Chevrolet Cruze Accessories - Convenience

Convenience 

Air Pump
Saves your precious time and from harrassement in case of low pressure or flat tyre. Very user friendly and easy to use.

Car Inverter
Stay connected while on drive. Charge your electronic gadgets e.g Laptops and Mobile phones anytime, anywhere.

GPS Navigation Device
Navigator's "map guidance and voice instructions" based on sophisticated Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, will guide you from the beginning of your journey, till you reach your destination.

In-Car Refrigerator
Chill out in hot summer. Enjoy icy cool drinks in your car, anytime.

Reading Lamp
High quality 6 LED lamp with flexible rod to allow uninterrupted reading pleasure at your rear seat.

Soruce: Chevrolet India

These are the available accessories on Chevrolet Cruze. For price and more details visit your nearest Chevrolet dealer. 

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Chevrolet Cruze Accessories - Car Essentials

Car Essentials

Boot Mat
Keep your Chevrolet boot space clean and tidy.

Car Care Items
Complete range helps to keep your Chevrolet always new.

Car Cover
Tailor made according to the shape and size of your Chevrolet. Offers excellent protection to the car from dust, bird droppings, paint fading & scratches.

Car Perfume
Amazing range of fragrance in attractive bottle to rejuvenate and energize your inner senses.

Foot Mat
Made of high quality material to give premium look. Saves your original Chevrolet carpet and mats from damages.

Seat Cover: Premium PU
Made of high grade PU of premium quality. Customised to match the seat profile and interiors. Comes in attractive colour combination.

Splash Guards Set
Customised high quality Splash Guards to prevent your Chevrolet from mud and dust accumulation.

Soruce: Chevrolet India

These are the available accessories on Chevrolet Cruze. For price and more details visit your nearest Chevrolet dealer. 

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Chevrolet Enjoy Voyage specifications

Chevrolet Enjoy Voyage will be launched soon. We will update the details as soon as the vehicle is launched. 

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Maruti to officially stop 800 production, a successor to be launched soon

     After 30 years from its launch, India’s people car Maruti 800 will be officially stop from production from by this April end. Maruti 800 success story is one of the important one in India’s growth history.

It all started in early 80’s, thank to Mr. Sanjay Gandhi for bringing in an affordable car for every Indian. Maruti tied up with Suzuki and signed an agreement on 2^nd October 1982. The first Maruti 800 was priced at Rs. 52,000/- and was owned by an Air India official.

     Though the car did not gain momentum initially because of its fragile body as compared to Ambassadors and Fiats, slowly people discovered Maruti’s easy drivability and practicality. Maruti 800 has undergone many changes to suit the market requirements and no wonder it stands in the league of Henry Ford’s Model T and Volkswagen Beetle.

     Maruti 800 was stopped from 13 cities in India because of non compliance of BSIV emission norms. The car continued to be sold in tier II cities and managed to sell 2000 units even to this day.

     Now Maruti management has decided to stop the car from production and launch a successor to it. It will be a new car and will not bear the name ‘800’, which means Maruti 800 will remain has a history in future.

     Few months ago, a spy picture was taken at Maruti’s Gurgaon factory of a new car which looked like the Alto with some changes. The car could be the next generation 800 and is likely to be powered by a two cylinder petrol engine. Expect the car to be priced around Rs. 2 lakh. Tata Nano, finally you are getting a competitor!

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Tata Indica with 90 Ps 1.3L Multi-jet spied

     Tata Motors has been exploring all possibilities on its Indica platform and this latest spy picture of Indica with changes to the front is one of the classic examples. From the picture the front of the Indica gets the Indigo CS treatment with double barrel headlamps, wider grill and prominent bumper.

     The major change is under the hood. From the badge on the rear and side it is evident that Indica now gets 90 Ps 1.3 L Multi-jet diesel engines. Till now Indica was available with 1.4L TDi and Turbo engine and a 1.3L Multi-jet diesel was long awaited. With the new engine, the price of Indica will go up which might not be a good news for cab drivers. Indica with power steering ss presently available at Rs. 5.75 lakh on-road Bangalore which might go up to Rs. 6.50 lakh with the new engine.

     Tata Indica has been a very good vehicle in terms of price factor. The running cost of Indica very cheap, no wonder cabbies prefer it to any other cars. Indica offers good interior space as well and can seat 5 persons in good comfort. With the new engine there will be a big boost in Indica’s performance, which it lacked right from its inception. 

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Maruti Suzuki Swift Alpha limited edition launched

     Inspite of huge waiting period, Maruti Suzuki has launched limited edition of Swift named Alpha. The limited addition is available in only VXi petrol model, and it is understandable that Maruti wants to push Swift petrol sales which have been taken a beating in the recent times. The petrol version accounts for only 20% of Swift sales.

     The Swift Alpha limited edition comes with following features - Interior Style Kit, Music System with Bluetooth, Speaker, Seat Cover, Designer Mat, Comfi Range, Door Visor, Door Sill Guard, Mud Flap, Spoiler. The limited edition Alpha comes at no extra cost. Volkswagen has been offering more features at no extra cost to boost the Polo petrol sales. 

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Mitsubishi launches updated Montero in India

     Mitsubishi has launched an updated version of its premium SUV Montero in India. The new Montero now gets modified bumper, chrome radiator grill, new finish on the power window panel and new stitch design on leather seats.

     In the interior illumination colour has been switched from blue to read. There is no change in the power train of the Montero; it is powered by the same old 3.2L diesel with power of 202 PS @ 3800 rpm and torque of 441Nm @ 2000 rpm. The Montero is available in three metallic shades – Solid White, Black Mica and Cool Silver. According to the company sources, there is no price hike of the vehicle which is Rs. 41.34 lakhs ex-showroom Delhi.

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Mercedes Benz slips to third place in Indian luxury car market

     Once the market leader Mercedes Benz has now slipped to the third place in Indian luxury car market. Not to forget, Mercedes Benz was the first luxury car company to venture into India when the market here was just in an infancy. With some innovative marketing plans and rock solid product, Mercedes managed to sell good number of cars and dominated the segment for a long time.

     With India's economy booming and more people started going form luxury cars, the other two German luxury car makers BMW and Audi sensed the booming market and entered in India, though slowly. With slew of new launches the late entrants managed to car a niche for themselves and got recognized as a premium car brands in the minds of Indians.

     Mercedes poor performance in recent times is lack of new models. The C,E and S class are the same models sold from past 15 years, though the design and styling have been changed. To be frank, we feel Mercedes cars looked better 10 years back as compared to the present ones. Mercedes SUVs M and G Class could not make an impact on India's because of there sheer price and being not so practical. Other the other hand BMW and Audi launched their new models both in sedan as well as SUV segments. The latest launches from BMW and Audi which are mini SUV have made Indians to stretch a bit to go for a premium luxury brand. With next generation of cars in the pipeline, namely the all new A and B class, Mercedes is seriously thinking of bounce back.

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Garware Motors to launch Hyosung 250cc bikes in India

     Kolkata based Garware Motors will launch 250cc bikes from Hyosung stable in India in 3 to 4 months. The Hyosung range consists of three motorcycles, which include GT650R, GT650N and ST7 Royale, all of which will be available in India soon. These motorcycles will be marketed across India through the company's 16 dealership spread over the country. A new manufacturing unit is also planned at Wai in Mahrashtra with capacity of 2000 motorcycles per year. Garware Motors has entered inot the joint venture with South Korea's S & T Motors which manufactures Hyosung marque motorcycles. The company aims at tie-II cities of India with its first offering GT250R.

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Maruti Suzuki launches Ertiga LUV in India

     Maruti Suzuki today launched its first MPV in India named ‘Ertiga’. The company calls it LUV which means Life Utility Vehicel. The Ertiga MPV is priced between Rs. 5.89 lakh and Rs. 8.45 lakh ex-showroom New Delhi. Maruti Suzuki had displayed Ertiga at the Auto Expo 2012 held at New Delhi this year.


     The Ertiga comes with two engine options – 1.4L petrol and 1.3L diesel. Each petrol and diesel versions have 3 variants which makes Ertiga to be available in 6 different variants in total.

     Maruti Suzuki has brought a new 1.4L petrol engine into the Indian market. The engine belongs to the same K series petrol engines from Suzuki but with a bigger capacity of 1400cc. The engine produces 93 bhp of power and 130 Nm of torque. The 1.3L diesel is the same DDiS engine which powers the SX4. It produces 87 bhp of power and 200 Nm of torque.


Here are the (ex-showroom) prices of Ertiga variants in New Delhi -


Maruti Ertiga Lxi (Petrol) – Rs. 5.89 Lakh
Maruti Ertiga Vxi (Petrol) – Rs. 6.60 Lakh
Maruti Ertiga Zxi (Petrol) – Rs. 7.30 Lakh
Maruti Ertiga Ldi (Diesel) – Rs. 7.30 Lakh
Maruti Ertiga Vdi (Diesel) – Rs. 7.90 Lakh
Maruti Ertiga Zdi (Diesel) – Rs. 8.45 Lakh

Maruti Suzuki Ertiga brochure

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Next Generation Toyota Innova launch by 2014

     According to sources Toyota is planning to launch a latest version Innova in India by the year 2014. Toyota in its vehicle policy has a product life cycle concept which ranges between 8 to 10 years. Since Innova is 7 years old after its launch in 2005, it is nearing the end of its product life cycle and hence need a replacement to stay competitive in the market. 

This is just an illustrated picture and not the original Innova 2014 

     In an emerging market like India, new launches are happening in a short span of time and a product life cycle of 8 to 10 years will be too long. Toyota will keep this aspect in the mind and reduce its product life cycle to launch latest models to stay in the competition. Like the old Swift which was a good looking vehicle underwent phasing out and gave way for the latest model which looks even better. No wonder the Swift is currently ruling the Indian car market.

     Toyota is expected to increase the length of the next generation Innova to create more space for the third row passengers. The interior trim, quality and design will improve to offer more space for the occupants. A new powerful engine is also expected for the new model. However there is no news of a Hybrid option, but Toyota will sure keep an option of Hybrid for its new Innova in future.

Picture source: Wheelosphere

Next Generation Innova 2014: What to expect?

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VW UP! wins World Car of the Year 2012

     Volkswagen’s latest small car ‘UP!’ has been named as the World Car of the Year 2012 at the ongoing New York Auto Expo. The UP was chosen amongst 34 models which included BMW 3 Series and Porsche 911.

Oliver Stefani – designer of VW UP! holds the World Car of the Year 

     The jury for the award comprises of 64 journalists from 25 countries which ensures unbiased judgment depending on a particular market. The UP! managed to impress the jury with its responsive steering, sophisticated suspension set up, efficient engines, quality of materials and overall finish.


The other winners at the occasion include –


World Car Design of the Year – Range Rover Evoque
World Performance Car of the Year – Porsche 911
World Green Car of the Year – Mercedes-Benz S 250 CDI Blue efficiency


     The VW UP! joins the league of World Car of the Year winners - Nissan Leaf (2011), Volkswagen Polo (2010), Volkswagen Golf (2009) and Mazda 2 (2008).

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Maruti to launch a new sedan between Dzire and SX4

     It will not be unfair if we say Maruti Suzuki is one of the first companies to react to the Indian market demands. After the launch of the new Swift Dizre, a potential gap got created below the SX4. The new Swift Dizre is priced between Rs. 4.88 lakh and Rs. 7.5 lakh where as the price of SX4 starts from Rs. 7.7 lakh and goes upto Rs. 9.4 lakh. So an all new sedan segment is created in the price range of Rs. 6.5 lakh to Rs. 8.5 lakh which Maruti do not want to let go.


     Maruti recently rebadged the old Dizre as Dizre Tour which is mainly targeted for the taxi segment. Otherwise the old Dizre would have been a perfect vehicle in Rs. 6.5 lakh to Rs. 8.5 lakh segment. Having said this we have to understand that Maruti Suzuki would have already thought of launching a new sedan below SX4 before the renaming of the old Dzire.

     Since almost all of the Maruti’s latest vehicles are value for money and have had phenomenal success in the recent past, we can expect to have a wonderful vehicle in the form of a new sedan. Since the Eritga will be launched very soon, we can also expect the new sedan to be based on the Ertiga platform which is not a bad idea!


     Maruti is facing a stiff challenge in sedan segment after the launch of new cars like Toyota Etios, Volkswagen Vento and Hyundai Fluidic Verna. Even the diesel SX4 failed to boost the sales in the C segment. The only drawback of Maruti is not having a powerful diesel engine. Suzuki is in talks with Fiat for a bigger 1.6L Mulitjet which might find its place in future SX4s. The new sedan which we mentioned earlier might be powered by the 1.3L DDiS turbo presently powering the SX4.

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India car market sales data for March 2012

Chevrolet
Spark – 1877
Beat – 5621
Aveo-UVA – 41
Aveo – 63
Optra – 123
Cruze – 722
Tavera – 2073
Captiva - 44


Fiat
Punto – 954
Linea – 461


Ford
Figo – 7073
Fiesta Classic – 1564
Fiesta – 373
Endeavour – 16


HM-Mitsubishi
Ambassador – 200
Lancer & Cedia – 42
Pajero – 27
Outlander – 11
Montero – 11
EVO-X – 0


Honda
Brio – 6355
Jazz – 535
City – 3920
Civic – 104
Accord – 101
CR-V – 1


Hyundai
Eon – 12500
Santro – 5359
I10 – 10157
I20 – 6235
Accent – 525
Verna – 4132
Sonata – 92
Santa Fe – 122


Mahindra
Verito – 1763
Bolero – 10078
Xylo – 2805
Scorpio – 4394
XUV500 – 3196


Maruti Suzuki
800 – 2286
Omni – 7218
Alto - 35245
Eeco – 5218
Estilo – 1001
Wagon R – 14589
A-Star – 706
Ritz – 6391
Swift – 20521
Dzire – 16451
SX4 – 1520
Gypsy – 409
Kizashi – 48
Grand Vitara – 4


Nissan
Micra – 1674
Sunny – 4151
X-Trail – 18
Teana – 31
370Z – 1


Renault
Fluence – 227
Koleos – 32


Skoda Auto
Fabia – 770
Rapid – 2882
Laura – 597
Yeti – 224
Superb – 349


Tata Motors
Nano – 10475
Indica +Vista – 11420
Indigo+Manza – 8295
Sumo – 3631
Safari – 1802
Aria – 383
Venture – 978


Toyota
Liva – 4034
Etios – 5104
Innova – 6765
Corolla – 917
Fortuner – 1379
Camry – 0
Prius – 0
Prado – 13
Landcruiser – 8


Volkswagen
Polo – 3840
Vento – 3908
Jetta – 336
Passat – 142
Beetle – 0

Source: team-bhp

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RTOs in Karnataka

Regional Transport Offices in Karnataka with their code, address and phone numbers 

RTO Code	RTO Name & Address	Phone Nos.
KA 01	RTO,Koramangala Banaglaore Central, Koramangala, BDA Complex, 3-Block, Bangalore - 560034	080-25533525
KA 02	RTO, Bangalore (West) Bangalore (West) Rajajinagar Shoppingcomplex Bangalore - 560010	080-23324388
KA 03	RTO, Bangalore (East) Bangalore (East), 2nd Floor, BDA Complex, Indiranagar, Bangalore - 560038	080-25253726
KA 04	RTO, Bangalore (North) 3rdfloor, Shopping Complex, Rly. Stn. Rd., Yeswanthapura, Bangalore-560022	080-23376039
KA 05	RTO, Bangalore (South) Jayanagar Shopping Complex, 4th Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore-560011	080-26630989
KA 06	RTO, Tumkur B.H.Road, Tumkur	0816-2278473
KA 07	RTO, Kolar Goripet Main Road, Kolar	08152-222039
KA 08	RTO, Cormondal Cormondal, K.G.F	08153-260214
KA 09	RTO, Mysore Rto Officer Building, Vani Vilas Road, Near Haardwick High School, Mysore	0821-2330364
KA 10	RTO, Chamaraj Nagar Near Railway Station Road, Chamaraj Nagar	08226-722444
KA 11	RTO, Mandya Near Deputy Commissioners Office, Mandya	08232-220031
KA 12	RTO,Madeikeri Sunny Side, General Thimmaiah Road Madeikeri	08272-225785
KA 13	RTO, Hassan B Kathihalli, Arasikere Road, Hassan-573201	08172-240660
KA 14	RTO, Shimoga Sowlang Road, Old Dc  Office Compound, Shimoga-577201	08182-222209
KA 15	Asst. RTO, Sagar No.25/46, Up stairs, New B.H. Road, Vinobha Nagar, Sagar,Shimoga Dist.	08183-226276
KA 16	RTO, Chitradurga Nh-4, Deviation Road, Chitradurga	08194-230457
KA 17	RTO, Davanagere Devaraj Urs Layout, Davanagere	08912-259848
KA 18	RTO, Chickmagalur M.L.Vasudeva Murthy Building, Hosmane Extn, Chickmagalur	08262-235426
KA 19	RTO, Mangalore Hampanakatte, Nehru Maidhan Road, East A.B. Shetty Circle, Mangalore	0824-2423476
KA 20	RTO, Udupi Padmasali Sabagraha Kattada, Mulki Road, Adi Udupi, Udupi-576103	0820-2521437
KA 21	RTO, Puttur Puttur, Dakshina Kannada District	08251-230729
KA 22	RTO, Belgaum Sangolli Rayanna Circle, P.B.Road, Rto Office Compound, Shivanagar, Belgaum-590016	08312-465503
KA 23	RTO, Chikkodi Mahalingapura Road, Mahaveeranagar Extn, Chikkodi, Belgam Dist.	08338-272241
KA 24	Asst. RTO, Bailahongala Bailahongala, Belgaum Dist.	08288-233288
KA 25	RTO, Dharwad Naavanagar Post, Hubli-Dharwad Road, Dharwad	0836-2322220
KA 26	RTO, Gadag 3739, Jodamaruthi Temple Street, Hubli-Dharwad Road, Gadag-582101	08372-237078
KA 27	RTO, HAVERI No.2548, M.S. Kurubagonda Building, Hukkerimatt Road, Haveri	08375-232299
KA 28	RTO, Bijapur Bagalkot Road, Bijapur	08352-276218
KA 29	RTO, Bagalkot Station Road Extention Area, Navanagar, Bagalkot-577101	08354-235912
KA 30	RTO, Karwar Near Pwd Inspectionbungalow, Karwar-581301	08382-226364
KA 31	RTO, Sirsi Choukimutt Road,Sirsi, Uttara Kannada	08384-226711
KA 32	Rto, Gulbarga Rajpur Cross, Sedam Road, Gulbarga-585105	08472-248805
KA 33	RTO, Yadagiri Near KSRTC Bus Depot, Station Area, Yadagiri	08473-252580
KA 34	RTO, Bellary Bellary-Hospet Road, Contonment, Bellary	08392-240048
KA 35	RTO, Hospet No.180, Near Harihara Road, Amaravathi, Hospet-583201	08394-230766
KA 36	RTO, RAICHUR Near KSRTC Depot, Mantralaya Road, Raichur	08532-223329
KA 37	RTO,Koppal APMC Yard, Koppal	08539-220829
KA 38	RTO, Bidar Near Airforce Gate, Bidar	08482-226361
KA 39	Asst. RTO, Bhalki Near I.B, Gunjarea, Bhalki, Bidar Dist.	08484-262582
KA 40	RTO, Chikkaballapura Bangalore Road, Chikkaballapura	08156-263053
KA 41	RTO, Bangalore 26/2,27/2, Kenchenahalligrama, Jnanabharati, RVCE Post, Mysore Road, Bangalore	080-22718765
KA 42	RTO, Ramanagara Near Ghousia College , Mysore Road, Ramanagara	080-7201062
KA 43	Asst. RTO, Devenahalli Vijayapura Road, Devenahalli	080-27681999
KA 44	Asst. RTO, Tiptur Revenue Dept., EMP. Socty. Build., Honnavara Road, Tiptur	08134-254799
KA 45	Asst. RTO, Hunsur Cauvery Irrigation Nigama , No.1, HRBC Building, Hunsur	0822-2252699
KA 46	Asst. RTO, Sakaleshpura Balegaddhe, Raghavendra Nagar, B.M.Road, N.H.48, Sakaleshpura, Hassan Dist.	08173-230746
KA 47	Asst. RTO, Honnavara V.G.Pai Building, No.1267, Near N.H.7, Honnavara -Kumata Rd., Honnavara	08387-236536
KA 48	Asst. RTO, Jamakhandi Sri Deepak Basavaraj Building, L.T.S. NO.4941, APMC YARD, Jamakhandi, Bagalkot Dist.	08353-221094
KA 49	Asst. RTO, Gokak Gokak, Belgaum Dist.	08332-224727
KA 50	RTO, Yelahanka 2019A, Ist Floor, 3rd Cross, KHB Complex, Sector-B, Yelahanka New Town	080-28561366
KA 51	RTO, Chennakeshavanagar Eelctronic City, 83/63, New Central Jail Rd, Opp:New Mico Ltd, Chennakeshavanagar, Bangalore	080-25735533
KA 52	RTO, Nelamangala 1906, 9th Cross, Subash Road, Nelamangala, Bangalore	080-27726886
KA 53	RTO, K.R.Puram 345/4, Bhattarahalli, Old Madras Road, K.R. Puram, Bangalore	080-25617959
KA 54	Asst. RTO, Nagamangala Nagamangala, Mandya Dist.	-
KA 55	RTO, Mysore East Mysore East, RTO Office Building, Vani Vilas Road, Near Hardwick School, Mysore	0821-2330364

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