Getting to day 2 with the i20 CRDI, we’re going to talk about the boot space first. Being a big hatchback, the boot with its wide loading area makes for easy loading and unloading.
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Archive for August, 2009
Our reader Koushal Ghokle, who earlier tipped us on the E350′s whereabouts in Pune, now sends us proof of Tata testing the single cab Xenon on the very same roads. Spotted on the Pune bypass road, this car was doing speeds in excess of 100kph with its loading area filled with cans.
At present, Tata Motors sells the Xenon XT in India, which is the dual cab version. Tata had displayed the single cab version at the Delhi Expo last year.
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A clock shaped like the front of a car is the first thing a petrol head wants to see when he wakes up, if not a real car.
Based on a Hot Wheels car called the “Nitro Doorslammer,” the ‘Snore Slammer’ is sure to slam the brakes on your early morning dreams with its noise.
It has a LED display and integrated FM. You turn the wheels to control the volume and you either wake up to the radio or to “custom sounds.”
What’s next? A car shaped clock with a V6 engine that accelerates if you ignore its warning?
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Answer to the previous question – Maruti Suzuki Zen Estilo
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Today’s question – Identify this headlamp’s native
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Hyundai launched the much awaited i20 in January this year. The 1.2 Kappa engine quickly collected reviews of being under powered in the bigger i20, and if Hyundai seriously wanted to steal Fabia’s and Swift’s thunder, a more powerful engine was unmistakably the fix.
Recently, Hyundai launched two more variants of the i20 – the 1.4 petrol Automatic and the much awaited 1.4 CRDI in India. Hyundai sent us the top-end i20 CRDi Asta and we’ll be talking about it for the rest of the week.
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TVS Motors will launch a 100cc scooter and motorcycle for the executive segment by the completion of the current financial year. At present, TVS manufactures two scooters — Scooty Pep and Scooty Streak — belonging to the sub-100cc segment.
Technical specifications of the vehicles are not known, but both the vehicles will be built at the company’s Hosur plant.
Examining the close-up spy shots of the next generation Suzuki Swift, you understand Suzuki isn’t making any sweeping changes. The easily identifiable silhouette stays untouched, while we still believe the dimensions have marginally gone up and the front fascia comes from the Kizashi. Quite a lot of speculations on the powertrain, a hybrid variant is also said to be in the pipeline.
Hyundai has announced that it is bringing a i10 Electric Vehicle to the Frankfurt Show next month. Specifications of the EV is unavailable but the car plays a major role in the company’s mission to be in the top four largest green car makers.
Hyundai is working on hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and it hopes within two to three years it will begin selling plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in the United States.
Hyundai is already working on a EV based on the i2o and a more fuel efficient engine for the i10 is waiting behind the curtain.
