A Suzuki Swift DDiS driven by an Auckland motoring journalist completed a marathon economy drive down New Zealand’s North Island from Auckland to Wellington and then headed back to within just 60km of reaching home in Auckland in one tank of fuel. Sounds like a trip from office to home? It’s a little longer than that!
Journalist Donn Anderson drove a total distance of 1,240km in just 42 liters of fuel, recording an average fuel consumption figure of 29.76 kpl. Anderson drove through routes that we encounter in everyday life – potholes, rough roads, open highways, congested cities and town roads.
Sources have told IndianAutosBlog.com that the launch of the Chevrolet Captiva 2.2 has been delayed by a few months. The revised launch date will be prior to the festive season.
GM officials said that the Captiva launch was hardly a few weeks away at the Tavera Neo3 launch conducted in late March leading us to believe that the vehicle will arrive in mid-April. We have learned today that due to unknown reasons, the launched has been pushed back.
An event that should have happened a long time back is finally complete. Fiat India has separated from Tata Motors for their solo journey in India. But speculations are rife that Fiat ended the deal because it wanted to take the relationship with Suzuki to the next level.
How does Fiat India benefit?
Fiat India, despite of being in India for donkeys years, does not have a strong standing in the Indian market. If it wasn’t for the Multijet engine, the company could have gone belly up a long time back. So an increased alliance with Suzuki, which currently accounts for 42 percent of the Indian market, would benefit Fiat in terms of establishing dealer network and expertise in the region.
Hyundai Assan Otomotiv San, a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Company and Turkey’s Kibar holding is planning to invest more than 600 million U.S. dollars to upgrade their Turkish facility for manufacturing more than 2,00,000 cars per annum.
The new Hyundai i10 (Code – BA) will be manufactured at this plant along with the Fluidic i20 introduced recently in India. Production of the next gen i10 will begin by the end of 2013.
The government has announced a nation-wide price hike of Rs 7.50 on petrol with effect from midnight tonight. The State-owned oil firms have raised prices of petrol by Rs 6.28 (excluding taxes and VAT) and this translates into a sum Rs 7.50 in Delhi. A liter of petrol in Delhi costs Rs 73.14 after this hike.
The sight this evening at a fuel station in Aurangabad, Maharashtra – Image – Rohit L. Choudhari
There are a few causes for this change in prices, but the main one is the depreciation of the rupee that led to a jump in oil bill.
How badly will this affect sales of petrol cars? The immediate effect will be harsh and it will take time for the market to absorb this impact.
What are your thoughts on this petrol price hike, which is perhaps the biggest ever in a single day?
Known for inventing whole new range of cars, BMW has taken the maximum risk when it comes to product lines. Some worked in favor like the BMW X1 and X6 while others like the BMW Gran Turismo bombed quite badly. But that doesn’t stop BMW from trying its luck over and over again.
The Bavarian auto giant is all set invent 2 new product lines – BMW X4 and the 4 series Coupe.
Now you can say that BMW is to cars what Apple is to technology. In the latest release of the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands study, BMW bagged the number one position for the automotive brands of the world.
The Bavarian giant dethrones Toyota from the number one spot which it won in last year’s survey.
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The new Mercedes A-Class is expected to bring some revolutionary technology to mini car interiors. In this new clip, Mercedes-Benz designer Jan Kaul giving us the low down on the styling of the new A Class interiors.
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Considering Mercedes India is very keen on introducing the new A Class in India by 2014, you have to check out the awesomeness!
A Suzuki Swift DDiS driven by an Auckland motoring journalist completed a marathon economy drive down New Zealand’s North Island from Auckland to Wellington and then headed back to within just 60km of reaching home in Auckland in one tank of fuel. Sounds like a trip from office to home? It’s a little longer than that!
