Swedish based automaker Volvo Car will unveil its hatchback V40 R-Design at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. The new R-Design of the V40 will be offered with a range of engines starting from D2 diesel engine that generates an output of 115hp to ...
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Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor has started production of the new Auris compact hatchback at its Burnaston plant near Derby, UK. The carmaker's UK vehicle manufacturing firm Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) (TMUK) has invested about GBP185m ...
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Japanese automaker Toyota Motor is planning to double its sales in China by 2015 to 1.8 million units. The company plans to sell about 1 million units in China in 2012, representing 12% of global sales. If the company sells planned 1.8 ...
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South korean carmaker Hyundai is planning to invest $300m for the establishment of a new engine plant and a metal pressing shop at its Sriperumbudur facility near Chennai, India. The company will also sign a memorandum of understanding ...
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Indian car maker Maruti Suzuki has unveiled a new refreshed version of its Ritz Diesel that is powered by a 1,248 cc DDiS diesel engine. According to the company, the new hatchback comes with an improved fuel efficiency of 23.2kmpl in ...
Business Line reported that TATA Motors has introduced 2 sedans and a hatchback in Bangladesh marking its foray into the country's passenger car segment. The TATA group company has launched its compact sedan TATA Indigo eCS, luxury sedan ...
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Swedish car maker Volvo has confirmed its plans to halt the production of C30 hatchback in December 2012 in a bid to better place the brand for the future. Prior to concluding the production of C30 model, the Swedish carmaker is planning ...
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German carmaker Volkswagen is planning to manufacture the 7th generation Golf hatchback at its Puebla facility in Mexico. The new location was selected as the carmaker's Chattanooga facility in Tennessee, US has reached its full capacity. ...
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Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor's vehicle manufacturing subsidiary in Kentucky, US has started exporting Venza crossover vehicles to South Korea. The automaker, which had started vehicle exports in October 2012, will export 600 units to ...
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Honda Cars India has launched the automatic transmission version of its small car Brio. The carmaker also introduced a new variant of the manual transmission version. Honda claims that Brio is the first car in its segment to be equipped ...
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Japanese carmaker Honda is planning to launch its first diesel car in India during the first half of 2013 with rising petrol prices pushing sales of these cars down in the country. The company said that it had earlier plannned to launch ...
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Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor will invest GBP127m at its Sunderland plant in UK to build a new hatchback model in the region. Scheduled to go into production in 2014, the new medium hatchback is expected to create 225 jobs at the ...
German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz is planning to launch the new A-Class hatchback model in September 2012 in Europe. The new A-class model will be offered with various petrol and diesel powertrains delivering outputs range from ...
General Motors is planning to invest $1bn in its Russian plants by next five years to expand its car and component production in the country. The investment will be used to increase output capacity as well as in sourcing local components. ...
US carmaker General Motors (GM) has started production of its Chinese designed Sail compact sedan and hatchback in India. Being produced at the carmaker's Talegaon facility near Mumbai, India, the new Sail was designed by SAIC, the ...
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