Now, How about Indiawide technical assistance for your car? At home or in the road, Anywhere!

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Its not just for an emergency, even if your battery is dead on a fine morning, and you are unable to start your car, you can avail this service. Things like, when you are on the move for an important meeting with a client, and your engine overheats, you wonder what to do, risk driving the car? or hitch a ride in an auto? It would also be best to have helping hands who can take care of your car...

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Happy New Year 2011!

Wishing everyone subscribed to CarSalesIndia.com a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year! Have a great year ahead!

Car manufacturers set to increase prices in New Year

With the advent of the New Year carmakers have geared up to raise the prices of their vehicles. Almost all the manufacturers will increase the prices of their vehicles from 1-3%, based on their own logic and reasons (higher input cost, blah!). So if you are looking for a bargain, rush to the car dealership of your choice now. Chevrolet, in particular is running an attractive scheme for its Beat for the month of December.

The price hike will range between 3000-5000 for the small cars and will be restricted primarily to the models which have been around for some time. For example, Toyota will be raising the prices for all its models except the Etios, the prices for which were only recently announced. Similarly Tata will not increase the prices for its Nano and Aria, as both are new models. The price rise will be across the board, and everyone from Hyundai to Honda will join the fest to get us poorer. Act fast, and get you baby home, unless you want to wait till the New year for a better resale value when you eventually decide to sell it.

BMW launches the 520d in India

BMW India have quietly launched the 520d variant of their 5-series sedan in India. The new car is powered by a 2.0-litre (1995cc)  engine delivering 185bhp of power. This engine is the same as the one employed in the 3-series saloon. With this, the 5-series sports 5 engines under its bonnet in India. The new engine will be mated to an 8-speed auto gearbox.

Apart from the smaller engine, the 520d also goes a level down in terms of equipment list in favour of competitive pricing. The tyres are now 255 / 55 R17. The paddle shifter has been taken away and so has been the six-CD changer, to make for a single CD MP3 player. The system still supports USB, AUX – in and Bluetooth  pairing.

The new car is priced at Rs 36,90,000 (ex-showroom, Delhi) , cheaper by the 525d by almost 3 lakh rupees.

See all BMW Cars, Price list, Photos, Colours and Variants available in India in CarSalesIndia.com

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Maintaining a car or bike to be costly - Union Budget 2010

The Union Budget announced by the Finance Minister, is all set to have a direct impact on the automotive sector of the country. Buying and maintaining a car or bike is going to be costly with a hike of 2% in the Excise Duty which has already led to an immediate and corresponding increase in the prices of automobiles and component. Running cost of bikes and cars too will get dearer with the suggested increase in Excise Duty on petrol and Diesel.


The Excise Duty on small cars now stands at 10% while on big cars, Mutli Utility Vehicles (MUV's) and SUV's the duty has bumped to 22%. The duty on Electric Vehicle makers stands at 4%. Adding to that, the Excise Duty will also cut their share from the prices of vehicle components like tyres,batteries, etc. A pair of heavy duty truck tyre would now cost Rs. 500 more, while that for a sedan will be higher by Rs. 250 a tyre. Batteries will be dearer by 2%. The tyre makers of the country have already resorted to this hike.

The government’s decision, taken as part of a partial rollback of the stimulus package in the Union Budget, saw companies announcing corresponding increases in prices almost immediately. These included big volume players like Maruti, Hyundai, Tata Motors, Mahindra, General Motors and Honda.

“Prices have to go up with the increase in excise and our cars will become dearer by 2% across the board,” Maruti chairman RC Bhargava said. The entire model range of Maruti will now come at revised rate with a hike between Rs. 3,000 and Rs. 13,000.

Hyundai said that the hike on its cars will range between Rs, 6,500 and Rs. 2,5000. The price of the Santro is expected to be up by Rs. 6,500, the i10 by Rs. 6,700 and the i20 by Rs. 9,500. “The increase will be on all the models,” Hyundai India’s marketing and sales director Arvind Saxena said.

Paul de Voijs, Managing Director, Volvo Auto India Pvt. Ltd stated, "As per the Union Budget 2010 presented by the hon' ble Finance Minister, the 2% increase in the excise duty on cars will lead to a hike on the car prices. Unfortunately this will be passed on to the end consumer as it is inevitable."

Tata Motors have spared the Nano for now from the revision, but the a hike between Rs. 4,600 and Rs. 18,700 will be levied on all other models coming out of Tata Motors factory.

Car Service Costs

Thank you for the overwhelming response for my question last week. Many of you have sent your car service costs and much more details about spares etc. Please do take your time to read all the responses, as I am sure you will find them very useful.

Here are the entries: (follow link)
http://www.carsalesindia.com/forum/showtopic.jsp?topicid=15&forumid=7

MRF Challenge 2010 third round schedule!

After two rocking rounds of the MRF Racing Challenge 2010, it is now time for the third. The third round of the MRF Challenge will commence on the 14th of February (Sunday) at the Madras Motor Race Track, Chennai. After the success of the first two rounds of the event, we are eagerly waiting to see what happens in the third round. Following is the schedule:

RACE SCHEDULE:
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RACE – 05 – GROUP B + GROUP D MOTORCYCLES – 07 LAPS
10:30 HRS PIT LANE OPENS
10:35 HRS PIT LANE CLOSES
10:40 HRS FORMATION LAP / RACE START



RACE – 06 – MRF FORMULA 1600 – 15 LAPS
11:15 HRS PIT LANE OPENS
11:20 HRS PIT LANE CLOSES
11:25 HRS FORMATION LAP / RACE START

RACE – 07 – SUPER BIKES – 10 LAPS
12:10 HRS PIT LANE OPENS
12:15 HRS PIT LANE CLOSES 
12:20 HRS FORMATION LAP / RACE START

 
LUNCH BREAK – 13:00 HRS to 14:00 HRS



RACE – 08 – SUPER SALOONS + RACE STAR CUP – 08 LAPS
14:05 HRS PIT LANE OPENS
14:10 HRS PIT LANE CLOSES
14:15 HRS FORMATION LAP / RACE START

 
RACE – 09 – UNDER BONES – 07 LAPS
14:50 HRS PIT LANE OPENS
14:55 HRS PIT LANE CLOSES
15:00 HRS FORMATION LAP / RACE START


RACE – 10 – MRF FORMULA 1600 – 15 LAPS
15:35 HRS PIT LANE OPENS
15:40 HRS PIT LANE CLOSES
15:45 HRS FORMATION LAP / RACE START

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We are in an effort to discuss after sales ownership costs on cars, so that other members can understand the costs involved in maintaining a car after purchase.


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CarSalesIndia.com, MyTVS to list used cars online

View this article in Economic Times:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3123768.cms

MyTVS a part of the renowned TVS Group providing Quality Used Cars and CarSalesIndia।com have entered into an agreement to list all MyTVS Used cars online। Now a car buyer doesn’t have to visit numerous dealer places to find the right quality used car.

Speaking on this occasion, Chairman of CarSalesIndia.com Mr Samuel Jeyakumar said, "We are happy that MyTVS cars are onboard in CarSalesIndia.com. We are committed to provide quality cars to our buyers and at the same time bring valued car buyers to MyTVS"

CarSalesIndia.com is one of India’s leading car portal empowering its users to make the best choice by providing industries best tools to compare, research and buy cars. More than 2 Lakh car search hits were recorded in May, 2008 in CarSalesIndia.com, and with over 400 cars from over 28 branches of MyTVS listed online; there is no better place for a used car buyer to go now.

MyTVS provides other value added services such as All Car Service, 24x7 Emergency Roadside Assistance and more. After buying a used car there is no turning back, details on a car such as accident history, Parts originality and owner history is always a matter of worry for the used car buyer. With MyTVS quality used cars; a customer can have peace of mind, and trust the TVS brand and quality of service while buying a used car.

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