Ashok Leyland's MPV
Days ago, we brought you news about Tata Motors push into the defense sector with it’s range of combat vehicles. Now, fellow truck maker and competitor Ashok Leyland follows suit with a smaller, yet not inconsiderable portfolio of armored combat vehicles to do army duty. Read more
Tata Motors all set to test it’s hydrogen engine on Buses and light trucks
Tata Marcopolo Bus
Tata Motors is one Indian manufacturer who is betting real big on clean energy. Case in point is the Indica EV which Tata Motors plans to sell in the Indian market sometime in late 2010-early 2011. Joining the electric car technology is Tata Motors’ hydrogen engine which is truly a zero emission technology. Read more
