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  • Maruti still number one in the Indian Market

    Posted on Saturday December 20th, 2008 at 16:27 in toyota, honda, maruti

    Maruti still being the number one choice amongst Indian consumers may come as a suprise but what was even more suprising is Hyundai not being able to emerge a winner in a single segment even.Cars were rated best on the 10 factors , covering aspects s...

  • Honda india hit by quality problems

    Posted on Friday August 22nd, 2008 at 15:46 in toyota, honda, honda city, crv

    Just when toyota is on its quality revoultion is it just coincidence that one of its biggest rivals is hit by quality issues.And yes it is not a one off issue ,alarmingly quality issues are becoming far too common for Honda.Things like faulty paint t...

  • New Honda city now spotted in China

    Posted on Wednesday August 20th, 2008 at 13:24 in honda, honda city

    Autocarindia were right after all.The new honda city is for all to see and guess what it is a stunner.I have no doubts it will sell well.What I also feel is this new car will make it to more markets across the world,one of which should definitely be ...

  • Honda Civic Sport Launched

    Posted on Monday August 11th, 2008 at 07:12 in honda

    Honda, which entered the Indian car market in 1997, has crossed the three lakh customers milestone in the country and thus launched the Limited Edition Civic Sport at Rs 12.36 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) to mark the occasion.Honda had entered into a joi...

  • Toyota beats Honda in fuel efficieny

    Posted on Sunday July 27th, 2008 at 10:39 in toyota, honda, hyundai

    Honda cars are the most fuel efficient or are they?Guess who just bagged the award for having the most fuel efficient line-up in america.Its toyota and yes inspite of having gas guzzlers like the Tundra and other SUV's ,Toyota has still managed to be...

  • Next generation Honda city to get 1.8L i-vtec engine

    Posted on Sunday July 27th, 2008 at 10:02 in honda, honda city, civic

    A reader of the blog has sent the following tip in one of his comments on the next generation honda city.Unfortunately no name has been given and so I cannot personally thank him for the same.However that said whoever you are thank you very much for ...

  • Honda civic horrific accident

    Posted on Tuesday July 22nd, 2008 at 13:37 in honda, civic

    Remember the ford ikon which was cut in half,received an email forward of a similar crash this time of a honda civic.The accident took place in Thailand.Just look at the distance between where the front half of the car lies and the back half is[refer...

  • Landrover,Honda,Toyota plan new hybrids

    Posted on Tuesday July 22nd, 2008 at 12:43 in toyota, honda, prius, landrover

    Looks like hybrids it is to tide over the present oil crisis.Whether it is a sustainable long term solution or only a temporary fix is the million dollar question.Manufacturers like Nissan do not think so and are betting on electric vehicles.Even the...

  • The VW jetta is here

    Posted on Wednesday July 16th, 2008 at 11:55 in toyota, honda, vw, civic, corolla, jetta

    If you believe the tech specs you will certainly feel VW is selling a c-segment car for the price of a d-segment one.We have C -segment sedans with more powerful engines forget about competition like the Honda civic.Yes petrol prices are high but if ...

  • Next Generation Honda City:According to Autocarindia

    Posted on Wednesday July 9th, 2008 at 16:15 in honda, honda city

    After the spy pictures its now time for some real action and this time it is thanks to autocarindia who have done a brilliant job as far as their computer generated image is concerned.The next generation honda city is now for our viewing pleasure.Tha...

  • Honda's dream powers it ahead of Toyota

    Posted on Wednesday July 9th, 2008 at 15:39 in toyota, honda

    From being a supplier to Toyota to now being a threat to Toyota,Honda has come a long way.So what has Honda done that has help it come out of the shadows of big brother Toyota.Quite literally its the power of dreams.What else can explain the fact tha...

  • Honda Sources once more confirm launch of all new honda city by year end

    Posted on Tuesday June 24th, 2008 at 10:10 in honda, honda city

    Last time it was honda dealers,this time its from sources in Honda itself,the next generation honda city is all set to be launched by the end of the year and India could be one of the first markets where the new car would be sold.As is Honda policy t...

  • Honda launches the Honda Civic Executive

    Posted on Saturday June 21st, 2008 at 09:09 in toyota, honda, civic, corolla

    After a relatively successful run in the Indian market ,the civic sales have taken some what of a beating of late[though not as much as the Toyota corolla].New competitors and a lack of a diesel option are the major factors working against the Honda ...

  • Honda City resale prices fall drastically

    Posted on Monday June 16th, 2008 at 00:26 in honda, ford, fiesta, hyundai, honda city, maruti suzuki

    Honda have time and again refused to accept that diesel is the way out in the Indian markets.For a long while they have managed to get away even.But now when times are getting tough even a company like Honda cannot get away any more.Yes sales of new ...

  • Team-bhpian Spots possible new Honda City.

    Posted on Monday June 2nd, 2008 at 02:37 in honda, honda city

    The all new 2009 Honda city has finally been spotted and thanks to team-bhp once more for this exclusive.Here are the spy pictures captured by a team-bhpian from Pune cityThe front grill and the UP registration more or less indicate that it is from t...

  • Honda to launch Civic hybrid on June 18th

    Posted on Thursday May 29th, 2008 at 04:23 in honda, honda city, civic, accord

    Everything seems to be going according to plan so far[remember Mr Kuldip Nayar, Chairman of Pinnacle Honda] after the accord launch the civic hybrid launch too has been confirmed.Now only the Next generation honda city launch remains.Honda will launc...

  • Honda to launch four new models in Japan this year[2008]

    Posted on Saturday May 24th, 2008 at 14:24 in honda, diesel, honda city

    Honda wants to improve its market share in the Japanese market amid rising concerns that the Japanese have lost interest in cars.In order to garner interest Honda plan to launch four new models in the Japanese domestic market this year[2008].Honda ar...

  • Honda civic hybrid- Taking nature for a ride

    Posted on Monday May 19th, 2008 at 13:36 in toyota, honda, prius, diesel, civic

    Now its a well known fact that most of the save the planet claims regarding hybrids is just nothing more than shrewd marketing.But what's most interesting is the company which rides on the green tag has actually performed the worst when it came to r...

  • Honda cuts sales targets for the year

    Posted on Tuesday May 13th, 2008 at 11:23 in jazz, honda, honda city

    This year has not really been good for Honda.Newer rivals and overall a negative market sentiment have meant that its bread and butter model the Honda city is not selling as much as Honda expected it to.Honda had an ambitious target of achieving 90,0...

  • The 8th generation Honda accord is here

    Posted on Tuesday May 13th, 2008 at 09:02 in toyota, honda, nissan, accord, camry, teana

    Generally one does not tend to associate value for money with Honda but if you are shopping around in the premium sedan segment and have a petrol in mind you need to look no further than the latest genertion Honda accord which is available at a barga...

  • Suzuki SX4 and Honda Fit feature amongst best buys in the US

    Posted on Thursday May 1st, 2008 at 01:37 in jazz, honda, fit, sx4, maruti suzuki

    The sx4 is taking suzuki places.For the second consecutive year it has won the Kelly blue book coolest cars under $18,000.While the Honda fit has made it thanks to its fuel efficiency and multiple seat arrangement configurations the SX4 has got roomy...

  • Coming soon next generation Nissan X-trail

    Posted on Friday April 25th, 2008 at 04:31 in toyota, honda, nissan, mitsubishi, Chevrolet, hyundai, crv, santafe, outlander, captiva, xtrail

    Just spotted a dozen odd next generation x-trail's from Nissan indicating a possible launch soon in the Indian markets.The battle in this premium softroader segment is just heating up with Honda Crv[diesel coming soon],Chevrolet Captiva,Mitsubishi Ou...

  • Bring on the Hybrids- But who is going to Buy one?

    Posted on Monday April 21st, 2008 at 09:12 in toyota, honda, hybrid

    If Toyota had even thought about bringing the Prius to the Indian markets then this latest development would have snuffed out even that remote possibility.Our neighbours China have not taken too well with hybrids and in the third year of sales of the...

  • The Toyota way or the Honda way

    Posted on Saturday April 19th, 2008 at 02:17 in toyota, honda

    For a long time the toyota way was every automotive manufacturers dream.Everybody wanted to run their business in the toyota way so much so even hospitals adopted the toyota way.Those japanese terms seemed like magical potions to help run business ef...

  • Honda City problems and how dealerships can harm a brand

    Posted on Wednesday April 16th, 2008 at 15:37 in honda, honda city

    Following is a list of problems faced by praskamat.This was originally posted on mouthshut.com and the original link is here:Mouthshut.comOnce again I want to highlight the importance of companies understanding that for the customer dealerships are t...

  • Toyota's small car for India

    Posted on Monday April 14th, 2008 at 03:45 in toyota, honda, indigo, maruti, tata motors, maruti suzuki

    Yes Toyota's finally ready with some plans for India.As Maruti have pointed out there is a much bigger segment of customers wanting to upgrade to sedans in India but are unable to afford the present offerings or the present models aren't up to their ...

  • Ford says quality levels similar to Honda,Toyota

    Posted on Wednesday April 9th, 2008 at 08:24 in toyota, honda, ford

    Ford have just increased warranties on second-hand cars purchased from them in the US,the reason In a recent survey the number of problems found by owners of ford vehicles in their vehicles was on par with those of honda and toyota.Now does this come...

  • Next generation Nissan Teana

    Posted on Tuesday April 8th, 2008 at 04:17 in toyota, honda, nissan, accord, camry, dzire, teana

    Thanks to the internet once again a car is out in the public domain well before its launch date.The internet is full of scanned pictures from a car dealers brochure of the next generation Nissan Teana.The Teana would have an official launch at the B...

  • Toyota Fortuner could be here soon

    Posted on Saturday April 5th, 2008 at 22:27 in toyota, honda, honda city, corolla, crv, innova, captiva, fortuner

    While speculation is rife that Toyota is going to launch the Fortuner in India soon what has added fuel to theory is the NDTV coverage of the Thailand motor show,where NDTV strongly hinted about a possible launch of the Fortuner soon in India.What co...

  • Buying a second hand car- Prefer a Japanese one

    Posted on Friday April 4th, 2008 at 09:09 in toyota, jazz, honda, nissan, honda city, innova

    One more reason as to why Japanese cars should be on top of the list if you are hunting for a second hand car.Warranty direct UK conducted a survey and as expected its the Japanese vehicles which top the list.The Toyota Avensis Verso has topped the ...