The Honda Jazz steals our spotlight since it goes on sale next month in India. Reports pertaining to the Jazz’s cost have severed buying hopes fueled controversy, and yet again we are posting a figure, which isn’t its price tag.
In the international arena, the Honda Jazz hasn’t put a foot wrong. 500,000 cars have been sold in Europe alone since the arrival back in 2002. The supermini has 335 liters of boot space that is comparable to sedans of the same price range, and offers interior room that is comparable to cars on the bigger side in India.
A major slice of its success is attributed to its space and comfort. The Honda Jazz is credited with B-segment size, value and frugality combined with C-segment passenger space and boot capacity. In the recent crash test evaluation, the Jazz scored the maximum five stars, which signified its crashworthiness.
It is a ballsy daring move by Honda to drive a hatchback into the Indian market and price it above all the existing hatches including its classmates. The Jazz mounts on the new City‘s platform and a tailor-made 1.2-liter petrol engine for Indian customers sits under the bonnet.
The Tata Indica’s success is often traced back to its unbeatable comfort/space combination. But another factor that helped the Indica take off was its price advantage, which operates against the Jazz.
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We’ve placed the Hyundai small car in the limelight not once, but twice here before.
What we did not know in both the occasions was the Hyundai small car, codenamed GB, will be sold with a 800cc engine and a 1.0-liter engine petrol engine.
Yeah, adjoin a diesel engine to that, reports Auto Express. How many cylinders and horsepower is however not known yet.
Reports also confirm Hyundai engineers from Korea and India are working closely in designing this car. Both the teams bond in Hyundai’s facility in Namyang (Korea) and in Hyderabad (India).
During the second half of 2010, this car will go on sale in India. Formerly, it was known that the Chennai plant where the i10 is made would be utilized for the small car, but after the recent labour issues in the plant, Hyundai might look at Russia or European countries for producing the car.
After a 17-day worker strike, Hyundai has resolved the situation and decided to shift i20 production to Europe. Thanks to the strike, export targets fell short by 15% and production was down 5%. The company’s also facing electricity shortage after talks with the state government failed.
German auto major Audi recently issued a negative comment on the Nano’s journey to Europe. Audi claims the Nano would find it very difficult to travel European roads mainly due to the stringent EURO NCAP (European New Car Assesment Program) safety regulations and the upcoming emission norms.
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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Porsche
Porsche has just announced that it will offer a new sport exhaust system for the Carrera and Targa models that will give drivers the ability to make their Porsche louder at the push of a button.
Autocar UK has published a post giving more information on Fiat’s low cost brand for developing countries like ours.
The website says the low cost car will come with a “super frugal 2-cylinder engine” but nothing about the displacement or power is mentioned. Now, could this possibly be the same engine that is used on the Tata Nano ? We earlier heard that there could be a possible hand in this venture from Tata Motors.
As we reported earlier, Fiat is planning on introducing a string of low-cost cars for Western Europe to cater to the budget-conscious car buyers.
Reports suggest that a total of 3 models are being worked on, out of which 2 will be developed by Fiat’s Brazilian subsidiary. The vehicles will use the Fiat Palio and Uno platforms.
