Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) is all set to launch India’s first BS-IV compliant passenger car, Ritz, on May 15. Ritz, the tallboy hatchback, positioned in the premium A2 market segment, adopts a contemporary European design and is positioned at the growing premium-end of the compact car market.
Launched in European markets as Maruti Suzuki Splash, Ritz is equipped with K12M, a BS-IV compliant engine. This is the first time that a BS-IV compliant engine will power any Passenger car in the country. This new 1197cc all aluminum engine is the …

The Tata Nano has drawn over 2.03 lakh fully paid bookings amounting to nearly Rs.2,500 crores, in an encouraging response to the car launched on 23rd March, according to a press release issued by the company.
The Tata Nano website recorded an unprecedented 3 crore (30 million) hits from the date of launch of the car to the closure of the booking period (25th April, 2009), nearly 1 million hits a day. About 14 lakh people walked in to Tata Motors’ Showrooms, Croma and Westside stores across the country to catch …

Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI), leading manufacturer of premium cars in India, continued its upward movement in the first month of the new Financial Year 2009 – 10. The company registered sales of 3,656 units during the month of April’09, an impressive growth of 7.5% over 3,400 units sold during April 2008.

Mahindra has posted a strong performance with 36% growth in domestic sales in the UV segment. All our products including the Scorpio, Bolero and the Xylo continue to outperform the industry. The XYLO continues its strong run since its launch in January ’09 and has posted its highest monthly sales of 3509 units in April

British luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is expected to introduce its range of premium performance saloon cars and sports utility cars, Jaguar and Land Rover, in India by this year. Tata Motors will import Jaguar and Land Rover and sell them through its sales and dealership network in India and is also due to open the first showroom at Ceejay House in Worli, Mumbai, in June this year.

Bharti Airtel, India’s leading integrated telecom services provider has entered into a joint venture with Alcatel-Lucent to manage Bharti Airtel’s pan-India Broadband and Telephone services and help Airtel’s transition to Next Generation Networks.