Category Archives: Auto World

Phaeton car specifications

The cars included the Touareg SUV and the Phaeton luxury sedan. The Touareg shares the same platform as Porsche’s Cayenne and is regarded world over for not only its mud plugging capabilities, but also its famed 5.0 litre V10 turbo diesel. This particular engine is apparently one of the torquiest diesels around, producing 750Nm of [...]
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Tata Motors alliance

Long in the pipeline and head lines as well the Tata Motors Fiat alliance was officially announced. Amidst a lavish song and dance spell the curtains came off the mega alliance that, for the short term, envisages dealer network sharing between Tata Motors and Fiat in India. Crucially though both Tata Motors Chairman Ratan Tata [...]
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Skoda Superb

Skoda Superb 2.5TDi, 2.8 V6 and the superb 100 limited edition. While the 2.5TDi is now available at your local Skoda dealer,the limited edition is meant for international markets only with a production run of only 600 units. the other usual suspect was the Skoda Octavia with the L&K, Riders, RS and Combi RS on [...]
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Skoda’s dazzling models

Skoda east European car manufacturer Czech mated the crowd with a dazzling display of cars and beauties at the Expo. For Skoda this year is critical since it has not only repositioned the superb, but also launched the Laura, effectively making it a key player in the D-segment. The yeti attracted a huge crowd providing [...]
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M & M models

Alternate fuel vehicles were the big talking point of the Auto expo and leading the very own Mahindra & Mahindra showcased a hybrid variant of the Scorpio apart from a hydrogen powered three wheeler called the Hy-Alfa and an electric powered zero emission three wheeler called the Bijlee. Mahindra’s foray into this sector has been [...]
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Maruti in Motorsport

Maruti Suzuki prides itself on its commitment to motorsport and is the only Indian manufacturer active in both rallying and racing. To highlight the motorsport association Maruti had the stunning Suzuki Swift JWRC (Junior World Rally Championship) car on display resplendent in the outrageous yellow colours of the SWRT team. The rally car powered by [...]
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Chevrolet Optra SRV

The Optra hatch is sold as the Lacetti in the UK and will feature the same engines that are available on the Optra. The positioning of the hatch will be as a aports recreational vehicles which will keep the SRV an aspirational car and let GM price it accordingly as well, getting people to pay [...]
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Chevrolet Aveo UV-A

The hatchback is based on the old generation Aveo which is still sold in Europe and Asia as the Kalos. Its wheelbase of 2480mm is 25mm more than that of the Getz and 90mm more than that of the swift. It will be powered by a 1.4 litre engine from the same family of GM [...]
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Chevrolet Aveo car images

The Chevrolet Aveo sedan is the year model and badged the Daewoo Gentra and has a completely different and somewhat better looking face. The Aveo boasts a completely new exterior and interior design as well as the 1.6 litre E-tec II engine with VGIS seen here in India on the Optra 1.6. Where the Aveo [...]
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UV of the year Toyota Innova

It turned out to be three horse race in the end but the Innova wasn’t going to get challenged. Its superiority left all the judges impressed. All the ten judges gave it the highest points and so it was the unanimous first choice. While four of the jury members gave it the maximum 10 points, [...]
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TVS Apache-Bike of the year

Although we were expecting it to be a very close run race this year between the TVS Apache and the Hero Honda Achiever, in the end it turned out to be an easy victory for the Apache as it bested the Achiever by 10 points while another one made it his first choice. On the [...]
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Connaught Syracuse

It is interesting to compare the Prodrive P2 with the Connaught which against all the odds, is just starting limited production. This ambitious British start-up company first announced its plans in the summer of 2009.The connaught Type-DGT Syracuse isn’t a hybrid. The electronic control system for that still needs more work and so in the [...]
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Prodrive P2 car model

Prodrive, the British engineering consultancy founded by David Richards, has just made its first car. Prodrive builds lots of cars, including the official Subarus for the World Rally Championship and the Aston Martin DBR9 racers. But the P2 is different because it is Prodrive’s own road car, produced to demonstrate the breadth of the company;s [...]
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Lexia buses with cummins engines

The first of the Lexia range of luxury buses featuring monoscope chassis, full air suspension and rear mounted cummins engines rolled out recently. Significant penetration into Indian auto traffic for the joint bus venture. The synergy of the two companies, with sutlej’s strong customer base and the Cummins world auto market leader status would go [...]
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Volvo introduces 8×4 tipper

Volvo’s Truck Division in India has launched the new FM9 340PS 8×4 tipper. The truck has increased gradeability, more power and a host of other features designed to further aid operations and support Indian infrastructure, mining and construction release.Volvo has the richest experience in the country, when it comes to high performing trucking and renewed [...]
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