Tata Nano Twist launch on 13th Jaunuary 2014
Tata Motors to launch Nano with power steering, name it as Nano Twist
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
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.
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Stay tuned for more updates on Renault Master based Tata’s new luxury people carrier.
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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.
BMTC to test run BYD K9 all electric bus
BMTC might create a milestone in mass transportation in India by running all electric bus in Bangalore.
Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will be shortly running an all electric bus in the city for testing purpose. The all electric bus ‘BYD’ K9 is built by Chinese which can run up to 250 Km from a single charge. According to reports, a BYD K9 bus is housed in one of the BMTC depot, waiting for RTO approval for the test run.
BMTC will run the test vehicle for 3 months before making a decision to purchase. Sources say, the company has already received an additional allocation of 90,000 volts from BESCOM, the city’s electricity controller. The all electric bus will be tested on long and high traffic routes to check its capabilities in tough conditions.
BYD is a Chinese company which builts ‘K9’ electric buses. It uses iron phosphate battery developed in house and the eBus is run in many countries like USA, Spain, Denmark, Netherlands, Columbia and Hong Kong. The eBus weighs 18 tonns and has length, width and height of 12267 mm, 2550 mm and 348 6mm respectively. It takes about 5 hours for one full charge and almost half of the time for a fast charge. BYD company website claims the eBus capacity is 40 persons and it consumes less than 100 Kwh/60 minutes.
Hopefully Bangalore City will be the first city in India to run all electric buses on a regular basis and hence reduce the pollution in the city.
KYD K9 all electric eBus Specifications
BYD K9 all electric eBus Video
All new Honda City Specifications
Technical Specifications of 4th Generation Honda City
City Petrol
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City Diesel
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Engine
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Configuration
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4-Cylinder inline
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4-Cylinder Inline
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Valvetrain
Type
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SOHC
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DOHC i-DTEC
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Displacement
(CC)
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1497
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1498
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Maximum
Power (ps/rpm)
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116 @ 6600
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98 @ 3600
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Maximum
Torque (nm/rpm)
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146 @ 4800
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200 @ 1750
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Transmission
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Type
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5 - Speed MT / AT
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5 - Speed MT
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Suspension
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Front
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McPherson strut with stabilizer,coil spring
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McPherson strut with stabilizer,coil spring
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Rear
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Torsion beam axle with stabilizer, coil
spring
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Torsion beam axle with stabilizer, coil
spring
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Steering
Type
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Rack & Pinion Power steering
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Rack & Pinion Power steering
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Brakes
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Front
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Disc
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Disc
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Rear
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Drum
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Drum
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Tyre
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Size
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175 / 65 R15
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175 / 65 R15
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