Carandbike.com is an Indian automotive news portal and online marketplace for used cars, founded in 2015. It covers news about the automobile industry and is currently owned by the Mahindra Group, having been acquired from NDTV. The platform is also known as NDTV Auto and serves as a marketplace for both new and used cars, while also publishing reviews from the automotive sector.[3][4]
 Carandbike | |
| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
Type of site | Automotive |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | India |
| Editor | Girish Karkera |
| CEO | Nalin Kapoor[1][2] |
| Industry | Automobile |
| Services | Used car News |
| Parent | Mahindra Group NDTV |
| Divisions | Mahindra First Choice Wheels Limited Fifth Gear Ventures Limited |
| URL | www |
| Current status | Active |
Girish Karkera is the current editor-in-chief of Carandbike.[5]
History
editCarandbike.com was launched in 2015 and was operated by Fifth Gear Ventures.[4] It was part of the media house NDTV before being acquired by Mahindra & Mahindra through its unit, Mahindra First Choice Wheels Limited.[6]
In 2016, NDTV Limited held 39.57 percent of the company, while 39.58 percent was held by NDTV Convergence Ltd.[7]
In January 2016, Carandbike.com tied up with Mahindra Group for the launch of the KUV100.[8] In January 2018, Tata Motors partnered with Carandbike.com for the online bookings of the Tata Tiago.[3]
Carandbike Awards
editThe company has established Carandbike Awards to recognize the best in the automobile industry.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Mahindra First Choice Wheels".
- ^ "carandbike Editor-In-Chief Siddharth Vinayak Patankar Appointed Vice-Chairman Of World Car Awards". Apnnews.
- ^ a b "Tata Motors, Carandbike.com tie up for online booking of Tiago". The Hindu Business Line. 20 January 2018.
- ^ a b "M&M subsidiary to acquire e-com market platform Fifth Gear Ventures". The Economic Times. 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Girish Karkera". aninews.in. 2023.
- ^ Kapur, Narinder (17 January 2020). "Mahindra to buy CarandBike.com from NDTV to rev up digital presence". VCCircle.
- ^ Pahwa, Nikhil (28 July 2017). "Autobyte to pick up controlling stake in NDTV's CarAndBike.com". Media Nama. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Carandbike.com ties up with Mahindra to sell cars' online". Business Standard. 18 January 2016.
- ^ Chakrabarty, Shreoshree (22 March 2021). "2021 Carandbike Awards Announces The Best In The Business". Media Infoline.