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Maven’s peer-to-peer car sharing service will expand to 10 cities in the next few months General Motors is expanding its peer-to-peer car-sharing service to 10 cities by the end of this year, the company announced today. The service, which is part of GM’s mobility arm Maven, launched this summer and is already live in Ann Arbor and Detroit, Michigan, along with Chicago and Denver. By the end of 2018, GM says, it will be available in Baltimore, Boston, Washington, DC, Jersey City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco as well.Maven’s peer-to-peer service allows owners to rent their cars by the hour or daily, and they get a 60 percent cut of the cost of each rental. The company says this can add up to hundreds — in some cases thousands — of dollars per month, depending on what car they have and how often they make it available. For example, Maven says renting a 2018 Chevy Cruze for seven days per month can net an owner $533, while a 2017 GMC Sierra pickup truck can pu...

The Mahindra Scorpio was first introduced in 2002. Since then, it has been one of the highest-selling SUVs in our country. The Scorpio is easily among the most recognizable SUVs on our roads. However, there are as many as 10 things that many of you don’t know about the Mahindra Scorpio. Mahindra’s first truly in-house vehicle The Mahindra Scorpio is the first-ever in-house vehicle from Mahindra and Mahindra. This SUV was born on the 50th anniversary of the company in the year 2002. The Scorpio was designed and developed in-house with some assistance from AVL Austria and consultants from Japan. Only23 engineers worked on the Scorpio project Mahindra and Mahindra used only 23 of its expert engineers on this project. This helped the manufacturer keep the development costs under control. The complete cost of design and development of this SUV, including the tooling at the Nashik factory, cost Mahindra and Mahindra just about Rs 500 crore. The company achieved thi...

The Indian car market is full of modified cars. While some of them are modified with elegance and really look unique, many others are modified to look like various other cars. We bring you five such modified cars. Maruti Vitara Brezza – Jeep Compass The Maruti Vitara Brezza is the largest selling utility vehicle in India. The sub 4-meter compact SUV has a lot of buyers and many of them have modified the car to look like Land Rovers. After the launch of Jeep Compass in the Indian market, many Vitara Brezza owners have swapped the front grille of the Brezza with the iconic 7-slat grille of the Jeep. It sure looks good and different but too wannabe, we think. Mahindra Bolero – Mitsubishi Pajero The Mahindra Bolero used to be the top-selling UV in the Indian market before the arrival of the Maruti Brezza. The rugged SUV is quite popular in Tier II and Tier III cities of India. The Mitsubishi Pajero too has quite a fan following in India. The Pajero SFX became extr...