India Yamaha Motors denies relaunching RX100 model

India Yamaha Motor Private Limited, the Indian subsidiary of Yamaha Motor Company, has categorically denied media reports that claimed that it was planning to relaunch its famed RX100 model. It is to be mentioned that Business Standard has recently reported that the Japanese bikemaker is currently looking for various opportunities including style, engine type and other factors before launching it. The company will maintain the same design of the earlier bike that provided some impressive results in the 1985 till 1996, as claimed by the BS report, adding that Yamaha RX100 will sport with the stricter emission norms might be with BSIV and including four-stroke engine and the company has said that they won’t launch it two-stroke model.

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Ashok Leyland entry into armoured vehicles announced at DEFEXPO 2010

Hinduja flagship, Ashok Leyland, the largest supplier of logistics vehicles to the Indian Army, today announced their entry into the armoured vehicles space with the unveiling of three new products – Armoured Stallion, Armoured Bus and Mine Protected Vehicle – at DEFEXPO 2010. Ashok Leyland has over 55,000 special purpose vehicles in service with the Defence forces that include the Stallion 4x4, Light Recovery Vehicles, Water Bowzers, Truck Fire Fighters and Field Artillery Tractors. The Indian sub-continent with its diversity and complexity of terrains provides an ideal proving ground and the Company’s special applications vehicles have been performing in altitudes varying from sea level to over 5,500 meters above sea level and in temperatures ranging from –40 Degrees Celsius to +55 Degrees Celsius. All these three new products showcased at the Expo have been developed using the standard Stallion aggregates and components to ensure commonality of items, ease of maintenance and repairs, thereby significantly improving the uptime of the vehicles.

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Defense Land Systems India unveils its products at 2010 DEFEXO

Defense Land Systems India, a joint venture between Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. and BAE Systems, that will soon be operational, today unveiled its range of vehicles including Mine Protected Vehicle India [MPVI], the FH77 B05 Advanced Howitzer, etc at DefExpo 2010, at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. It is to be mentioned that the will be manufactured at the Defense Land Systems, India plant at Prithla near Faridabad.

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Ford India opens 28 dealers in 24 cities in 24 hours to ready for Figo launch next month

Ford India, preparing for next month’s launch of the all-new Ford Figo, today opened 28 new authorised Ford dealer facilities in 24 cities, improving market availability and service facilities for its full line of vehicles. The new retail stores bring Ford’s dealership total to 164 facilities located in 97 cities across India. In the past two years, the number of cities with a Ford outlet has jumped more than 30 percent. New facilities have opened in New Delhi, Sangrur, Haldwani and Gwalior in the North; Durgapur, Dhanbad and Guwahati in the East; Hyderabad, Chennai, Warangal, Vellore, Salem, Vijayawada and Malappuram in the South; and Bilaspur and Mehsana in the Western region. New showrooms and workshops also are now located in Jaipur, Thane, Ahmednagar, Pune, Vapi, Ahmedabad and Cochin.Download the original attachment.

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Tata Motors appoints Cark-Peter Forster as CEO of its Group

Tata Motors has appointed Carl-Peter Forster as the Group chief executive officer of the company. He will have the overall responsibility of Tata Motors Operations globally, including Jaguar Land Rover.
Forster, 55 years, has twenty-four years of international experience in the automobile industry. Most recently he was the head of General Motors, Europe, where he looked after Opel/Vauxhall, Saab and the European activities of Chevrolet. Before joining General Motors in 2001, Mr. Forster has had 13 years of experience in BMW where he held various positions including that of Managing Director of BMW South Africa and was also on the Managing Board of BMW responsible for manufacturing.
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