Friday, March 7, 2008

Fiat India slashes car prices

Carmaker Fiat India has reduced prices of its flagship model Palio Stile in response to tax cuts for small cars announced in India's national budget for 2008-09. The three variants of Palio Stile will cost up to Rs.12,000 less from March 1.

"We welcome the finance minister's move on reduction in Cenvat (central value-added tax) rate and have decided to pass on the benefit to our customers," a company spokesperson said. Fiat India is a 50:50 joint venture between Fiat Group Automobiles SPA and Tata Motors.

Last week, Tata Motors lowered prices of its popular Tata Indica models by Rs.12,000 to Rs.16,000.

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