Hyundai Motor India Ltd. announced the price of the all new Sonata, the manual transmission is priced at Rs 18,52,979 and the automatic transmission at Rs 20,61,272 both prices are ex-showroom Delhi. The all new Sonata was launched at the 11th Auto Expo in January this year. HMIL is India’s largest passenger car exporter and [...]

Not content with running the world’s largest bicycle sharing scheme of its kind in the world, Paris has begun trials of an ambitious electric car club.The Autolib trial comprises a fleet of 66 Bolloré-built Bluecar four-seater electric vehicles spread across the city at 33 depots from which they can be collected, parked and charged. The [...]

YOKOHAMA, Japan – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has announced a proposal for new mobility in a sustainable zero emission society and an electric vehicle (EV) embodying its proposal, ‘NISSAN New Mobility CONCEPT’. Nissan continues to envision new possibilities realized by EVs. One proposal is a sustainable, efficient and convenient mode of transportation focusing on the [...]

INGOLSTADT, Germany – The Audi RS 5 has won the “SportsCar 2010” award in the “Production Coupes” category. The Audi R8 GT and the Audi R8 Spyder 5.2 FSI took second place in their classes, while the Audi S3 Sportback and Audi RS 6 Avant came in third. 68,132 readers of “Auto Bild SportsCars” cast [...]

Australia – Toyota’s Corolla has topped Australia’s new-car sales charts for the 12th time in November. More than 4,500 Corolla sedans and hatches were driven out of Toyota showrooms during the month – a winning margin of more than 750. The popularity of Corolla helped Toyota retain its long-term market leadership, along with HiLux, Yaris [...]

Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea’s largest automaker, began construction of a third plant in China to respond to growing demand in the world’s largest automobile market. Beijing Hyundai Motor Company (BHMC), a 50-50 joint venture between Hyundai Motor and Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., held a ground-breaking ceremony for a 400,000 unit/year plant on Nov. [...]