2 min readNew DelhiJul 12, 2019 11:36 AM IST The new V grade comes with advanced and comfortable features, including 17.7cm touchscreen infotainment with navigation. Honda Cars India (HCIL) Thursday introduced a new variant of its compact SUV WR-V priced at Rs 9.95 lakh. The newly introduced V grade will be available in diesel engine…

On a muggy Tuesday morning last week, half-a-dozen Hyundai SUVs tailed a black pilot car zipping around the 5.14-km grid at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida. In contrast to the last major international event here six years ago, when open-cockpit, single-seater Formula One cars had spun around the track with ear-splitting wails, the…

2 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 19, 2019 06:12 PM IST 2020 Chevy C8 Corvette: Mark Reuss, president of General Motors Company, gestures next to the redesigned mid-engine C8 Corvette, the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, in Tustin, California, U.S. July 18, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake General Motors Co unveiled their latest Chevrolet 2020 Corvette and it is…

2 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 25, 2019 03:40 PM IST The all-new BMW X7. German luxury carmaker BMW on Thursday launched its flagship sports activity vehicle X7 in India priced at Rs 98.9 lakh (ex-showroom). The company also introduced the all new version of its 7 Series sedan with petrol and diesel engines priced in…

2 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Aug 1, 2019 01:04 PM IST Sales of mini cars comprising Alto and WagonR were at 11,577 units as compared to 37,710 units in July last year, down 69.3 per cent. (File/Express photo by Amit Mehra) The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Thursday reported 33.5 per cent decline…

1 min readTokyoAug 2, 2019 02:01 PM IST Tokyo-based Honda Motor Co.’s April-June profit totaled 172.3 billion yen ($1.6 billion), down from 244.3 billion yen. Japanese automaker Honda reported Friday a 29 per cent decline in fiscal first quarter profit as an unfavorable currency exchange and declining auto sales in the US and India hurt…

4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Aug 7, 2019 08:26 PM IST Executives from across the sector also asked the government to provide incentives to scrap old vehicles, which they said would help boost sales. India’s auto industry demanded tax cuts and easier access to finance for dealers and buyers at a meeting with Indian government officials…

2 min readNew DelhiAug 8, 2019 04:01 PM IST New Maruti Suzuki Ertiga as advertised on the company website. (Photo: Maruti Suzuki) Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday said its popular multi-purpose vehicle Ertiga petrol version has become BS-VI emission norm compliant and will be available at a starting price of Rs 7,54,689 (ex-showroom Delhi). This…

The road race was going to speed along Germany’s new Autobahn, into the Austrian Alps and on to Rome, through the new heart of fascist Europe. To maximize the propaganda value of the affair — in part marking the Nazis’ 1938 alliance with Italy and the absorption of Austria — the German entry in the…

3 min readNew DelhiAug 14, 2019 10:27 PM IST In an interview with a business daily, Modi had asserted that India has a large enough market and big enough policy space to ensure growth of both internal combustion engine vehicles and EVs. Auto industry players on Wednesday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assurance that conventional…