Indian Car News

Mercedes-Benz C-Class was launched in the city on Friday by Sanjiv Sahajwala, Head-Marketing & Sales, DaimlerChrysler India Private Ltd. Speaking on the occasion, Sahajwala said: "To date around 6 million C-Class vehicles have been sold all around the globe. In fact, the C-Class is the worldwide leader in its segment and has been an immensely popular vehicle since it was first launched. The new CClass is more power-packed, more spacious and enjoys even greater street presence." As pioneers of the luxury car segment in India, Mercedes-Benz has the widest product range and the most extensive sales and support network spread across 28 cities, Sahajwala said. "The result of close and continuous engagement with customers is reflected through our growing sales figures as well. This year, we achieved record sales of 2491 units from January- December 2007. This marks a growth of 18 per cent over 2007." With a length of 4596 millimetres, the new C-Class is 68 millimetres

Think cars fly only in the movies? Well, meet the Skycar. A cross between a Ferrari and a Batmobile, it takes off vertically just like advanced fighter aircraft and is just one in a series of personal flying machines being developed around the world. Cars this cool are still some way off. But driverless cars? Those you can get. For the past few years, robot cars have raced against each other, navigating deserts and city roads on their own, in contests backed by the US Army and private manufacturers. Using easily available technology like GPS tracking, Intel computer chips and laser censors, they still aren't quite as good. But in few years, they could replace our friendly neighbourhood taxi driver. Robots or not, cars need gas and gas costs money. Then there are cars that run on air. Compressed air moves the pistons, which in turn drives the wheels. Result: absolutely no emissions and speeds up to 150 km per hour. Tata Motors and French company MDI are already readying such a vehic

Maruti Suzuki India Limited announced today its plans to launch an all-new car to be built in India. The car called the A-star will be showcased in concept form at the Auto Expo in Delhi in January next year. The company plans to sell the A-star with a 1.0-litre petrol engine, which will be Euro-V compliant. The carmaker will be following Hyundai’s footsteps (which, makes the i10 in exclusively in India and sells it in Europe) and will manufacture the car in India at its Manesar plant, and will sell it in Europe and India. Production at the facility is being bumped up and the plant is expected to roll out 150,000 A-stars annualy along a similar number of Swifts and SX4s. The car will also be sold under the Nissan badgeing in certain markets and will be on sale by autumn of 2008. The company refused to divulge details about the price and specifications but said that the car would be a size smaller than the Splash, which was launched internationally recently.