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New Jaguar XF Launched In India; Price Starts At Rs. 49.50 Lakh Tata Motors-owned British brand   Jaguar XF   on Wednesday launched the all-new XF luxury saloon with prices starting at Rs 49.5 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). Deliveries of XF are scheduled to begin from the end of September and customers can book one through any of the 23 authorised Jaguar Retailers located near them. With the introduction of the Ingenium Diesel engine, the XF becomes the first Jaguar in India to get this power-train. The car is launched in three diesel and two petrol variants with the top end costing Rs 61.85 lakh. The Jaguar XF will take on Mercedes-Benz E Class, AudiA6 and BMW 5 Series. The E-Class is the highest selling model for Mercedes-Benz, which is India's largest selling luxury car maker.   Read More

Touch, pinch, ride on Riding a   motorcycle   is about to become a little less zen. Pretty soon, it will be rare for someone astride a big cruiser to scan the unfurling ribbon of road and stoically wonder how many new Snapchat messages he has. The age of the infotainment system is imminent. This week, Polaris Industries, the company behind Indian and Victory motorcycles, unveiled a new 7-inch   touchscreen system   dubbed Ride Command that will give turn-by-turn directions, sync to smartphones, and flag the nearest gas station when the tank is low. The handlebar computer will come standard on Indian's new Chieftain and Roadmaster bikes, which account for about half the brand's sales. "We're really pumped up about this," said Steve Menneto, president of motorcycles at Polaris. "We're opening up a huge part of the market for ourselves."   (read more)

Chinese automaker plans self-driving, electric car by 2020 An automotive venture backed by China tech giant Tencent aims to launch an electric   self driving car   before 2020, entering a crowded field dominated by US-based Tesla, the chief executive told Reuters on Tuesday. Future Mobility, backed by Tencent and Hon Hai Precision Industries, is one of an expanding field of China-backed ventures that aim to take on   Tesla   Motors Inc as green energy car sales boom in China. Although the venture sought to produce premium cars like Tesla, it would attempt a different strategy from the US company that began with relatively limited production and focuses on a single model at a time, CEO Carsten Breitfeld said in an interview. "Right from the beginning we define the platform, right from the beginning we define the production process to be mass production and right from the beginning we think of more than one model, a family of models, defined from this platf...