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Lamborghini starts Grand Tour to celebrate its 50th Anniversary
Article by Ayan Sengupta
The Tour started from the Piazza Castello in Milan and had started at 1:30 pm on 8th May. The Grand Tour to celebrate the 50 year of Lamborghini is the largest car gathering from the company with the fleet that is over 4km long and raging with over 190,000 hp hitting the road.
About 350 cars out of which 320 are registered and about 30 cars will be coming from the press and guests will be arriving at the Piazza Castello in the front to of Sforzesco Castle with their drivers and co-drivers a total of 700 people. Since last couple of days the fans have witnessed the arrival of car from across the globe and the registration for the people who will be driving to the first meeting point has been completed.
The press conference announced that the Grand Tour was started a day ago at Pirelli Foundation [...]
Volkswagen Polo 1.2L GT Test Drive, Review
Article by Hamza Ansari
The ongoing time is now demanding automatics hatchbacks in the showroom, moreover the young professionals and ladies are its key buyer rather than someone from past generation-office going uncle or so. Keeping only these things in mind carmakers are rolling out automatic version of their hatchbacks model plate, which we think is not going on the masses’ shoulders but is showing sufficient output against the input wobbled in towards the targeted class. Volkswagen is an up market brand in India and assuming it to be deprived from the catchy trend, is not catering its automotive veins and hence we got a chance to drive the newly launched Polo “GT” with only 1.2 TSI petrol motor.
Well, this one is not a complete GT in the sense which one maybe thinking of in the particular aura but, let’s [...]
Maruti Suzuki planning to replace SX4, A-star and Estilo with new products
Article by Ayan Sengupta
Country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India is planning to launch two new vehicles this year. With the introduction of the two new models, Maruti will be replacing the existing cars that are not selling quite well in its product lineup and the upcoming models will also help the company to regain the market share in the respective segment. The company covered nearly 45 percent of the market share in 2010-11 which drove down to 39 percent last year.
According to the reports from Livemint, the vehicle that was earlier codenamed as YL7 will be displayed during the 2014 Delhi Auto Expo. Two persons that are said to be closer to the development program has shared this information but has not agreed to reveal more about the upcoming cars. The new cars will be developed on the small car platform [...]
Ford EcoSport to come equipped with the Emergency Assistance system
Article by Ayan Sengupta
Ford EcoSport is certainly one of the most awaited SUVs in India and is likely to witness a launch by June 2013. American auto giant is also taking tons of measures to make it a big hit. It is also possible that the bookings for the vehicles may start from June. Ford is taking all the steps to make it a sure hit in Indian market.The SUV is equipped with the various advanced technological features that also include Emergency Assistance System.
In case of an emergency the Emergency Assistance system will send an vital voice message to the emergency service providers stating that the vehicle has been met with the accident or is in some problem. The emergency Assistance System enhances the safety and quickens the response during any of the emergency situations as it will automatically alert the [...]
Valvoline Cummins India Splurged $30 million on a New Manufacturing Plant
Article by Hamza Ansari
Seeing the title one maybe confused about finding such reports on our blog, but let’s be clear, we are concerned about the things which can lend a smell of the automotive even at least, or maybe sometime the transportation too. This time we got the piece of news that Valvoline Cummins Limited, one of the brands in automotive, had opened a manufacturing plant in Ambernath industrial area, near Mumbai. Apart from the automotive lubricants, this manufacturing facility will also cater products for industrial and heavy duty markets.
The new production facility had seen an investment of $30 million and is spread over an area of 10 acres, which will be able to produce outputs ranging between 120 million liters and150 million liters per year.
Commenting on the splashy new beginnings, Sandeep Kalia, [...]
