Volkswagen today officially announced that it will start production at its new chakan (near pune )plant. With an annual production capacity of 110,000 vehicles, the pune plant is built at an investment of Rs 3,800 crore. Volkswagen will build Skoda Fabia, new Polo and a polo based sedan at the new plant. “The Pune plant will begin building the Skoda Fabia compact car in May,” a VW statement sa... more.

We have seen highly disguised prototypes of the Acura’s X6 fighter. Few weeks ago Acura released first teasers of the unnamed CUV. Now finally Acura has released the official name for its BMW X6 fighter - the ZDX. According to Acura, the ZDX Concept is a luxury four-door sport coupe that will debut next month at the New York Auto Show. “The ZDX prototype is unlike anything you have ever ... more.

LSE Design is the company behind a three-door Range Rover Sport called LSE Coupe. Now LSE Design and Tiret New York present the Tiret Coupe based on the LSE Coupe. This three-door Range Rover Sport conversion is more than luxurious, who ever buys one has probably no idea that everyone is talking about the recession. According to the companies behind this project, each Tiret Coupe will be ava... more.

Variable Turbine Geometry technology is the next generation in turbocharger technology where the turbo uses variable vanes to control exhaust flow against the turbine blades. See, the problem with the turbocharger that we’ve all come to know and love is that big turbos do not work well at slow engine speeds, while small turbos are fast to spool but run out of steam pretty quick. So how do VTG tu... more.

Hindustan - Mitsubishi has launched an upgraded 2009 Montero in India. The changes are just cosmetic. The new montero comes with chrome-plated front grill, seven spoke 17” light alloy wheels and Yokohama tubeless radials. The new version of Montero is priced at Rs. 41.94 lakh (ex-showroom). Mitsubishi imports Montero from Japan as a CBU and had sold 600 units.since its launch four year ago. The... more.

Following Honda and Toyota, Ford today announced that it would raise the prices of ikon variants. Ford says the prices hike has been necessitated due to rupee depreciation. “There will be an increase in the prices of Ikon by up to 1.5 per cent from the price we announced last November while launching a new version of the car,” Ford India Executive Director (Marketing, Sales and Service) Nigel ... more.

A V6 under the hood, aerodynamic styling and express highway, What more you can expect to go for a blast! Honda has come up with a much powerful Accord. We driven the new Accord V6 in Delhi - Noida Express highway and here we tell you how V6 has changed the Accord… The 3.5L V6 engine equipped with innovative technologies including VCM (Variable Cylinder Management) and drive-by-wire churns o... more.

Mahindra today launched the new scorpio. The new scorpio gets hosts of new features and styling changes * New projector lens headlamps * New front bumper for the distinct look * Chrome tipped grille (central tooth) * New scorpio gets three parking sensors instead of present two * New 2-DIN music system * All the variants of new scorpio now gets 2.2L m_Hawk engine and 2.6L CRDe is... more.

Mahindra Xylo: Just like a cinema where everybody wishes the end to be in a positive note, even when the story is about underworld. Whether its a hatchback or a pick-up the interiors of the car should be pleasing. Xylo which deterrant looks outside, unfortunately few bits are carried to interiors as well. The use of hard plastics and tough mechanicals makes it little tough to live with. Built qu... more.

Back to back to test drives is fine, but when it becomes a job..fatigue props up. Ya, i have been running around for various test drives, i thought of taking a break on saturday (sadly i have to go for a TV show on Sunday)…but we got a call for test drive. I was very reluctant to go for it, till i came to know that the call is for Xenon test drive. Yes, this one is different…its not a hatch or... more.