The story is originally from Forbes, and then carried by Rediff. This is a slideshow, and much better to view than the rediff text story, so I am linking to the original source. It is generic enough for us in India, so click on and watch some great illustrated stuff on how they fool us, and how we can fool them back! Join discussion...

SX4 loses lead over City in 2nd month, says Economic Times. The SX4 had made an impressive debut in May climbing to the number one position in the first month of launch, but this turned out to be a temporary surge. Making a comeback, the Honda City sold 2,656 units in June as against 1,975 units of SX4. In May the SX4 had outnumbered City sales by about 162 units. During that month, the SX4 sales stood at 3,000 units as against Honda City’s sales of 2,838 units. Join discussion...

Maruti vs Honda! The undisputed mid-size car market leader Honda City has been dethroned by Maruti's new SX4. According to figures for May, the SX4 (launched on May 7) sold 3,000 units, against 2,838 units by Honda City, hitherto the undisputed segment leader. Join discussion...

Ford India has no intention to withdraw Ikon from the market, the Ford India's Vice-President-Marketing, Sales and Service, Mr Scott McCormack, has told journalists. The comment comes in the wake of rumours that Ikon would be phased out, which have appeared perhaps because the company has rationalised the portfolio and currently offers only one petrol and one CNG variant. Join discussion...

Sales of the Mahindra Logan so far has been a matter of speculation. Now there is some info coming out of the company. Auto Monitor reports that 1500 units of the Logan have been sold so far. Diesel seems to be the more popular Mahindra Logan version. In 11 cities — Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Nashik, Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Ludhiana and Jalandhar — Mahindra has a total of 3000 bookings for the Logan. Join discussion...

Honda City, the hottest selling car in the mid-sized car (A3) segment, has been toppled from its top position following the launch of Maruti’s SX4, the auto major’s first real challenge in the big car segment, according to unofficial figures. Join discussion...

Maruti Alto, Hyundai Santro, Suzuki Swift, Honda City and Honda Civic are the winners in the Indian car market. So what makes them so super-sucesful? Join discussion...

Hyundai Motor India Ltd on Monday reported a marginal increase in sales during June at 27,653 units as compared to 27,251 units in the same month last year. Join discussion...

inflated interest and the exit of financiers from certain high-volume but risky markets alone don’t quite justify the bumpy ride down south. Perhaps, the Brando-like attitude is changing and new riders would rather be safe than sorry. Or, is it more affordable four-wheelers with CNG and all? Maybe, more women in the workforce who’d rather prefer to scoot to work than thunder in on a bike. ET pulls up by nosediving motorcycle volumes to get one up on the phenomenon. Join discussion...

The German luxury car maker Porsche has a new home within India's burgeoning market for exclusive cars. With the opening of Porsche showroom in south Mumbai and an overall investment of $2 million Porsche is set to provide customers in the subcontinent's powerhouse with a state-of-the-art facility. Join discussion...