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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