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Sound of music
Pioneer’s recently introduced, versatile in-car Tablet, promises to be a fantastic amalgamation of both hardware and software
Pioneer Corporation, which has an 80-year-old history has wowed generations with their entertainment systems. A company that started off producing speaker sound, continues to be the oldest in the car entertainment space. As technology got savvier, Pioneer, also has continued to find new ways to stay ahead in the game. “Every year Pioneer introduces a…
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Der Meister
Martin Schwenk, Managing Director and CEO, Mercedes-Benz India, has been doing an admirable job since his arrival in November 2018, and now, despite the global pandemic, he tells us that their product launch plan for this year is intact
Martin Schwenk, Managing Director and CEO, Mercedes-Benz India, tells TURN OF SPEED (TOS) about “the new normal,” how their product launches for this year remain unaffected, as well as how the response to their Digital initiative has been overwhelming. Read on… TOS: Tell us about the preparatory steps that you, at Mercedes-Benz, have taken in order to ensure…
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Urban nomad
The new Renault Triber Easy-R AMT is everything you will expect from a seven seater and more
Renault India never ceases to amaze! Yet again, it has pulled a rabbit out of the hat with the new Triber Easy-R AMT. Imagine a sub-four meter vehicle that not only seats seven people, but also comes with a jaw dropping price tag of 6.18 Lakhs, and offers an AMT option! What else can one…
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Licence to thrill
Only 250 Bond Edition’ Scrambler 1200 bikes will be manufactured
With the 25th James Bond film, No time to Die, hitting theatres this November, it is not only the Aston Martin lovers who will feel thrilled when the legendary DB5 drops its headlamps and pulverizes the bad guys with a gatling gun. The movie will also give aficionados of Triumph motorcycles something to be really elated about – their…
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Nissan KICKS 2020 is here
Everything we know about the new Nissan KICKS 2020
Nissan Motor India Private Ltd. (NMIPL), has been present in India for almost fifteen years now. In fact, it boasts a portfolio of two brands, Nissan and Datsun, and has also set up an R&D Center with its global alliance partner, Renault, near Chennai. Over the years, Nissan, has offered us a mixed bag of exciting…
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The first step is to get production started on a sustainable basis: R.C. Bhargava
R.C. Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki, fields questions on assisting with healthcare equipment, their plans for the EV market, and how the auto industry can bounce back
The last few weeks have been unprecedented and unpredictable, as the country went into a sudden and complete lockdown to flatten the COVID-19 curve and all economic activities came to a halt from March 25, 2020. Naturally, production of vehicles was also stopped and the facilities of India's largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India, fell…
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Labour- The point!
With most of the migrant labour returning to their hometowns in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, restarting operations for auto manufacturers and ancillary part makers isn’t going to be easy. Are auto giants ready to take on this new challenge in these unprecedented times?
Labour remobilisation is going to be an uphill task for the automotive industry in the coming months as many have already taken the road back to their hometowns. With the current pandemic posting an uncertainty that most of us are unfamiliar with, at least the ones born post the World Wars, life is not going…
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M&M backs out of further investment in SYMC
With M&M’s conservative approach and the Covid-19 pandemic, things aren’t exactly looking up for SYMC
Pawan Goenka, the Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), told analysts in February this year that if M&M was going to invest more money into South Korean subsidiary SsangYong Motor Company (SYMC), it would first be reasonably certain that the three-year plan chalked out for SYMC would work out and breakeven achieved by 2022.…
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Get off the road to get on the road to recovery
Car manufacturers use creative audio-visual clips to urge people to remain indoors, work from home, and stay safe
“Unprecedented times,” without a shadow of a doubt, has to be the word of 2020. And why not, afterall, not many of us have known or seen anything like the Coronavirus crisis that is unfolding before our eyes. Nevertheless, while we all know that we will battle this crisis and come out triumphant, it is…
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Production in the time of Coronavirus
Auto giants in India are temporarily halting production to curb the spread of Coronavirus.
The fallout of Coronavirus, especially in the world of business, is being felt across countries. While sectors such as airlines and hospitality are bracing themselves for huge financial setbacks in the days to come, the auto industry could also be massively impacted. Considering the Geneva Motor Show was cancelled earlier this month and now as…
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