Honda launches advanced version of Accord.
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Carmaker Honda Siel Cars India on Thursday launched an advanced version of its premium sedan Accord with a 3.5 litre i-VTEC engine, priced between Rs 24.8 lakh and Rs 25.35 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).
The new car would be available in two variants — Accord V6 3.5 and Accord V6 3.5 Inspire — and comply with Euro IV emission norms.
The company, however, expects that the demand for the old Accord would be higher than the new one.
“We expect the sales of earlier version of Accord with 2.4 litre engine in higher numbers than this new Accord,” Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI) Vice-President (Marketing) Jnaneswar Sen told reporters here.
The existing Accord comes with a 2.4 litre engine that generates 180 horsepower. The price of the car starts at Rs 16.72 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).
The company, which is present in India through a joint venture with the Siel Group, claimed that the new Accord would give a mileage of 10 km per litre as per Automotive Research Association of India conditions.
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Nano may find it tough to enter Europe: Audi.
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Tata’s small car Nano may not be able to enter Europe due to stringent safety and emission norms, leading German luxury carmaker Audi said joining the list of auto players, who are sceptical about the prospects of the world’s cheapest car.
Nano has always elicited sharp reactions from rival carmakers, including Maruti Suzuki, about its compatibility with safety norms, which Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata has been challenging.
“Entering (by any model) the US and European market is very tough due to very stringent security and consumption regulations. Many Chinese carmaker had earlier tried to enter Europe, but could not as they faced problems,” Audi AG Member of the Board (Finance and Organisation) Axel Strotbek said here.
Asked if Nano could also face such difficulties in entering into Europe, he said: “Yes … I don’t think it will come here.”
Axel said that safety, fuel efficiency and emission norms are very important for the European customers, “which I am very apprehensive of getting in this price (Nano’s price)”.
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Suzuki GS 150 R Reviews and Technical Specifications
Posted by: pricewale on: March 11, 2009
Suzuki GS 150 R
Suzuki GS 150 R
Maker : Suzuki
Price(Ex-Mumbai) :Rs 62,700 /-
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Suzuki has launched the much awaited 150cc bike, the GS150R.
In 150cc segment it targets the executive segment (150cc) motorcycle buyers with its stylish and sporty look.
GS150R is powered with a engine which respires through BS26 carburetor (NO Fuel Injection or FI). Suzuki says GS150R engine is tuned to ride better for city riding. GS 150R has a 149.5cc, air-cooled, SOHC engine with a 6 speed gearbox(1-down, 5-up) which produces 13.8 Bhp power at 8500rpm and 13.4 Nm torque at 6000rpm
Audi to launch 7 models by 2010.
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Celebrating its centenary year, German luxury carmaker Audi will launch over seven models, including hybrid and ‘zero-emission’ diesel vehicles, in the next two years, some of which could hit the Indian roads in future.
“This year is very particular for us as we have become 100 years old. Audi will double its worldwide product range to over 40 by 2015. And to start with, we will launch zero-emission SUV (sports utility vehicle) Q7 and sedan A4 this year in the US and Europe, respectively,” Audi Corporate Strategist Josef Schoen told PTI here.
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Skoda launches new Superb for Indian market.
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Czech auto major Skoda on Tuesday launched an upgraded version of its premium sedan Superb at a discounted price for the Indian market.
The new Superb, of which only one variant will be available now, is priced at Rs 1.88 million (ex-showroom Delhi), while the older models were priced between Rs 2.01 million and Rs 2.27 million.
Skoda India’s board member (incharge of sales and marketing) Thomas Kuehl said the new price positioning was very important for the company in a price-sensitive market like India.
“India is an extremely price sensitive market. One of our challenges was to get the price right so as to make the product a value proposition,” he told reporters at the launch.
Kuehl said Skoda Auto was looking at gaining the top spot in the premium car segment with the new launch. The company expects to achieve a four-figure sales this fiscal for the new variant.
Skoda sold 522 Superb models in the last 11 months.
The new Superb comes with a “fuel-efficient” new TSI (Turbocharged Fuel Stratified Injection) petrol engine.
The auto industry in India and “all of the east” was on the path of revival unlike the developed world and the next few months would bring back the growth momentum, Kuehl said.
Apart from regular Skoda features like a patented twin door boot, the new variant comes equipped with a front and rear parking sensor, pedal shift for the seven-spead gearbox and eight front and rear seat airbags.
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BMW aims to use NASA technology to boost fuel efficiency of cars.
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Germany’s BMW wants to use NASA technology to boost the fuel efficiency of its luxury cars and lower emissions of harmful greenhouse gases.
Engineers at the BMW’s high tech experimental lab in Palo Alto, California are attempting to adapt the thermoelectric system for cars that NASA scientists employ to help power their deep space probes navigating the far reaches of the solar system, BMW’s director of vehicle integration told Reuters.
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Audi’s Q5 to hit Indian roads in June.
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Notwithstanding the slowdown in the auto industry, German luxury carmaker Audi will launch its latest sports utility
vehicle ‘Q5′ in India in June, besides giving a facelift to its existing sedan ‘A6′.
“The only SUV in India from our stable is Q7, which is doing extremely good even in the present situation. But still some people prefer a smaller SUV
and because of this, we have decided to offer Q5 in the Indian market,” Audi spokesperson told PTI here.
Q5 was launched in Europe in November 2008, with four versions in both petrol and diesel engines. It is priced between 38,000 Euro and 50,000 Euro in Germany.
“In June this year, we will launch only two variants of Q5 in India, homologation of which are currently on. These vehicles will be sold there as a completely-built-unit (CBU) and will be exported from the company’s Ingolstadt facility,” the official said.
The company, which has committed an investment of 30 million Euro till 2015 in India, would introduce the car with 3.0 litre TDI (diesel) and 2.0 litre TFSI (petrol) engines for Indian consumers.
Audi sold 350 units of Q7 in 2008 in India, the spokesperson said, “which is the highest selling figure in its class in the market”. It sold a total of 1,050 units in India last year.
Besides, the company would also give a facelift to its existing sedan A6 for the Indian market. “It will be launched even before Q5 will be introduced,” the spokesperson said.
The other models, that the company sells in the Indian market includes sedan — A4 and A8 — and sports cars — TT and R8. It assembles A4 and A6 in the Aurangabad facility where group firms Volkswagen and Skoda also manufactures their cars.
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Honda CBR150R Reviews and Technical Specifications
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CBR 150R
Maker : Honda
Body Type: Sports
Price(Ex-Mumbai) :Rs 94,000 /-
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The Honda CBR150R is a 150cc 4-stroke sports bike which is a part of the Honda CBR series manufactured by APHonda.
The Honda CBR150R is powered by a 150cc (149.4cc) 4-stroke carbureted single cylinder 4 valve DOHC engine with 11.0:1 compression and CDI ignition, mated to a 6-speed wet clutch manual transmission. It produces 18.98 PS at 10,500rpm and 13.5Nm of torque at 8.500rpm.
Chevrolet Spark crosses 3 million customers.
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General Motors India, 100 per cent subsidiary of General Motors Corporation, said on Thursday that the company’s entry level Chevrolet
Spark has crossed the mark of three million customers globally.
Celebrating the occasion, the company has announced special schemes this month for customers to save Rs 55,000 on the Chevrolet Spark, Rs 28,000 on the SUV Chevrolet Tavera, Rs 50,000 on the Chevrolet Aveo, Rs 30,000 on the Chevrolet U-Va and Rs 70,000 on the premium sedan Chevrolet Optra Magnum.
“The Spark is a hit globally, and it is one of GM Indias bestselling cars in the country. And the growing popularity of our Spark testifies that more and more customers have been reassured by the quality, economy and performance of this best-selling car. We are confident that the award-winning Spark along with GM’s other models will register higher growth volumes, month-on-month”, GM India Vice-President P Balendran said in a release here.
General Motors India has two state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities at Halol in Gujarat and Talegaon in Maharashtra.
Apart from the vehicles mentioned, the company also manufactures the premium hatchback Chevrolet SRV and SUV Chevrolet Captiva for the Indian market, the release added.
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Tata Motors plans to bring hybrid Nano.
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Tata Motors is working on a micro-hybrid version for the Nano that will increase the fuel efficiency of the world’s cheapest car further, while cutting down its emissions . The company is in discussions with Bosch, the world’s biggest component supplier, for sourcing the technology that is already being used by Mahindra in India and others abroad, industry sources said.
“We are looking at the start/stop technology as part of different options and technologies that would help reduce emissions and boost fuel efficiency ,” a spokesperson for Tata Motors confirmed. The start/stop system, developed by Bosch, has the potential to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by around 8% in urban traffic.
