Petrol up by Rs5 and diesel becomes dearer by Rs3

In an unprecedented move, Government Of India raised the fuel prices drastically. Petrol price is raised by Rs5 and diesel is up by Rs3. Surpisingly the common man’s gas LPG is not exempted. LPG price is raised by Rs50. Also the Government has introduced a quota system for LPG cylinder.According to the new system people …

Nissan to make March in India

As we reported earlier http://www.vicky.in/blog/nissan-plans-micra-for-india/ Nissan officially announced today that it will produce the next generation Micra (might be named as March) in it s upcoming Chennai plant. Nissan produces Micra in its the British Sunderland factory. The Micra has become synonymous with Sunderland; the car was first made at the plant in 1992 and …

TVS Scooty Wimbeldon Collection

As we reported earlier http://www.vicky.in/blog/hot-news-update-tvs-limited-edition-scooter-volkswagen-jetta-and-more/ TVS will launch two limited edition scooters named – Scooty Wimbeldon Class and Scooty Wimbeldon Xtreme in this month. TVS has signed up with the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) as a licensee and will sell 10000 units of Scooty Wimbeldon Class and Scooty Wimbeldon Xtreme, designs of which …

CNG to power Mercedes E-class

The rising fuel prices has not even spared even the three pointed star. Anticipating the fuel price hike and to prevent any slowdown in sales (luxury car market grew only by 3% in the month of may) Mercedes Benz plans to roll out more CNG compliant sedans in india. The CNG variant of Mercedes-Benz runs …

Tata Motors hikes prices of Indica,Indigo, Sumo and Safari

Following Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai,Tata Motors has increased the prices of Indica,Indigo,Sumoand Safari. “Tata Motors today announced an increase in the prices of its passenger vehicles. The increase is effective from today,” the company said in a statement.Prices of Indica, Indigo and Indigo Marina is increased in the range of 1-2 per cent while the …

Honda slashes prices of city and civic

Owing to the reduction in Central Service Tax, Honda have slashed the prices of city and civic. “We have received notification from the government on the central sales tax cut from 3 per cent to 2 per cent announced in the Budget. Hence we are reducing the prices of our models City and Civic to …

Fiat palio stile diesel Pictorial Review

Palio to Palio NV to Palio Stile to Palio Stile Multijet Palio story is more interesting. Fiat launched the palio way back in 2001 and attempted to make the Palio as a more acceptable small car. When palio was introduced in india it was seen as a turnaround car for Fiat in India. It actually …

Maruti plans M800 Duo

As we earlier reported http://www.vicky.in/blog/maruti-800-soon-to-get-lpg-variant/. Maruti will soon launch a LPG variant of 800.Similar to the Wagon R Duo the new 800 model will be called as M800 Duo. The new M800 duo will use both petrol and LPG. The LPG kit will be supplied by Landi Renzo of Italy. The new M800 Duo produces …

Hyundai i10 to get 1.2L engine

a welcome change As planned Hyundai will roll out i10 with the superior Kappa engine soon. The 1.2L all aluminium gasoline engine (Kappa) will replace the existing 1.1L iRDE.  i10’s 1.1L iRDE develops 66.7PS at 5500 rpm of power and a torque of 10.1 kgm at 2800 rpm. The current 1.1l engine has proved to …

UnoMoto an Engineering wonder

Always the longitudinal mounting occupies more space and horizontal mounting uses the space more efficiently. Space comes at a premium. We prefer hatchbacks than sedan or SUVs. Then why should we buy motorcycles with wheels separated longitudinally.  18 year old (now 19) Ben Gulak (living in Canada) who dislikes the polluting motorbikes has designed an …