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2009 honda city

2009 Honda City Spotted Testing In India

Consumers in the United States are lucky in that their version of the Honda small car platform is the Honda Fit as opposed to the Honda City, which doesn't offer quite the style of the Fit/Jazz or the space of the Honda Freed. The little Honda sedan is only available in Southeast Asian markets such as Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. A member of the Team-BHP forum, which loves Indian cars almost as much as they love unnecessary watermarks, managed to capture a few pictures of one testing in the city of Pune.

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Spy Photos

8:00 AM on Mon Jun 2 2008
By Matt Hardigree
10,037 views, 27 comments

Latest by skulldriveshaft: Matt, how'd you get this linked up anyways? more »

found on ebay

Magical Mystery Tour Ferrari 612 Scaglietti Sold On Ebay

What do you do with your Ferrari 612 Scaglietti after you've just beat it to crap toured around India in a 72 day, 7,000 mile jaunt? Well if you're Ferrari, you dump it to suckers on Ebay. The promotional trip known as the Magical Mystery Tour Magic India Discovery Tour was a journey around the sub-continent to increase awareness of the brand name. So how many Tata Nanos could have been bought for the price of the big prancing horse?

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6:00 PM on Mon May 19 2008
By Mark Arnold
2,620 views, 30 comments

Latest by The Kid: The two Magic India Discovery Tour cars were on display at the Ferrari Galleria in Maranello when I visited there this past Saturday. Interestingly enough, neither one had a "For Sale" sign in the window, despite the presence of more »

mahindra scorpio

FEV Shows Off Mahindra Scorpio Diesel Electric Hybrid Battery Pack, Talks Appalachian

Well, there you have it folks, batteries in the boot, basically all the proof you get this is a hybrid SUV because everything else hybridy is in the transmission. We also gathered the Scorpio diesel hybrid is intended for production, but dates and the possibility of US import were left up to the Mahindra folks. Aside from that bit of boring, we talked to the FEV folks a bit and got some information in conflict with our earlier reporting. We were wandering around Cobo at the 2008 SAE World Congress and trying to figure out where the heck the Mahindra Appalachian sporting a diesel electric hybrid powertrain was.

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1:00 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
883 views, 8 comments

Latest by n/a: Seriously though, how come I don't see any Indian cars go through crash tests ? Can't even find a video Not even Euro-Ncap. more »

mahindra scorpio

Indian Mahindra Scorpio Diesel-Electric Hybrid SUV: First Pictures Of First Indian Hybrid

We just snapped off a couple of shots of the Mahindra Scorpio, the diesel-electric hybrid SUV we told you would be unveiled here at the 2008 SAE World Congress. Yes, it's before everything has opened to the engineering public. Yes, we may not have been officially allowed out on the floor. Yes, we probably broke a city statute or two in doing it, but no, rumors of any cash exchanging hands in the process are very much untrue. What is true is the hybrid diesel SUV from the sub-continent is the first of its kind for Mahindra and is being displayed in the stand of their development partner FEV.

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8:22 AM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
3,490 views, 31 comments

Latest by n/a: Same question being raised again and again, it looks ok, new technology (alot others already got it) but how come I cannot find any videos of Indian cars crash test ? does india even have a national crash test or more »

mahindra scorpio

Indian Mahindra Scorpio Diesel-Electric Hybrid SUV To Be Revealed At SAE

Mahindra has just jointly announced with FEV that they'll be displaying their sub-continent-styled Mahindra Scorpio with a diesel-electric hybrid powertrain at the SAE World Congress this weekend here in Detroit. The system includes a 40 HP E-motor that works in stop/start, electric acceleration, and regenerative braking capacities — developing peak torque in the range of 200 lb-ft. The diesel engine is a 2.2-liter inline four with common rail injection, developing 113 HP mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. Although no word on what this has to do with the Mahindra Appalachian we'd been told to look for this week at the SAE World Congress, or whether we'll be seeing this curry-flavored Indian import stateside, it at least looks like the hybrid SUV market is set to get mighty interesting. Press release below the fold and in case you're interested, the shot up top is a camino-ized version of the Scorpio they'll be showing off. So you probably shouldn't expect a truck bed. More »

1:39 PM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
10,536 views, 26 comments

Latest by n/a: Same question being raised again and again, it looks ok, new technology (alot others already got it) but how come I cannot find any videos of Indian cars crash test ? does india even have a national crash test or more »

industry news

Volga Display Of Prana: Russian Automaker GAZ Seeks Partners In India

Apparently this has been out there for a while, but before we discussed the news that Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod, manufacturers of the Volga line of hulking vehicular tragicomic props, was looking for partners on the Indian subcontinent, we needed to find press releases with the right sort of Moose-Und-Sqvirrel feel. More »

10:00 AM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By John Krewson
679 views, 10 comments

industry news

BMW Plans To Challenge $2,500 Car In India With $49,000 Mini

When Indian carmaker Tata made international headlines with their $2,500 Tata Nano other automakers took notice. One of those automakers is BMW, which already has a growing sales operation in India. Wanting to get a slice of the small car market, the company is considering bringing over the Mini. The projected cost? No less than Rs.2 million, or $49,444. This would make it the most expensive small car in the country at a cost equivalent to 20 Nanos. More »

1:45 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,046 views, 18 comments

new cars

Mahindra Appalachian Info Updated, Now with Smack Talk

Mr. Levine over at PickupTruck.com has been busy today, further hashing out the details we saw this morning on the new reverse outsourced Mahindra Appalachian. It seems the mid-sized pickup will be assembled right in Ohio to avoid the dreaded 25% chicken tax and will be getting an interior designed and built for the US market by Lear. Two or four wheel drive will be on the table, and factory designed accessories like snow plows will be available. Very interesting news if you ask us. The real gem comes from Mahindra's prime importer, CEO of Global Vehicles U.S.A. John Perez when commenting on the pending truck: More »

1:45 PM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
3,843 views, 80 comments

Latest by MrEvil: as I stated in the comments of the prior blog post. There's no way that truck is close to being worth $40k no matter how much Mahindra wishes. My F250 cost roughly 40k originally (though I picked it up used) more »

new cars

Mahindra Appalachian: Full Details On The Curry-Flavored Diesel Hybrid Pickup Coming To America By 2010

Mike Levine over at PickupTruck.com just snagged himself a whale of a curry-flavored scoop of truck news. He's got all the details on the Mahindra & Mahindra diesel hybrid pickup truck we've been told we'll be seeing here in the United States in the near-term future. Levine cornered John Perez who runs Global Vehicles U.S.A. — the company doing the importing of the greatest Indian import since java coders and help line staffers (who we also hear is a fan of the Jalop). Here's what Levine's learned: More »

9:00 PM on Sun Feb 10 2008
By Ray Wert
6,295 views, 56 comments

Latest by FuzzyPlushroom: @MrEvil: Come down, oh, about ten grand you mean? more »

industry news

Malaise Redux: Blame the Tatas

The previous malaise era had its clutch of culprits: OPEC, mismanagement at the Federal Reserve, the Vietnam hangover, the Watergate hangover, the Altamont hangover, the hangover hangover. But blame for Malaise 2.0 is being placed squarely and preemptively on the third developing world. Sure, sure, all was well and good when they were caught up in their quaint revolutionary progroms ambitions and impenetrable caste systems. Back then, our Chinese and Indian brothers on the Big Blue Marble got around using swayback scooters, rickshaws, bikes made of pig-iron, occasionally a main battle tank, and their own damn feet. All the sudden, however, they done caught the auto-MO-tive bug. More »

12:45 PM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Matthew DeBord
799 views, 30 comments

Latest by GTRider60: Didn't Europe have gasoline prices at roughly our US dollar prices ($3.50) about 10 years ago? They pay, as of Feb 7th, approx $2.08 US for a liter of unleaded gas in the UK. Thats $2.08 per just more »

industry news

Mahindra to Build Diesel Pickups For U.S. Sale

We'd heard in the past India's Mahindra & Mahindra is looking to expand beyond Jeep knock-offs and start leveraging their know-how as one of the world's largest suppliers of tractors in order to get themselves into the US pickup market. According to Automotive News, Pawan Goenka, president of Mahindra's automotive unit, is repeating that party line, and now he's even giving some sales numbers. Goenka claims he would be happy with annual sales of between 20,000 and 25,000 units for a truck sold stateside — but he claims the most important result will be a smooth and successful launch regardless of sales numbers. But key questions still remain — like whether they'd be built in the United States or imported here. Automotive News has more after the jump: More »

9:15 AM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By Ray Wert
6,012 views, 36 comments

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from the mailbag

Nigerian Request for Tata Nanos

For some strange reason, Belema West, apparent President of the GrassRoots Peace Ambassadors Forum, sent us a request for 300 of the budget-friendly Tata Nano mini-cars revealed mere weeks ago. You read that right, 300. That's $750,000 worth of Tatas. The substantial fleet of small cars would be used to shuttle Nigerian civil servants around the Niger Delta region doing whatever it is that peace ambassadors in that dangerous area do these days. Unfortunately, because of production restrictions, we will require some funding to start the process. A total of $75,000, or only 10 percent, will be needed to help transfer material to the production line. If this is done, we will provide a substantial discount and expedite the order. A copy of the email has been provided below as record. More »

12:30 PM on Thu Jan 24 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,556 views, 31 comments

Latest by ZWECK: Request a deposit. Nothing like defrauding the fraudulent. more »

industry news

Indian Dealerships Offering Free Blessings, Rustproofing Still $1,500

India is one of the fastest growing car markets in the world and car dealerships are having to respond to the increasing competition by offering freebies that will attract buyers to their showrooms. The latest trend is to have Hindu priests around to perform a puja, which is an offertory blessing favored by many of the country's religious followers to mark important occasions. More »

4:00 PM on Tue Jan 22 2008
By Matt Hardigree
924 views, 24 comments

new cars

The $3,000 Car From Bajaj Is $500 Classier Than the $2,500 Tata Nano

It should be obvious to most that a $2,500 car is destined to fail. But a $3,000 car... GENIUS! Not wanting to be upstaged (though, upstaged anyways), Bajaj has launched a prototype of what it calls the $3,000 people's car for the people that can afford another 0.25 lakh. The car is being designed through a partnership with Renault/Nissan and we'll therefore see a cheap version of this car from those automakers.
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9:30 AM on Thu Jan 10 2008
By Matt Hardigree
10,222 views, 26 comments

indian auto expo

The Tata Sumo Grande Is Big In Japan, Spain... But For India

The automotive industry loves foreign/loaner words, and Indian auto companies are no exception to this. Enter the Tata Sumo Grande, which we're sad to say is not the $2,500 people's car that we're all desperately waiting to see. Nope, this is just a big old three row SUV set to debut at the Indian Auto Expo More »

9:15 AM on Wed Jan 9 2008
By Matt Hardigree
7,093 views, 12 comments

news

$2500 Tatas To Be Shown Thursday

Tata Motors will finally be showing off the long awaited $2500 automobile on Thursday. We've been throwing digital column space at it since August and now we'll get to see the new people's car. So what can we expect from a car that would make Henry Ford proud? Well, to borrow a phrase, everything you need, nothing you don't. The ass-engined Indian slot car is rumored to be a four door hatch with seating for five and a rounded jellybean shape. Expect power nothing and maybe a Bosch supplied 600-ish cc motor attached to a CVT. Also to be expected - YouTube videos of Indians doing choreographed auto fighting with them as soon as they hit the market.[Internation Herald Tribune]

2:45 PM on Tue Jan 8 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
3,169 views, 44 comments

Latest by POLAЯBEEЯ: @TCameron: Could you post us a picture so we can compare it with these tatas? more »

media

Columnist: Don't Hate On The $2,500 Tata

Ever since Tata announced that it was going to build a Rs 1-Lakh ($2,500) car, there have been some hating on the idea. Certain people are a bit unhappy about the massive amount of congestion the vehicles might cause, the possible environmental impact and the possible lack of safety features (because eight people on a Honda Hero motorcycle is safe). But columnist Mritiunjoy "The Madman" Mohanty, says haters need need to curb their enthusiasm before he points an uzi at them. More »

10:15 AM on Fri Jan 4 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,206 views, 20 comments

Latest by Hello_Newman: India and China need cheap cars the same way we did decades ago. We just went through the industrial revolution before they did. They have more people and they need to get around like we do. Also their economy needs more »

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Use Your AmEx, Win A Lamborghini Gallardo

Plan on spending some cash in India this winter? Try applying for an Indian American Express Platinum card (not an Indian-American Express Platinum card, that doesn't exist) and you could be the proud owner of a new Lamborhgini Gallardo. For each 10,000 Rupees you spend, you get one entry in the contest and one chance to win the Lambo or be one of the five cardmembers to win a trip to the Ultimate Lamborghini Expeirence in Rome. That means for approximately $250, or about 50 hours of work as a Dell customer service rep, you could be untouchably fast. Press release below the jump.
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12:30 PM on Wed Jan 2 2008
By Matt Hardigree
806 views, 9 comments

Latest by n/a: @TomAnderson: Well.. there're bulls too.. and buffaloes... and a lotta other animals that im sure they could use!! more »

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