Toyota reopens Fortuner bookings in India
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd has reopened the bookings of its premium SUV Fortuner from today. The booked vehicles will only be delivered in September – October.
Toyota has stopped the bookings of Fortuner way back in January after receiving overwhelming response from the customers. Since its launch in August 2009 8500 units of Fortuner has been sold aggregating 60% of market share in its segment replacing CR-V from its top position.
Press Release:
Sandeep Singh, deputy managing director-Marketing said
“We would like to thank our customers for the extremely encouraging response till date. The resounding success of the Fortuner in India also meant a backlog of customer orders and high waiting periods. We have now increased the production of the vehicle to more than 950 units to clear the present backlog of less than 4000 customer orders by this September. We are happy to reopen the bookings from the 1st of July for a limited period, and will start deliveries of the vehicle from October until December 2010.” Read more…
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Expert: Lithium requires “out-of-box” breakthroughs
The future, or forever a niche?
Are batteries really the future of the auto industry?
For the last couple of decades materials scientist Dr. Jean-Marie Tarascon of the Laboratoire réactivité et chimie des solides (LRCS) at Université de Picardie Jules Verne, and previously Bell Labs and Bellcore, has been working on energy storage solutions, most notably the plastic Li-ion battery (PLiON).
Kia Reports Best Sales Quarter Ever (USA)
Kia Motors America today announced its best sales quarter ever of 93,373 units, bolstered by the company’s best June sales ever of 31,906 units, a 12.8-percent increase over the previous June best in 2008. Year-to-date sales of 170,069 are up 15.4-percent, and the 2011 Sorento was Kia’s best-selling vehicle for the sixth consecutive month with 8,608 units sold. Strong sales of the Forte and Soul were also accounted for, with 7,467 and 6,429 units sold respectively.
“Kia Motors’ design-led transformation is attracting new buyers to Kia showrooms, as evidenced by our best-ever first half of the year sales,” said Byung Mo Ahn, group president and CEO of KMA and Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia (KMMG). “Consumers are taking notice of the eye-catching design and long list of comfort, convenience and technology features found in our new generation vehicles, including the Sorento, Soul and Forte, and our aggressive launch schedule will continue with the arrival of the all-new Sportage this summer followed just a few months later by the all-new Optima.”
[Source: Kia Motors America]
