On the face of it, there is very little of any direct interest for India in the ongoing Paris Motor Show that began on Thursday. Read more

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Posted by Sumant Banerji on Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 9:02 pm
Filed under Cars · Tagged Carnama, hindustantimes, Jaguar F type, JLR, Micra, Nissan, Paris Motor Show, Peugeot 301, Porsche, Porsche 911, Renault, Skoda Rapid, Sumant Banerji, Tata Motors, Volkswagen Vento
After an insipid first two years, Japanese auto major Nissan has had a successful last two years. Read more

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Posted by Sumant Banerji on Friday, August 10, 2012 at 12:21 am
Filed under Cars · Tagged auto sector, Cars, evalia, hevrolet Tavera, India, Innova, Japanese auto major, mahindra xylo, Maruti Ertiga, Micra, New Delhi Auto Expo, Nissan, Sumant Banerji
A peeved customer writes about the unpleasantness of being a Micra owner. Read more

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Posted by Sumant Banerji on Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 11:28 pm
Filed under Cars · Tagged auto, carmakers, Cars, first car, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, India, maruti, Micra, Nissan, Renault, skoda, Sumant Banerji, Toyota, Volkswagen
The significance of the Etios Liva for world’s largest carmaker Toyota in India as well as for the rest of the world cannot be undermined even if one wants to. Of the 40 odd cars that the 74 year old car company has produced so far, seldom has it that a car has emerged with so much riding on it. The importance is well underlined by the fact that it has been developed painstakingly over 5 years with a dedicated team of 4,000 engineers, many of them Indian. Roughly that would mean Toyota started its groundwork merely within a year of Maruti Swift’s launch in India, the car that is the benchmark for the Liva. Read more

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Posted by Sumant Banerji on Friday, June 24, 2011 at 12:14 am
Filed under Cars · Tagged car-nama, Chevrolet Tavera, Corolla, Etios Liva, Ford Figo, hindustan times, Honda Jazz, Hyundai, Mahindra Scorpio, Maruti Suzuki Swift, Maruti Swift, Micra, news, Qualis, Ritz, Sumant banerjee, Toyota