Mercedes-Benz India launched the SL 350 and the GL 500 4MATIC, further re-iterating their position of offering the widest product portfolio for the Indian luxury car market.The SL 350 features a high-revving 3.5 litre V6 sports engine that produces 315Hp power and 360Nm torque giving an enhanced performance & reduced fuel consumption.

Maruti Suzuki’s small compact car, Alto has zoomed to become world’s number one best selling car. In the race, it has left behind worlds’ top selling compact models like Volkswagen Gold in Germany, Fiat Uno and Volkswagen Gol in Brazil.

Anticipating a strong growth in the luxury sports car segment in India, one of the fast growing auto market in the world, British luxury sports car manufacturer Aston Martin has launched its entire range of models including of V8 Vantage Coupe, V8 Vantage Roadster, V12 Vantage, DB9 Coupe, DB9 Volante, DBS Coupe, DBS Volante, One-77 and the four-door sports car; Rapide.

General Motors India has launched the all new Chevrolet Cruze in the market. The new Cruze with stylish & luxurious jet black interiors and additional features priced at Rs 11, 92,602 (ex-showroom, Delhi) will be available across all Chevrolet dealerships in the country.

After successfully completing the first phase of Census, called the Houselisting and Housing Census from April to September 2010, the second phase called the Population Enumeration will be conducted simultaneously all over the country from the 9th to 28th of February 2011.

Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest car maker, launched its much awaited luxurious and sporty sedan, ‘Kizashi’. Kizashi is priced Rs 16.5 lakh for 6-speed Manual transmission (MT) and Rs 17.6 lakh for Continuous Variable Transmission (CVT) (ex-showroom Delhi). Kizashi is the company’s first offering in the higher end car segment.

World’s fourth largest two-wheeler maker, Piaggio-the Indian subsidiary of Piaggio & C s.p.a. of Italy launches the high-end premium motorcycle Aprilia RSV4 and iconic Vespa LX125 scooter in India at the 2011 Mumbai International Motor Show (MIMS).Superbike Aprilia RSV4 FACTORY is the proud flagship from the Aprilia stable that has blazed its way to glory on racetracks across the world.

The US-based world’s largest coffee chain Starbucks is making an entry with its famed stores into India through a joint venture with Tata Coffee. Starbucks and Tata Coffee will consider jointly investing in additional facilities and roasting green coffee for export to other markets.

Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Limited sold a total of 99,225 vehicles in December 2010. This includes 9,756 units of exports.The company had sold 71,000 vehicles in the domestic market in December 2009.

Bharti airtel, in association with China Telecom Corporation launched direct underground terrestrial link between India and China. 40Gbps underground terrestrial network built on highly resilient ring infrastructure will offer unparalleled diversity and reach to the region.