Posts Tagged ‘Diesel’

Audi A4 325bhp oil burner tuned by B&B

Audi A4 325bhp oil burner tuned by B&B

Oil burners seldom make fast cars but Audi thinks otherwise. the firm had the Le-Mans winning R10 TDI and the upcoming R15 TDI and the 500bhp Q7 V12 TDI. So, tuners would be better off beginning with one of these performance diesels and that’s what B & B have exactly done.

B&B has taken the 3.0l Audi A4 TDI and put it on steroids.

The range topping 240 bhp diesel has been tweaked to give out a whopping 325 bhp! There are two stages and Stage-1 boosts power to 285 bhp and 585 Nm of torque while Stage-2 gives 325 bhp and 600 Nm of torque !

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Entry posted on February 22nd, 2009 and filed under Audi, Tuning

Hyundai i20 Diesel Coming by the end of 2009

Hyundai i20 Diesel Coming by the end of 2009

Hyundai Motors India Limited is planning to introduce its recently launched i20 in diesel version by end of this year. Hyundai i20 currently comes in only petrol version, a 1.2 litre kappa engine, same as the one seen under the hood of its smaller sibling, being the sole powerhouse.

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Entry posted on February 18th, 2009 and filed under Hyundai

Hyundai Santa-Fe to hit Indian Roads soon

Hyundai Santa-Fe to hit Indian Roads soon

After many recent launches like the i20, Sonata Transform and Verna Automatic, Hyundai Motors is getting ready for its next launch. Hyundai plans to bring its successful American SUV, the Santa-Fe to India.

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Entry posted on February 13th, 2009 and filed under Hyundai

Hyundai India Launches Verna Automatic; Other changes cosmetic

Hyundai India Launches Verna Automatic; Other changes cosmetic

Hyundai Motors has finally launched the refreshed Verna with an Automatic Gearbox. This is the first diesel car in its segment equipped with an auto transmission. Other changes on new Verna are purely cosmetic. The refreshed Verna is available in total of four new variants, Two Petrol – 1.6 VTVT & 1.6 SX VTVT and two diesel 1.5 CRDi VGT & 1.5 SX CRDi VGT, The VGT SX variant comes with an Auto gearbox.

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Entry posted on February 10th, 2009 and filed under Hyundai

GM speaks on new variants of Chevrolet Spark

GM speaks on new variants of Chevrolet Spark

General Motors is planning to launch an all new version of its popular Spark hatchback. General Motors hasn’t yet revealed any specifications of it but we expect it to be out soon.

This new variant may come with an 800 CC engine. Currently the Spark comes in four variants, 1.0L, PS, LS and top end LT.

We already saw this one coming. We’ve earlier reported on the LPG Spark variant, along with the Chevrolet Cruze and Chevrolet Mini India plans.

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Entry posted on February 9th, 2009 and filed under Chevrolet, General motors

Bharat Stage-IV to come into force in 2010

Bharat Stage-IV to come into force in 2010

The Bharat Stage-IV will come into force next year, said Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) president Pawan Goenka. Regulations for emission levels are already the same for CNG and diesel under Euro-IV, a standard which the Bharat Stage-IV norms expect to meet.

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Entry posted on January 29th, 2009 and filed under Announcements

BMW X3 – The Most Reliable Car in Germany

BMW X3 – The Most Reliable Car in Germany

The BMW X3 has been declared as the Most relaible vehicle on German roads for the second consecutive year.

The result is based on the evaluation of over 2 million cases drawn from German breakdown statistics as well as a customer satisfaction study conducted on 43,000 participants.

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Entry posted on January 29th, 2009 and filed under BMW

BMW India charts future Plans; Five New Models to debut in 2009

BMW India charts future Plans; Five New Models to debut in 2009

The German luxury car giant, BMW entered the Indian market in the year 2007 and in its second year it sold 2,908 units of its cars which wasn’t too far away from the direct competitor, Mercedes Benz which sold 3,625 cars in the same year with a 12 year experience in the Indian car market.

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Entry posted on January 28th, 2009 and filed under BMW

Ford- Small car Verve-based; Market conditions have no impact on plans

Ford- Small car Verve-based; Market conditions have no impact on plans

Regardless of the lethargic sales of passenger cars in India and a forecast that’s even more cloudy, Ford has announced it’s small car plans remain undisturbed.

“We have a strong plan for India, and we intend to go forward with it,” said Nigel E Warke, executive director, marketing, sales and service, Ford India.

Ford’s new small car will be based on the Verve Concept, a sub four meter, 3-door hatch shown at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show. Earlier, reports claimed this small car would be produced in Ford’s other international plants such as the one in Brazil. The car will be available in both hatchback and sedan variants, meaning a platform would be developed to derive a range of vehicles.

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Entry posted on January 26th, 2009 and filed under Ford

General Motors India taking the Green route to increase sales

General Motors India taking the Green route to increase sales

General Motors is en route to launch LPG & CNG cars in India in the next few months. This announcement was made after the American company is trying to strengthen the SUV segment by launching the Automatic transmission variant of it’s best selling Captiva, priced at Rs. 20.3 Lakh.

Karl Slym General Motors India President (GMI) and Managing Director confirmed that their strategy for this year is to bring in more fuel efficient cars and introduce vehicles powered by (other) fuels like CNG and LPG, besides having different power-trains and different displacements. The company will be launching a LPG-driven car in the first half of this year.

We speculate it’s the 800 cc version of the Spark which has been in GM’s pipeline for a long while now. The Aveo, which underwent a minor cosmetic surgery last year, will also be blessed with the LPG heart along with a 1.4-liter diesel engine by the end of 2009. A thoughtful move given the slash in LPG prices by the Indian government. No info on the Cruze or the Beat launch dates yet, until then stay tuned to IAB for more information.

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Entry posted on January 23rd, 2009 and filed under Chevrolet, General motors

Hyundai Plans to launch i30 and Avante in India

Hyundai Plans to launch i30 and Avante in India

It has not been even a month since Hyundai launched its i20 hatch in India and now the company plans to launch its i30 and Avante (new Elantra) soon in Indian in what we call a launching spree!

The i30 which was first launched at the Tokyo Motor Show for the Japanese market, is now being considered for an Indian debut because of the tremendous response towards the recently launched i20.

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Entry posted on January 21st, 2009 and filed under Hyundai

Fiat Finally launches its Linea- India Price, Specification and more; UPDATE- EXCLUSIVE LAUNCH IMAGES

Fiat Finally launches its Linea- India Price, Specification and more; UPDATE- EXCLUSIVE LAUNCH IMAGES

The Italian car manufacturer Fiat has finally launched its Linea sedan in a glittering ceremony in Mumbai at Taj Lands End. The car was due in December but because of recent Mumbai terror attacks car makers like FIAT and Mahindra postponed the launches of their new products, Linea and Xylo respectively.

“Fiat has kept its promise of making this an exciting year for its customers. The launch of the Linea is the first in the line of three launches that Fiat will undertake this year, the other two being Bravo and Grande Punto,”Said Fiat India CEO, Rajeev Kapoor.

FIAT Linea is available in both forms- Diesel as well as petrol, the Petrol version comes with 1368cc FIRE engine which produces max. torque of 115 NM @ 4500 RPM, and the diesel is available with 1248 CC popular Multijet engine which is very new and refined and it produces Max. Torque of 203NM @ 2500 RPM, it has total of six gears including 1 reverse which is M/T type.

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Entry posted on January 15th, 2009 and filed under Fiat

Porsche begins production of Cayenne diesel at Leipzig

Porsche begins production of Cayenne diesel at Leipzig

The German car brand Porsche which is well known for its sports cars has now started production of the diesel version of its in demand SUV – The Cayenne at its Leipzig plant.

The Cayenne diesel will come with a powerful 3-litre V6 turbo diesel engine with 240 HP (176 kW) and a peak torque of 550 Newton meters (Nm). The engine is provided by group company Audi. The Cayenne diesel uses 9.3 liters per 100 kilometers and its CO2 emissions are 244 grams per kilometre.

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Entry posted on December 30th, 2008 and filed under Porsche
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