All new Honda City 2014 features list

Honda City 2014 Feature-List
Features	Honda City E	Honda City S	Honda City SV	Honda City V	Honda City VX
COMFORT
Power Steering	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tilt Steering	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Power Windows	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Manual AC	Yes	Yes	-	-	-
Climate Control	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes
Elec. ORVMs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Power Foldable ORVMs	-	-	-	Yes	Yes
ECO Lamp	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Central Locking	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Day/Night Inside RVM	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Keyless Entry	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Height Adj Driver Seat	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rear Defogger	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rear Seat Armrest	-		Yes	Yes	Yes
Fr + Rr Bottle Holders	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
EXTERIORS
Alloy Wheels	-	-	-	Yes	Yes
Front Fog Lamps	-	-	-	Yes	Yes
Front Chrome Grill	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Turn Indicator on ORVMs	-	-	-	Yes	Yes
Shark Fin Antenna	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes
Body Coloured Bumpers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chrome Handles					Yes
Pedestrian Injury Mitigation Technology	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ACE Body Structure	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
INTERIORS
Dual Tone Upholstery	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Leather Upholstery	-	-	-	-	Yes
Rear Armrest with Cupholders	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rear AC Vents	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes
Power Outlets Front	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Power Outlets Rear				Yes	Yes
Steering Audio Controls		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
In-built Music System with USB, Aux, FM, CD, MP3, B-tooth, 5"Monitor, 6Spkrs, 2Tweeters	-	-	-	Yes	Yes
In-built Music System with USB, Aux, FM, MP3, B-tooth, 4Spkrs	-	Yes	Yes	-	-
Touch Panel for AC	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes
Push Button Start	-	-	-	-	Yes
Sunroof	-	-	-	-	Yes
SAFETY & SECURITY
Immobilizer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Driver Airbag	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dual Front Airbags	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes
ABS + EBD	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Driver Seat Belt Reminder	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wave Key	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Highmount Stop Lamp	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Smart Key	-	-	-	-	Yes
Pinch Guard	-	-	-	-	Yes
Cruise Control	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rear Parking Camera	-	-	-	Yes	Yes

Tata Nano Twist launch on 13th Jaunuary 2014

Tata Motors will launch the power steering Nano named Nano Twist on the 13^th of January 2014. The Nano Twist is equipped with Electronic Power Steering (EPS) sourced from ZF Friedrichshafen of Germany. Power steering option will be available only in mid and top end variant. Tata Nano Twist will be priced Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 20,000 more than the current models. 

Tata Motors to launch Nano with power steering, name it as Nano Twist

Tata Motors will launch the Nano with a power steering by second week of January 2014. Though the Nano steering is light (thanks to the rear engine) steering the car during tight parking areas has been an issue. Earlier Tata Motors had worked on the steering column and front suspension to ease the problem but was not very effective.

Tata Motors has now decided to equip an electric power steering on the Nano sourced by ZF Friedrichshafen of Germany. The middle and top end variant will get the power steering options and will push the cost upwards by Rs. 15,000 to 20,000. Like Maruti and Hyundai used a suffix Spin and Xing respectively for their power steering cars Alto and Santro, the Nano will get a suffix too – Twist, so that it will be called Tata Nano Twist!

Renault Master people carrier spied in India

Renault’s people carrier ‘Master’ MPV has been spied in India amid heavy camouflage. The vehicle was spied during its test run in Pune. Though the vehicle has been covered extensively, the front end reveals it to be the Renault Master MPV. Notice the left hand drive position of the vehicle. 

Will this means Renault is planning to launch a MPV in India? Certainly no. It is the Tata Motors which has flown down a test vehicle to India for preliminary testing. To remind our readers, Tata Motors has launched Winger MPV which is basically the older generation Renault Trafic. Tata Motors has bought the royalty and dyes to produce and sell Renault Trafic in the name of Tata Winger in India.

 As like the Winger, Tata Motors is testing the possibility of buying and bringing older generation Renault Master and launch it with a new name here. Since Master is a luxury people carrier, it will be positioned above Winger catering to luxury mass transportation.

Tata Winger is powered by a 2 liter 90 Bhp diesel engine and we guess the company has two other engine options for Master MPV – the 3.0 liter 70/85 Ps engine of Sumo Gold or the modern 2.2 liter 140Ps VariCOR engine of Safari. Like for Winger, Tata Motors will only import the dyes and mechanicals of Master MPV and not its engine as it would be a costly affair. 

Earlier Generation Renault Master

Stay tuned for more updates on Renault Master based Tata’s new luxury people carrier.

Raikkonen’s relationship with Lotus ends early

The relationship between Kimi Raikkonen and Formula 1 team Lotus has been through some difficulties this year, and now it’s come to an early end as Raikkonen will have back surgery this week and miss out on the Constructors Championship in Austin, Texas, next week and the Brazilian Grand Prix at the end of the 2013 season.

Although an old back injury has been blamed as the reason for his early exit, Raikkonen has not enjoyed his relationship with Lotus this year, claiming he hasn’t been paid all of his salary this year. In 2012, Lotus didn’t pay him until the end of the season and this year, it’s thought that Louts owes him 17.15m euros in unpaid salary and bonus.

Lotus hasn’t announced yet who will step in for Raikkonen at the Austin race. There are two drivers who look likely to replace him in the Lotus team next year – Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber) and Pastor Maldonado (Williams) – but neither is likely to be released from their existing contract early. So it looks like the Austin spot will become available for Lotus reserve driver Davide Valsechhi.

At the time of writing, Betfair has only given four drivers odds under 20/1 for being the winning driver at Austin. These are Sebastian Vettel (2/7), Mark Webber (5/1) and both Lewis Hamilton and Romain Grosjean at 16/1. Grosjean is, of course, Raikkonen’s fellow driver at Lotus.

As for winning car at the Constructors Championships, Betfair has put Lotus in as third favourite – with odds of 10/1 versus the 1/10 odds for Red Bull.

While there’s an overall feeling in the motor racing world that Raikkonen’s early exit from the 2013 Formula 1 season is more about the difficult relationship with Lotus rather than a flare-up of an old back injury, that’s the party line that both Raikkonen’s management and the Lotus team are sticking to.