Auto Industry Reviews

Piaggio Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. launched a limited edition Vespa, Vespa Elegante, at Rs. 78,999 (ex-showroom, Delhi). The company said the Vespa Elegante is for the youth who seek a differentiated premium product offering.

Nissan is celebrating 30 years of its in-house racing division. NISMO, a contraction of NIssan MOtorpsorts, was founded in September, 1984 in Omori, Tokyo and since then has been churning out cars that we stand in awe of.

Volvo has now reached 15 cities that operate Volvo City Buses thus becoming the widest spread of low-entry city bus operations in the country. Recently, Volvo crossed the mark of 25000 drivers being trained, while also crossing its on-road presence of 5000 buses only in India.

If the latest rumours are anything to go by, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M), the nation's largest utility vehicle maker, is said to be considering buying PSA Peugeot Citroen's scooter business.

An ultralight electric car, built by a US based university, has set a new land speed record in its class by surpassing the previous mark by nearly 80Km/h.

Triumph, the British bikemaker, today added a new motorcycle to its Indian line-up - the Thunderbird LT. Priced at Rs 15.75 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi), the new bike is a 'Light Touring' cruiser, ideal for long rides. The bike is already on sale in several international markets.

Luxury entrepreneur Stephen Hung recently placed an order for the world's largest Rolls-Royce Phantom fleet, i.e. 30 Bespoke Extended Wheelbase Phantoms. Meant for Hung's Louis XIII hotel in Macau, this is the world's single largest order of Rolls-Royces ever.

Jaguar, the British luxury carmaker, that launched the XJ 3.0L Diesel LWB in May this year, has today rolled out the locally manufactured XJ 2.0 Petrol LWB at Rs 93.24 Lakh (ex-showroom, Mumbai; Pre-Octroi).