The one millionth Scooty Pep was rolled out of its Mysore Plant recently.

The Indian operations of Maruti Suzuki could see a boost with the company mulling over export of 200,000 cars per annum from Maruti Suzuki India’s assembly line by year 2010-11.

The buzz around Tatas’ compressed air car seems to be dying down, at least for the moment.

Italian two-wheeler giant Malaguti Moto in all probability is likely to drive into the Mahindra and Mahindra fold. The Indian major is said to be talking to Malaguti Moto for a possible takeover.

The Singur stalemate may force Tata to move production of its Tata Nano to its Pantnagar plant in Uttaranchal.

Hero Electric plans to export its e-bikes to SAARC nations in 2008.

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has launched its new tractor series in Turkey, in partnership with ILCE Otomotiv Servis ve Ticaret.

The latest J.D. Power Asia Pacific 2008 India Sales Satisfaction Index study, showed that Skoda has provided the best overall sales satisfaction in India, for the second consecutive year.

Tata Motors plans an aggressive expansion plan for Land Rover and Jaguar, the UK brands that it acquired in 2008 for $2 billion.

The driving force behind electric cars in India is the high cost of fuel - much higher than US. Not any love for the environment. Well, whatever is the reason, electric cars pollute much less (especially if the electricity is produced from hydro-electric projects) and cost a lot less to run.

Royal Enfield bikers have no reason to cheer this season with the parent company Eicher Motors, all set to jack up prices of the classic motorcycle models in India. 

The Economic Times is reporting that Tata Motors has set a two-week deadline for a solution to the Singur problem.

Yamaha is targeting sales of of more than half a million bikes, in 2009, in India.

The original people’s car will be in India soon. No, we are not talking of the Nano, but the VW Beetle.  So far, indications are that the Volkswagen Beetle would be in India by next year. 

Ashok Leyland is working on an all-new full range truck platform that will be unveiled by 2010. 

Maruti Suzuki will soon be turned into Suzuki's small car hub and design center for small cars.

Tata Motors will launch the latest version of their most popular car Indica on August 23, 2008. The new car will be called Tata Indica Vista. So far, the upcoming Indica has always been referred to as the Indica V3.

Maruti has announced that they will expand their current network of driving schools - Institute of Driving Training and Research - in India. A whole 110 of them.

Electric scooters were only rumoured about in India when I gave up riding two-wheelers in India. They were just a nice dream then. Plug in, charge up and ride away. Easy as that.

Even as General Motors continue its bad patch in the US,  it is said to have been lining up major plans for India. The company’s investment for the India market is already close to breaking the $1billion mark.