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Ford Credit boosts loans

samaruna — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:11:43 +0000

Ford Credit has been much more consistent in financing dealer inventory. The lender financed 81 percent of Ford, Lincoln and Mercury wholesale volume to dealers in the first half, up from 78 percent a year ago.

Bugatti sets land speed record

samaruna — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:12:22 +0000

Bugatti is claiming a new production car top speed record with a combined two run average of 431.072km/h (267.91mph) with a new Veyron 16.4 Super Sport model – in the process smashing the 408.30km/h (253.76mph) set by a standard Veyron 16.4 in 2005 by 24km/h (14.9mph).It also betters the existing world record mark of 412.28km/h [...]

Mercedes India June sales surge

samaruna — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:11:37 +0000

Mercedes Benz India saw its June sales nearly double than that of the same month last year. It sold 388 units for the said month as against 200 units in June 2009. With this, the company’s sales during January-June ’10 reached 2402 units, its best ever sales performance for the first half of a year. [...]

Volkswagen Unveils Vento Sedan

samaruna — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:05:25 +0000

Volkswagen has finally unveiled it’s much awaited mid-sizer Vento. Based on an extended Polo platform (its wheelbase is 96mm longer) the Vento aims directly at the Honda City and Maruti SX4. The Vento will be powered by 1.6-litre diesel and petrol engines, both producing a max power of 105bhp. The torque figures are likely to [...]

Hyundai to take on Maruti 800 next year

samaruna — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:16:14 +0000

The recently launched Ford Figo, which marks the American car maker’s foray into the Indian small car segment, has an entry-level variant priced at Rs 3.66 lakh.