Nissan Micra to be manufactured in India
Nissan Motors has announced their plans to manufacture their small car Micra in the Indian market.
This car would be manufactured at their upcoming plant in Chennai.
This new plant is expected to be operational from next year.
It would have an initial manufacturing capacity of 200,000 cars [...]
Nissan would manufacture electric cars in USA
Nissan Motor has announced that they are soon going to start manufacturing electric cars in the US market.
They are aiming to benefit from the collapse of the American auto giants like GM, Ford and Chrysler.
The company would manufacture both cars and batteries at its plant in Smyrna, Tennessee.
These [...]
Tesla Motors gets $465 million in federal loans
Electric car maker Tesla Motors has announced that they have won $465 million in federal loans from the US government.
The company would use these new funds to build two plants in California.
Ford Motor and Nissan are two other automakers who have received similar help from the [...]
Bajaj Auto finally decides to take on Honda Activa
Bajaj Auto was once the leading scooter manufacturer in India.
Things changed and they are left with only one product in this segment which is now dominated by Honda.
Bajaj has announced that they are working on a brand new scooter model that would take on [...]
Nissan India set to launch a new car by 2010
Japanese automaker Nissan has revealed that their Indian plans are on track and they are set to launch the first car from their car-manufacturing facility with Renault in Chennai by next year.
Nissan Motor India’s Managing Director and CEO Kiminobu Tokuyama said: “There is no delay, [...]
Bajaj Auto: Low cost car in on schedule
Bajaj Auto has stated that the rumors in the market are incorrect and their under development small car is on schedule.
Bajaj is developing this new small car in collaboration with Nissan and Renault.
It would take on the Tata Nano whenever it arrives in the market. [...]
Sources claim Bajaj small car would give 30 kms to a liter
Rumors in the market last week claimed that the low cost car being developed by Bajaj has been delayed by an year as the management is not happy with what they have accomplished till now.
Latest reports now claim that the company is aiming [...]
Bajaj low cost car project seems to be in trouble
Bajaj, Renault and Nissan have been working together on a low cost car project that is designed to take on the Tata Nano which is going to be launched in the Indian market this month.
The latest news about that project is that it is in [...]
Honda could bring Acura brand to Indian market
India is increasingly becoming an important market for the manufacturers of luxury automobiles.
BMW has already overtaken Mercedes-Benz to become the market leader in this segment.
Market sources say that some other luxury auto brands might debut in India in the coming years.
Honda Acura is said to be one of [...]
Nissan Motor to skip 2010 North American International Auto Show
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor has announced that they would not be there at the 2010 North American International Auto Show.
The company has been avoiding these auto shows to cut costs in their operations due to the ongoing economic crisis.
They had skipped the same auto show earlier [...]
