Sunday, 13 April 2014

Automotive Update - 13/04/2014

India has become the fourth biggest market for Renault's compact sports utility vehicle Duster globally, with sales touching 85,974 units in the country, since the launch of the vehicle in 2012.

The United States has proposed eliminating over 30 years its tariffs on Japanese motor vehicles but Japan rejected the proposal because the time period is unusually long, Kyodo News reported on Saturday.

 German car producer BMW Group has recalled almost half a million cars with 6-cylinder engines, since realising that a screw in the engine compartment could possibly break and damage the engine in rare cases, a company official said Friday.

it has emerged that Honda India has created a page for the upcoming Mobilio MPV on its website, with this new page giving out details about the upcoming model. The page states that the Honda Mobilio launch in India will happen in a “few months from now”.

SKF is supplying Volkswagen with energy efficient bearings to the E-powertrain of their first full electric vehicle, the e-up!.  SKF is supplying customized tapered roller bearings and SKF eDrive Ball Bearings to the electric motor and gearbox of the e-up!, which was launched the Fall of 2013. 

 India became net steel exporter in 2013-14 after a gap of six years and is likely to maintain the momentum in 2014-15 as producers are looking to dock more overseas shipment to tide over subdued domestic consumption.

The Nissan Versa sedan (Sunny in India) is all set to get a facelift in the USA, which will make its launch at the upcoming New York International Auto Show on 16th April, 2014. The updated Sunny was also showcased at the 2014 Auto Expo in India earlier this year and the company has scheduled to launch the facelifted version by July this year in the country. 

Hyundai is planning to bring the mill which powers the European i10, a 1.0L three cylinder engine producing 65bhp power and 95Nm of torque in EON.

Jaguar Land Rover delivered a healthy sales performance during the first quarter of 2014, selling 124,776 vehicles, which is up by 8%. Much of this sales success is due to the good demand for the new and refreshed Jaguar and Land Rover line up which was enhanced during this period by Jaguar’s 15MY introductions, the sales debut of the Jaguar F-TYPE coupé and a strong performance from Range Rover Sport.


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