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A NEW POWERFUL PULSAR

Business Standard Motoring reports about the new Pulsar about to be launched - Pulsar DTS-Fi that is going to be much more powerful than the current version. It will come with a 220cc and a good 20bhp engine, which makes it much more powerful than Karizma. The guys at bsmotoring seem to be all excited […]

THE TATA ONE LAKH CAR AND SOME HUMOUR

The Rs.1 lakh car from Tatas is in the news for a while now though exact details have never been known since it’s conception. The news these days is that Tatas are working on building a new plant in several places including West Bengal and Uttaranchal. Meanwhile, some one decided to take advantage of lack […]

FORD IS NOT IN SMALL CAR RACE

At the launch of new variant of Ford Focus, Ford announced that they have no plans for a small car launch in India. I wonder why Ford doesn’t want to launch one, especially when they already have cars like the popular Ford Ka, which can fit the bill. It is fairly obvious that small cars […]

THE NEW WAGON-R

Maruti has come out with a new WagonR. The changes seem to be more cosmetic than anything else though they have added some additional features to the upper versions. It seems to be starting a new trend of adding accessories usually found in bigger cars to the B segment cars. The top version comes with […]

NOW IT’S TWO WHEELER COs HIKING PRICES

After Maruti and Hyundai announced price hike on their cars, it’s the turn of two wheeler companies to increase prices. Increasing input costs are forcing automobile manufacturers to hike prices. Now it’s the turn of Bajaj and TVS to increase prices by Rs.500-1000 It would be no surprise if Hero Honda also falls in line. […]

CHEVY OPTRA HATCHBACK VERSION - SRV

GM India has launched hatchback variant of the Optra, called SRV. The SRV falls into the premium hatchback section, a category where others have not found success. Ford’s Fusion and Hyundai Accent Viva are the two other cars that are currently available premium hatchback cars in India.
The SRV does not have multiple variants, and comes […]

HONDA CIVIC IS FINALLY HERE

Honda has finally launched the car that everyone is waiting to see in India - the Civic, Honda’s most popular car ever.

Civic comes with a vTEC engine that delivers 132BHP, with manual and automatic transmission options, with 5 speed for even automatic transmission. The automatic transmission seems to be really hi-tec, with a manual […]

ANOTHER NEW DATE FOR LAUNCH OF CHEVY SPARK

I am tired of keeping track of the proposed launch date for Chevy Spark. GM has been talking about it for a couple of years now, and the dates are always moving forward. Here they go again, and have announced a new date - first half of 2007. The previous date they had given was […]

FUEL INJECTION TECHNOLOGY FOR BIKES COMES TO INDIA

Fuel injection technology has replaced carburettors in cars and has become de facto technology in India for a few years now. But bikes had stayed far behind and no bike in India had fuel injection for the engine so far. Things are finally changing. Hero Honda has now launched new Glamour, which uses fuel injection […]

NEW VERSIONS OF CHEVY TAVERA

General Motors has launched two enhanced versions of the Tavera. They seem to be basically the same car with improved interiors. The new versions are called Tavera Neo LS B3 and Neo SS D1. The names seem to be as unintutive as it can get. The models are priced around 7.2 lakhs and 9 lakhs […]