By early next year, Toyota is all set to its own in house performance tuning shop or Toyota Racing Development in India. This will be on show at the New Delhi Auto Expo in January. Mr. Sandeep Singh, deputy Managing Director of Toyota Kirloskar Motors said that this TRD would either be launched at the Auto Expo or within three months. TRD would offer accessories and performance accessories such as... 

With increased need being felt for a cleaner and greener environment, auto companies are devising ways of realizing this dream.  The need for green battery operated vehicles is the need of the hour and top auto companies, Toyota and BMW have come together for just that purpose. Research is on for cleaner next generation car batteries with zero emissions and fuel economy.  These two companies are... 

Toyota has taken the wraps off their new FCV-R Concept vehicle at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show 2011.  The sedan type concept with fuel cell is an impressive looking vehicle with next gen hydrogen powered technology.  Toyota plans on launching this vehicle in auto markets by 2015 and it will have a 70 MPa fuel tank capacity to contain hydrogen for upto 700 km or 435 miles. On its exterior, FCV-R from... 

Honda Motor Co is staying true to developing small compact cars and diesel engines to meet specific Indian auto market demands. Chief Officer (Development Operations), and Honda R&D Co (Automobile R&D Center) Managing Officer, Yasuhisa Arai had this to say. "We are aware of the petrol price increase in India but we consider that as a sign of growth in the Indian market... definitely we are... 

Judging by current status of Etios sedan and Liva hatchback it is only natural that Toyota Kirloskar would post record sales for the month of October 2011. This is exactly what has happened. Toyota Kirloskar has announced that their sales for October 2011 have been up by 63%. Sales figures were at 10,762 and this was largely due to sales of Etios sedan, and Liva hatchback. Etios was introduced by the... 

The current dismal situation in which Thailand finds itself is affecting major auto manufacturers the world over. Thailand is the base for auto companies to source auto parts, components, and accessories and with earthquakes, tsunami and now floods affecting the region, such supplies have been affected. Honda feels that keeping the situation in mind, it is necessary to waive off import tax on auto... 

Rampant rains lashing Thailand seem to have had an adverse effect on some of the major auto plants situated in the area.  These unseasonal rains caused flood waters to enter the Honda vehicle assembly plant situated on outer reaches of Bangkok in Thailand. This has also affected production and operations of other top auto manufacturing units situated in the country.  Toyota, Mazda and Ford plants... 

Volkswagen has held on to a dream of becoming the world's most successful auto maker by 2018. This dream of selling the most cars globally is not expected to materialize in 2011.  As per analysts from J.D. Power, PwC Autofacts and IHS Automotive, average sales of VW for the year 2011 is 8.1 million vehicles as against Toyota sales of 7.27 million and General Motors auto sales of 7.55 million. However,... 

Toyota is slated to create history once again with their involvement in the upcoming 2012 Le Mans 24 hour racing event.  The spectacular 24 hour race will see the return of Toyota in a petrol/electric hybrid vehicle.  The company announced that they would be participating once again and will compete with other top auto companies like Audi and Peugeot with a hybrid vehicle manufactured by Toyota Motor... 

Speaking about the company's plans for future expansion, Mr. Hiroshi Nakagawa, Managing Director of Toyota Kirloskar Motors said that the company was concentrating their attention on the markets of India, China and Brazil.  He saw great prospects in these markets and thought that bringing cars like Etios and Liva and other affordable yet high quality cars into the country would be beneficial. Nakagawa...