With emerging markets buying more and more vehicles every year, it seems as though almost every automaker is looking to expand into new regions. Sports car makers are no exception — Aston Martin announced that it would be moving into China and now comes word that Lotus will be heading to India.
Although in the beginning stages of its move to India, Lotus is currently searching for a dealer network. The first vehicle planned for the Indian market will be a version of the Elise.
Lotus has seen recent success with expansion into Thailand and Mexico.
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Year awards; a Honda and a Mazda rounded out the roster.
Tahoe Hybrid. 
winning truck of the year in January. An encore sweep could be in the offing. If that happens, it would mark the first time a manufacturer won both awards two years in a road since the awards were created in 1994.
Civic and Ridgeline.
benchmarks in their class. Each vehicle is judged and ranked by various categories. Those include general design, safety, fuel economy, handling and general roadworthiness, performance, comfort, assembly quality, functionality, technical innovation, driver satisfaction and price. Value for the dollar and affordability are particularly important factors. 
determine the best new products automakers offer each year.
While greens (and tax collectors) the world over have hailed London's Congestion Charge (CG), the scheme is far from the showpiece legislation its proponents suggest, and it's about to get worse. The Times reports that London's traffic has returned to pre-CG levels. Even less surprisingly, well-paid bureaucrats swallow a full 47 percent of the £800m raised by the CG– to the point where London has cut bus subsidies. At the same time, "The introduction of more bus lanes and pedestrian-friendly measures, TfL [Transport for London] admits, have also contributed to congestion." And now The Evening Standard reports that the recent tweak to the system– adding low CO2 cars like the Fiat Panda and Ford Fiesta to the hybrids who get a free pass– threatens to hole its income. As you (but not London Mayor Ken Livingstone) might imagine, the city cars' exemption from the £8 daily fee has sparked a boom in small car sales. I'm sorry, did I say £8? As part of the tweak, "gas guzzlers" will have to pay £25 a day to drive in inner London. Anyway, a study commissioned by Land Rover (for obvious reasons) reckons that the Mayor's plan to give A and B-class cars a free ride could add an extra 10k cars to London's traffic and "contribute to global warming" (way to stick the boot in). 
