Posts Tagged ‘2011’

Nissan Leaf EV in India by 2011-12

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Mr Kiminobu Tokuyama, CEO Nissan India, has said the company’s first mass-production EV will be sold in India in 2010-12.

Tokuyama claimed he had already requested the company’s HQ in Japan to conduct feasibility studies for instituting the recently unveiled EV in India. At the time of issuing this statement, he sounded confident of the Indian government’s support to such environmentally conscious products.

The Leaf is capable of traveling 160km on a single charge. When it comes to India, the import duties will inflate its cost by twice as much. Tokuyama also stressed on manufacturers working together and approaching the government for installing the necessary infrastructure across the country as most of them had EVs in their engineering centres.

The Nissan Leaf will go on sale by the end of next year globally.

Nissan Leaf EV Image Gallery after the break

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Entry posted on September 18th, 2009 and filed under Electric vehicles, Nissan

Tata Nano available in Africa by 2011

Tata Nano available in Africa by 2011

The Tata Nano, costed over Rs 2,000 crore to the company, is likely to be launched in Nigeria within the next year and a half.

Currency conversion suggests that the NGN 360 price tag for the Nigerian Nano, is same as the India price tag of Rs. 1.23 lakh, which begs the question, Is the Nano going to be exported or be built there?

The car would be available for about NGN 360 for the base model, same as the price in the Indian markets. The car carries a price tag of Rs 1.23 lakh to Rs 1.72 lakh (ex-showroom) in the Indian capital for three variants.

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Entry posted on July 6th, 2009 and filed under Tata, Tata Nano

Rendering – Face of the Audi Q3

The Audi Q3 is set to be tagged as a budget SUV that should be priced at around 30 lakh rupees if it makes it to India in 2011-12. It will be priced to take on the likes of the Ford Kuga.

The Audi Q7 is already here and the Q5 will be announced on the 4th of next month, so we’re positive about Audi bringing the Q3 to India as well, and sources in Audi have also informed us about the same.

The Audi Q3 concept was shown at the Barcelona show that went by. It will be produced in Spain in 2011. We’ve even provided a rendering of Audi Q3 here before, if you did not know.

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Entry posted on May 20th, 2009 and filed under Audi, Renderings

Report – Future BMW 3 Series will use 3-cylinder engines

Sky Motoring reports future BMW 3 Series vehicles will make use of 3-cylinder engines (your Maruti 800 moves another notch closer to a BMW).

Just because they are one cylinder smaller, don’t be fooled into thinking they are slow and no go. One glance at the stats prove they are more powerful and torquier than the present family. They would also be lighter and cleaner and should I mention more fuel efficient?

The future BMW engine lineup -

x16i – 1.35-litre, 3-cylinder, 163bhp/140 lb-ft
x18i – 1.35-litre, 3-cylinder, 201bhp/162 lb-ft
x20i – 1.35-litre, 3-cylinder, 241bhp/192 lb-ft
x23i – 1.8-litre, 4-cylinder, 273bhp/220 lb-ft
x25i – 1.8-litre, 4-cylinder, 321bhp/258 lb-ft

You can refer our 2011 BMW 3-Series spy shots to know where these engines are going to report.

Since the engines are still under development, the figures might change a little. They are expected to reach a production line in two years.

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Entry posted on May 13th, 2009 and filed under BMW

Audi confirms R8 Spyder for 2011

A soft-top Audi R8 convertible is heading to a production line in 2011, says Audi. The mid-engine layout prevents a hard top for this £85,000 supercar that could employ a V8 or V10 engine.

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Entry posted on May 5th, 2009 and filed under Sideblog

More Information on Honda entry level car- A-Star and i10, get ready

More Information on Honda entry level car- A-Star and i10, get ready

Japanese Auto Major Honda has not had the best of time in the past few months. Thanks to a sharp drop in global sales and the frustrating economic slump, Honda had to call it a day on it’s supercar project and painfully had to pull the Formula 1 plug.

So what does one do to get out of this mess? Naturally build cars that will sell in larger numbers and will have a wider reach. Honda earlier announced that it will make an entry level car for India, but that was just about what it said.

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Entry posted on January 5th, 2009 and filed under Honda
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