Maruti Suzuki has raised prices between INR1,100 and INR9,000 (US$25-$203) across all models, its second price increase in three months.
Just released NZTA registration data showed 6,079 new car registrations in March, up 12.7% on March 2010 and 12% ahead year to date. Total commercial registrations of 2,181 were 36.7% ahead of March 2010 and up 24% year to date, New Zealand's Motor Industry Association (MIA) said.
Jaguar Land Rover, owned by Tata Motors, plans to open its first assembly plant in India by the end of May, reports said.
Toyota has sold its millionth Prius hybrid in the US, six months after global sales of the world's first mass-produced hybrid petrol-electric vehicle reached 2m and a month after the company announced that its total hybrid sales had passed the 3m mark.
German auto paint maker Merck says that it hopes to resume full production by 1 June at the plant in Onahama, about 45km from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, that it was forced to close after last month's earthquake and tsunami.
Toyota Motor Corp. said today it will reopen a third plant in Japan on April 11 to resume limited production of the Corolla small car as it creeps back to recovery from last month's earthquake.
Toyota Motor Corp. said today it will reopen a third plant in Japan on April 11 to resume limited production of the Corolla small car as it creeps back to recovery from last month's earthquake.
Cleanest Focus gets eco-tweaks to deliver 80mpg and only 95g/km of CO2.

GAZ Group and Swedish industrial producer FinnvedenBulten have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a joint venture to produce fasteners at the Gorkovsky automobile plant located in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Region, GAZ Group said.
Teaser shots show close ups of front and rear lights ahead of New York debut.

Honda will cut UK production by half starting April 11 due to a shortage of components supplied from Japan following the earthquake and tsunami in the country. Honda has the capacity to make 250,000 vehicles a year in Swindon, southern England.
Saab's production line could stay offline for a number of days, the automaker said on Wednesday. The news fueled concerns that Saab's survival is at risk, though owner Spyker Cars has said it does not face collapse.
LG Chem is to build a new electric car battery plant in South Korea, media reports said.
Sensational spy shot shows production ready version of three-door Astra.

UK new car registrations were down 7.9% in March as the post-scrappage decline to the UK car market continued.
The SMMT industry body expects the 2011 market for new cars in the UK to fall by 5 percent after a 7.9 percent volume decline in March.
Mercedes-Benz posted double-digit growth in the first quarter of 2011 as sales rose 12.7% to to 280,552 units worldwide, boosted by high growth in Germany and China.
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says the government will channel an additional 5 billion rubles ($177.1 million) into its car scrappage scheme, extending it until the end of the year.
Suzuki patriarch Osamu Suzuki is conceding that, at age 81, he's not quite the uber-executive he used to be.
Audi chief designer Stefan Sielaff is embracing the challenges that come with styling the cars of the future. He says that new powertrains and new materials are 'revolutionizing' Audi.
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