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Cheap Maruti Alto With 2 Cylinder YP3 Engine Coming In 2011
Volkswagen Polo 1.6 Petrol Features Specifications Variants And Price
Mahindra & Mahindra Motor Bikes In India Coming Soon
Stronger And Light Weight Cars From Maruti Coming By 2012

Cheap Maruti Alto With 2 Cylinder YP3 Engine Coming In 2011

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:56 AM PDT

Maruti Suzuki is all set to claim its share in the pie of small car segment which never existed before Tata Nano, world's cheapest car. With the price difference in the cheapest car offering of Maruti Suzuki (Maruti Alto Standard at Rs.2.57 Lakh) being almost twice as compared to Tata Nano( Rs. 1.3 Lakh), it makes all the sense to fill the gap. We had earlier reported a cheaper Rs. 2 Lakh Maruti Alto Strip Down Variant In making, the facts are getting clearer with time passing by.

As per the recent report by Financial Express, the car will be launched in mid of year 2011. The vendors who will be sourcing engine components for the cheaper stripped down version have revealed that the engine will be a 2 Cylinder Petrol engine codenames YP3. This engine will power the cheaper Stripped Down Maruti Alto which currently has an 800 CC FD8 MPFI Petrol Engine.

Just like the New Alto K10 with an enhanced engine is set for higher power demanding customers, the new strip down Also will be for economy demanding customers. The new 2 Cylinder YP8 engine is expected to be lesser than 800 CC in displacement and will comply with BS4 emission standard. The Stripped Down Alto may be priced between Rs. 1.8 to Rs. 2 Lakhs and will still be more expansive than the Tata Nano. Even after being costlier than Nano, the new Alto will surely be successful to attract some of the Nano buyers towards re-considering their choice. Lets wait and watch till we get some more details. For fast updates, you can follow @carblogindia on twitter.

Volkswagen Polo 1.6 Petrol Features Specifications Variants And Price

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 04:35 AM PDT

Volkswagen showcases Volkswagen Polo in January 2010 in Auto Expo 2010 in Delhi and since then there has been no turning back. It was launched officially in India in 1.2 Litre MPFI Petrol Engine variant soon after that and has been doing great sales numbers since then. Today Volkswagen India has finally launched its much awaited 1.6 MPFI Litre Petrol Engine variant in Mumbai India.

Volkswagen Polo 1.6 Petrol Specifications

The specifications of New Volkswagen Polo 1.6 Petrol are:

1.6 Litre MPFI Engine
4 Cylinder BS4 compatible
Max Power – 105 PS @ 5250 RPM
Max Torque - 153 Nm @ 3750 RPM
5 Speed Manual Transmission
Fuel Mileage of 15.96 KMPL
0 to 100 KMPH in 11.1 Seconds
Length = 3970mm, width = 1682mm, Height = 1453mm
Wheelbase = 2456 mm, Ground Clearance = 168 mm

Volkswagen Polo 1.6 Petrol Features

The features of New Volkswagen Polo 1.6 Petrol include:

Body coloured bumpers
Chrome strip in front grille
Body coloured outside door handles
Body coloured outside mirrors
Galvanized body with 6 years anti-corrosion warranty
15 inch alloy wheels
Gear shift knobs in chrome
Interior door handles in chrome
Chrome interior trims
Storage compartments for 1 litre bottles
60/40 split folding rear seats
Superior 'livon' upholstery.
Front disc brakes
ABS
Front airbags for driver and co-driver
Electronic anti theft immobilizer
Multi function information display including door opening warning
Height adjustable driving seats
Adjustable power steering that improves drive comfort
Rear de fogger
Power locks with remote transmitters

Volkswagen Polo 1.6 Petrol Variants

The Volkswagen Polo 1.6 Petrol will be available only on Highline Petrol Variant.

Volkswagen Polo 1.6 Petrol Price In India

The price of New Volkswagen Polo 1.6 Petrol is Rs. 6.16 Lakhs Ex-Showroom Delhi. The on road price will fall close to Rs. 6.7 Lakhs which makes it a premium hatchback.

Mahindra & Mahindra Motor Bikes In India Coming Soon

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 03:49 AM PDT

Mahindra And Mahindra is soon going to venture into Indian Motor Cycle Market by introducing its bikes in India. It has been developing and testing its bikes in Italy. There has been a recent teaser video of the same online and it indicated the bike to be trendy as well well sporty. The bikes may arrive on Indian roads soon, maybe even before Diwali. The company names Mahindra 2 Wheelers will launch 2 bikes, one 125 CC and other one being a 300 CC superbike.

The teaser video on the Internet seems like the glimpse of a 300 CC bike on a race track in Italy. The details of the bikes and pricing is not released yet, but the 125 CC bike is expected to be priced competitively to the existing bikes in the commuter segment whereas the 300 CC is a premium segment and may not come cheap.

You can have a look at the teaser video on YouTube as seen below :

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Stronger And Light Weight Cars From Maruti Coming By 2012

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 03:00 AM PDT

Maruti Suzuki works on the principles of continuous improvement by keeping its R&D team busy searching for ways of making the cars better in terms of performance, safely and economy. To take a step closer to this goal, Maruti is planning to use high strength steel in place of the normal strength steel sheets used to make cars.

Use of high strength steel will allow less thickness of the metal which means lesser body weight of the car. This will improve the car's fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions by as high as 27%, which is a considerable figure. It is estimated that a normal passenger car from Maruti will loose around 120 Kg weight by the use of high strength steel in its body. This change will come in effect by 2012, we hope to see really good mileage and low emissions which means cars which are more environment friendly as well as pocket friendly.

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