Honda Civic Hybrid powered by a 1.3 litre petrol engine and an Electric motor

Honda has launched Civic Hybrid, the brand new honda civic which is equipped with a petrol engine and an electric battery.

The Honda Civic Hybrid would cost Rs 21.5 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). The import duty on a completely built unit (CBU) is 104 per cent. HOnda will import the CBU from Japan, where it produces the hybrid car for its global markets. However, it is also exploring alternatives through which it can import the engines and parts and bring the car as a semi-knocked down unit.

The Civic Hybrid would be offered with a 1.3 litre petrol engine. From the time of the start-up and acceleration, both the engine and the motor function together. Only when the car is being driven at a high speed that the motor does not work and the vehicle is run on the engine. When the car is idling , the petrol engine automatically stops and the battery keeps the vehicle running, saving fuel. The car when being driven at 40-50 km per hour, operates only on the battery offering maximum fuel efficiency.Civic Hybrid offers a rare combination of being environmentally friendly, fuel efficient and also having a high fun-to-drive quotient.

According to the company, the fuel efficiency of Civic Hybrid is in the range of 19-23 km a per litre when measured with the existing petrol based model, that offers approximately 15 km per litre.

The Civic Hybrid system has been developed so you don’t have to do anything different. The battery is automatically charged when the car is slowing, travelling downhill or braking. The vehicle is able to re-capture energy which is normally lost through friction when braking and use this energy to re-charge the battery. Remember, when the battery is not in use it’s being recharged by the electric motor. There is an override in the system that means you will always have at least 20% power in the battery. So you’ll find there’s no need to plug your car in to charge at the end of the day.

Honda civic Hybrid is available in the following Colors

Alabaster Silver Metallic
Galaxy Gray Metallic
Magnetic Pearl
Opal Silver Blue Metallic
Taffeta White
Premium Pearl White

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Maruti 800 Duo -the official 800 which runs on Petrol and LPG

Maruti Suzuki India Limited has launched Maruti 800 Duo a new variant that runs on
petrol as well as Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). The Maruti Suzuki 800 Duo LPG powered model is based on an Integrated Gas Technology and delivers 35PS at 5000 rpm and 56 Nm of torque at 2500 rpm.

Maruti also offers Omni and WagonR in dual fuel options (LPG-cum- petrol). Maruti 800 Duo is manufactured at the company’s Gurgaon plant. Maruti 800 Duo is available in a range of five colours. The Specifications of the Maruti 800 duo can be found here. The components of the Maruti 800 Duo are fitted on-line along side the petrol variant of the car, hence ensuring excellent quality levels. The LPG kit in the Maruti 800 Duo is approved by Department of Explosives, tested and certified by Automotive Research Association of India, country’s premier automobile testing and certifying authority.

The prices of Maruti 800 Duo , It costs Rs 205,682 in Delhi for the Standard  Model LPG and  Maruti 800 AC LPG costs Rs 226,177. You can further check the price of the Maruti 800 Duo in your area here.

Popularity: 5% [?]

Maruti Swift Dezire the Sedan version of Swift Design!!!

The Title says all!! thatz my first reaction after seeing the picture of Maruti Swift Dezire. I am not a great fan of Maruti. Initially when Swift was out i did not like it, but after cing some awsome modified Swift Black color cars my heart started beating for swift (not all colors). Now maruti is replacing Esteen with a sedan model of Swift which is named Swift Dezire. It would be priced 75,000 more than Swift.

The Versions Available are:

• Maruti Swift Dzire LDi (1248 cc, Diesel, Manual transmission, 5 seater )
• Maruti Swift Dzire LXi (1298 cc, Petrol, Manual transmission, 5 seater )
• Maruti Swift Dzire VDi (1248 cc, Diesel, Manual transmission, 5 seater )
• Maruti Swift Dzire VXi (1298 cc, Petrol, Manual transmission, 5 seater )
• Maruti Swift Dzire ZDi (1248 cc, Diesel, Manual transmission, 5 seater )
• Maruti Swift Dzire ZXi (1298 cc, Petrol, Manual transmission, 5 seater )

Take a look at some of the Snaps of Swift Dezire (Sedan version of swift)

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Ford Owned Jaguar and Land Rover are now Tata’s

Tata Motors Ltd will pay $2.3 billion to buy Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motor Co, in a takeover intended to give a major boost to the Indian automaker’s image abroad.

When Ford Motor Company - the owners of the brands for the last 18 years - put the Jaguar and land rover for sale, the Tatas, Mahindra & Mahindra and Jacques Nasser, former CEO of Ford, expressed interest. Mahindra and Nasser backed out after Ford and worker unions at the company indicated they were comfortable with the Tatas.

So now Jaguar and Land rover are India’s!!!

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Tara Tiny the Worlds Cheapest car is priced under a lakh!

Before nano could hit the roads we have a new car which is cheaper than they much hyped Nano. Tara Tiny and Tara Titu are zero Emission electric cars and costs only Rs 99,000 and manufactured by Tara International.

At the moment, four variants of electric cars are ready at the Tara International factory at Palta, a few kilometers from Kolkata. These are Tara Tiny, Tara Titu (two-seater and four-seater, respectively), Tara Shuttle, and Tara Carrier. While Tara Tiny and Tara Titu are priced at Rs 99,000 (approximately), Tara Shuttle and Tara Carrier are priced at Rs 500,000 (approximately).

A daily 8-hour charge enables cars to travel 80 to 100 km. These cars cannot run faster than 50 kms an hour. But then that is supposed to be the sane speed for confined and populated areas.

Specifications of Tara Tiny are as follows:

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A Car that runs on AIR

You must have joked in the past saying yea run your car using AIR. Well it will never be a joke anymore because Mr Negre an engineer from France has promised that within a year he will start selling a car that runs on compressed air, producing no emissions at all in town.

Quicks Stats

Name : OneCAT
Seats : 5
Weight : 350 kg
Price : 2 lakhs

Tata Motors has signed an agreement with Moteur Development International of France to develop a car that runs on compressed air, thus making it very economical to run and be almost totally pollution free.

The car  would have a range of around 300 km between refuels. The cost of a refill would be about Rs 90.

Popularity: 4% [?]

Magic and Winger from TATA motors

Tata Motors today announced the launch of a new product range - the Magic and the Winger – in yet another major initiative to change the way people in India travel. The Magic, developed on the platform of the stupendously successful Ace, now brings to urban and rural areas a comfortable, safe, four-wheeler public transportation mode. The Winger range, India’s only maxi-van, offers a perfect blend of the comfort of a car with the spaciousness of a bus for intra-city and long-distance transportation needs.

Both the Magic and the Winger are being launched nation-wide, starting with Maharashtra and Gujarat, and will be extended to other parts of the country in due course. The two vehicles will create new segments, and in a complementary manner help cover the entire spectrum of customer needs in mass transportation from the very rural interiors to cities as well as the top-end luxury mass transportation segment.The Magic range is at Rs.2.60 lakhs (ex-showroom Pune).The Winger range starts at Rs.4.70 lakhs (ex-showroom Pune).

Popularity: 4% [?]