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Car manufacturers Ford India and Honda Siel Cars India today decreased the prices of some of their makes up to Rs 6,000 a piece.
This is done to pass on the advantage of excise duty reduction on large cars declared in the Budget.
Ford India declared a decrease in the price of its sport utility vehicle (SUV) ”Endeavour”, by Rs 6,000.
General Motors speedily came out from its May 31st Chapter 11 filing this morning. This will benefit the company from the Chrysler insolvency procedure and the Auto Task Force drive to return the corporate giant back on its feet.
The changeover from old to new GM thought to be quite flawless for consumers, at least primarily.
GM has plucked 4 divisions from its portfolio and at some time in the future it plans to considerably decrease its dealer body by not reviving franchise agreements.
These 1,100 dealerships form about 18% of GM’s total dealer. They have time with them till October 2010 to sell their residual cars. The number of products in the line up will fall from 48 to 34.
The new GM will have the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC brands. GM has peeled Pontiac, Hummer, Saab, and Saturn from its range of brands. The latter 3 divisions are being sold to other companies.
The Fiat Bravo is a new tiny family coupe of Fiat. This small family car was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in 2007. The car was planned by the Fiat style centre. The Austrian automotive company Magna Steyr was called for in masterminding most of the car’s body and adjustments.
Once the Bravo is set in motion in India, it will turn out to be the most costly hatchback in the country.
The inspiration behind setting up this car is not to bring forth huge sales numbers but it is done so to create a sturdy brand image with a eminent quality of a world class product.
The Bravo in India will be fitted with a 1910cc, 16-valve turbocharged multijet engine. This will be able to produce a huge 150bhp@4000 rpm, with the car covering 0-100kph in about 9 seconds. The Bravo is a lavish hatchback, with insides that well match any other makes. The price is expected to be between Rs. 18 and 25 lakh.
Images of the next-generation luxury XJ has been leaked out before it could be unveiled in London tonight. Pictures of the next-generation luxury XJ have been long awaited.
The fresh all-aluminum XJ starts from where the present XF gets out. Sleek modernity finds its way by shunning old-fashioned Jaguar design.
Researchers at Ohio University have laid their hands on a unique discovery. They claim that cars in the future would be powered indirectly by human waste.
The scientists have opened up a novel electrolysis technique that utilizes human urine, instead of water, as a generator of hydrogen. Actually urine is fertile in hydrogen.
This makes extracting hydrogen from urine easy. It needs only a fourth of the power needed to extract it from human waste than from water.
The largest obstacle to mass yield of hydrogen has been the massive energy cost in production. But since this novel invention they will make hydrogen as the fuel of preference for the car industry.
Vehicles which are powered by Hydrogen have numerous advantages over other zero discharge cars. The time taken for refueling a hydrogen car is very less when compared to recharging an EV.
The fresh 4 door from Porsche would dislocate the Cadillac CTS-V as the tussle between
Porsche’s intense rivalry with Nissan over Nurburgring lap times have cooled.
A new rivalry emerges with Cadillac this time and the CTS-V. A statement up-and-coming from Germany today says that the Panamera Turbo overlapping the
Nurburgring in 7:56 minutes which is only above 3 seconds quicker than the American umber-sedan. Alternatively, lap times at the Nurburgring are no doubt a good measure of real-world performance, but it cannot be considered as the end-all-be-all. (more…)
Jaguar brought out its new luxury XJ at the Saatchi Gallery in London last night. The price of the range starts from £52,500 for the entry-level 3.0-litre V6 diesel and goes on to £88,000 for a long wheelbase 5.0 V8 supercharged model.
The choice of the long wheelbase can be accessible on every model at the rate of £3,000.
There are 3 engines making up the range and they are the 3.0-litre diesel, the 5.0 direct injection V8 and the supercharged 5.0 V8 and these are available in both 470bhp and 510bhp versions.
The total sales of vehicle in China during the first half of the year increased to 6.1 million which is 17.7% more than last year.
This is bringing to an end the America’s days as the world’s biggest auto market. For the first time China is overtaking the US in 2009 for its sales of vehicles. China saw a whooping sale of 36.5% in the month of June. This is in spite of the cruel economic conditions.
China without difficulty exceeded the U.S., where vehicle sales for the same period dipped to 4.8 million units. May was the only month during which more vehicles were sold in the U.S. than in China.
Like the majority of the industrial countries, China also was not immune from the global economic crisis. China’s vehicle sales undermined in late 2008 as the disaster hit and the government required to react with a motivation package with sales tax cuts, grants to trade in older cars and other motivators
Audi has knocked off its well organized 134bhp 2.0 diesel from the A6 TDIe. This well organized 134bhp 2.0 diesel had been now brought into the A4 group.
Audi’s well organized 134bhp 2.0 diesel gets the TDIe engine’s high force common-rail injection along with the inclusion of stop/start mechanism.
The well organized 134bhp 2.0 diesel has fine tuned aeromechanics. It also has lengthier last gearing and energy reduction tires. With regard to being eco friendly the A4 TDIe gives out 120g/km of carbon dioxide while averaging out a fine 61.4mpg.
In spite of its green certification the TDIe can all the same sprint to 62mph in 9.5 seconds and peak out at 143mph.
The A4 TDIe is obtainable in Standard and SE trims. The valuation of the A4 TDIe starts at £23,340 for the standard TDie, and costs £24,320 for the SE model.
Caterham is changing magnitude in production and employing new staff to meet the requirement for its seven sports cars.
The British sports car manufacturer’s order books are complete till mid-October. Now the company has obtained endorsement to deal in the Seven in Europe.
To help out to relieve the stockpile the firm is increasing production by at least 10% and is taking on extra staff at its Dart ford factory.
Ansar Ali, who is the managing director of Caterham Cars, stated that: “When we saw the first signs of sales activity stalling last year, we cut our cloth accordingly in terms of resource and costs.
I have always worked on the basis that I’d rather face the problem of how to build more cars, than the problem of how to sell them, so it’s gratifying to now be manning back up to cope with the extra demand.”