Tuesday, April 10, 2012
The new Honda City arrives
Honda to launch small car in 2009
On the outside, what you get is its quintessential radical exterior style, which is primarily characterized by its sleek look. The all-new City comes with what is called the 'Arrow Shot Form' design that lends the car its dynamic look. The car undoubtedly exudes a great amount of road presence on account of it now being longer, wider and sturdier. From the front, the first thing that strikes you about the car is the new rakish grill and the headlights that lend a distinct new identity to the car.
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It also boasts a shortened rear end and with sleekly designed aerodynamic looking combination lights that now enhance its sporty looking tail design. While the new City comes with the same ground and head clearance, the car's height has been lowered by 15 mm to 1480 mm to enable the car to have a sleeker and sturdier body shape giving the City an extremely refined driving position.
Nissan NV200
    With the NV200, Nissan wants to take the Toyota Innova head-on. The 
NV200 will be the first product of the Nissan and Ashok Leyland joint 
venture to manufacture minivans in India. An eight-seater, the NV200 
seats passenger in a 2+3+3 layout. Styling is more commercial van than 
MPV and this appearance is not helped by the NV200’s sliding rear doors.
 It will be powered by the same 105bhp 1.5-litre K9K diesel that also 
does duty in the Renault Fluence. Pricing is likely to be in the range 
of Rs 7.5-12 lakh.
    Factfile: 
    Engine: 1.5-litre diesel
    Power/Torque: 105bhp/24.4kgm
    Kerb weight: 1269kg
    L/W/H: 4400/1695/1860mm
    Expected: Early 2012
    Price: Rs 7.5-12 lakh
Renault Duster
  Renault wants a presence in each segment of the car market and will be
 ready with its Duster mini-SUV by July next year. The Duster shares its
 platform with the Logan (now Mahindra Verito), so should be able to 
take a fair bit of abuse. But this is no off-roader in the true sense 
and will be sold in India in a two-wheel-drive avatar only. Interior 
space is impressive and, just like on the Logan, ride quality is nice 
and supple too. The Duster will have  1.6 petrol (105bhp) and 1.5 diesel
 (90bhp) engines. A more powerful 107bhp 1.5 diesel with reduced turbo 
lag will also be on offer. Expect prices to start at Rs 7 lakh for the 
base petrol-engined Duster. 
  Factfile:
  Engines: 1.6-litre petrol, 1.5-litre
  diesel, 1.5-litre diesel
  Power/Torque: 105bhp/15.1kgm,
  90bhp/20.4kgm, 107bhp/24.5kgm
  Kerb weight: 1205kg
  L/W/H: 4315/1822/1695mm
  Expected: July 2012
  Price: Rs 7-8 lakh
New Porsche 911
  It may not look radically different from its predecessor but this is 
the all-new sixth-generation 911.  The car will go on sale in India soon
 after right-hand-drive sales commence globally. It will initially be 
sold in rear-wheel-drive Carrera (3.4 litre) and Carrera S (3.8 litre) 
coupé guises. Cabriolet and four-wheel-drive variants will follow in 
2012, and pave the way for a range-topping 523bhp Turbo in 2013. The new
 911 will sport a new seven-speed manual gearbox — a first for a series 
production road car. Apart from increased power and improved emissions, 
the new 911’s chassis has also been worked on for improved ride and even
 better dynamics.
  Factfile:
  Engines: 3.4-litre petrol, 
  3.8-litre petrol
  Power/Torque: 345bhp/39.8kgm,
  394bhp/44.9kgm
  Kerb weight: 1455-1470kg
  L/W/H: 4491/1808/1295mm
  Expected: September 2012
  Price: From Rs 90 lakh 
Renault Pulse
  Auto Expo 2012 will be the venue for the launch of Renault’s first 
hatchback for India the Pulse, (earlier codenamed B58). The Pulse shares
 its platform with the Micra and will be built alongside it at 
Renault-Nissan’s Chennai plant. Dimensions are be near-identical to the 
Micra and likewise should weigh less than a tonne, which will reap huge 
dividends in terms of economy. While the two cars will share many 
components including engines, the Pulse is easily identifiable as a 
Renault . However, the two cars share the dashboard design as tooling 
for a new dashboard entails considerable expense. Pricing should be at 
par with the Micra, so it will be interesting to see if the Renault can 
eat into Nissan sales. 
  Factfile: 
  Engines: 1.2-litre petrol, 1.5-litre diesel
  Power/Torque: 75bhp/10.6kgm,
  63bhp/16.3kgm
  Kerb weight: NA
  L/W/H: NA
  Expected: January 2012
  Price: Rs 4.5-6 lakh
  Renault hatchback will be similar to the Nissan Micra. 
Renault L58
  Renault’s new midsize car (codename: L58) will be to the Nissan Sunny 
what the Pulse is to the Micra. The cars will share the same platform, 
engines and, in all likelihood, the same interiors. However, exterior 
styling will be quite different. Engine options will include a 105bhp, 
1.5-litre petrol and an 86bhp, 1.5-litre diesel. Renault will price the 
car aggressively, so expect this exciting new saloon to cost between Rs 
7-9 lakh when it is launched in September 2012.  
  Factfile: 
  Engines: 1.5-litre petrol, 1.5-litre diesel
  Power/Torque: 97bhp/13.6kgm,
  85bhp/20.4kgm
  Kerb weight: NA
  L/W/H: NA
  Expected: September 2012
  Price: Rs 7-9 lakh
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