Mahindra & Mahindra and Navistar International(of the United States) have joined forces to from the Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd, formerly called Mahindra International. This will be an India based company, which will manufacture the entire spectrum of commercial vehicles ranging from 3.5 to 49 tons GVW/GCW. The manufacturing facility is set up at Chakan near Pune. The products of MNAL are currently sold under the trademark of Cabking, Loadking and Tourister. The cost of the joint development came to Rs 650 crore. Of the Rs 4,000 crore that had been …

The Hyundai i10 is a sub-compact segment car, which has set the sales charts on fire, ever since it’s introduction in India. It has become the flagship model for the Hyundai motors in the country. The i10 comes in 9 variants available in 2 major choices: iRDE and Kappa. These variants can be clubbed into 5 categories: D-lite, Era, Magna, Sportz GLS and Asta. The i10 has all that takes to satisfy the average buyer. Good looks, plush interiors, a high-performance engine, easy maintenance, and great drive quality. The i10 …

After much speculation about the ‘Indigo Vista’(see here), the Tata Motors have launched the same under the brand name Indigo Manza. But, the Manza is not just the sedan version of the current generation Indica. It has got some design tweaks when compared to the Indica Vista. Though the Tata Manza is based on Indica Vista’s stretched platform, the company insists that Tata Manza is an altogether new car with complete new body on a new platform which houses an all new interior and makes a bold styling statement. The …

The Jive, from the TVS production house, is just another commuter bike, which doesn’t have a very eye-catching appearance. Then what is it that propels the Jive to the headlines – it is a gear less, clutch-less bike – the first of it’s kind(In fact, the Hero Honda Street was the first gear less bike in the country, but it didn’t do too well). The bike looks very similar to the Star City, and it’s next variant, the Sport. TVS believes the Jive, being an automatic transmission bike, will be …

Maruti Suzuki India launched another of it’s global brands – the Splash – to be called the Ritz in India(as the name Splash is already in use by another car maker). At the Paris Motor Show in late September 2006, Suzuki presented `Project Splash`, a concept car showcasing a taste of the styling of the future production-version Ritz. The extremely positive response of the audience confirmed to Akira Kamio and his team that they had taken the right path for Ritz. However, we wonder whether the design of the Ritz …