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Friday, 9 January 2009
Reva on an Environmental Tour
A white Reva plastered with signs displaying positive effects of reforestation is on an environmental tour. The car is on a green journey taking along the vows of Indian Youth Climate Network. Strikingly, this white Reva along with two other cars that run on jatropha oil and waste vegetable oil are driven by 20 people to complete a journey of 4,000 km across the country. This tour is solely organised to spread awareness of environment-friendly cars. The stickers on these cars also depict the same motive - 'save the environment and combat climate change'. The cars started their journey from Chennai and would make pit stops at Bangalore, Nagpur, Mumbai, and Jaipur including various other places. Throughout the journey the drivers and the association members are educating people about the use of innovative technologies and solutions for generating clean technologies and designing green buildings. The main target of these groups are the universities across the country where they plan to encourage students to pick green jobs. They will also stress on various climate change policies. Even the economic factors will be considered because many have a myth that green concept is an expensive affair. But actually it is a healthy and a long-term saving affair that needs to reach the masses. Spreading green awareness can be best done by a car like the Maini Reva, the sole electric car in India. This is the only car in the country that generates zero emission and help us save our environment, thereby maintaining an ecological balance. Labels: Electric-Car, Environment-Friendly-Cars, Maini-Reva
More AMG Centres Across the Globe
AMG is known as the performance brand of Mercedes-Benz. These high power and super-efficient cars are tuned Mercedes cars that define the brand image of the company. Recently, Mercedes has introduced a bunch of AMG cars in India to satisfy the luxurious needs and demands of Indian car buyers. AMG cars have carved their own niche in the global car market. And the best part of these high-end super-luxurious and powerful cars is that every engine is assembled by just one engineer. That's the company's philosophy, 'One Man-One Engine'. With the increasing number of cars in the market, Mercedes also plans to establish more AMG centres across the world to provide their easy availability for its customers. As the cars are unique so would be the centres. Each AMG centre is known to be designed with distinctive surrounding that will reflect the powerful characteristics of AMG cars. About 175 centres are to be established with high quality materials, exclusive furnishings, and an assortment of colours. Labels: AMG-Cars, Car-Market, Mercedes-Benz
Mahindra Unveils the Thar Concept
Mahindra & Mahindra unveils the Thar concept in the Bologna Motor Show held in December 2008. In the Thar concept, Scorpio's CRDe engine along with a 4*4 BorgWarner is used. The company is mulling to launch this concept based car in the European market. Excitingly, it is designed on the platform of the Mahindra Classic and based on the Scorpio's powertrain. Fitting Scorpio's engine in a car like this clearly reflects the reliability and dependability of the Scorpio that is successfully running on Indian roads. Earlier there were queries whether such a concept would do well in the market or not. But Mahindra declares that retro vehicles like the Thar have established their own niche in the European market. However, in India, the car market will take some time to accept this concept. But, with the powerful engine packed with innovation, Mahindra can definitely drive the Thar to the Indian car market. Labels: Indian-car-market, Mahindra-and-Mahindra
A New Automatic Parking System For Cars
Parking a car is a irksome task for most of us. Sitting on the driver's seat many of us just struggle to fit in our cars in stuffed parking spaces. But now, to make the tedious parking job easy Ford has introduced a new car parking system. This innovative car parking system is christened as Automatic Park Assist System. You may now not have to struggle for parking spaces. You can just sit calm behind the wheel and the new automatic parking system will park the car for you. Ford has not used any new technology to support automatic parking. It has simply used the existing ultrasonic parking sensors combined with a new electric power assisted steering system. The sensors will figure out the actual distance from other cars in the parking lot and then steer itself into the parking space with only minor inputs from the driver. A driver just have to press a button on the dash which activates the ultrasonic parking sensors to scan and check the parking area in terms of space for parallel parking. The car then signals the driver to select the suitable gear. The steering job is done by the active park assist system meanwhile the driver put brakes when required. The system also comes with a visual or audible interface that warns the driver of nearby cars, objects, and people. Surprisingly, the automatic parking system is accurate and quick, proving its superiority in the car electronic market. The system will take some time to enter the Indian car market. But you can find this automatic parking system in Lincoln MKS and MKT cars in the international market. Labels: Automatic-Parking-System, Indian-car-market, New-Car
Thursday, 8 January 2009
Cars Made of Coconut
It's incredible that cars would now be made of coconut. Researchers at Baylor University have introduced a innovative way to transform coconut husk into automotive interiors. Researchers believe that the coconut husk can be used to design the trunk liners, floor boards, and car door interior covers replacing the synthetic polyester fibres. Most of the people will wonder that why only coconuts were selected among a long list of plants grown across the world. But the leading researcher, Walter Bradley, has the answer. He says that coconuts has been picked up from the long list because it is grown in abundance. And about 96% of the total coconut production is taken over by poor farmers who don't even manage to earn their basic living requirements with this plantation. The idea to utilize coconut fire to build automotive interiors will create a viable new market for these poor farmers along with making the cars more environment friendly. In addition, coconuts having better mechanical properties not only preserves natural resources but are also cost effective and comparatively reduces a car weight. Adding to the green concept, coconut do not emit toxic fumes and are thus light on environment. Though this concept is new for the Indian car industry, in the global car market Mercedes-Benz is know to be the first to use natural fibre in cars. The exterior of Mercedes-Benz A-Class Coupé is manufactured using the abaca banana plant replacing the traditional glass fibre. Labels: Car-Market, Indian-car-industry, Mercedes-Benz
Electrifying Auto Show in Bangalore
Get ready to witness the biggest and the most electrifying auto show in Bangalore at Bangalore International Automotive Expo (BIAE) 2009. The Expo will exclusively showcase cars, bikes, motorcycles, and high-end car accessories, bringing over 500 automotive brands under one roof. The show will also caters the needs and requirements of car consumers and car fans. The event will portray the entire Indian automobile industry providing a strong platform for the growth of the auto industry especially the South Indian Automotive Industry. The list of exhibitors include leading car manufacturers like the Audi, Nissan, Maruti Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Maini Reva, and the Mahindra & Mahindra. Two-wheeler manufacturers comprising the TVS, Kinetic, Royal Enfield, and the Yamaha along with a number of auto component manufacturers like the Bosch will also exhibit a variety of their products, valuables, and services. Being supported by bodies like the ARAI, FIAA, AASI and the WIAA, the cynosure of the show will be the hot bikes, customized cars, Nitrocars, and imported vehicles. Apart from these products, this event will also organise various seminars and interactive forums to bring forth the current trend in the automotive market. The auto show will occur from Jan 9th to Jan 11th. Labels: Auto-Show, Car-Accessories, Car-Manufacturers
Amazing Discount on New Scorpio
As the New Year thrill moves ahead with a season of festivity, Mahindra offers a huge discount on its electrifying Mahindra Scorpio to give its customers an opportunity to rejoice the festival of Sankranthi. Mahindra passes the complete excise cut benefits to its esteemed customers with an an amazing discount of Rs 1,11,111 on its flagship model, the new Mahindra Scorpio. Mahindra Scorpio is one of the leading SUV in the country with winning characteristics and technologies that individualizes the car. Since the credit crunch in the market is repelling the car buyers from car showrooms. This sizzling offer by Mahindra is only a measure that is expected to attract the buyers and give them a reason to buy the car. Labels: Mahindra-Scorpio, SUV
General Motors Makes India a Hub for Engines
Not shattered by the uncertainty in global financial markets and weakening economic, General Motors is all set to make India a manufacturing hub of engines for the Asia Pacific regions. The General Motors is known for manufacturing compelling and high quality cars. Recently, its Chevrolet cars like the Spark and Aveo U-VA topped the list of Quality Cars in India unveiled by the J.D. Power Asia in their respective segments. Seeing the performance of its car models in the country, General Motors is optimistic about the Indian market. And with this perception, the company is taking various steps to strength its presence in India. It now plans to develop new and refined car engines in its R&D centre at Bangalore which will be manufactured at its Talegaon facility. The plant is expected to produce 200,000 units and the capacity can be further increased depending on domestic demand. These engines will be targeted for export to emerging car markets in the Asia Pacific and Eastern European region. To achieve the desired production capacity and meet the export target, the company also plans to hire more number of employees and workers for its R&D centre as well as manufacturing facility. About 300 employees in the Bangalore facility and 200 workers in the Talegaon facility are planned to be hired for quick and efficient design and production. Labels: Chevrolet-Cars, General Motors, Indian-Car-Markets
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