Wednesday, August 26, 2009

New-look Estilo Maruti Zen New Model

India’s largest car manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki India, today launched a variant of its small car Estilo. The car will now run on a more fuel efficient engine.

Powered by the K-series engine, the 998cc petrol Estilo comes at an introductory price ranging from Rs 3.12 lakh to Rs 3.95 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).

Maruti is planning to upgrade all its models to Bharat Stage-IV emission standard by March 2010.

The company also expects sales to grow by over 10 per cent during current fiscal.

“I think we should be able to sell 8 lakh units during this financial year and that is our target. This will be a growth of over 10 per cent compared with the last fiscal,” said Shinzo Nakanishi, managing director and CEO, Maruti Suzuki India.

Maruti sold over 7.22 lakh vehicles in the domestic market in 2008-09.

It sold 2,64,936 units within the country in the April-July period of this year, an increase of 13.70 per cent over the year-ago period.

Friday, August 21, 2009

Chevrolet Aveo: Chevrolet new offering for Indian roads

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The chunky looking car is on the cards from Chevrolet for introduction in Indian market. The car is presently being tested near Halol plant in Gujarat and Mumbai.Going by the rumors the new Chevrolet Aveo will be available in both petrol and diesel versions with 1.4 ltr motor that produces 94 BHP and comes with 16 valve variable inlet geometry. Another version of the car will have 8 valve and 1.2 ltr motor.

The hatch version of the car will be slotted against Getz and in the price segment of 4.5 to 5 lakhs. The saloon version will stand neck to neck with Hyundai Accent and Corsa.

Mercedes Benz Introduces C Class Special Edition !

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Only 60 cars will be manufactured to maintain its exclusivity.

The C-Class has been the star of young achievers and dynamic individuals whose lifestyles is a celebration of aspiration, ambition and drive.

Facelifted Mitsubishi Outlander

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The next generation Mitsubishi Outlander was snapped in a Carlifonia parking lot. It could have been easily mistaken for the Outlander GT concept shown at the New York show in April this year.

The next generation Outlander will stay true to its concept and sport the EVO’s grille. The production car is essentially the GT Concept without the chrome. The front bumper is partly left black and so is the rear bumper. The brake lights have a transparent housing, unlike the concept’s which were red.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

2009 Audi A5 Exotic Car

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2010 Ford F150 SVT Raptor

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Monday, August 17, 2009

2009 Audi Q5 3.2 quattro Premium

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The 2009 Audi Q5 is this German automaker's first compact SUV. This five-passenger wagon comes standard with the company's quattro all-wheel drive. A single Premium trim level is offered. The sole powertrain teams a 270-hp 3.2-liter V6 engine with a 6-speed automatic transmission. The AWD system splits torque 40/60 front/rear, and has the ability to shift as much as 65 percent to the front and 85 percent to the rear as driving conditions warrant. Maximum towing capacity is 4400 lb. Standard on Q5 are 18-inch wheels; 20-inch wheels are available. Available safety features include ABS, traction control, antiskid system, curtain side airbags, and front and rear side airbags. Available features include Audi's MMI (Multi Media Interface) system, which uses a dashboard screen and control knob to control audio, navigation, suspension, and other functions. Other available features include three-zone climate control, a navigation system with real-time traffic information, keyless entry and starting, a rearview camera, a power tailgate, and a wireless cell-phone link. Optional is Audi Drive Select, which allows for driver control of engine, transmission, steering, and suspension settings.
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Sunday, August 16, 2009

The 2009 Jaguar XF

The new Jaguar XF, The 2009 Jaguar XF, the production car inspired by the concept. The XF will be released in four models starting with a 240hp 2.7 liter V6 (Europe only) at the entry level all the way up to a 420hp 4.2 liter V8 which clocks a 0-60 time of 5.1 seconds. The interior features a host of bleeding edge technology such as touch screen controls, Bluetooth compatibility, and an optional Bowers and Wilkins sound system. The Luxury 2.7-litre V6 diesel £33,900($68,267 USD) and SV8 4.2-litre V8 petrol supercharged £54,900($110,557 USD) in UK. Available April 2008.



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Friday, August 14, 2009

Fiat Grande Punto Review

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Leading Italian auto manufacturer Fiat has launched its most awaited premium hatchback model Fiat Punto in Indian market. Fiat Grande Punto has launched in Indian market as a joint venture between Italian passenger car manufacturer Fiat and Indian auto major Tata Motors. Fiat Punto is consistently performing well internationally since its first debut at Frankfurt Motor Show in 2005 and it has won many awards such as "Car of the Year 2008" award in Brazil. Even on safety point of view, the Fiat Grande Punto has received the 5-Star rating in the stringent Euro NCAP safety tests. Now with the launch of this car in Indian market, the company plans to strengthen its position in hatchback segment here. Fiat Punto is the second vehicle that has been launched by the FIAL (Fiat India Automobiles Ltd.). Fiat Punto has launched in Indian market with three engine options - a 1.2L, 1172cc petrol engine, 1.4L, 1368cc, FIRE petrol engine and a 1.3L, 1248cc multijet turbo diesel engine.

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Monday, August 10, 2009

Honda Jazz one life why so serious

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The journey of the first generation Jazz started in 2001 with its debut launch in Japan. The car is now being sold in more than 115 countries across the Globe.

The first generation Jazz set a benchmark by achieving cumulative sales of more than 2 million units. The truly acclaimed and the stunning performer Honda Jazz , in its Second generation avatar, has been launched finally in India but with a price tag starting from Rs. 7 lakhs the prospective buyers may go for the much more affordable and feature rich Hyundai i20.

Design

Honda's Jazz is one of the cleverest superminis around. It's a thoroughly modern design that's innovative in its use of space, with remarkably good head and rear legroom, well specced, and fitted with frugal and characterful engines.

It's at its best in town where it's both friendly and fun to drive. From the outside the brilliance of the Jazz is not immediately obvious. It has more than a hint of the MPV (Multi Purpose Vehicle) about it. Though the Honda Jazz is small, Honda's enviable reputation for refinement and reliability shine through clearly.

Take a little look at the exterior of the Honda Jazz and you will see just some of the great styling and body features that saw the Honda Jazz win the Japan Car of the Year in 2001 and 2002 - with a few updated twists here and there.

The Exterior Design of Honda Jazz is stylish and embellish typical Honda design - sharp lines and central bonnet ridge. Sharp headlamps supplements the steeply raked windscreen but the front grille resembles the CR-V. Alloy wheels and ellipsoidal glass area decorates the Jazz side. Taillamp is the pure attraction as it blends with the rear.

Interiors

Get inside and the Jazz will easily accommodate five adults and their luggage. The interior Design of Honda Jazz is most likely to don a dashboard as impressive as that of the Civic.

You sit quite high up in the Jazz, although a good range of seat and wheel adjustment makes it easy for most drivers to get comfortable and find good vision. The cabin is well planned and attractive, with big, easy-to-use buttons.

The view forwards is similar to that found in a baby MPV. Steering wheel is fully adjustable and there's an excellent driving position, although the seats are a little firm. Good all-round visibility from the tall design and large glass areas. Attractive cabin with chunky switches and buttons in all the places you'd expect them. They're user-friendly, and intuitive to use.

Interior build quality is spot-on with quality materials used throughout. Panel fit is perfect and there are no suspicious rattles or squeaks. Jazz is one of the most desirable small cars on sale, thanks to its clever, spacious interior, frugal petrol engine, and Honda's reputation for reliability.

The Jazz practicality has been enhanced with three mode “Magic Seat” configuration to achieve multiple seating and cargo-carrying configurations for long or tall objects in addition to the standard five-passenger mode.

Utility mode : Easy one-motion dive down and reverse operation of the rear seats. The luggage space can be extended to a maximum length of 1,720 mm thanks to the spacious full-flat floor.

Long mode : In Utility mode, place the passenger seat in the full reclining position to create a space up to 2,400 mm long to carry long objects.

Tall mode : Fold up the rear seat cushions to take advantage of Jazz’s 1,280 mm roof height—the perfect way to make space for tall items like house plants.

Engine

The Jazz has been launched in India with a 1.2 L i-VTEC engine which has been specially developed for the Indian Market. It reflects the company's commitment towards India and its continued focus on bringing in the latest global technology into the country.

The engine has been exclusively researched and developed at the Honda R&D centre in Tochigi, Japan to suit Indian road & safety conditions. The revolutionary “Made for India” discovery offers a dual advantage of superior power and low fuel consumption. The future ready E10 compatible engine even ensures environment responsibility by matching Euro IV emission levels.

The new powertrain is a 4 cylinder 1198 cc engine featuring Programmed Fuel Injection delivering class-leading power of 89 Bhp at 6200 rpm and torque of 110 Nm at 4800 rpm while giving an impressive fuel economy of 16.1 km per litre as per ARAI test data. It is expected that Jazz will give mileage of around 13-14 kms per litre in city driving.

Honda India has initially launched Jazz with 1.2 litre engine. But they are also planning to launch another variant of Jazz with much more powerful 1.5 litre 118 Bhp engine which is currently available in Honda City.

The advantage of the i-VTEC engine is that, it regulates the opening of air-fuel intake valves and exhaust valves in accordance with engine speeds. By regulating valve opening to match engine speed, the engine adjusts its characteristics to deliver both superior power and low fuel consumption.

The Jazz chassis realizes both superior ride comfort and agile handling. The high rigidity body and supple suspension provide an exceptional dynamic performance. The car features a McPherson strut suspension in the front.

The H-shaped torsion beam rear suspension achieves the maximum possible space for the rear seats and cargo area as well as steady ride comfort and agile handling. The Electric Power Steering aids the driver to steer the car with less effort and gives better handling.

Safety

Safety of passengers and pedestrians is a top priority for Honda and all safety equipment is standard across all variants. The Honda Jazz comes fully loaded with various active and passive safety features including ABS (Anti-Lock Braking System) with EBD (Electronic Brake-Force Distribution System), Dual SRS airbags and pre-tensioner seat belts.

Honda’s Advanced Compatibility Engineering Body (ACE) & G-CON (G-Force Control Technology) provide a high integrity survival zone that enhances self-protection and better compatibility in collisions with other vehicles. Honda’s Pedestrian-injury reduction body design helps protect pedestrians from injury in the event of a collision.

Variants & Shades

Honda has launched Jazz in India in 3 variants:

- Jazz
- Jazz Mode
- Jazz Active

Honda jazz prices starts from Rs. 6.98 Lakhs going up to Rs. 7.28 Lakhs for the Mode version and Rs. 7.33 Lakhs for the top end Active. These prices are ex-showroom New Delhi.

All Jazz variants come standard with dual front air bags, dash integrated MP3/CD sound system with steering mounted controls and ABS + EBD.

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Saturday, August 8, 2009

Chevrolet Cruze uses Delta 2 platform


The Chevrolet Cruze will be the first vehicle to use GM's revamped Delta 2 platform, an architecture that will be used on all GM small cars around the globe, including replacements for the Chevrolet HHR, Opel Zafira and its related siblings. PHOTO (select to view enlarged photo)

The Cruze's bodywork will also carry a design vocabulary that will be incorporated into all vehicles across the globe that carry the Chevy bowtie It features a dramatic re-interpretation of the traditional sedan featuring Chevrolet's new global design language that is becoming a signature on all new products carrying the gold bowtie.

It is the result of a development process harnessing GM's global expertise and is the first of a new family of compact products that will deliver world class quality. It will be backed by expected highest scores in all major crash safety ratings.

Design & Style

Cruze's arching roof-line, extending from the steeply raked windshield to its sloping rear pillars and short rear deck, brings coupe-like proportions to a compact sedan.

Wider and longer than most of its competitors, Chevrolet Cruze has a purposeful stance with its wheels located at the outer edges of the tautly drawn bodywork. Noticeably tight body panel fits and a restrained use of exterior trim add to a high quality, 'hewn from solid' appearance.

Chevrolet Cruze's dramatic profile is matched by bold front styling, with large headlamp housings that wrap around the front corners and sweep up, arrow-like, into the fenders and sculpted hood.

Distinct design themes include:

- A concave shoulder line
- 2 Tier grille
- 'wheels-out/body-in' stance.
- 'twin cockpit' design motif, first introduced in the iconic Chevrolet Corvette sports car.


Interiors

The interior is well-proportioned and the sculpted seats offer good support. It's surprisingly quiet in the cabin too which is a good indicator of build quality. We would happily do considerable mileage in this car.

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The interiors appear very attractive with dual tone beige dashboard and leather covered upholstery. Its stylish dashboard that is packed with lots of advanced instruments and beige upholstery makes it interior more stylish.

The Cruze oozes quality, even down to well chosen instruments - including those that have come from the much more expensive Vauxhall Insignia. There shouldn't be any reliability issue to speak of and the use of soft touch materials throughout should mean there's less chance of creaks and rattles.

It will be packed with advanced integrated Blaupunkt RDS Radio / CD player with MP3 CD capability with Six CD Changer audio system with six integrated speakers that offer high class entertainment. Its advanced audio system will be available with MP3 Auxiliary Input Jack and with USB Socket to connect devices like pen drive, mobile phones etc. The audio controls will be mounted on steering wheel so that there will be no need to distract your eyes from road to operate audio system.

Ride & Handling

The front wheels of Cruze will be packed with large ventilated disc brakes while its rear wheels will be packed with solid drum brakes. Its larger diameter disc brakes de-accelerate the car quickly. ABS (Antilock Brake System) with EBD (Electronic Brake-Force Distribution) resists car to skid out of control in case of emergency braking.

Although GM engineers claim that they have been able to optimize this design for both accurate handling and a comfortable ride, it's surprising that the Cruze doesn't feature independent rear suspension like the global Ford platform used for the Mazda 3.

Engine Options

Cruze will be launched in both petrol and diesel. There will be 2 petrol variants - 1.6L, 1598cc,DOHC petrol engine with MPFI (Multi Point Fuel Injection System). And 2nd petrol variant will be powered by 1.8L, 1796cc, DOHC petrol engine with MPFI (Multi Point Fuel Injection System).

The diesel variant will be powered by a 2.0L, 1991cc, SOHC diesel engine with Direct Fuel Injection. There will also be a option of 6-speed automatic and 5-speed manual transmission.

Safety

Active safety features that will be Dual Front Airbags, front Seat Side Airbags and Roof Curtain Airbags that offers safety in case of collision, ABS (Antilock Brake System) with EBD (Electronic Brake-Force Distribution), Front Ventilated Disc Brakes, Traction Control and Electronic Stability Control.

Passive safety features that will be Side Impact Beams, Height Adjustable Front Seatbelts, Front Seatbelts with Pretensioner, 3x3 Point Rear Seatbelts, Warning Lamp for Driver Seatbelt, Front Seatbelt Reminder, Height Adjustable Headrest with Tilting Function, Knee Protector, ISOFIX Child Seat Restraint System (2nd row outer rear), Child Locks and Central Locking.

Launch Date, Pricing

Chevrolet India is planning to launch the all new cruze next month in a price range of 14-18 lakhs to compete with the likes of Toyota Corolla Altis, Skoda Octavia & Honda Civic. It is expected that it will be available in atleast 5-7 variants in 6-8 shades.

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