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Wishes of common man answered!

My Envisage

The dream that was vision in 2003 from the glass of the back bench of the ultra luxury car, seeing a family of 4 souring in the rain on the scooter has been realised on 18th July 2009 when Chairman of Tata Motors, Ratan Tata hands over the key of the first “Nano car” or “People’s Car” or “The world’s cheapest car” to Ashok Raghunath Vichare in Mumbai.

That indeed is one of the greatest achievements in Indian automobile Industry and auto Industry across the globe. This engineering marvel depicts a part of a “new breed of 21st-century cars” that embodies “a contrarian philosophy of smaller, lighter, and cheaper” and potentially portrays a new era in inexpensive personal transportation.

“Don’t we owe a salute to Mr. Ratan Tata getting the wishes of common man answered”

Behind the Steering

This weekend while driving my Chevy Optra Magnum Diesel 2.0 LT I was wondering, what is the reason behind this car not having the sale number it deserves?

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Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Limited unveiled the much-awaited, World Strategic Model, A-star here today.

Powered by the new, state-of-the-art, light weight, 998cc K10B petrol engine, A-star is the best in class fuel-efficient car with a mileage of 19.59 kilometers per litre, as tested by ARAI, Pune, country’s premier automotive research agency.

Built on a brand new platform, the A-star is an excellent city car with best in class turning radius, power, flat torque (minimum gearshifts) and performance.

A-star is truly a green car with no compromise. The newest model meets the European ELV norms, which implies that 85 per cent of the car is recyclable. In addition, it is free from hazardous materials like Lead, Cadmium, Mercury and Chromium.

The A-star was launched in the city by Mr. RC Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki India Limited and other senior company officials.

The A-star has been designed keeping in mind aspirations of the urban economy-conscious customers, who seek best-in-class fuel efficiency,lower emission, and high quality and high performance alongwith style. It also takes the engine technology in India to the next level. A-star is the most relevant car that addresses the needs of today’s customers be it India or any other part of the world.

One million, and counting India’s well known car maker Maruti Suzuki is moving very close to 1 MILLION sales mark of its best seller – The Maruti Suzuki Alto. Shortly after its launch 8 years ago, the Maruti Suzuki Alto kicked off its own sister car, the Maruti Suzuki 800 which was MSIL’s best seller until that point in time. The Alto’s sales has grown up rapidly over the past 24-30 months. MSIL sold  [ Read More ]

Country’s largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki India, which has been struggling to keep its sales momentum is banking on the company’s to-be-launched compact car A-Star to beat the year-end blues. The car industry, which witnessed a decline of 6.59 per cent in October, struggles to sell car in the year-end as most customers postpone purchases for a new model year. MSI is hoping that the novelty factor associated with its 5th  [ Read More ]

What is it? The city car that Suzuki hopes will challenge the Hyundai i10, Chevrolet Spark and cars from its own stable. The new A-Star/Alto will be built in Delhi by Suzuki’s majority-owned Maruti Suzuki Limited, and will be known as the Maruti A-Star in India, will also be made-over in the same factory and sold in Europe as the Nissan Pixo. Power comes from the same 67bhp (expect 65bhp  [ Read More ]

Changan Suzuki (Maruti counterpart of Shanghai), has confirmed that it has halted production of the existing Alto model back in July itself. This is to pave way for the next generation Alto model due to hit the roads in next September in China. We won’t and can’t expect Maruti to follow suite and discontinue production of the Alto even though the new Alto will be rolled out here in a  [ Read More ]

The 2009 Suzuki Alto is finally here. The road-going version of the A-Star had its wraps taken off at the Paris Motorshow earlier today. The leading aspects of this compact car are its incredibly low fuel consumption figures and ultra-low emissions which comfortably surpasses Euro 5 norms. Drag coefficient of 0.30 translates into slighter fuel consumption and quicker acceleration times while its modern design and styling should make cars like  [ Read More ]

India’s most popular car maker Maruti says it’s exports will increase considerably in the coming the years. As many as 200,000 cars a year with the Maruti badge will leave India in 2010-11. Independent of exports, Maruti is also looking forward to increment domestic sales figures to a million cars a year in the same period. Who said the Tata Nano is solely going to increase congestion? The small-car specialist  [ Read More ]