Tata Motors has announced the commencing of driver training and selection program for T1 Prima racing championship. The announcement comes roughly two months prior to the Season III of championship, which will be held at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) on March 20, 2016. In line with its announcement to recruit Indian drivers, Tata Motors recently held an event to[Read More…]

Shriram Automall India Limited (SAMIL) has launched an automall at Chandrapur in central India. Pioneering in pre-owned vehicle and equipment Industry, the automall at Chandrapur is part of the company’s aggressive expansion plan to build 60 automalls by the end of this fiscal. Spread over 0.75 acres, the eighth such automall to be established by the company, is strategically located[Read More…]

Volkswagen AG is claimed to be deliberating upon separately listing its truck business, which consists of Scania, MAN and the Volkswagen brand of CVs. It was in February 2014, that the German major hired Andreas Renschler (ex-Daimler) to integrate the heavy goods vehicle operations of Scania and MAN divisions, and combine these with Volkswagen commercial vehicles. According to industry sources,[Read More…]

National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP) is in the process of designing seven state of the art automotive design and testing centres at Manesar, Bangalore, Rai Bareli, Silchar, Indore, Pune and Chennai. The centres, according to those in the know of the development, will be operational by December 2016. Sanjay Bandopadhyay, CEO, NATRiP, at a seminar on ‘Road[Read More…]