Archive for February, 2008

POCKET ROCKET: SWIFT DIESEL 1.3 REVIEW

Posted on February 17th, 2008 by by admin

 
 Looks, Interiors, Design
The first thing that strikes you about Swift even before you get into it and drive is its design. The styling is almost concept car like and in profile looks a lot similar to the Mini, especially the area around the front pillars.  The styling is awesome with some interesting styling cues, like [...]

BMW UNVEILS ANOTHER 3 SERIES VARIANT: 320D HIGHLINE

Posted on February 14th, 2008 by by admin

Luxury german carmaker BMW have launched a new variant of its 3 series range in India. The new model christened 320d highline is priced at 30.7 lakh Rs Ex-Showroom Delhi.

FORD FIESTA NOW STARTS AT 5.9 LAKHS, DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG STANDARD!

Posted on February 14th, 2008 by by admin

Ford India has introduced a new lineup of its midsize sedan Fiesta at a starting price of 593,000 (ex-showroom Delhi).
The base varient now comes with a premium of over 5,500 over the earlier base varient of the car. The 1.4 ZXi is no longer available and has been replaced by the more powerful 1.6 ZXi [...]

CHEVROLET’S NEW SPARK 2008 - PRICE UPDATE

Posted on February 11th, 2008 by by admin

Chevrolet India has come up with the new pricing of their Small Car - 2008 SPARK.

The lower Variant with AC - Spark 1.0 which was priced at Rs.3,32,542 (Ex-showroom Delhi), after the latest price cut,  costs around 2.89 Lakhs.

REVA TO LAUNCH NEW ELECTRIC CAR BY YEAR-END

Posted on February 11th, 2008 by by admin

Reva Electric Car Company (RECC) will launch a new electric car by the end of the year 2008 and the company said it would launch one new vehicle and one variant every year from this year onwards.

Chetan Kumaar Maini, deputy chairman and chief technology officerof RECC said, “We will launch one new vehicle and one [...]

FIAT 500 ON A ROLL!

Posted on February 11th, 2008 by by admin

The only other car which saw such rush and frezied interest was the BMW MINI when its was launched in 2001. The FIAT 500 has been a huge hit ever since it has been on sale. The car’s initial allocation of 4500 units has been lapped up by UK in just about 2 weeks! Dealers [...]

Formula 1 Season 2008: What’s New?

Posted on February 11th, 2008 by by admin

A number of changes to both the Sporting and Technical Regulations have been made by the FIA for the 2008 Formula One season.
Traction and launch control
Traction control - systems which prevent the rear wheels spinning if a driver applies too much power - are no longer permitted. This will place more emphasis on driver skill [...]

SUZUKI DEZIRE COMING IN MARCH

Posted on February 11th, 2008 by by admin

Maruti Suzuki Dezire aka Swift Sedan is coming in March.
The training program for the new car has already started. There is no word on pricing still, but we expect the new model to be close to Swift ZXi’s price which would be very competitive indeed. The car would be launched with the 1.3 Litre petrol [...]

MAHINDRA INGENIO DELAYED

Posted on February 8th, 2008 by by admin

Mahindra & Mahindra’s (M&M) next most important launch, the Ingenio, after the very successful Scorpio has been delayed by a few months. The car was scheduled to be unveiled at the Delhi Auto Expo in January but now will hit the market later as M&M is re-working its interiors and safety features. The company wants to be [...]

FORCE INDIA UNVEILS 2008 CAR “VJM01″ IN MUMBAI

Posted on February 8th, 2008 by by admin

Force India launched their 2008 Formula One car named “VJM01″ on Thursday against the backdrop of the historic Gateway of India in Mumbai. The two drivers - Italian Giancarlo Fisichella (left) and Germany’s Adrian Sutil (right) - along with test driver Vitantonio Liuzzi were present at the launch. The Ferrari-powered VJM01  is the same basic [...]

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