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Mercedes Benz launches GL ‘Grand Edition’ SUV at Rs. 60.99 lakhs

Mercedes-Benz India has launched the facelifted version of its full-size GL-Class SUV, known as the GL-Grand Edition. The new GL features 20-inch alloy wheels, dark-tinted head lamps, redesigned front bumper with integrated daytime running LED lights, metallic paint finishes, heat-insulating and infrared-reflecting laminated glass all round, aluminium-look running boards with rubber studs and divided exhaust [...]

Volkswagen Vento bursts into flames in India, owner suffers 60% burns

Volkswagen Vento midsized sedan, caught fire when owner of the car, 40 year old Mr Kailash Suresh Gupta tried to start the vehicle. Mr Gupta, who owns a grocery shop in Pune, was out exercising early Monday morning. After exercising, Mr Gupta headed for some breakfast to a restaurant on FC Road. Once he was [...]

Lamborghini crossover concept images leaked?

Rumors of Lamborghini resurrecting its LM00X SUV have been circulating the Internet for years. However, today we have some alleged leaked images from Quattroruote magazine showing us what a Lamborghini crossover concept will look like. It is reported that the Lamborghini crossover concept will debut at the Beijing Motor Show in April. According to one [...]

Skoda Citigo five-door set to debut at the 2012 Geneva show

Some news about the Skoda Citigo. The company has announced that the five-door version of the city car – essentially the cousin of the Volkswagen Up! – is set to debut at the Geneva show next month, joining the three-door version which was revealed last September and which began selling in its home market, the [...]

New Maruti Swift Dzire to be launched tomorrow, stay tune!

After the success of the new Swift, Maruti Suzuki is all set to rejoin the sedan segment with a brand new Swift DZire, it will be launched tomorrow officially. The prices will be announced on the same day. The new DZire is less than 4 metres in length, which helps Maruti Suzuki to get the [...]

Have you seen new Mahindra XUV500 TV commercial?

Mahindra has launched a new commercial of their all new SUV, XUV500. After seeing the advertisement, we find it difficult to understand what actually is getting promoted here, carrots or XUV500. The ad shows a man having dinner with his friend in a posh restaurant. Suddenly he sees a waitress serving carrots, which makes our [...]

Spied – New BMW 3 Series (F30) in Mumbai Port

Team-BHPian by the name Mad Monkey managed to spy the new 2012 model of BMW F30 3 Series. According to Mad Monkey, he spotted the new BMW F30 3 Series at the port of Mumbai. Evident from the badge, the F30 is a 320d model. BMW is planning on launching 2012 F30 later this year [...]

Hero Motocorp renames its popular motorcycles

It’s surprising to know no blogs, forums or mainstream auto journalists have so far noticed that apart from removing the Honda name from all the vehicles that were displayed at the 2012 AutoExpo, Hero Moto also rebranded its popular motorcycles. As we had told you before, Hero and Honda are still in a technical agreement [...]

New Bajaj Pulsar 200 NS prices to be announced during April launch

New Bajaj Pulsar 200 NS (Naked Sport) has alot of firsts in the segment and will live on its promise of being high on power, fun and affordability. Its engine comes with three sparks tech rather than the customary dual or twin spark Indian bikes are fitted with. Bajaj will introduce triple spark new technology [...]

New Bajaj Pulsar 200NS complete details revealed

The homegrown-cult bike manufacturer Bajaj Auto has unveiled the next generation Pulsar, which is the fifth generation of the most popular motorcycle in India. It was expected that Bajaj was about to upgrade the entire Pulsar line-up. The face-lift was much needed because the Pulsar was launched almost a decade ago. Anyways, Pulsar 200NS (Naked [...]

At the 2012 Paris Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz has unveiled their new SLS AMG Coupe Electric Drive, B-Class Electric Drive and CLS Shooting Brake. The all new Mercedes Benz SLS AMG Coupe electric drive is considered to be the most expensive electric road car till date. This powerful vehicle shares a number of exterior styles with the petrol engined SLS AMG, first introduced to the Mercedes-Benz line-up back in 2009. The SLS Electric Drive is represented as the world’s most powerful series production electric car, which will see the light of the day sometime in 2013. It consists of four synchronous electric motors placed one in each corner of the four-wheel drive, each electric motors weighs 45kg. These electric motors together generate 740 hp, about 177bhp more than the standard rear-wheel-drive SLS AMG’s 6.2-litre V8 petrol engine. The cars pasted with AMG badge cannot be quiet, and to that end its engineers have developed a soundtrack that’s piped in through the 11-speaker sound system. The sound is dependent on the driving situation and operating state, in addition to load conditions and road and engine speed. There’s even a start-up sound! The SLS Electric Drive offers optional drive to individual wheels depending on traction in three different model – Comfort, Sport and Sport Plus. According to the company, the vehicle can accelerate from 0 to 100 kph in 3.9 seconds and can reach a top speed of 250 km/h (electronically limited). The starting price in Germany (incl. 19% VAT) will be 416,500 EUR (Approx. 3,03,96,321 INR).   Checkout more pictures and video below the jump.   Also see - Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive Concept can go 200 kms on full charge