sanyam: cars

Air Powered Car from Tata Motors

Mon, 28 May 2007 11:05:57 GMT

City Cat - A car which will be powered by compressed air is all set to go into Tata Motor's production plants. This will be the much touted sub-1-lakh-car which has already gained enough mind share that a friend of mine has already started saving for this. There were rumours that it is set to launch by the end of 2007 but if the production is set to start now, we cant expect it to be out of early 2008, considering that it is a total different engine and car and will need many rounds of road test before it gets launched.

Here is the excerpts from an article featured in engadget

The first commercial car to be powered by compressed air could be about to hit the production lines, as Indian automaker Tata Motors prepares to build ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre's design. We're not certain if it's the same air car that we hit just under three years ago, but if it is, it's about time! The City Cat runs on nothing but compressed air -- which can be refueled at "air stations," and overnight using a built-in compressor -- with a not too shabby top speed of 68MPH and a range of 125 miles. The Air Car designers are working on a hybrid version that can compress air while it's operating, potentially making cross-India journeys possible: Toyota Prius, eat your hybrid heart out. As EcoGeek points out, the game ain't up just yet for completely emissions free travel since the problem of the source of the electricity (usually acquired from fossil fuels) has yet to be solved. Plus, the fugly design really doesn't do it any favours: why does "green" have to mean "gah?"

Technorati tags: Tata, India, Car, Tata Motors, City Cat, Air powered, 1 lakh car

Mahindra Renault Logan is here

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:08:03 GMT

Mahindra Renault launched their much awaited car Logan in the indian market. The car is priced very attractively in the entry level long car segment and will compete head to head with Tata Indigo.

Ex-showroom prices

Petrol

GL 1.4 - 4.27 Lacs

GLE 1.4 - 4.71 Lacs

GLS 1.6 - 5.68 Lacs

Diesel

DLE 1.5 dci - 5.47 Lacs

DLS 1.5 dci - 6.43 Lacs

Engine Specifications

ENGINE
	1.4-Petrol	1.6-Petrol	1.5-Diesel
Type	4 cylinder, 8 valve	4 cylinder, 8 valve	4 cylinder, 8 valve
Displacement	1390	1598	1461
Max. Power (hp/rpm)	75 / 5500	84.5 / 5500	65 / 4000
Max. Torque (nm/rpm)	112/3000	128/3000	160/2000
DIMENSIONS
Boot Space	510 (ltrs)
Overall Length	4250 (mm)
Overall Width	1742 (mm)
Height	1525 (mm)
Wheel Base	2630 (mm)
Ground clearance	155 (mm)
Fuel tank capacity	50 (Ltr)
Turning Radius	5.25 (meter)

Here is nice e-brochure pulled straight from the mahindra renault's website. hope this clears any doubts of any prospective buyers. I myself will suggest people to wait for some time and get verdicts from the public and the auto reviews from the industry before booking a piece. Looking just at the numbers i am not convinced with the power output atleast and as some websites also mentioned that it is not expected to give fuel efficiency of more than 15-18 km/l for diesel variant, it will be a hard decision getting convinced just from the figures.

Can view the e-brochure here if the below flash presentation is not visible properly.

Ferrari FXX (Enzo)

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:26:52 GMT

Ferrari FXX - World's fastest production car and a successor of Ferrari Enzo.

Have a look at the video which just gives you a glimpse of what this car has to offer. Only 30 cars were built out of which one is custom designed for Ferrari's ace driver M. Schumacher. With a 6.3 Lts engine which produces more than 790 hp of power this car is a beast on roads.

Engine	6.3 L V12 (6262 cc/382 in³) 800 PS/588 kW (790hp) @ 8500 rpm
Transmission	6-Speed Sequential
Length	4702 mm (185 in)
Width	2035 mm (80 in)
Height	1147 mm (45 in)
Curb weight	1,155kg (2,546 lbs)

visit Ferrari for more detailed info - http://www.ferrariworld.com

more information about the history of this car on wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_FXX

Nike One 2022

Sat, 28 Jan 2006 08:02:08 GMT

Nike One 2022 - the car - 'kya cheez cut piece' (watchout more pics in the photogallery)

Phil Frank - the designer from Rhino - http://www.phil-frank.com/

StudioEggMan - the renderrer from Flamingo - http://www.studioeggman.com/image_menu/image_menu.html

StudioEggMan's Nike One 2022 - http://www.studioeggman.com/image/44-NIKEGT4-ONE.html

seriouswheels.com - the forum - http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-Nike-ONE-Gran-Turismo.htm

Rhinoceros - modelling tool for designers - http://www.rhino3d.com/index.htm

gallery.mcneel.com - more vehicles designed using Rhino - http://gallery.mcneel.com/?language=en&g=2

Honda (UK) - Civic

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:36:48 GMT

Yet another fundu AD by Honda for its all new Honda Civic.

watch the flash movie directly from http://84.40.3.164/

Visit http://www.honda.co.uk/civic/ and go to Watch section to see the making of the AD.

Ferrari's concept car

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:05:14 GMT

Winning design.

all the 20 designs are here

Quote

Ferrari unveils student-desgined concepts

The possible future of Ferrari design is now on display at the Galleria Ferrari in Maranello. The selection of the 20 best nominees for the Ferrari of the future, created by automotive design students of four of the most prestigious schools worldwide are being exhibited at the Galleria Ferrari in Maranello, according to New Car Net UK. The contest, organised in partnership with Pininfarina and with the support of Alcoa - the company that produces aluminum space frames for Ferrari – calls for the design of 1:4 scale models has seen at work, in the last months, the most talented of each college. On 18 November, the Galleria Ferrari will host the prize-giving ceremony. Here at Leftlane News, our favorite design is pictured right. In related news, it was reported today that Fiat has hired Ferrari’s current head designer Frank Stephenson. Donato Coco will replace Stephenson at Ferrari.

more concept cars

Toyota xFine

Toyota iSwing

Toyota Alessandro Volta

Honda Civic SI concept

Mercedes Benz F600

Mazda Senku

some mroe links

http://conceptcars.autoblog.com

http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/concept-cars/index.php

Renault concept car

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:59:50 GMT

watchout the new concept car from Renault. And dont miss the side mounted seats, the rear one which rolls down the front ones to make space.

This is some sheer innovative design. will try and get some pics of Honda's new concept car.

stay tuned ;)

cars in hyderabad

Tue, 20 Sep 2005 05:30:12 GMT

Brands and Models in town

Maruti Suzuki - Alto, Zen, WagonR, Esteem,Baleno and the newest addition Swift
Tata - Indica, the bigger Indica - Indigo, Sumo and the revamped Safari -dicor
Hyundai - Santro Xing, Accent, Elantra, the improved Sonata and the newly launched Tuscon
Fiat - Uno, Palio and Siena
Ford - Ikon, Mondeo, Endeavor and Fusion
Opel - Corsa and Sail
Chevrolet - Optra, Tavera
Mitsubishi - Lancer
Toyota - Corolla, Camry and the old wine in new bottle the Innova. read Qualis as wine.
Honda - City and Accord, CRV
Skoda - Octavia and the newbie on road the Superb. link

intentionally skipped GM, i guess my blog is too naive to mention anything abt Merc.

P.S - these may not be the complete range of the cars available in Hyderabad but just those which i see a lot or new on road.

Red n Bold - my fav ones.

Black n Bold - newly launched in Hyd or something new in them.

will start writing about one by one ...

mean time have some snaps of the yet to be launched in India, the Skoda Fabia