London - India's Tata Motors group, which owns British luxury car maker Jaguar and Land Rover, has said it plans to revive the super-luxury Daimler brand to appeal to wealthy customers from Asia, Russia and the Middle East.

Ratan Tata, head of the Indian conglomerate, has told investors of his plan to resurrect the Daimler marque in direct competition with luxury brands Bentley and Rolls-Royce, Britain's Times newspaper reported Monday.

Tata had earmarked 1 billion pounds (2 billion dollars) to develop new models at its British-based manufacturers, the report said.

To strengthen its oldest popular model Maruti 800 (M800), India’s giant car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki is proposing to roll out ‘Maruti 800 Uniq’ in the Indian market.

The new Maruti 800 `Uniq` is an advanced version, which comes equipped with a range of new features including body graphics, all new beige upholstery, trendy door trims with fabric patch, smart lower console box, rear package tray, stylish dome decal to draw young consumers.

Berlin - German luxury carmaker Porsche, which holds almost a third of mass producer Volkswagen, is to publish figures for the financial year ending July 31 that will show profits higher than turnover, a news report said Saturday.

Der Spiegel news magazine said the unusual accounting situation would result from the revaluation of the 31-per-cent VW stake. Porsche would report profits of more than
11 billion euros (17 billion dollars) on turnover of just 8.6 billion euros.

Wolfsburg, Germany - Volkswagen is to build the right-hand- drive version of its new Golf model at its main German plant in Wolfsburg, shifting production from its plant at Uitenhage on South Africa's southern coast, the company announced Saturday.

VW South Africa head David Powells told the newspaper Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung the RHD version of the Golf VI, aimed at the Asia- Pacific and African markets, would be available in October.