Honda will soon launch the face-lifted Accord luxury sedan in India. SidIndica of Team-Bhp could snap couple of pictures of the face-lifted Accord on the Indian soil.
Tata Nano sales recover in December, sells close to 5000 units
The sales of the Tata Nano have recovered in the month of December by over 500% selling close to 5000 cars. The Nano sales had suffered in the month of November with only 509 cars sold, thanks to the fire issues and lack of easy finance options.
Tata Motors had come up with a zero down payment scheme to push the Nano sales which has worked to a great extent. However the scheme ended on the 31st of December and we will have to see how the sales fares in the month of January 2011. Tata Motors has invested heavily on its Sanand plant which has a manufacturing capacity of 2,60,000 units per annum.
Tata Motors is also planning to launch an upgraded version of Nano which comes with power steering and 5 speed gear box. The upgraded version is undergoing testing at the plant and will be only available after 15th of January 2010. A diesel Nano is also on the cards but we will have to wait for a while to see it on our roads.
Honda CR-Z named Japan Car of the Year(JCOTY) 2010
Honda’s tiny sports hybrid CR-Z has been named Japan Car of the Year 2010. In celebration to the award Honda has come up with a new special edition with “Pearl Dipusafaiaburu" blue paint. Along with the special paint the car makes use of unique 16 inch alloy wheels and premium metal pedal pads inside. Honda has also gone through the extra effort of placing a "Japan Car of the Year" commemorative sticker on the rear quarter glass behind the driver's side door. No power or fuel efficiency updates have been done.
Source: Honda via Autoblog
Scoop: Next Gen Dzire to be under 4 meters
Maruti is going the Tata way. Like Tata's designed a Indigo less than 4 meters, the next generation Dizre based on the all new Swift platform will be less than 4 meters length. This means the car will qualify for small car excise duty exemption which is 10% for a small car as compared to 22% for the cars above 4 meters.
The new Dzire will be powered by the same 1.2 L , 84 Bhp petrol engine and 1.3L, 75 Bhp diesel mill. A more powerful diesel engine with 90 Bhp power sourced from Fiat is also on the cards.
The Dzire is designed in-house by Maruti and will be sold only in India. Since the all-new Swift platform has bigger dimensions than its earlier model, engineers at Maruti have a challenging job to fit a boot with less than 4 meter in length. The excise benefit with is around Rs. 40,000/- will be passed on to the customer. The new Dizre will be launched soon after the new Swift which will make its appearance on roads by June this year.
The new Dzire will be powered by the same 1.2 L , 84 Bhp petrol engine and 1.3L, 75 Bhp diesel mill. A more powerful diesel engine with 90 Bhp power sourced from Fiat is also on the cards.
The Dzire is designed in-house by Maruti and will be sold only in India. Since the all-new Swift platform has bigger dimensions than its earlier model, engineers at Maruti have a challenging job to fit a boot with less than 4 meter in length. The excise benefit with is around Rs. 40,000/- will be passed on to the customer. The new Dizre will be launched soon after the new Swift which will make its appearance on roads by June this year.
Ratan Tata dreams of running a car fueled by water
Ratan Tata is an industrialist who does not want to hang up his boots. After the launch of Rs 1 lakh car which was his dream, he has an other dream of running a car on water. It might sound strange but the way scientists are going the possibility of a car being run on water might come true.
Ratan Tata has invested US $ 15 Million with a Professor of Massechusetts Institute of Technology for reseach on breaking the hydrogen and oxygen from water in a new way to propel the vehicle. Mr. Tata intends to buy the technology which it comes true.
The information of the funding was given by noted Scientist of India and Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister Prof C N R Rao.
The information of the funding was given by noted Scientist of India and Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister Prof C N R Rao.
New car launches for India in 2011
Chevrolet Beat LPG and Diesel: Launch Jan 2011
Maruti Suzuki Kizashi: Launch Jan 2011
Next Gen. Maruti Swift/Dzire: Launch April 2011
Renault Fluence: Launch early 2011
Honda Brio: Launch March 2011
New Volkswagen Jetta: Launch 2011
Nissan Sunny: Launch mid 2011
Skoda SK215: Launch Sep 2011
Toyota Etios Liva: Launch mid 2011
New Ford Fiesta: Launch Dec 2011
Maruti Suzuki min SUV launch in India by 2012
India's largest car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki has hinted about the launch of a mini SUV in Indian market. The company is finding hard to maintain its 50% share in Indian market, thanks to the launch of small cars from Chevrolet, Ford and Nissan. Inspite of though going in the last 2-3 months of 2010, it managed to register double digit growth which is phenonmenal.
Suzuki, the parent company of Maruti Suzuki has currently one mini SUV in its portfolio - "Jimny". It is more likely that Jimny will be launched as a mini SUV in India. Jimny, sold in Japan is powered by a petrol engine will find a diesel heart in India as petrol SUVs are not percieved well in India. The diesel engine could be the same 1.3 DDiS currenty powering Swift, Ritz and Dizre cars or it could be outsoured from Volkswagen.
A little modifications in the body can be expected to make it a four doored vehicle. Again, since Jimny is a two doored vehicle, it will not be well percieved by the Indians.
Suzuki, the parent company of Maruti Suzuki has currently one mini SUV in its portfolio - "Jimny". It is more likely that Jimny will be launched as a mini SUV in India. Jimny, sold in Japan is powered by a petrol engine will find a diesel heart in India as petrol SUVs are not percieved well in India. The diesel engine could be the same 1.3 DDiS currenty powering Swift, Ritz and Dizre cars or it could be outsoured from Volkswagen.
A little modifications in the body can be expected to make it a four doored vehicle. Again, since Jimny is a two doored vehicle, it will not be well percieved by the Indians.
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