About 1.5 years back, we heard some news about the government of India working on the Fuel Efficiency standards for cars just like the Start ratings for electrical appliances by BEE (bureau of energy efficiency) in India. It took a lot of time to have materialized, and is yet to announced. The BEE has finally announced that system is under discussions and maybe announced very soon.   Ajay Mathur, director general, bureau of energy efficiency told that the govt. is working on deciding the standards which will represent the fuel efficiency of vehicles in Kilometers per litre of fuel. Different weight vehicles will be classified under different levels of fuel efficiency. The star system used for electrical appliances is also a possibility as its easy to understand by the buyers. The implementation of these new norms is likely to be made mandatory by 2015. New Fuel Efficiency Norms and Standard For India is a post from: Copyrights 2010 CarBlogIndia - All About Automobiles. All Rights Reserved. Copyright Policy Connect With CarBlogIndia

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Petrol and Diesel prices in India may soon see another hike. As per the RBI request to the Govt. of India to increase the fuel prices to cut down the fiscal deficit, there may soon be another hike in the Petrol and Diesel prices in India. There has been already lot on increase in the prices in last one year and it doesn't seem to stop. The international prices keep going up and the domestic prices are somewhat controlled. As a matter of fact, there is a subsidy on Diesel which causes a financial deficit on the government of India. But on the contrary, something which is never talked about is the sky high taxes on petrol and diesel. The petrol and diesel in India are taxed heavily and these taxes make the cost of fuel almost two folds the price at which it leaves the refineries.   With petrol prices already close to Rs. 60 per litre and Diesel close to Rs. 35 per litre, god knows what is yet to come. Experts say that the prices of petrol may go as high as Rs. 10 per litre but in a phased manner, which means two or three small [...]

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Suzuki and Honda are the market leaders in gearless scooter and offer some extremely successful products such as Suzuki Access and Honda Activa. While the Honda is the oldest competitor and has record sales in hand, the Access falls no behind its competitor with ongoing success has surpassed that of the Activa. Yamaha, another auto major has already announced the launch of  Yamaha gearless scooter in India planned for 2012 launch. Rumors flew in 2010 than Suzuki was planning to introduce a new gearless scooter alike Access but since then the rumors never turned into reality. Lately as being reported, Suzuki has become keen on launching a new scooter called as Suzuki Skydrive but no time has set as of now. The Skydrive is good looking, aerodynamic and quite sleek in appearance and very much distinguishable from any other such scooter on the road. Bigger wheels, sporty looks, dynamic body graphics, beautiful headlamps are some of the noticeable things about this scooter. The model available in other markets also features front disc brakes which I doubt would be present on the Indian model. Suzuki Skydrive 125CC Gearless Scooter Specifications In India Engine Type:    4-Stroke, Air-cooled, Fuel Injection Transmission:    Automatic Exterior [...]

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There have been lot of speculation and rumors about the KTM Duke launch in India. There have been many spy shots of the test bikes, also there have been various news from various unofficial sources in the past. Now the news comes officially from the S Sridhar, Bajaj Auto India President of motorcycles division. Sridhar has confirmed the KTM Duke launch in India by end of year 2011. In his statement, he quoted: Bajaj KTM, engaged in developing high-end bikes for the Indian market, would launch their bikes by the end of the year. We are at the top of the sports segment with Pulsar and want to focus on that segment. The company currently holds a market share of 27 per cent in the motorcycle segment and wants to increase it by three to four per cent by the end of the current fiscal.     However, what is not clear as yet is the models and specifications of the KTM bike to be launched in India. Most probably it will be the KTM Duke 200 – Details here. Earlier it was speculated that KTM will launch Duke 125 in India, which might not happen as the segment of [...]

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The price hike of diesel and petrol is literally forcing people to switch either to CNG and LPG powered vehicles or public transport and in such a situation we need something unique. So how different could one be? A diesel motorcycle ? The concept of an efficient diesel motorcycle has not occurred recently but has been in several minds over the past few decades. Many diesel powered motorcycles were produced during past years but only a few are in existence today of which mostly are utility vehicles. The Indian market even had a diesel Royal Enfield once and very soon it is going to get the next generation diesel motorcycle. BVR Subbu, who is an extremely ambitious entrepreneur and also served Hyundai for a couple of crucial years is  planning to come up with its own diesel engine manufacturing unit. The unit will be set up in Chennai and will be called as Altius Automotive Technologies. Hayes Diversified Technologies(HDT), an American firm dedicated to supplying military vehicles and equipment to the US Army will be partnering Altius. Together they plan to build a 670CC diesel motorcycle called as Altius Scimitar 670 Diesel and the same is expected to see its [...]

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Chevrolet India (General Motors India), has been facing a difficult time because of a labor strike which started about third week of March 2011. About 70% of the labor went on strike which caused a loss of production for many days and a financial loss to Chevrolet India. After about 2 weeks of discussions and negotiation, the strike has been completely resolved and workers have resumed normal operation as the GM India plant at Halol.   As per the official statement from Mr P Balendran, Vice-President, General Motors India, released on May 4th, 2011: GM India is pleased to inform tonight that the remaining workers that were involved in a labor dispute in our Halol plant have decided to call off their actions and will resume duties as of tomorrow morning. This follows an understanding reached between management and workers that was supported by labor department officials in Baroda. We expect a return to a normal business situation in the next days. Check out more- Chevrolet India News Chevrolet India Labor Strike Resolved Completely At Halol Plant is a post from: Copyrights 2010 CarBlogIndia - All About Automobiles. All Rights Reserved. Copyright Policy Connect With CarBlogIndia

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Ford India has stepped into a new business of Multi-Branded used car retail in 5 important markets of India. To start with, the states which ford selected to start its outlets known as the "Ford Assured", Ford has selected – Delhi, Chandigarh, Pune, Kochi and Jaipur. Delivering vehicles at outstanding value for money, Ford Assured will carry Ford's world-class service quality and customer commitment. Part of phased introduction approach, the multi-brand used car retail operation kick starts  in five key markets in partnership with Ford's existing dealers. image: Ford Assured inaugurated in New Delhi at Harpreet Ford by Nigel Wark, ED MS&S Ford India Ford India's significant dealers such as Harpreet Ford in Delhi, Bhagat Ford in Chandigarh, KS Ford in Jaipur, Kairali Ford in Kochi and Planet Ford in Pune – will buy, recondition and sell a wide choice of Ford and other brand cars to customers under the trustworthy inspection and service commitment offered by Ford Assured. The Ford Assured multi-brand used car program is an opportunity for Ford to develop a closer connect with its existing and potential customers. Foreseeing a strong growth trend in the Indian new car market, Ford expects the positive momentum to influence [...]

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