Luxury cars on lease drive India's new CXO perksThe luxury automobile landscape in India is undergoing a remarkable transformation. Corporate leasing has emerged as a pivotal factor drivi...
08 Mar, 2026, 08.34 AM IST
From Mahindra Thar to Hyundai Creta: Popular cars that will get cheaper with GST 2.0The Goods and Service Tax revision brings joy for the auto industry. Several popular cars will now be priced lower. The tax rate for small ...
04 Sep, 2025, 03.19 PM IST
Porsche SUV crashes into Sydney home, lands on bed; police search for 2 people after incidentIn south-west Sydney, an SUV crashed into a house after hitting a transformer. The occupants fled the scene. No one was home at the time. A...
29 Jun, 2025, 02.49 PM IST
Ayesha Takia recalls 'night of horror' as '150 people' surrounded them; defends husband Farhan Azmi after Goa arrestAyesha Takia has responded to the arrest of her husband, Farhan Azmi, in Goa, calling the situation unfair and expressing faith in the lega...
04 Mar, 2025, 11.02 PM IST
Wife allegedly stole Rs 175 crore from company. Later, husband kidnaps owner and gives him two optionsA Nevada man kidnapped his wife's boss after she allegedly embezzled $20 million from his company. He threatened the boss to falsely report...
26 Feb, 2025, 09.51 AM IST
Pune: NCP former corporator's son, allegedly drunk, rams SUV into tempo; Third high-profile accident in 2 monthsPune Accident (Google Trends): Saurabh Gaikwad, the son of former corporator and NCP leader Bandu Gaikwad, allegedly rammed his speeding SU...
18 Jul, 2024, 12.49 PM IST
High taxes hampering growth of luxury car segment in India: AudiLuxury vehicles currently attract the top GST slab of 28 per cent with an additional cess of 20 per cent on sedans and 22 per cent on SUVs,...
31 Oct, 2021, 11.36 AM IST
Audi drives in e-tron electric vehicles in India, expects 15% of total sales to be EVs by 2025Having faced the brunt of falling market and product portfolio shift for the last three to four years of decline, Audi now expects to post ...
22 Jul, 2021, 04.28 PM IST
High taxes on luxury vehicles in India are restricting growth: Mercedes BenzIndustry estimates showed around 21,000 luxury cars were sold in the local market last year, compared to 34,000 units the year before, indi...
16 Mar, 2021, 10.46 PM IST
Stop calling luxury cars as sin goods; reduce GST: JLRIf sin goods mean expensiveness, then even wearing expensive shirts would also be 'sin', JLR India MD said.
30 Jun, 2019, 08.34 PM IST
Consistent tax policy needed for long-term business plan in India: LamborghiniThe segment, which stood at around 100 units a year in 2011-12, declined consistently with growth returning only in 2015-16.
30 Sep, 2018, 01.15 PM IST
Auto shares advance despite GST cess hikeThe increased GST cess on mid- and high-segment cars approved by the GST Council will come into effect from Monday.
11 Sep, 2017, 03.38 PM IST
Cabinet may consider ordinance on GST cess hike tomorrowPresently, large motor vehicles, SUVs, mid-segment cars, large cars, hybrid cars and hybrid motor vehicles attract a cess of 15 per cent on...
29 Aug, 2017, 07.08 PM IST
Cabinet may this week consider hike in GST cess on carsThe Cabinet may this week consider issuing an ordinance to increase the cess on mid- size, large cars and SUVs to 25 per cent from 15 per c...
27 Aug, 2017, 03.21 PM IST
Heavy bikes, yachts, private jets to attract 31 per cent GSTThe cess for motorcycles with more than 350 cc engine has been kept at 3 per cent, taking the total incidence of taxation to 31 per cent.
19 May, 2017, 12.16 PM IST
Small-car buyers will have to shell out more under GST, SUVs to cost lessUnlike multiple taxes levied currently, the new tax structure will see a uniform rate of 28% on cars plus a cess of 1% for small petrol car...
19 May, 2017, 07.48 AM IST
- Germany may ask India for rollback of duty on CKd kits for luxury cars
Germany may ask India not to impose higher import duty on completely knocked down kits of luxury cars and SUVs.
30 May, 2011, 03.13 AM IST