National Winners of Golf Tournament Held by Mercedes

Mercedes recently conducted a golf tournamnet in India popularly known as MercedesTrophy. About 650 golfers from across the country participated in the tournamnet held at four different cities comprising Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, and Chandigarh.

The ninth edition of MercedesTrophy was held at the Sahara Aamby Valley in Lonavala. This scintillating event was inaugurated by Dr. Wilfried Aulbur, CEO & Managing Director of Mercedes-Benz India and witnessed the presence of Mr. Jean Phillipe Benoit, General Manager of Swiss International Air Lines Ltd who sponsored the tournament.

The three national winners of the tournament who will now particpate in the world finals held at Stuttgart, Germany are Mr. Shiv Puri, Mr. Sadeev Sandhu, and Mr. Sanjay Setia.

The mega-event was further highlighted by a fashion show organized by the great fashion designer Gayatri Khanna. The show exuded the true attributes of the Mercedes-Benz brand that defines style, sophistication, and elegance of its range of luxury cars.

Audi Sales High in India

Every car manufacturers are experiencing a slow growth due to the financial crunch. Many car majors are even cutting down the production and some production plant is said to be shutdown.

People are holding on to their investment and the car sales is almost stagnant, with out any growth. But despite the sales commotion in the Indian car industry, it is surprising to know that luxury car segment is segment is rejoicing sales in India.

 

Audi, renowned luxury car manufacturer from Germany recorded a sales growth of 203 percent. From Audi India’s stable Audi A4 and Q7 are the highest selling models in the country. Even other luxury car manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz and BMW also experienced a good growth during this economic pressure. This is the clear example stating that the high-class society.

Volvo enters road traffic information system in India

Luxury car makers Volvo is all set to make the drive easier and comfortable by offering Road Traffic Information system for their cars in the India. The navigation system is designed to provide data on traveling to predetermine destinations with controls mounted on the steering wheel.

This technology will add an additional burden of Rs 1.5 lakh. RTI already plays as an important infotainment unit in Volvo Cars globally and now they have introduced in India too. Like other navigation system, this system will also customers navigate through unknown routes, everyday traffic disruptions or even finding their way to a tourist destination in a new city

Convertible on luxury wheels

The name ‘Rolls Royce’ itself sounds so royal. Legendary luxury carmaker Rolls Royce’s latest creation, the Phantom Drop head Coupe in India is great. This super-luxury on wheels is designed on the lines of 100EX prototype got such rave reviews that Rolls Royce decided to put it into production. A spectacular 3-ton, 12-cylinder, four-seat mega-convertible gives more youthful appeal. The car has been designed taking inspiration from classic J-class racing yachts of the 1930s and this is immediately evident from the long bonnet, large rear teak deck and the white yacht type rear curved seats. The car is actually shorter than the regular Phantom which lends to improved handling and a more spirited drive.

So if you simply must put the prestige smack down on friends and neighbors, then this your car. Go ahead and make the difference…

Rolls Royce Phantom Drop head

Rolls Royce Phantom Drop head Coupe is a great luxury both in terms of luxury and performance. This beautifully designed car falls on the lines of 100EX prototype. Enhanced with a spectacular 3-ton, 12-cylinder, and four-seat mega-convertible gives more youthful appeal. The car has been designed taking inspiration from classic J-class racing yachts of the 1930s and this is immediately evident from the long bonnet, large rear teak deck and the white yacht type rear curved seats. The car is actually shorter than the regular Phantom which lends to improved handling and a more spirited drive.

    So if you simply must put the prestige smack down on friends and neighbors, then this your car. Go ahead and make the difference…

Creative Indian car designers

Indian designers are getting inspired by traditional symbols. Recently a student a student of the National Institute of Design (NID) was inspired with the ancient Indian treatise to design a car. His creativity was recognized and offered him an opportunity of an internship with Pininfarina of Italy-the world’s leading automobile design house.

 Vatsyayan re-invented symbol of passion and love will be seen on the on the wheels. Some of the other young designers were inspired were Ahmedabad signature landmark, Ahmedabad’s signature landmark — the Sidi Saiyed ki Jali — that has spurred another NID student, Neerav Panchal, to design ‘Ratna’ which he calls the “jewel of Indian roads”. A third student, Shailendra Petwal, was inspired by ‘Navras’ to create his design.

The winners of a competition on the theme ‘Luxury Car for India’ held by designers associated with auto giants like Ferrari, Ford, GM, Jaguar and Fiat, Panchal and Petwal will be also  joining at Pininfarina.

BMW eyes on 2000 figure

Luxury car sales are booming up in India. The demand is so high that the luxury car makers are even increasing the production capacity. And the competitions among the makers are high too.

Now the German maker of luxury cars BMW aims to sell 2,000 cars in India this year. This figure reveals the demand for their car in India. The company has already set their manufacturing capacity in the region and is on the verge of increasing their dealership.

Looks like their rivals like Mercedes Benz and Audi are gonnna have a real tough competition.

Luxury time for India

It is a great time for the Indian car buyer with so many new car models both Indian and international car manufacturers. The Indian car market has become so competitive with so many models in the market in every segment.

Take an instant of Volkswagen, the luxury car makers will launching at least two small cars in the Rs. 5 lakh segment in India in the next three-four years, one of which is likely to be the Up! Concept car that was unveiled recently and the other a model from group company Skoda Auto India Pvt. Ltd.

The company has also come up with big expansion plan with an investment of Rs3, 500 crore for India to set up the new plant, which makes it the largest German investment in the country. And also plans to build a vendor park for its suppliers in India at its 575-acre campus at Chakan.

Rocking sales by Rolls-Royce

One of the leading luxury car makers Rolls-Royce global sales are booming up. Apparently, first time ever, Rolls-Royce’s reached four figures since its global launch in 2003. They marked a return to India after a gap of 50 years, launching its Phantom super luxury sedan in 2005. And Phantom is doing a good business here.

North America remained the biggest single market for Rolls-Royce last year. It saw a sale of 40 per cent, grew almost by 22 per cent of a total world wide sale.

Apart from India, Royce saw outstanding sales in the UAE and China which grew by more than 50%.

VW’s success in India

One of the leading luxury car makers Volkswagen is a success on the Indian roads. Its leading models like Skoda Octavia and Skoda Laura are witnessing its success in the Indian auto market, the latest models of  

Volkswagen was displayed at the recent Auto Expo, New Delhi.  Their products are already successful in the overseas markets and now Volkswagen plans to mark similar success stories in India.

 

Skoda Fabia, the recent launch is already a great success and is doing good sales too. The company also announced for bigger investments in India for its production line. Their concept car “Up!” set for a commercial launch and will be rolled out by 2012 along with its luxury sedan Phaeton. Skoda Polo will also hit the roads by 2010.