Maruti launches A-Star in India

Auto major Maruti Suzuki Tuesday launched a new model targeted at the mid-priced segment, and said it hoped to export it to over 150 countries.
Priced in the Rs.347,000-Rs.412,000 range, the car - called A-star - will be made in over 200 variants and is touted to give a mileage of 19.59 km per litre of petrol. A-star is Maruti Suzuki's eighth vehicle launched in a little over three years.
"A-star will be exported mainly to European markets and we expect it to account for a major part of our total exports,c company chairman R.C. Bhargava said at the vehicle's launch.
The company exported around 50,000 cars last year and expects to export more this year.
Incidentally, A-star has been designed keeping the European market in mind, and will be rolled out of the company's facility at Manesar near Delhi.

Source : The Hindu

Fiat Linea Launched in India

Pune, November 21 : The clouds of recession looming over the country and the heat on the auto sector, like any other, have not stopped Fiat from its latest launch. Fiat India Automobiles Limited, choosing to disregard the economic slowdown, rolled out its C plus segment sedan Linea from the Ranjangaon plant some 40 km from here.
“It’s a grim economic scenario and all auto players are feeling the heat. It’s a challenge for us but we see this as an opportunity to launch a new car. The new product in the market will induce demand among the customers. The start of production of Linea is an important milestone for us and is a significant step in fulfilling the promise that we had made at the Auto Expo earlier this year,’’ said Rajeev Kapoor, CEO, Fiat India Automobiles Ltd.
This launch comes after a seven-year gap, the last one being that of Palio in 2001. Launched internationally in May 2007 in Istanbul, with a strong Italian imprint, Linea has features found in high-end cars. Around 2,500 Linea cars will be manufactured per month from the Ranjangaon plant.
The 200-acre facility, a 50-50 joint venture between Fiat and Tata Motors, will soon see Grande Punto, a top seller in Europe, also being manufactured from here. “The launch of Linea is the first step to re-establish the Fiat brand in the Indian market. After three months, Grande Punto will commence production from here,’’ said Kapoor.
Linea-Active is the base model followed by Dynamic and Emotion while Emotion +1 will be the high-end model. Initially they will be available in three colours. The medium-sized sedan fulfills Euro-4 emission norms and comes in 1.2, 1.3-petrol engine and 1.4 diesel engine.
The Ranjangaon plant now has a completely equipped body shop, assembly line and power terrain plant while a paint shop is to be commissioned shortly.
The assembly shop is designed to roll out Linea, Grande Punto and Tata X1 sedan. Now, 1.2 Palio petrol is being exported from the Ranjangaon plant and Linea and Garnde Punto will follow soon.
Apart from Fiat and Tata cars, the facility also produces powertrain engines.
The plant with an investment of Rs 4,000 crore in its full capacity, will produce up to 2,00,000 cars, 3,00,000 engines and 3,00,000 parts and accessories.

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CarSalesIndia.com, MyTVS to list used cars online

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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3123768.cms

MyTVS a part of the renowned TVS Group providing Quality Used Cars and CarSalesIndia।com have entered into an agreement to list all MyTVS Used cars online। Now a car buyer doesn’t have to visit numerous dealer places to find the right quality used car.

Speaking on this occasion, Chairman of CarSalesIndia.com Mr Samuel Jeyakumar said, "We are happy that MyTVS cars are onboard in CarSalesIndia.com. We are committed to provide quality cars to our buyers and at the same time bring valued car buyers to MyTVS"

CarSalesIndia.com is one of India’s leading car portal empowering its users to make the best choice by providing industries best tools to compare, research and buy cars. More than 2 Lakh car search hits were recorded in May, 2008 in CarSalesIndia.com, and with over 400 cars from over 28 branches of MyTVS listed online; there is no better place for a used car buyer to go now.

MyTVS provides other value added services such as All Car Service, 24x7 Emergency Roadside Assistance and more. After buying a used car there is no turning back, details on a car such as accident history, Parts originality and owner history is always a matter of worry for the used car buyer. With MyTVS quality used cars; a customer can have peace of mind, and trust the TVS brand and quality of service while buying a used car.

Visit http://www.carsalesindia.com/ to view all MyTVS cars

CarSalesIndia.com & RealEstate4India.com Launch Free SMS Service

PRESS RELEASE:
Sams Auto Trade a company that owns and operates several portals in the automobile and real-estate segments today launched a free SMS service for its primary products CarSalesIndia.com & RealEstate4India.com. Customers looking for cars or property can now contact the seller direct for free of cost using the online SMS service. Customers who wish to know more about this service can ring 044-42143282 or 42323282.

Buyers should find the right car or property that he or she is interested in, and click on the “send SMS” link to send a free SMS. This allows buyers and sellers to be in direct contact with each other. This feature is available for both individual and dealers.

During the launch, the company chairman and director Mr Samuel Jeyakumar said, “I am proud to say that, so far our customers have been happy with our service and appreciated our quality and timeliness. It is our pleasure to extend Free SMS as an additional treat for our customers which we are sure that both the buyer and seller will enjoy. It is another milestone for the company where we strive to show our commitment towards a world class service for the Indian market.”

To get maximum benefit from the service, customers can send SMS directly from the car or property detailed view page. This acts as a bridge to narrow the gap between seller and buyer. It is suggested that integrating strengths on the web space with the penetration of mobile market will add much more value to the company and its customers.

Car Dealers and Real Estate builders who wish to participate in the car and property advertising service may reach the company via email at info@carsalesindia.com or 044-42143282

For enquiries:
UK or India office
Mr Samuel Jeyakumar @ +44 –7725215806 – (UK)
Ms Preena Sherene @ +91 – 44-42143282 – (India)

Sams Auto Trade Pvt Ltd
373, Kaveri Complex,
94-104, Nungambakkam High Road,
Chennai – 600034,
Tamilnadu, India.

Indias Leading Automobile Portal Launches Real Estate Website

Sams Auto Trade Pvt Ltd, Indias leading online automobile portal, has recently announced its launch of a real estate website.

The new website will allow users to register and advertise properties for sale, rent or lease. This new website has much more to offer and provides a platform for new real estate agents and brokers to reach the upper market.

The new portal can be reached via http://www.realestate4india.com/

Car Dealers - Register & Advertise Free Now!

At last, the management has decided to let dealers register and advertise their cars free. This is a big move in India's no 1 used car portal. This new step will provide the small and big dealers in finding a new avenue.

This is also a big boon to the new starter used car dealer. He/She can now get into the top spot of advertising for free and getting the best customers.

Good luck dealers! Tell us your story and show us your support!

Go here to register as a dealer and advertise your stock now. http://www.carsalesindia.com/dealerregister.jsp

http://www.Carsalesindia.com is India's leading used car portal and provides excellent services including live customer leads and reports.

Sams Auto Trade - TV

Hello Everyone,

Did you see the new TV at our India wide Automobile home page, Watch it and enjoy our new TV. Very soon you will see other advertisements coming here as well.

Evolving everyday.

Visit autosalesindia.com to see the new SAT - TV.

Official launch

Press Note

27 June 2006

Official launch of CarSalesIndia.com by Sams Auto Trade Ltd (UK)

Sams Auto Trade Ltd a UK based Automobile company officially launched India’s No 1 automobile portal CarSalesIndia.com. CarSalesIndia.com is a compelling and intelligent web portal that provides services to the growing automobile market in India.

In a very special launch ceremony here in the Le Royal Meridian, Mr. Samuel Jeyakumar, Chairman & Director of Sams Auto Trade Ltd UK, and Ms. Preena Sherene Managing Director of Sams Auto Trade (I) Pvt Ltd welcomed over sixty guests to an evening launch ceremony. The guests were shown a presentation on the success and growth strategy of its hugely popular and successful automobile portal CarSalesIndia.com. The guests along with the senior officials and executives thereafter joined for a dinner party.

There are more than 2000 live used/new cars available in the website currently in which more than 1000 cars are from Chennai alone. This presents a big opportunity for car buyers in Chennai to start their search for a car online. Over 90% of all used car dealers in Chennai are registered in CarSalesIndia.com and a few new car dealers have also joined hands to mass market their products, the numbers are growing exponentially every quarter. In Bangalore over 40% of the used car dealers are registered and nearly 500 cars are available online now.

Individual car owners are also welcome to advertise their cars online. It is a simple one step process to advertise cars online, for those who don’t have internet access a telephone line has been set-up, call us at 044-42323282, and we will do the advertising on your behalf. We can also arrange for our executive to take a digital photograph of your car to be advertised in the website. We have received excellent customer feedback on the services and day-by-day the customer base has been growing in thousands.

The website also presents the opportunity to automobile related businesses to advertise via banners on the website. Its pages have a massive reach of over 3 million on average per day. The company has also recorded over 200 million hits so far in its website. Company officials say, there is a great opportunity for automobile businesses to advertise with our website and you are guaranteed to see customers walk into your doorsteps.

CarSalesIndia.com has been available live on the Internet for more than a year. During this time the web portal has been growing steadily, the company had conducted various customer surveys, reviews and trials on various products and services. The customer surveys and reviews were a great success for the company and had gained huge popularity among customers for their unique service offerings and customer centric approach.

The web portal offers world-class services to the Indian automobile industry such as

• Buy or Sell Cars Online – Search for a car or Advertise your car online
  
• Banner Advertising in prime spots of all pages
  
• Dealer Services (Free digital photo capture & executive service)
  
• Email Alerts
  
• Car Pool/Car Share
  
• Online Car Insurance & Loan
  
• Car Voting
  
• Car Reviews
  
• Car Research
  
• Expert Advice
  
  

New/Used Car Advertising via Individuals/Dealers and Banner advertising are on the top of the list services from the company. The company provides high calibre executives to serve dealers. The company executives collect all information on cars and take a digital photo before passing the information to our back office team who take care of advertising online. Since live the company mail box has been bombarded with over 750 mails a day.

For any enquiries Dealers, Individuals and businesses can call our UK or India office
Mr Sam @ 0044-7725-215806 – (UK)
Ms Preena @ 044-42323282 or 9940144034 – (India)

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Car Insurance In India? Is it a painful process?

With the beginning of privatisation in India, The government decided to let global companies enter the market to serve the huge indian population with services that are upto global standards. This paved way for global insurance companies to operate in India, but certainly with a lot of restrictions.

Today there are big names out in the market that do Insurance for you and the service they offer are matchless to the old insurance companies that we have heard of in the past.

Online Insurance Made Easy Now!

CarSalesIndia.com the leader in the online automobile market takes leadership and has started to allow customers to apply for online Insurance. Usually an applicant will receive a verification call from the call centre to verify your details. And thats pretty much it, Within a couple of days you can expect your certificate.

By allowing customers to have this kind of a feature CarSalesIndia.com is positioning itself ahead of the other players in the market and is trying to provide a single online resource for everything related to automobiles.

You can apply for online car insurance here at Apply Insurance

To provide a feedback on this service you can go to http://www.carsalesindia.com/feedback.jsp

All Automobile India: Is India going all automobile now?

All Automobile India: Is India going all automobile now?

CarSalesIndia.com Launch Car Pool Feature for India

CarSalesIndia.com one of Indias leading online car portals have launched Car Pool feature for India.

Speaking about it the Chairman and Founder Mr Samuel Jeyakumar said, "This gives us an oppurtunity to show our concerns over the growing global warming issue. This way we provide an oppurtunity to all Indians to take some responsibility and where possible make their contribution to save our environment".

Car-Pool is a car sharing method by which two or more people share the same car, commonly to reach the same destination or enroute drop destinations. This mechanism helps save money as well as the environment by reducing green house gases such as CO2 and CO by reducing the number of vehicles on the road.

Usually friends, colleagues or neighbours share the car and pay a fair sum of price, or share petrol and parking charges. There are other common methods such as arranging for a van or commercial vehicle to pick a number of people from the same place and drop in office, schools, colleges or other destinations.

CarSalesIndia.com provides Car Pool as a free of cost service and expects the service to be widely used across India. With the growing economy India is currently facing the large problem of pollution and lack of infrastructure.

CarSalesIndia.com - A leading Online Service Provider in the Automobile Segment Sets its Foot in India

CarSalesIndia.com, an Internet based marketing and advertising auto portal for used cars, is setting a global trend in the Indian used car market. CarSalesIndia.com visually exhibits used cars online and it reaches several million Internet users instantly at a very low cost. CarSalesIndia.com also tracks potential customers and provides customer leads.

The portal offers a platform for sellers and buyers and also adds more value for the trade. The seller gets a more realistic value for his/her car and the buyer a more realistic view on the condition of the car.

Speaking about the online auto portal, Ms. Preena Sherene, MD, CarSalesIndia.com said, " The used car market in India is an un-explored avenue for many, although there are a few dealers and agents, it still remains unexplored and there is a lot of opportunity in this industry. Needless to say, we are a leading online auto portal, and we offer features to advertise and manage cars adverts online. We are looking at various options to exploit the current market by providing global standard solutions to the Indian car buyer and seller. We strongly believe that this will be a new experience for the buyer and seller".

Payment transaction:
Sams Auto Trade Pvt. Ltd has tied up with Avenues India Pvt Ltd, to process all payments via a secure channel. Payments made online via CCAvenue are made over a 128-bit secure https channel, where all your details are encrypted over the Internet. This is the safest transaction method over internet and used by worlds leading companies. Alternatively the company also supports other methods of payments such as cheque, DD and Bank Transfer.

The company also has a portal specifically to cover the used bike market. The website can be reached at http://www.bikesalesindia.com. As a part of the current promotional offer in this website bike advertisement listings are free.

General trend:
The Automobile industry in India has been fast moving in the recent past with every auto major declaring over 25% growth every quarter. This has inevitably triggered a record growth in the used car segment. This has opened up new avenues through the internet and the internet will re-define Indian used car market.

About CarSalesIndia.com
CarSalesIndia.com is a UK based company having operations in all major Indian cities, it has over 2000 cars exhibited on its portal, and has over 150 registered car dealers and has had more than 50 million hits.

Is India going all automobile now?

Since 1990's India seems to be moving fast on the wheels, ever since the Maruti and Suzuki decided to deliver an Indian dream machine (yes, you guessed it right, i mean the 800), there have been more and more cars on our roads. Is it getting anywhere, Ah, yes, Today almost every auto giant is on-board the Indian market to take a piece of their share.

BTW, where is Amby now?