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AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY-Friday, 10th February, 2017

Tata ace zip hopper and Tata ace box tipper showcased. Displayed at India's 1st expo for fully built small CV solutions.

Kite 5 sedan named Tata Tigor. March launch.

Fiat Chrysler to launch Mopar brand in India. Will be FCA's parts, service and customer care wing.

Maruti Suzuki Ciaz to be shifted to Nexa outlets soon. No announcement yet.

Baleno RS to launch on March 3.

Honda Activa 125 gets AHO and bs 4 engine. Priced from Rs. 56,954.

Aprilia SR 150 race launched at Rs. 70,288. Gets sticker livery inspired by motoGP bike and an acceleration enhancement kit.

Bugatti Veyron Designer and Skoda design chief Jozef Kaban moves to BMW. The Slovakian named head of design operations. His predecessor Karim Habib to move to Volkswagen.

India spec of Skoda Octavia black edition revealed. 100 units to be made. Available only on style plus variant.

Ducati achieved 1000 bike sales milestone in India. 580 units sold in 2016 alone.

Audi eyes better fuel efficiency with new 1.4L petrol engine. Cylinder on demand (cod) tech, introduced in new A3 cabriolet, to make its way under A3 sedan's hood.

New Audi RS model set for Geneva debut. To include RS SUV.

2017 Bajaj Pulsar NS 200 replaces AS200. AS badge to come back soon in future.

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AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY-Thursday, 9th February, 2017

BMW G310R bike gets new optional exhaust system by Akrapovic. 25+ years old performance exhaust manufacturer to make 2 optional exhausts.

2018 ford expedition unveiled in Dallas. On sale in fall 2017.

Kia motors to set up plant in andhra Pradesh. Official announcement soon.

Next gen VW Golf Bluemotion to pack a petrol mild hybrid powertrain. To launch in 2019.

Lamborghini urus production to commence in April 2017. Could be officially unveiled this year.

Toyota yaris facelift revealed for Europe. Will be showcased at 2017 Geneva motor show.

Nissan kicks available with aero kit and accessories in Brazil.

Volkswagen to discontinue small diesel units. To focus on petrol hybrids.

Maruti Baleno RS to go on sale in march 2017.

Hyundai Solaris unveiled for Russia. Launch by end of Feb.

2017 Audi A3 cabriolet at Rs. 47.98 lakhs. Gets downsized engine apart from cosmetic tweaks.

GPS compulsory in vehicles for female staffs, Companies in Gurgaon told.

Honda, Hitachi join hands to develop motors for electric vehicles. To build a joint venture company.

FCA to face prosecution in France over diesel emissions. Tests showed certain FCA diesel vehicles emitted several times higher than regulatory limits.

Tesla India launch likely in mid-2017. Elon musk's tweets hints launch in summer.

Volkswagen faces lawsuit from major German customer. Deutsche See, the 1st company to challenge VW, to take case to court.

245 BHP Skoda Octavia vRS 245 to debut in Geneva. To be most powerful Octavia ever.

General motors to give bonuses of up to Rs.8Lakh to 50,000 workers. Decision after GM registered record breaking profit worldwide in 2016.

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AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY- Tuesday, 17th January, 2017

Euro 4 compliant Royal Enfield Himalayan launched with ABS in UK.

Next gen ford bronco SUV to be based on Everest's platform. To launch in 2020.

2018 Audi A1 to grow in size and luxuriousness.

New variants of kuv100 to launch in few weeks. Will come in dual tone interiors like Ignis.

Renault captur on course for India launch in festive season. To be Renault India's flagship SUV since koleos is out.

Fiat X6H, currently under tests in Brazil, to replace punto and bravo. Will launch in May or June this year.

Maruti Suzuki eyes regaining 50% market share with ignis.

Maruti wagon R stingray could merge with the next gen wagon r range as VXi variant.

Renault kwid 'live for more' edition introduced. Price yet to be revealed.

Lexus RC-F showcased in India in a dealer event. Expected to launch later this year.

Delhi: fatal accidents go down marginally in 2016 despite increase in number of vehicles.

USA: judge denies bail to former VW executive Oliver Schmidt.

Ford includes 6 airbags for figo and aspire titanium (o) trim.

Valteri Bottas signs up for Mercedes f1 team. Massa returns from retirement to race for Williams. Announcement ends suspense and driver merry-go-round started after shock retirement of world champion nico Rosberg.

Man and wife stranded after Tesla smart lock refused to open with smartphone. Smart lock refused to open as there was no network in smartphone.

Supreme court summons chief secretaries of 10 states for not filing status report of road safety in the states."Are we running a Panchayat, where states are not serious? Why are you ridiculing the supreme court?", the court asked.

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AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY- Wednesday, 11th January, 2017

Hero motocorp axes maestro from India lineup. Company steadily walking away from Honda tech.

Triumph Street triple S, Street triple R unveiled.

FCA confirms all new Jeep wagoneer and grand wagoneer.

Ford ecosport prices to be hiked by Rs.20,000.

Maruti ignis begins arriving at dealer dockyards. Launch on 13th.

Ford bronco to launch in 2020. Will be body on frame SUV. Will rival Jeep wrangler.

Detroit auto show:
Audi A8 debuts. Production spec model to arrive in 2018.

Honda Odyssey MPV unveiled. To hit USA markets this spring.

All new Toyota Camry unveiled. Gets aggressive styling and 3L V6 engine, 2.5L petrol hybrid powertrain.

Next gen Renault duster to be unveiled in Geneva. To launch in India in 2019.

Ford figo and aspire lose features across their range. Passenger variety mirror, height adjustable seatbelts removed.

Tata Hexa might start from Rs. 12.3 lakhs.

GM India's 2015-16 losses 4 times its net worth. Incurred a loss of Rs.1100 crores.

BMW India announces vikram pawah as new president. He had earlier resigned from Harley Davidson India.

Mercedes beats BMW in luxury car sales in 2016 after a decade of dominance by BMW. Audi ends up 3rd.

Toyota plans to invest $10 billion after trump threat. Trump has threatened to impose punitive tariff on Toyota's Mexico built cars.

Automobile sales slow down to 16 year low in Dec 2016 due to demonetisation. Total vehicle sales decline by 18.66%. Motorcycles sales down by 22%.

Logo of Nissan concept car light up in self-driving mode. Headrests of the car, Vmotion 2.0, to feature Bose speakers.

Samsung car battery to give 600 km range in 20 minutes charging. This range higher than Tesla's 426 km range battery.

Startup makes rearview mirror to turn any car into self-driving car. Neodriven, founded by former Tesla employees, uses George Hortz comma.ai software.

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AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY- Friday, 6th January, 2017

Honda Navi Chrome and adventure variants launched.

Honda India sells nearly 5 million 2 wheelers in 2016.

Renault Samsung motors to develop global SUV. Decision backed by success of new koleos, developed in Renault Samsung technical centre, Yongin, South Korea.

Kia Sportage and soul crossovers spied testing on Indian roads.

Ssangyong korando c compact SUV launched in South Korea.

Next gen Mercedes E class LWB India launch by Feb end or March beginning. Longer than standard sedan by 140mm. Estimated to cost Rs. 55-70 lakhs.

Fiat India cuts prices of punto, linea. Reduced by up to 7-7.3% respectively.

Bentley continental GT supersport to debut today. Set to be most extreme Bentley ever.

Hyundai showcased hyper connected car at CES2017, Las Vegas. Also shown was Ioniq hybrid driverless car. Concept car also acts as air conditioner and power generator for houses.

BMW concept car lets passengers to listen to their own music. Car equipped with tech called sound curtains that allows each passenger to listen to their own music without headphones.

Intel announces 5G modems for phones, smart cars and drones.  To let cars decide faster to keep driver and car safe.

Toyota's concept car alerts other road users of upcoming intersections, u turns.' Concept-i' notifies vehicles behind the car using LED lights. Car integrated with virtual companion 'Yui' which learns driver's behaviours and patterns.

Maharashtra govt to launch new taxi service. Shivgramin taxi scheme, to ply in semi urban and rural areas. Uses Tata ace zip.

I don't think driverless cars will come to India, says Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Reiterates über CEO's Statement.

Cars and buses banned in Delhi's Connaught place for next 3 months. Move part of smart city project. 4000 alternative parking space and park and ride services introduced.

China launches its longest bullet train service. Dubbed Shangri-la of the world, runs between Beijing and Kunming, a 2760 km stretch, covered in 13 hours.

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