Harley To Set Up Manufacturing Plant in India
Harley-Davidson had recently proclaimed its tactics to nearby assemble its motorbikes in India. But the American motorbike producer has gone one up via deciding to set up manufacturing facility in Haryana. Harley Davidson has presented & to its US & Thailand suppliers & asked them to set up bases in Bawal in 'Haryana'. This move will reduce worths of Harley Davidson to the tune of 45 percent, resulting in the Superlow pricing only Rupees. 3 lakh. The mother plant at 'Haryana' would be the 1st manufacturing unit of any supermotorcycle maker in Indian market & will export to Asian counties as well. HD sold 250 unit of its best motorbikes in just six months. With the local manufacturing, Harley Davidson Bikes can anticipate to more than quadruple which figure.
Maruti Suzuki Launches SX4 Diesel in India
Maruti India has unleashed SX4 in Diesel avatar. Maruti SX4 Diesel will contend with the likes of Volkswagen Vento, Fiat Linea Diesel & Tata Indigo Manza. Maruti SX4 Diesel uses Fiat 90 bhp, 1300 Multi-jet diesel unit, which powers the Fiat Linea & the refreshed Tata Manza. While the Maruti SX4 hatchback in Europion uses Fiat's 1900 diesel engines, for Indian market, 1300 Multijet was considered more practical option as it is fundamentally the similar base engine as one in the Maruti Dzire & Maruti Swift however with Variable Geometry Turbo. Costs of the Maruti SX4 Diesel are Rupees 7.74 Lakhs for VDi & Rs 8.62 Lakhs for peak of the line ZDi model while the Vento begins at Rs 7.99 Lakhs for the Trendline model & Rs 9.23 Lakhs for the Highline Variant. Fiat Linea is cost at Rupees 7.40 Lakhs for the base active variant while the uppermost of line Emotion Pack is cost at Rs 8.71 Lakhs. All prices off road Delhi.
New 2011 Honda Accord Launched in India
A Honda car has unveiled a redesigned variant of its Accord sedan. The refreshed Honda Accord now attributes novel exterior upgrades such as novel grill alongwith chrome accents, extra chrome garnish at back & a slightly personalized & re-profiled front bumper. All 2011 Honda Accord lineups now attribute standard sun-roof. The V6 model gets new alloy wheels design as well. On the interiors, the Honda Accord now obtains steering mounted cruise control scheme, novel wooden board inserts for interiors & an improved audio system alongwith a more accessible interface plus blue-tooth connectivity. Honda Accord is present in 2 engine variants, the 2400cc 4 cylinder & a 3500cc V6 motor alongwith cylinder de-activation scheme. The 2011 Honda Accord is worth from Rs 19.60 lakhs - Rs 25.41 lakhs severely.
Honda Recalls 57853 Citys
Honda Siel India will callback its City sedan to exchange a damaged part in the valvetrain. Japanese car manufacture has proclaimed which Honda cars would carry out preventive portion substitution of lost motion spring in valve train for 57853 units of the City produced from November 2008 - Dec 2009. The 3rd young gen Honda City requires a replacement of lost motion springs that are compressed via rocker arms in simple engine use. These springs can break or bend overtime resulting in irregular engine noise & potentially causing engine stalling & problems in re-starting. Honda India will carry out the alternate free of cost & company will communicate directly alongwith owners of the affect vehicles. A Honda car has also produced a microsite on its Indian site which enables the users or consumers to check whether their vehicles are unnatural. Honda's carrying out the substitution such as part of global exercise through Honda Motor to ensures stringent quality for Honda car products.
Rolls Royce Aims to Sell 70 Cars by 2013
Rolls Royce states that it targets to sell seventy or more vehicles through the incoming years. Every vehicle being hand built to premium of human capability, Rolls Royce Cars was capable to sell twelve units to Indian users in 2007. BMW owned company is currently developing & testing a series of new cars that will be introduced in market in the forthcoming years. Rolls Royce’s new vehicle RR4, a lesser ultra-luxury sedan which in terms of price & size is lower than its present Rolls Royce Phantom variant, will be unleashed in Indian market in next 2 years. Apart from that, the RR will also initiate a Phantom coupe with differ powertrain option later on 2011. The platforms are the part of expansion exercise Rolls Royce cars has undertaken to amplify its market.
Rolls-Royce director (marketing & sales) Graema Grieve alleged: "The new family won't compete with Phantom, but Phantom Sedan will be the 2nd most luxurious in the world. We have seen a gigantic rise in number of ultrahigh net worth individuals in Indian market that make the market very imposing for us. As an exclusive brand, we're looking at the peak end of the modified car market & we anticipate India to come out as the biggest market in Asia-Pacific region in next 5 years."
Victory Bikes Coming to India in 2012
Harley Davidson Bikes got some competition coming! Another U.S. Motorbike producer Victory Motorcycles which makers cruisers is set to explore India in next year. Scheduled to showcase their bikes in the New Delhi Auto Expo in coming year, the company bikes, owned via Polaris Industries, will 1st bring its motors to India in form of CBU. According to the Company, Victory bikes have already completed an assessment of the India & will bring in motorcycle variants that best suit Indian terms & conditions. A victory motorbike has operations in U.K, New Zealand, Spain, Germany, France & Scandinavia. Polaris Industries, Victory is parent company, builds ATVs & snowmobiles. Victory manufactures what we usually call cruiser bikes.
Victory will officially proclaim its Indian market entrance around the 2nd half of 2012 & will plan to setup assembly plants depending on market response forVictory's motorbikes. Assembling the motorcycles in India will lower costs through as much as 30%. Harley Davidson Bikes has managed to low down its highend bike 833 Sportster’s cost to Rs. 5.5 lakhs from Rs. 7.5 lakhs when Harley Davidson Bikes used to be completely imported.
Mercedes India Launches G-Class Wagen
Mercedes India unveiled the G-Class Wagen that is short for Gelandewagen (cross country vehicle) at Juhu Aerodrome in Mumbai. Widely called the Mercedes G-Class, the version upcoming to India is the high performance luxury car tuned G55. The G55 has a 5500cc fuel V8 under the exhaust hood developing 507 bhp at 6100 rpm & 71.4kgm of maximum torque at 2750 rpm. The G-Class Wagen can hit the 100 kph mark in simple 5.5 sec that is remarkable for a Sport Utility Vehicle tipping scales at 2.5 mg.
Mercedes G-Wagen’s look has mostly remained unaltered through its thirty-one year life span. The main purpose of manufacturing Mercedes G-Class Wagen was to serve military 1st but in 1979 civilian variant was offered. The G55 is famous in Middle East countries as Arabs likes the off-road power of G-Class Wagen. Although the design has not acquired, the Mercedes G-Class Wagen is loaded with technology. Mercedes G-Class Wagen gets a lasting all wheel drive with 3 locking differentials, a Five speed automatic transmission, Electronic Traction Control system & Extrasensory Perception & high performance 350mm front & 330mm back ventilated disc brakes. Mercedes G-Class Wagen (G55) that will come as CBU has been rated at Rupees 1.2 crores on road Mumbai.
1800 Honda CBR250R Booked
Honda Bikes has received overpowering response for its coming soon bike CBR250R. Honda which plans to unleash the bike in April this year has already its 1800 bookings in now 1 months time. Kawasaki Bikes took close to year to sell thousand Ninja 250Rs, so Honda bikes has done differently well. You can book your Honda CBR250R at your closest dealer for Rupees. 5000/- Honda Bikes has collected Rs. 90 lakhs with the bookings of Honda CBR250 R, without having disclosed the pricing goes to how well-known the Honda company is in Indian market.
Tata Motors Launches Manza Elan
A Tata car has unveile new series of its Tata Manza sedan. Tata Manza has minor tweaks on the outter area that is coupled with new appearance twin tone interior view. The cost will be across all Tata dealerships from Feb7, 2011. The Tata Manza has alloy wheels as normal, dual tone burgundy & soft touch plastics, beige interiors, chrome surrounding the front mist lights, chrome garnished bottom climate strip, novel seat fabrics & new color shade - Tyrian wine.
In refreshed Manza, the 'Indigo' badge has now become smaller with Tata 'Manza' dominating mostly the silverware. Tata Manza Elan also gets a new topend version that has been christened as Tata Manza Elan. There're no modifications in the engine & the new Tata Manza is powered via the same 1300cc 88.7bhp Quadrajet diesel & the 1400cc 88.7bhp Safire petrol car. The vehicle has been competitively rated, starting at the price of Rs 5.14 lakhs for the Model of Safire fuel range, whereas the Quadrajet diesel range initiating from Rs 5.91 lakhs (prices Ex-showroom, Delhi).
Hero Honda’s Profit Drops by 20%
Hero Honda Motors Limited, India's largest two-wheeler producer, reported its biggest fall in every quarter profit in more than 3 years as raw materials rates eroded gains from advanced sales. Hero Honda MD Pawan Munjal said- "I do foresee margins to be under pressure in short term, "For the last few months, the industry has faced many issues of limited supply of rising input costs & components." Bike Manufacturer said it spent 44% more on rubber, steel & other materials in the last quarter such as economical growth in China & Indian market improved commodity prices. Raised prices of its bikes by as much as Rs 1500 in December month. Fight may hike for the Delhi based manufacturer as Honda Co works to expand its completely owned Indian unit after selling its 26% stake in Hero Honda. Gaurant Dadwal said Increasing commodity prices have plainly dented this quarter's profit," Mumbai analyst at Jaypee Services Limited., who has a 'sell' rating on the stock. "With their rate growth in Dec it is possible that they will be able to regain their margins."