Posts Tagged ‘India’

Suzuki-Nissan partnership to come to an end soon

Volkswagen’s 20% stake in Suzuki was a big announcement and that put the Nissan-Suzuki deal in doubt. Nissan currently purchases the badge engineered Suzuki Alto/A-Star and sells it in Europe as the Pixo. The good news is that the current project will come to an end only at the end of the current vehicle’s lifecycle [...]

Over 300,000 K-Series engines produced by Maruti so far

Maruti Suzuki on Tuesday announced that it had reached the milestone of rolling out its 3,00,000th K-Series engine. The K-Series engine is available in two forms in India – The 3-cylinder 998cc K10B that powers the A-Star, Estilo and the all new WagonR that will be launched on April 23rd and the 4-cylinder 1.2L jewel [...]

2012 BMW 3-Series Rendering

AutoMotor and Sport has rendered the next-generation F30 3-Series due out in 2012. We are already aware that the next-gen 3-Series will feature shorter overhangs but at the same time feature a wheelbase that is longer by 1.5 inches over the outgoing model. All the worries about the styling need to be put to rest as this [...]

BMW X3 shows off everything before unveiling

The BMW X3 has lost most of its camouflage. Like we reported earlier, the X3 is in the final evaluation phase and it is based on the 2012 3-Series Platform. Said to be as long as the original X5,the new X3 will be sleeker and sport a rounded look. Read our earlier article here and [...]

BMW X3 spied; Reduced camouflage as launch nears

The BMW X3 has lost some of its camouflage two months ahead of its official unveiling. The BMW X3 is actually in the final evaluation phase and compared to older spy pictures that have been coming up from time to time, these pictures from Germany show the X3 with lesser camouflage. The new X3 goes [...]

VW group cars receive cleaner and better engines to meet BS-4

VW group’s mainstay cars – The Jetta, Passat, Laura and Superb will get newer and cleaner engines to comply with the Bharat Stage-4 emission norms coming into effect in a week. The Pump Duse diesels that were doing duty in the Laura, Superb and Jetta will be replaced by a 16-valve 2.0L Common-rail turbo-diesel that [...]

Nissan Micra/March Sedan rendering (Codename : L02B)

  With the Micra already unveiled and creating quite a buzz, the focus will slowly shift to the Micra based sedan on the V-Platform. The sedan version codenamed L02B will be launched by end-2010 to early 2011. Going by the renderings available and the styling of the hatchback, we think that the sedan will not [...]

2012 BMW 3-Series photos leaked?

French Magazine Automobile has revealed photos revealing the next-generation BMW 3 series that is still two years away. However, the site carries no indication of its sources nor does it justify the truth of the pictures. We certainly dont think these are leaked images though. The next-gen 3-series is expected to be revolutionary thereby maintaining its [...]

Porsche takes the wraps off the next-gen Cayenne SUV before Geneva debut

Porsche has revealed the next-gen Cayenne before its debut in Geneva. This comes after leaked pictures that emerged online yesterday. This is the third generation model with and still comes with its own love-or-hate looks although this time its better looking than the older generations. Still it isn’t the best looking SUV. While the older [...]