While Maruti Suzuki has for long sold a range of petrol based cars, their focus on increasing their diesel car product portfolio doesn't go unnoticed. Shashank Srivastava, Chief General Manager of Marketing of Maruti had this to say. "We are struggling to reduce the waiting period for delivery of diesel based cars to customers, but it shows the faith of customers in our brand." Aiming at reduction... 

Czech rally driver Jan Kopecký of Skoda Motorsport (factory team) wins 2011 Sportbest from Autobest. 3 time IRC Vice Champion, Jan Kopecký was honoured for his long-standing excellence in motorsport. Last month, he won the Golden Steering Wheel in the Czech Republic. As per the jury, his long standing excellence in rallying, especially at the IRC championship where he has been adjudged Vice Champion... 

Tata Motors too has now gone vocal about proposed import duty cut on cars from Europe despite the fact, the Tata Group would stand to benefit if import duties are reduced as Jaguar Land Rover is UK based. Tata Motors sees reduction in import duties under the Indo-EU free trade agreement (India EU FTA) as a hindrance to Indian auto industry growth, and would 'distort the level-playing field'. Managing... 

On Australia Day, the country's rising teen tennis star, Bernard Tomic got pulled up twice driving a V8 BMW M3. Tomic has had a P-plate on the car, i.e., a restricted Australian driver's license did have permission from Queensland Transport to drive the sports sedan to and from training. However, on that day he was stopped for traffic violation as he was cruising along. Now the bright orange V8 BMW... 

Michael Perschke, head of Audi India has mentioned that Volkswagen Group looks to double 'component sourcing from India.' This entails an expense of $924m for the current year. While Audi looks at multiple car launches and dealership expansion in 2012, VW Group luxury car maker acknowledges that cost effective manufacturing would find strength in component sourcing from India, and investment in new... 

Renault now looks at their partnership with Daimler in order to attain success when it comes to high-end cars. Carlos Ghosn, Renault CEO in a radio interview with France Inter last week said Renault would collaborate with Mercedes-Benz for a new high-end car. While acknowledging that Renault has faced difficulties in the high end market, he did say the French car manufacturer will 'apply what it learned... 

On one hand, Maruti Suzuki has announced that they will be launching new diesel powered cars into the Indian auto industry, but at the same time, they are yet to confirm with Government of Gujarat over the future of their proposed manufacturing unit. Maruti Suzuki plants in India are working to capacity and in order to launch new vehicles, they will need to expand, that's where the proposed Gujarat... 

Italian car manufacturer, Maserati has announced a recall for 1,768 units of their GranTurismo sportscar. In a statement released by Maserati, they said that GranTurismo convertibles and coupes which were manufactured between June 2008 and March 2010 have been installed with faulty taillights. Due to a fault in the assembly of Maserati GranTurismo taillights, there can be a sudden failure of brake... 

Jaguar is planning to launch a new and powerful variant of their midsized sedan XF. If this plan materializes then the new XFR-S will see a 5.0 liter superchargedV8 offering 550 hp and 502 lb/ft torque. The motor to be fitted, as per industry experts estimation, in XFR-S will be similar to that what is present in BMW M5 offering 560 hp and 500 lb/ft torque. If this new variant from Jaguar comes into... 

Kia will be showcasing their new Track'ster concept at the Chicago Auto Show next week. The Track'ster has been designed by Kia's California design team. The company is keeping all details under wraps till the concept is debuted. A lone teaser advertisement which was released earlier, clearly indicates that the Track'ster will be a two door variant and not a four door as is seen in the Soul hatchback. It...