Carandbike.com
Carandbike
Carandbike
Type of businessPrivate
Type of site
Automotive
Available inEnglish
Founded2015
Headquarters
India
EditorGirish Karkera
CEONalin Kapoor[1][2]
IndustryAutomobile
ServicesUsed car News
ParentMahindra Group
NDTV
DivisionsMahindra First Choice Wheels Limited
Fifth Gear Ventures Limited
URLwww.carandbike.com
Current statusActive

Carandbike.com is an Indian automotive news portal and online used car market place that covers the news of automobile industry, founded in 2015. It is currently owned by Mahindra Group after its acquisition from NDTV. The platform is also known as NDTV Auto. It also acts as a marketplace for new and used cars, and publishes reviews from automotive sector.[3][4]

Girish Karkera is the current editor-in-chief of the platform.[5]

History

Carandbike.com started in 2015 and was operated by Fifth Gear Ventures.[4] It was part of media house NDTV before its acquisition by Mahindra & Mahindra through its unit Mahindra First Choice Wheels Limited.[6]

In 2016, NDTV Limited had held 39.57 percent of the company, while 39.58 percent was held by NDTV Convergence Ltd.[7]

In January 2016, Carandbike.com tie up with Mahindra Group for the launch of KUV100.[8] In January 2018, Tata Motors partnered with Carandbike.com for the online bookings of its Tata Tiago.[3]

Carandbike Awards

The company has established Carandbike Awards to recognize the best in the automobile industry.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mahindra First Choice Wheels".
  2. ^ "carandbike Editor-In-Chief Siddharth Vinayak Patankar Appointed Vice-Chairman Of World Car Awards". Apnnews.
  3. ^ a b "Tata Motors, Carandbike.com tie up for online booking of Tiago". The Hindu Business Line. 20 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "M&M subsidiary to acquire e-com market platform Fifth Gear Ventures". The Economic Times. 19 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Girish Karkera". aninews.in. 2023.
  6. ^ Kapur, Narinder (17 January 2020). "Mahindra to buy CarandBike.com from NDTV to rev up digital presence". VCCircle.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Carandbike.com ties up with Mahindra to sell cars' online". Business Standard. 18 January 2016.
  9. ^ Chakrabarty, Shreoshree (22 March 2021). "2021 Carandbike Awards Announces The Best In The Business". Media Infoline.

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