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e have made a switch. From July 2014, Motown India will be a complete B2C magazine with a separate section for B2B content. For more than three years we tried the formula the other way around.

But it did not work to our satisfaction. Magazines, newspapers and

news channels survive on advertisements. B2B magazines require a lot of deep analysis and serious writing. It’s not like an afterthought blog. Unfortunately, it seldom attracts advertisements of decent proportions.

In each of the issues of Motown India beginning October 2010 we interviewed some eminent people from the automotive industry. Many of them wrote to us appreciating our writing and analytical skills. But woefully, their companies felt it made little sense to advertise in a mainly B2B magazine.

We consulted an outside agency on our business model and they studied our model for the last six months. We were told to change, we needed to repackage the magazine.

With the rise in popularity of social sites and dwindling attention span among people, especially the youth, the time has come for us to change. It is in this spirit we have presented to you our new issue of Motown India. We have not compromised on the sacrosanct values of journalism while making this change. I am sure our readers will appreciate this and so will the advertisers!

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This issue of Motown India magazine contains 88 pages including both covers.

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Contents B2C SECTION

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AUDI A3 SEDAN

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FIRST DRIVE - HONDA MOBILIO

CHISELLED BRILLIANTLY WHEELZ & ROADZ

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Mercedes-Benz S 350 CDI launched for 1.07 Crore

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First Drive : 2014 Nissan Sunny - A Safe & Luxurious Caar...

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Jaguar confirms it will build F-Type Project 7

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Polaris RZR XP 900 EFI Off The Beaten Path

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Harley-Davidson reveals project LiveWire

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Driven : BMW 320D Grand Turismo - Big and Agile

MOTORSPORT

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Mercedes one-two win in Austrian Grand Prix

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2014 GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED (UK) Where men and machines jostle for space and glory

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ACMA calls for harsh measures to combat spurious trade

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Motherson, Magneti Marelli Spa form JV company

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NUANCE TECHNOLOGY

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25 global car brands to adopt Android Auto technology by end 2014: Google

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New multibeam LED headlamps in Mercedes CLS

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MOTOWN TAKE

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At the Formula E launch in London, Mahindra Racing Formula E driver Karun Chandhok had the honour of doing doughnuts on the Westminster Bridge in front of the iconic Big Ben. A host of celebrities, VIPs, MPs, teams, drivers and press gathered at London’s Roundhouse on the evening of June 30, 2014 to celebrate the official Global Launch for the new all-electric FIA Formula E Championship.

Picture courtesy: Adrenna Communications

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Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK. Detailed Report on Page 48

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LOST & FOUND!!!

DETROIT MAN REUNITED WITH STOLEN CHEVY CORVETTE AFTER 33 YEARS

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n India if your car is stolen, it’s virtually difficult to ever get it back. In the US, there is a good possibility of getting it back, albeit a lot of years later! A Chevrolet Corvette owned by George Talley, who is now 71 years old, was stolen when it was parked on Jefferson Avenue in 1981. He must have been around 38 years old when he lost his favourite car!

Now, after almost 33 years, in June of 2014 Talley received a call from AAA informing him his car had turned up in Hattiesburg, Miss.

(US). Talley and his prized ’79 Chevrolet Corvette were reunited at General Motors’ world headquarters on July 1, 2014, three miles from where the car was stolen from him more than three decades ago.

“It was a lucky day to hear that my car had been found. They told me it was running, had 47,000 miles on it and was ready for me to pick up!” said Talley.

Talley had always been a Corvette fan since he saw his neighbour’s first-generation Corvette in the 1950s. Talley was fortunate to own three more Corvettes, but the ’79 was always his favourite.

Talley’s luck did not stop there. When Mark Reuss, executive vice president for GM Product Development, heard his story on the news, he offered to ship the car home to Detroit.

“George’s story brought a smile to my face,” said Reuss. “As a longtime Corvette owner myself, I know the passion the car inspires. I also knew that car belonged home in Detroit, with its rightful owner, and we could make that happen,” he added.

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Mercedes-Benz S 350 CDI launched for 1.07 Crore

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uxury car maker Mercedes Benz India has launched the S-Class 350 CDI for 1.07 core. The company has commenced the local production of the diesel version of S-Class from its manufacturing facility in Chakan, Pune. The 3 litre V6 engine of the new S 350 CDI is mated to a 7G-Tronic Plus 7 speed automatic transmission which produces a power of approximately 255 hp@3600rpm, 620NM torque at 1600-2400rpm and accelerates from 0-100kmph in 6.8sec at a top speed of 250kmph. It also features Direct Select Lever with Paddle Shifters for rapid gear shifts and smooth operations.

Eberhard Kern, Managing Director & CEO, MercedesBenz India stated that the company for the first time is commencing the body manufacturing for the new S-Class and is confident with the manufacturing of the new diesel version in India.

EXTERIORS You cannot miss the arched roofline with flowing contours, the drooping lines that descend elegantly from the front to rear and the large grille with four louvers clubbed with the three-dimensional design of the chrome trim and grille interior. The S-Class has a drag co-efficient of 0.24, one of the lowest for a luxury car of this calibre.

INTERIORS The design of the S-Class 350 CDI is enhanced by the all LED high performance sharply contoured headlamps and the panoramic sunroof. The interiors of the new S-Class 350 CDI features 7 colour ambient lighting with a choice of 5 dimming options, two 31.2 cm highresolution TFT screens and a multi-function two-spoke steering wheel that offers all controls at one go. The car has an Airmatic suspension which ensures smooth ride quality. The new S-Class also comes with Adaptive Brakes with Hold function, ASR and Hill Start Assist and Active Park Assist that automatically steers the vehicle into parking spaces.

The dashboard is a combination of contemporary design featuring sleek horizontal lines, which along with the Wood Eukalyptus trim imparts the plush touch.

The car offers power packed hot stone massage function with six different programs ranging from relaxing and stimulating to an energising effect. Occupants can choose from two intensities – low and high and the rear seat backrest comes with a massage mat with 14 air chambers which can be inflated or deflated via fast responding solenoid valves, developing a wave-like massage effect. The massage function can be operated via remote with durations ranging from 12 – 15 minutes.

The new S-Class also comes with a Chauffeur package, which creates up to 77mm more rear leg room on the front passenger side with electrically extending footrest and has easy adjustable luxury head restrains for driver and passenger.

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Jaguar confirms it will build F-Type Project 7

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ata Motors owned Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed that the company will build the F-Type Project 7. The car debuted at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed – in the 60th anniversary year of the Jaguar D-type racer that inspired its design.

The car will be the most performancefocused derivative of the acclaimed F-Type range and will be Jaguar’s fastest and most

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powerful production model to date. Shrouded in exclusivity, the company will make only 250 units, hand-built by Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Operations team. Each car will sport a specially numbered plaque, located between the two seats, signed by Ian Callum, Director of Design, Jaguar.

The car’s all-aluminium-bodied car – which weighs 1585kg --will be powered by 5.0-litre

supercharged V8 petrol engine that produces 567hp of power and 680Nm of torque. The car will do 0 to 100 kmph in 3.9 seconds.

Its distinctive roadster body, introduced in concept form earlier, pays tribute to one of the most famous and iconic racing Jaguars: the three-time Le Mans winning D-type, which in 2014 is celebrating its 60th anniversary year.

F-Type Project 7’s name pays homage to

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Power is sent to the rear wheels through Jaguar’s eight-speed Quickshift transmission and second generation Electronic Active Differential (EAD).

Carbon Ceramic Matrix (CCM) brakes, available as an option on the F-Type R Coupé, are fitted as standard on F-TYPE Project 7, offering powerful, consistent, fade-free braking. Another standard feature is Torque Vectoring by Braking (TVbB) which, working in conjunction with the EAD, enables extremely precise handling. Bespoke carbonfibre aerodynamic aids and a unique suspension set-up enable F-TYPE Project 7 to deliver a truly engaging driving experience.

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Harley-Davidson reveals project LiveWire

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he gas guzzler has now become your friendly neighbourhood bike maker! Or at least it’s trying to. US based iconoic motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson has revealed Project LiveWire – the first HarleyDavidson electric motorcycle.

Select consumers across the United States will be able to ride and provide feedback on the bike. This will help the company shape the future of Harley-Davidson’s first-ever electric motorcycle. Project LiveWire is specifically designed for the purpose of getting insight into rider expectations of an electric Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Thus, at this point no commercial angle is being looked into.

Longer term plans for retail availability of Project LiveWire will be influenced by feedback from riders along the Project Livewire Experience tour.

Matt Levatich, President and Chief Operating Officer, Harley-Davidson Motor Company stated that America at its best has always been about reinvention. And this holds even true for HarleyDavidson which has reinvented itself many times in its history, with of course its customers leading it every step of the way, he added.

Customers are being invited to test ride, provide feedback and learn more about the story of the motorcycle. Even those who don’t get to ride will have the opportunity to feel the power of Project LiveWire through Jumpstart – a simulated riding experience.

A 2014 U.S. tour, with a journey down Route 66, will visit more than 30 Harley-Davidson dealerships through the end of the year. In 2015, the Project LiveWire Experience will continue in the U.S. and expand into Canada and Europe.

Levatich said in the last few years the company has broadened its reach to serve an increasingly diverse society, as well as reinvented its approach to product development and manufacturing. This, he said, has resulted in cutting-edge products like the recently launched Project Rushmore touring bikes, HarleyDavidson Street 500 and 750 models.

Project LiveWire is more like the first electric guitar – not an electric car, stated MarkHans Richer, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Harley-Davidson Motor Company. He said it is more of an expression of individuality and iconic style that just happens to be electric.

Richer added that the sound of the motorcycle is a distinct part of the thrill.

“Think fighter jet on an aircraft carrier. Project LiveWire’s unique sound was designed to differentiate it from internal combustion and other electric motorcycles on the market,” he said.

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Continental kicks off at 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

During the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group A match between Brazil and Mexico at Castelao on June 17, 2014 in Fortaleza, Brazil. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

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he tyre division of leading global automotive component manufacturer Continental AG has been successfully using football sponsorship as a strategic communications platform for the last 18 years or so.

In the Brazilian tyre sector Continental currently has a more than 10pc market share.

It is looking to build on this position through its sponsorship of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.

A long-term marketing strategy for its premium tyre brand Continental was launched in 1995 with sponsorship of the UEFA Champions League. In 2003, Continental signed a contract making it Official Sponsor of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. This was for the product category tyres. Since then the company has been, as an official sponsor, supporting all of the men’s World Cup and European Championships. These included the UEFA EURO 2008 in Austria and Switzerland, the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, and the UEFA EURO 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.

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Nikolai Setzer, Continental Executive Board member pointed out that being the world’s most popular sport, professional football has proved an outstanding central communications platform for his company.

Setzer, a board member, is responsible for the company’s tyre Division.

“Since 1995 we have recorded a steady increase in brand awareness for our premium Continental brand and fired up the brand image with the powerful emotions from football stadiums around the world, ” he stated.

With the world cup matches in full swing in Brazil, it is pertinent to note that the company’s tyre plant capacity in the country is being doubled. Continental has a passenger car and commercial vehicle tyre plant in Camacari, Brazil, where in 2012 1,300 employees manufactured a total of 5.5 million tyres. Within the Continental group, Camacari plays a lead role in meeting South American demand for original equipment and replacement tyres.

The Continental Tire Division is today the

world’s fourth-largest tyre manufacturer, with sales of 9.7 billion euros and more than 42,500 employees.

Meanwhile, there is more football on the way for tyre manufacturer Continental. The company is already an official sponsor of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and UEFA EURO 2016 in France. Now the Hanoverbased company has acquired a further extensive rights package. This package runs until 2017. The rights have been acquired from European football’s governing body UEFA. As per the agreement, it allows Continental a wide-reaching promotional presence including touchline advertising at European Qualifiers for UEFA EURO 2016 as well as European Qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and a presence on the official website for the European Qualifiers on www.

UEFA.com. Continental will also enjoy a significant rights package at the UEFA Under 21 Championship 2015 and 2017, UEFA Women’s EURO 2017 and UEFA Futsal EURO 2014 and 2016 tournaments.

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Toyota hydrogen fuel cell sedan to cost 41.41lakh in Japan

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oyota Motor Corporation has shown the design of its hydrogen fuel cell sedan. The vehicle was first unveiled as a concept at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2013. The company has priced the vehicle at approximately 7 million yen (MSRP; excludes consumption tax). This translates to around 41.41 lakh.

The car will launch in Japan before April 2015 and thereafter will be launched in the in the U.S. and European markets in the summer of 2015. Fuel cell cars and other green vehicles are unpopular in India because of poor

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government support given to the automobile industry in India. While in the two wheeler industry, it is Hero Eco which has taken a massive lead in promoting green scooters, in the four-wheel segment, Mahindra & Mahindra has been the pioneer in introducing electric cars (Mahindra e2o) in India.

In Japan, the fuel cell sedan will go on sale only in regions where hydrogen refueling infrastructure is being developed. The company has not decided the pricing of the vehicle in the U.S. and Europe. More detailed information, such as specifications, exact

prices and sales targets, will be announced later.

According to a company release, Toyota’s commitment to environment-friendly vehicles is based on three basic principles. These are: embracing diverse energy sources; developing efficient, low-emission vehicles; and driving real and positive environmental change by popularising these vehicles.

Hydrogen as an alternative fuel can be produced using a wide variety of primary energy sources, including solar and wind power.

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Yamaha FZ series with new 150cc engine FZ-S Version 2.0

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Overall length: 1990mm Overall width: 770mm Engine type: Air-cooled, 4-stroke, SOHC, 2-valve Cylinder arrangement: single cylinder Displacement: 149cc

FZ Version 2.0

Max Power: 12.9 hp@ 8000rpm Max. Torque: 12.8Nm @ 6000 rpm Transmission type: Constant, mesh 5-speed

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he Yamaha FZ series has gone in for a Bollywood star John Abraham. revamp. The new models FZ Version 2.0 The new FZ Series models have been and FZ-S Version 2.0 have at its heart developed with Yamaha’s New Generation a newly designed air-cooled 149cc 4-stroke, Engine Development Ideal – ‘Blue Core’ SOHC, single-cylinder fuel-injected engine. featuring improved performance in all areas, The bikes are built on a lightweight frame. The including fuel efficiency, acceleration and company says its now more “Sharpened and environmental friendliness. It offers better Power-packed.” acceleration with 14pc improvement in fuel Targeted at the youth of the country, the FZ model comes in panther black and scorching red colours. It costs 76250, ex-showroom Delhi. The FZ-S costs 78,250 and comes in four colour options— astral blue, moonwalk white, cyber green and molten orange. Though the company did not disclose the fuel economy of the bikes, it maintained that the fuel efficiency has gone up by 14pc as compared to the outgoing models.

The new FZ Version 2.0 and FZ-S Version 2.0 is available in the market beginning July 2014. The FZ Series motorcycles were first introduced in 2008. The earlier models came Bollywood star John Abraham at the launch of the fitted with 153cc engines. The bikes were new FZ series in New Delhi. launched in the Capital in the presence of

economy and is compliant with BS IV emission standards Other features of the new models include fuel injection, light weight (lightest in 150cc class) to enhance engine performance, a newly designed tandem seat & grab bar for good rider comfort, multi-function instrument panel featuring an “ECO Indicator” that lights up when the machine is ridden in an eco-friendly manner, new front and rear suspension settings, new chassis-related changes for a light, agile ride and new front and rear tyres for improved handling stability.

“With the introduction of the new FZ and FZ-S armed with the next generation ‘Blue Core’ engine concept the new models are bound to offer a power-packed performance with improved fuel efficiency. ‘Blue Core’ is a development ideal for new-generation engines that take riding enjoyment, fuel efficiency and environmental performance to levels that have never been reached before,” said Masaki Asano, Managing Director, Yamaha Motor India Sales Pvt. Ltd.

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Maserati escorts stars at Taormina Film Festival

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he 60th edition of the Taormina Film in Italy saw international stars being escorted till the red carpet in an elegant Maserati.

The always divine Claudia Cardinale, the unforgettable actress who starred in ‘The Leopard’ filmed on Sicilian soil was one of the many celebrities who graced the film festival. The great actress captured the attention of the onlookers when she had arrived in a Maserati Quattroporte, Maserati’s luxurious four-door saloon flagship. Under the agreement, Maserati provided its Quattroporte and Ghibli models as official cars for the courtesy car service that was laid on for the many stars attending the screenings.

Other starts spotted at the festival included Pamella Anderson, Bo Derek, Melanie Griffith, Eva Longoria, Carmen Maura and Paz Vega. Prominent male stars of international cinema: Ben Stiller, Matt Dillon and many others.

The 60th edition of the international film festival in Taormina was held from June 14 to 21, 2014. In the year that sees Maserati celebrate its Centenary, the car manufacturer is enjoying strong growth. Present in approximately seventy markets around the world, Maserati confirms its role as international ambassador of Italian excellence.

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Pamela Anderson

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Audi A3 in India for sub- 30 lakh

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he demand for small cars in India is getting bigger and bigger. With BMW introducing the 1 series, and Mercedes with the A class in India, Audi doesn’t want to be left behind.

Audi will launch its A3 in India by the end of July 2014. The A3 is Audi’s comeback to BMW’s 1 series and the Mercedes’ A class, but the latter two are available as hatchbacks in India. Audi have decided to bring the A3 Sedan to India which is something to look out for.

Globally the A3 is available in 1.2L,

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1.4L, 1.8L and 2.0L turbo charged petrol engines and 1.6L and 2.0L Turbo Diesel’s. As far as we can tell, India will get a bite of only the transversely mounted 1.8L TSFI Petrol and the 2.0L TDI for now, and both would be mated to Audi’s 7-speed S-tronic Dual Clutch transmission as standard available in front wheel drive. These engines and the transmission are almost identical to the ones Volkswagen and Skoda use for their cars including the MQB platform which the current Octavia is based on.

NEWS Pictures are from Audi Global media site. The Indian model of A3 will vary from its global counterpart.

The styling of the car will be quite similar to all other ‘A’ Audi’s to maintain the design philosophy of the German marquee, almost like the A4, but smaller. The A3 Sedan will also feature a panoramic glass sunroof, cruise control and bixenon headlights and probably not to our liking, an electronic handbrake.

The A3 will be assembled in India and being a sedan we fully expect to be priced higher than the rivals. We expect Audi to price the car just shy of 30 lakh. Motown India will drive the car by mid July and the August 2014 issue will carry a full report on the A3 test drive.

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New Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupé launched globally Comes with LED high performance headlamps, each featuring 47 Swarovski crystals “Fragrancing” and “ionisation” keeps interior smelling good Magic Sky Control allows switching transparency of roof at the push of a button, from light to dark Magic Body Control suspension system with curve tilting function

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ercedes-Benz has globally launched the new S-Class Coupé. The two-door coupe comes with some very exciting optional fitments.

One of them is the LED high performance headlamps, each featuring 47 Swarovski crystals! Seventeen angular crystals form the flareshaped daytime running lamps, with 30 round-shaped crystals making up the turn indicator lamps.

Then there is the Magic Body Control suspension system with curve tilting function. With the curve tilting function the Coupé introduces a further world first for series-production cars: The curve tilting function makes the Coupé lean into bends in a manner similar to a motorcyclist or skier. Technical highlights include the head-up display and the touch pad feature.

The S-Class Coupé features a panoramic roof extending over two-thirds of the entire vehicle roof; with a surface area of around 1.2 m2, it appears almost 150pc larger than on the predecessor model. Magic Sky Control (optional extra) makes it possible to switch the transparency of the roof at the push of a button, from light to dark. When light, the roof is almost completely transparent and allows an open-air experience, even in the coldest weather. When dark, light transmission, i.e. the proportion of outside light that is allowed through into the interior, falls to less than 1 percent and thus reduces heating-up of the vehicle by up to 10 °C. In addition, it is possible to shade the interior completely by means of a roller blind.

Numerous optional extras are available to make the interior of the S-Class Coupé exceptionally luxurious and comfortable. For example, the Air-Balance package including the components “fragrancing” and “ionisation” plus additional air cleaning by means of activated charcoal filter is available, as is electric armrest heating as a component of the Warmth Comfort package.

If the vehicle is equipped with the optional Seat Comfort package, the front seats feature the energising massage function based on the hot-stone principle.

The use of the finest materials, surfaces, colour combinations and seam designs contributes towards achieving a truly exclusive car interior. Air vents, switches, belt extender rosette and trim elements are in electroplated “Silver Shadow”. This gives the trim elements a particularly high value appeal and enhances the three-dimensional effect of their surfaces.

In front of the armrest is the touchpad (optional) with its black high-sheen surface and chrome-look surround. As on a smartphone, the touchpad allows all the head-unit functions to be operated using finger gestures. The touchpad also permits letters, numbers and special characters to be entered in handwriting - in any of the head unit’s languages. Diverse controls, e.g. for the multimedia system, are arrayed as keys in a semicircle in front of the central control element.

The new S-Class Coupé arrives at dealerships abroad in the second half of 2014. The two-door car is initially available with a 4663cc V8 biturbo engine.

The S 500 Coupé delivers a power of 455hp and a peak torque of 700 Nm. The “Intelligent Drive” systems include Pre-Safe Brake with pedestrian detection, Distronic Plus with Steer Assist and Stop & Go Pilot, Brake Assist Bas Plus with Cross-Traffic Assist, Active Lane Keeping Assist, Adaptive Highbeam Assist Plus and Night View Assist Plus. Extremely low wind noise was a declared objective when developing the S-Class Coupé. The bodyshell and door sealing concept were configured to reduce wind noise. The S-Class Coupé is the world’s quietest series-production car in terms of wind noise, as proven by measurements taken in the wind tunnel using an artificial head to simulate the driver’s ear and test drives with specially trained test people.

In cooperation with high-end audio specialist Burmester, two especially high-value audio systems have been developed: the Burmester surround sound system and the Burmester High End 3D surround sound system.

The S-Class coupe costs Euros 125961.50 ( 1.03 crore) for the S 500 4MATIC and Euros 140193.90 ( 1.14 crore) for the S 500 4MATIC Edition 1.

The car has a wheelbase of 2945mm, a length of 5027mm long, a width of 1899mm and a height of 1411mm.

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Children in India need to play this Yokohama India game for sure! mud -terrain off-roading tyres

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ow this is a game every parent in India must encourage their children to play. ‘Safety and Mobility for All,’ is an educational game designed to increase awareness of children ages seven to twelve to road safety and sustainable mobility. The game is now available in a digital version.

This initiative, according to a press release, will help achieve the United Nations’ objective of cutting the number of road fatalities in half by 2020.

Begun in 2000, the worldwide “Safety and Mobility for All” programme is the most extensive campaign to raise road safety awareness ever conducted by an automobile manufacturer.The “Safety and mobility for all” programme has been expanded this year with a new educational section. This involves a serious game for children ages seven to twelve years. You need not send your children out on the roads to play the game. It is designed to be played within the confines of one’s home with the family.

It can also be played in a classroom or in extracurricular activities as part of educational programmes on the themes of road safety and environmental protection.

There are two characters in the game, Léa and Jules. The two participate in the big transport contest organised by their school and have three assignments. They must organise – • Daily trips, such as those between home and school; • Occasional trips in small groups, to go the country, for example; and • Special trips in a larger group, like a class trip at the end of the school year.

Through these role-playing exercises the children learn to travel about safely and get an introduction to the driving code. “Safety and Mobility for All,” developed exclusively for Renault by Terra Project1, is free and available on www.safety-mobility-for-all-the-game.com in English.

apan-based tyre maker Yokohama India has introduced “Mud –Terrain (M/ T+)” tyres in the “Geolandar” series.

These tyres have been specifically designed for serious off-roading.

Technically speaking, these Geolandar M/T+ tyres are wellequipped to deflect lateral impacts during extreme conditions.

Designed for high performance and maximum visual impact, the mud terrain tyres are available in two sizes--- 31X10.50R15 and 33X12.50R15. The tyre has new dual protection bars that enhance cut and puncture resistance capabilities of the tyre, while its stepped central groove aids in surface grip.

Takeshi Fujino, MD – Yokohama India noted that off-roading is increasingly becoming popular in the country as a new weekend adventure sport.

Off-roading takes a vehicle through some tough terrains consisting of sand, gravel, riverbeds, mud, snow and rocks. Tyres like the one Yokohama has introduced help the vehicle to drive through such tough terrains.

“The Geolandar M/T+’s twin cut groove design also enhances traction for even better overall control while enhancing surface grip,” added Mr. Fujino.

Yokohama India recently inaugurated its first India manufacturing unit which was built with an investment of over 300 crore. Yokohama India is a 100pc subsidiary of The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd of Japan.

Schumacher out of coma, but needs a long rehabilitation

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ormer Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is reportedly out of his six-month-long coma after suffering serious head injuries in a skiing accident in December 2013. Though reports confirmed that Schumacher has

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left Grenoble’s University Hospital in France, it is really not clear whether he is really back on the path of recovery.

However, Schumacher’s official website continues to carry an old message in which his manager Sabine Kehm has stated on

behalf of his family that, “We are deeply touched by all the messages to get well soon for Michael which still are being sent from all over the world. This incredible support gives us and him strength. Thank you all so much! We all know,

Michael is a fighter and will not give up!”

It is however, confirmed that Schumacher has been shifted out of the hospital to a destination away from public glare, where he would undergo a long rehabilitation programme.

NEWS

2014 restyled Ford Fiesta for 769,000

The BMW 760Li High Security can keep the VVIPs safer

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Ford’s in-car technology Sync was first introduced in India with the EcoSport.

This has now been upgraded to Sync with Ford AppLink in the new 2014 Fiesta.

This technology offers voice control over smartphone applications to owners, thereby allowing them to access content, entertainment and information on-the-go.

With the Sync and Ford AppLink one can locate a popular restaurant or even stay abreast with cricketing action on-themove or sharing your location. It will also make it possible through its two Indiaspecific apps -- explore by MapMyIndia and ESPN Cricinfo and one global app Glympse. These apps will be available for download on smart phones on Android and iOS platforms shortly. The sedan will

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also offer Emergency Assistance (EA) via Sync.

The 2014 Ford Fiesta comes with the marquee trapezoidal front grille, giving it a bolder look. Adding to that are the lasercut wraparound headlamps that sweep back sharply. The power-dome hood design adds to the smart appearance of the car. The tail lamps have been given more detail to be in harmony with the head lamps.

The design of the in-car entertainment system is inspired by the logic of the modern mobile phone. Screens, controls and buttons are placed for optimal ergonomic positioning. The sedan will be available in six colour options including two new ones – Golden Bronze and Smoke Grey.

The sedan boasts of a rigid body structure. A large part of the vehicle’s structure uses high-strength steel with ultra-strong boron steel reinforcing several key points.

Technologies like Electric Power Assisted Steering (EPAS) with Pull-Drift Compensation, rain sensing wipers and automatic headlights come with this car.

Safety is taken care with standard front driver-side airbag and Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) on all variants. ‘‘The Fiesta has a very special role in Ford India’s product portfolio and is for the pure driving enthusiasts,’’ said, Nigel Harris, President, Ford India.

he armoured sedan based on the BMW 7 Series meets the most stringent safety requirements for individuals. The BMW 760Li High Security is certified to the international standard guideline BRV 2009. It means that the vehicle meets the highest requirements of ballistic protection. The BMW 760Li High Security provides optimum safety in the individual mobility segment. This is only one part of the story.

The car also offers unparalleled comfort of travel and superior drive technology. Then there is also an abundance of innovative equipment features.

Philipp von Sahr, President, BMW Group India notes that for seven decades, the flagship from BMW has stunned the world through highest level of style and contemporary luxury with maximum driving dynamics.

The unique security concept is based on findings which BMW gained as a result of its determined development work. Moreover, the company has more than 30 years of experience in security vehicle engineering.

Chevy Spark Limited Edition for 3.44 lakh

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eneral Motors India has launched the Chevrolet Spark Limited Edition at prices ranging from 3.44 to 3.99 lakh (exshowroom, New Delhi). The limited edition car comes with a host of additional features like a steering wheel cover, matching neck rests, ambient foot-well lighting and beige seat covers with red stripes. There are also an exterior chrome kit, carpet floor mats and outside rear view mirrors (OSRVM) with integrated turn signals. The car’s side body graphics come in a choice of two colours and Limited Edition badging.

This Spark model will be available for a limited period of time. The car comes in a choice of seven colours.

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Mercedes A / B-Class Edition 1 models launched in India

Renault Scala Travelogue Edition launched

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ercedes-Benz, the global makers of luxury cars, will now be offering exclusive A-Class and B-Class ‘Edition 1’ cars in India.

These cars will only be available only in diesel variant and will feature some key enhancements in order to make it more appealing to the Indian youth.

Since their launch in India, the two models have sold more than 2500 units in the country, thereby contributing to around 20pc of the company’s sales volumes.

One out of every five Mercedes-Benz sold in India is either an A-Class or a B-Class.

The A-Class and the B-Class ‘Edition 1’ are priced at 26.17 lakh and 28.75 lakh respectively, ex-showroom Mumbai.

The cars were launched by Boris Fitz, Vice President, Sales & Network Development, Mercedes-Benz India in Mumbai. Only 200 units of A-Class and B-Class ‘Edition 1’ will be available for sale.

The Edition 1 comes with panoramic sunroof, electrically adjustable front passenger seat, reverse camera and comfort suspension and several other features.

A-CLASS EDITION 1 The A-Class Edition 1 comes with a panoramic sunroof. It also gets electrically adjustable front passenger seats enhancing convenience for the passenger. A reverse camera and a rear centre armrest are two of the several changes that have been incorporated in the Edition 1. A high gloss black exterior mirror housing and the Tremolite grey 17” 5-double spoke alloys in new design with

high gloss black hub caps completes the dynamic exterior looks. The matt black decals with Edition 1 moniker adds to the overall exclusive appeal of the vehicle. A distinct matt aluminium Edition 1 badge is present on the headliner.

B-CLASS EDITION 1 The B-Class Edition 1 now features a reverse camera and a rear centre armrest.

The car now also features a panoramic sunroof and electrically adjustable front passenger seat. The car comes equipped with a rear seat entertainment system.

The car for the first time also offers a new colour, the Jupiter Red. It has a high gloss black exterior mirror housings. External additions include matt black decals with ‘Edition 1’ moniker and also high gloss black hub caps for the 16 inch 5- twin spoke light alloy wheels painted in matt black. A distinct matt aluminium ‘Edition 1’ badge is present on the headliner.

The engines of A-Class and B-Class Edition 1 are mated with the 7G-DCT 7 speed dual-clutch automatic transmission and have 2.2 litre 4 cylinder diesel engines. The A-Class and B-Class Edition 1 have displacement of 2143cc with a four cylinder engine which produces 250Nm of torque @ 1400-2800 rpm.

The rated outputs of both the cars are 107hp @ 3200-4400 rpm and both the vehicles reach a top speed of 190 km/h.

The B-Class has a 50 litre tank capacity and offers a mileage of 19.0kmpl which provides the perfect touring capabilities to this fascinating vehicle. While the A-Class’ fuel efficiency ensures a 1000km run with a tank full of diesel.

enault India has launched a Renault Scala Travelogue Edition. The Scala was launched in India in 2012. The Renault Travelogue Edition is actually an up-market version with more styling and equipment. The Travelogue Edition will be available in RxL & RxZ variants and prices for the car start at 847,866 RXL –Petrol and 930,966 (RXL) Diesel. All prices are ex showroom Delhi.

The car sports an Integrated Touch Screen Multi Media System, which is a complete Infotainment Package. It also has an updated navigation with voice, reverse camera portability along with a DVD Player.

The external device connectivity consists of Bluetooth Connectivity & Streaming, USB Port, IPOD Connection and Steering Mounted Portable Control.

Lifestyle accessories include rear sun shade, illuminated scuff plate, blinkers on ORVM and muffler cutter. On the exterior is a decal and a Travelogue Edition badge. The car will come in Metallic Black and Pearl White colours. The Scala is powered by Renault’s new generation 1.5 dCi (K9K) diesel engine & 1.5 XH2 petrol engine.

Suzuki cuts price of Inazuma by 1 lakh

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xtremely flat sales of the Inazuma motorcycle have literally forced motorcycle manufacturer Suzuki Motorcycles India to slash the price of the bike by almost 1 lakh. The motorcycle was launched end-January 2014 a little before the Auto Expo 2014. At the launch it was generally felt that the bike was overpriced. It was launched at a price of 3.01 lakh. At much lower prices one could get the likes of KTM Duke 200, the CBR 250R, etc. Bowing to consumer demands, Suzuki Motorcycles has slashed the price of the Inazuma by 1 lakh to 2.09 lakh (Ex-Showroom Delhi). According to the latest SIAM data, Suzuki produced 11 Inazuma bikes in April-May 2014 but managed to sell only three. In May, Suzuki manufactured 2 but failed to sell a single unit. In the months from January to March 2014, the company produced 49 motorcycles and managed to sell 44 units.

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CHISELLED BRILLIANTLY

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FIRST DRIVE 2014 NISSAN SUNNY Nissan has redesigned the exterior of the car with a great amount of smart chrome touches. As for the interiors, the car has a plethora of changes.

Detailed review on page 34.

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OFF-ROAD EXPERIENCE POLARIS RZR XP 900 EFI

TEST DRIVE BMW 320D GRAND TURISMO

Polaris All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) brings fun back into your boring lives. We got a Ranger RZR XP 900 for a short drive, off the beaten path. Details on page 38.

BMW decided to introduce the 3 series Grand Turismo in India and priced it between the 3 series and the 5 series. Is this car which costs upwards of 42 lakh value for your money? Find out on page 40.

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o one ever buys a Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV) because it never tops their desire list. You simply buy it because you need one. Kids will never put up a poster of a ‘People Carrier’ on their wall. It’s simple; kids want to see something that looks cool. You have got to attract their attention. But finally things have changed in this segment!

Now comes the Honda Mobilio, the first ever people carrier you would actually WANT to buy. It’s the first people carrier or MPV that would make it to a bedroom wall of a teenager. The designers probably used a Katana instead of a pencil.

The shape of the front, especially in white with the black accents, reminds me a little bit of Asimo’s helmet, Honda’s humanoid robot. The lines along the sides of the car and the design of the rear on this MPV are breathtaking with those bold lines that seem to resemble the slash of a Katana by a designer who has a Samurai fixation. And when you get to the Mobilio RS that looks like a Samurai mask itself with brand new LED integrated headlamps, new front and rear bumpers, skirting in the side along the bottom of the doors and a rear spoiler with blingy alloys which just looks fantastic.

The interiors is where you feel a little let down though. It’s just lifted from the Brio and the Amaze. On the top model you get a faux wood finish on the console panel and a digital touch screen AVM (audio video monitor) with satellite navigation which is great with the leather upholstery but Honda could have used some of the money on research and development when it came to the interiors. A little bit of attention to detail would have helped majorly for the car. For instance, because the car is available abroad, the panel is just lifted from there which makes the knobs and buttons on

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SPECIFICATIONS (PETROL) ENGINE : 4 cylinder, SOHC i-VTEC TRANSMISSION : 5-speed Manual MAX POWER : 117bhp@ 6600rpm MAX TORQUE : 145 NM@ 4600RPM

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the opposite sides to the driver. It just doesn’t do justice to the beautiful exterior. But then it also translates to cost cutting or cost saving, which could in a way reflect in the prices of the Honda Mobilio.

The Mobilio is enormously spacious, seating 7 people in a 2+3+2 configuration. the overall length of the car is 4683mm which makes it a little bit longer than the Ertiga, so there is ample room for relatively tall people in the front and middle row, but the 3rd row can be a little cramped for the two people and just like the others in its segment, you sit with your knees high but there is enough room to keep you from complaining. In the top model, the seats come with sumptuous beige leather upholstery as in the RS, but the models below it will come with fabric covered seats.

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The Mobilio is powered by the 1.5 litreiVTEC petrol and iDTEC diesel. Mated to a 5 speed manual gearbox, the engines produce117bhp@6600rpm (petrol ) and 98bhp@3600rpm (diesel). What Indians will love more about this MPV is that it churns out with mind boggling fuel economy of 17.3km/l for petrol and 24.2km/l for the diesel. But the Mobilio RS will only be available in the 98bhp diesel. On the beautiful and scenic NH-3 between Mumbai and Nashik, we had the honour of driving both of these incredible machines.

The Mobilio is just fun to drive, the size of the car isn’t much which makes it really zippy and agile and there is minimum body roll,even at high speeds, the cars shows minimal pitching to either side all thanks to

Fuel Efficiency

17.3 Kmpl

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SPECIFICATIONS (DIESEL) ENGINE : 4 cylinder, SOHC i-DTEC TRANSMISSION : 5-speed Manual MAX POWER : 98bhp@ 3600rpm MAX TORQUE : 200 Nm@ 17500rpm

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24.2 Kmpl

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TYRES (FRONT/REAR) : 185/65 R15

Mobilio RS the low height of less than 1700mm. With a fairly light overall weight of the petrol variant being less than 1200kilograms, the Mobilio is quick to respond to its throttle pedal, but downshifting in the petrol is a bit difficult to get right. But if you do, it does leave you with a sense of amazement. There is nothing wrong with it, one just needs to know what the gear ratios are, and once you figure them out, you’ll love it with all your heart. Don’t change gear when you think you need to, change when the car needs…that it is my advice.

The diesel, however, is a different story, with less power, and almost a 100kgs heavier, on paper, the petrol engine would annihilate the diesel, but on tarmac, the diesel doesn’t need a professional driver to handle the gearbox and with a more responsive throttle it easily climbed up to 140kmph until we met traffic on the highway. I am sure we could easily do 180 without a glitch. The car is based on the Brio and Amaze chassis, so it’s not that surprising if you have driven either of them.

Especially when you realise the engine is from the City so it just loves to rev.

I would like to mention that I am not a big fan of electric steering wheels, which

is standard with the Mobilio, hence it lacks any feel from the steering. You just can’t quite figure out which way the front wheels are pointing. But you would really care as you’d be having so much fun.

On the road the car is great, but to meet the demands of the customers and the challenge set by the competitors, the Mobilio needs to impress off road as well, which it unsurprisingly does.

Bumpy roads, loose gravel or wet grass, the Mobilio rides over all with barely any apprehension. On the hills it may lack slightly behind the Innova because of its front wheel drive compared to the Innova’s rear wheel drive. The suspension is soft and comfortable, I had no complaints whatsoever.

I feel it’s a great car that loves to be driven and you will surely love it back.

It will even take your averagely large “khatha- peetha” Indian family in comfort and style. Maruti needs to up the ante now to stand even next to the competition which the Japanese competitor has brought about. If Honda is serious and means business, they will price it competitively. The Samurai Warriors always mean business.

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FIRST DRIVE - 2014 NISSAN SUNNY

A SAFE & LUXURIOUS CAAR...

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ow this one’s much more exciting than Sunny Leone. The new Nissan Sunny may carry the same power plant from the 10th generation Sunny, but it’s got a lot of aesthetic changes both inside as well as outside.

The car comes in two engine options, a 4 cylinders, 16 valves (DOHC) 1498cc petrol and a turbo charged with intercooler 8 valves (SOHC) 4 cylinder diesel.

The diesel one has been tweaked to get better mileage without tinkering with the performance.

The car now offers as much as 22.71km to a litre of diesel fuel. That’s really heartening, especially when prices of diesel too are going up by the day. For the petrol engine model Nissan continues to offer a 5 speed manual transmission and an automatic (CVT).

Nissan has redesigned the exterior of the car with a great amount of smart chrome touches.

As for the interiors, the car has a plethora of changes.

Just before going to press, Nissan announced the prices of the new Sunny. It ranges from 6.99 lakh to 9.80 lakh, exshowroom, New Delhi.

Nissan always referred to the Sunny as the caar. Yes, it’s got so much of space that it’s the best in its segment, comparable to the space offered by some of the cars in the segments above it. The car now has a bigger front grille and boomerang shaped headlamps. The car comes with subtle chrome detailing around it. Of course, as you go up the variant table, the fitments just get better. The top end even has side air bags, apart from other luxury fitments and feel.

The new Sunny has a redesigned dashboard, piano black centre console with premium audio system and a new premium steering wheel with added functionality. The rear end of the car also gets the premium

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`6.99 Lakh

(ex-showroom Delhi)

Fuel Efficiency

17.97 Kmpl

Fuel Tank Capacity

41 Litres

SPECIFICATIONS ENGINE HR15 1498cc 16 valves DOHC petrol engine, naturally aspirated TRANSMISSION 5-speed manual / CVT MAX POWER 98 bhp@ 3800rpm / 100 bhp @ 5600rpm MAX TORQUE 134 Nm@ 4000rpm SUSPENSION (FRONT/REAR) McPherson Strut / Torsion bar BRAKES Disc / Drum TYRES (FRONT/REAR) 185/70 R14 (XE, XL, XL CVT)

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touch with redesigned, flared bumper, black diffuser cladding and chrome trunk garnish. There is also a short antenna at the rear end of the roof. It looks chic, I must admit. The car rests on stylish 12-spoke Y-pattern alloy wheels.

The Bluetooth-enabled premium audio lends a richer feel inside. The XV variants get a 5.1-inch display for the audio system, which also doubles up as a display for the rear parking camera. The New Sunny also gets an all-new steering wheel with integrated audio and telephone controls.

Top end models come with leather seats, individual rear reading lamps and air blower for rear passengers.

Safety features like ABS, EBD and Brake Assist are standard across all variants as is the driver airbag, while a passenger airbag is available from XV grade onwards. Buyers can also opt for side airbags on the XV Premium Safety variant.

The NVH levels of the new Sunny have also been improved for a quieter cabin. This was quite apparent

when we drove the car for several kilometres on Port Blair’s above average roads. Even while driving along the winding roads, I felt the car handled much better and yes, the steering wheel too felt good to hold. I distinctly remember not liking the feel of the steering when the 10th generation was launched a year or so back. Now, it’s far better and that too it comes with smart controls.

I would say, the new Sunny comes as a very practical family car with lots of rich-feel features thrown in. Value for money? Yes, by all means!

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`7.99 Lakh

(ex-showroom Delhi)

Fuel Efficiency

22.71 Kmpl

Fuel Tank Capacity

41 Litres

SPECIFICATIONS ENGINE K9K dCi 1461cc 8 valves SOHC diesel engine, turbocharged with intercooler TRANSMISSION 5-speed manual MAX POWER 85 bhp@ 3750rpm MAX TORQUE 200 Nm@ 2000rpm SUSPENSION (FRONT/REAR) McPherson Strut / Torsion bar BRAKES Disc / Drum TYRES (FRONT/REAR) 185/70 R14 (XE, XL), 185/65 R 15 (XV)

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POLARIS RZR XP 900 EFI

OFF THE BEATEN PATH

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e are all busy with our workaholic lifestyles these days. The usual 10am to 6pm job, 5 days a week tires you so much that you want to cuddle up in your bed during the weekend and sleep like the Sleeping Beauty. Even going for a drive is no more a charming proposition.

So, is there anything left in the world that’s still interesting?

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your boring lives. We got a Ranger RZR XP 900 for a short drive, off the beaten path. This once was a rally-ready vehicle, having won several prizes in the past in the country.

Like the speed junkie I am, I gladly agreed to take it for a spin in the jungles near the MG Road in Gurgaon. The off-road terrain was rough and exciting.

The RZR XP 900 weights less than 600 kilos and is powered by an 875cc mid mounted 4-stroke, 2 cylinder engine which in all honesty

is a lot for something that weighs that less.

The engine is mated to an automatic PVT transmission with low and high range and all wheel drive or 2 wheel drive on demand.

Behind the bulky cast aluminium wheels, you have 4 hydraulic Disc brakes with BoreCalipers in the front to stop you from hitting a tree or falling into a ditch.

The overall design of the exterior isn’t much, except the moulded plastics to make it look like a car with head lamps and a roll

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`21.33 Lakh

(ex-showroom Delhi)

Fuel Tank Capacity

Polaris Ranger is not something that you only have fun with over the weekend. It can be modified and put to great use It’s not a road legal vehicle, but offroad it’s a man’s best friend.

cage to protect you. With all the mechanical elements exposed, you can see them working quite clearly and I love that. Yet with barely any body panels, it looks mean, beautiful and alluring.

IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT Inside the cabin you have the steering wheel which can be easily adjusted, a digital gauge with speedometer, a gear indicator, two seats, two pedals and a gear lever. In the one I drove, the standard seats had been removed and were replaced with racing seats with a 5 point harness which I’m quite thankful for.

All strapped in and for the first time with

apprehension in H mode, I gingerly ease on the throttle and nothing happens, you press a little more and still nothing and then you press a little further and you go like hell. The steering is so easy to use, the system works perfectly and the big bulky tyres seem to be made out of helium as it made its way on some very bumpy terrain. It’s just so smooth and still easy to maneuver. If you get caught up on a hill, you can stop and just easily get up without a hitch, or if it seems too steep, put it into low range at it will get you out no matter what the surface or angle of the hill.

But mind you, this Polaris Ranger is not something that you only have fun with over the weekend. It can be modified and put to great use. Polaris can fit the car with accessories to your liking. For a large farm you can get Plows or Winches attached to the front, or get a cabin enclosure to feel a bit safer, bumper guards and covers to protect the car, a stereo to entertain you, luggage and storage for added practicality or you can also opt for a 4 seater for your family. It’s not a road legal vehicle, but off-road it’s a man’s best friend.

Farmers, construction workers, paramedics, army men, and sundry other people living and serving in the country’s inhospitable terrains can make full use of this vehicle, putting it to some very purposeful tasks.

But for those living in the mundane concrete world like me, the Polaris Ranger RZR XP 900 is your best friend, off the beaten path!

27.4 Litres

SPECIFICATIONS ENGINE 875cc 4-storke, 2 cylinder DOHC TRANSMISSION Automatic PVT WHEELBASE 81.4” GROUND CLEARANCE 13” DRY WEIGHT 539.8Kg SUSPENSION (FRONT/REAR) Dual A-Arm Fox Podium X2.0/Trailing Arm Fox Podium X 2.0 BRAKES 4-wheel Hydraulic Disc with Dual more front calipers TYRES (FRONT/REAR) 27x9-12/27x11-12 ITP 900 XCT

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`42.75 Lakh

(ex-showroom Delhi)

Fuel Efficiency

19.59 Kmpl

60 Litres

SPECIFICATIONS ENGINE : 1995cc 4 cylinder, Twinpower Turbo TRANSMISSION : Steptronic 8-speed Automatic MAX POWER : 184 bhp@4000rpm MAX TORQUE : 380 Nm@ 1750-2750rpm SUSPENSION (FRONT/REAR) : Double joint spring strut/Five-Link BRAKES : 4 Ventilated Disc Brakes TYRES (FRONT/REAR) : 225/50 R18

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orld over, men and women are obsessed with products and services that offer value for money. And they are so right.

The moment the “value for money” criterion is met, we wouldn’t even give it a second thought and just go for it. No matter what it costs or what it looks like, if we have the cash, and it’s good value, we will spend it.

BMW decided to introduce the 3 series Grand Turismo in India and priced it between the 3 series and the 5 series. Is this car which costs upwards of Rs 42 lakh value for your money?

From the outside, the front looks quite similar to the 3 series, but as you move to the side, it all goes south from there. In my opinion, in terms of style, there is no other brand (barring the super / performance car brands) that delivers the kind of superior styling and design that BMW does. It’s exciting, yet elegant, not compromising on either side. The Grand Turismo is like the goat in a herd of sheep. I also feel all BMWs look best in White or Silver. Yes, the Midnight Blue is a BMW trademark, but the blue, black and brown; the car loses its curves which deserve to be visually pronounced. BMW has covered this car with chrome where ever they could; on the front and rear bumpers, around the kidney grilles and along the edge of the side windows which make it a bit louder than it needs to be but surprisingly still maintains its subtleness.

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The roof of the car meets the rear in a coupé like design. It’s also taller, wider and bulkier than its plain Jane 3-series model. In other words, it’s the burger eating sister of the 3 series, gaining a lot of weight around the hips.

But then it’s not the size that matters, it’s how you use it. So what does that extra size and weight do to the 3 series? Well, it gives you a lot more legroom in the back than the ordinary 3 series but the transmission tunnel in the middle will be annoying for the ones sitting in the middle of the rear seat. If you want more room, the Grand Turismo has a giant boot that is big enough for three more people or if you’re sensible, your luggage. What’s more is that you can lower the back seats to create a larger boot made easy by the two handles on each side of the boot. The hat racks can also be removed and cleverly tucked away in the storage compartment under the boot floor and if you look up, you get a panoramic sunroof as standard.BMW have also provided for the first time an active rear spoiler that takes a peek when you reach a 110 kmph.

The interiors are identical to the standard 3 series which is good but it could have been better with Sat Nav that was missing.

The iDrive is brilliant and quite interesting. You have 3 modes, Eco Pro, Comfort and Sport along with a button that turns off the traction control. So are these modes any good?

In comfort mode, it’s slightly wobbly at high speed turns but only enough as you would expect with the added weight and height. But among the three modes, if it was me, I’d never use the comfort mode, partly because the other two modes are just brilliant.

The Eco Pro mode is my favorite. I did almost the entire test without using any fuel at all.

The GT is perfect for stop and go traffic. The ECO PRO mode like a simple hybrid system, the engine charges the batteries which power the car and also when you brake, you use the regenerative braking to charge the batteries as well. The best part about it is that it does

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almost 40kmph on batteries which is just what you need unlike the other hybrids out there that only go till 25kmph.

I drove around 40 to 60 kilometers and the needle on the fuel gauge didn’t budge, right until I found a little bit of road which was curvy and most importantly… empty. So it was time to see how it does in sport mode.

You push the button and the car shimmers a bit. letting you know that its ready to let you have a bit of fun and hang its back out in the

corners, but I decided to leave the traction control on because the road wasn’t very good, nor was it wide enough. In sport mode the car just flies away like it’s on a mission. It does do 0-100 in 8 seconds just like BMW advertise and brakes just like it should when you are about to get the shivers. What I do like about the traction control is, that it does let a little bit of slip in the rear which makes it all the more fun to drive. So if you are sensible, you’d forget about the comfort mode, and use the

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Eco Pro for everyday use, which feels exactly like Comfort except it gulps less fuel and Sport when you want to have a bit of fun. In all 3 modes, I couldn’t really find any difference in ride quality though. All of them are comfortable as the car rides over bumps with ease. Even in sport mode it doesn’t really give you a bad back. The steering isn’t as responsive as I would have liked it to be, but I am not complaining. It’s almost perfect.

When I say almost, I mean what it is missing

is the fact that it’s not interesting enough. It’s just there, it not bringing anything new to the table. But it does set the brief. It does answer the question. Is it more practical than a 3 or 5 series? Yes, it is. But is it “value for money”?

I am sorry, but no. It’s a tad too expensive for what the car has to offer, If I had to buy a BMW car, I would go for the 5 series instead as I feel there is no other car out there that has more “Value for Money” than the 530d. I feel it’s the best car out there. Especially in white!

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illiams-Mercedes driver Felipe Massa was unable to exploit his pole position at the Austrian Grand Prix in Spielberg on June 22, 2014 as Mercedes AMG Petronas drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton got back their winning one-two formula they have been so used to in the 2014 season of Formula One. Nico Rosberg resisted his team mate Lewis Hamilton’s late charge to claim victory. Rosberg won the race beating Hamilton by 1.9 seconds. Valterri Bottas of Williams Mercedes came in third for his first F1 podium. Massa had to be content with fourth position. Fifth in line was Fernando Alonso of Ferrari.

Sergio Perez of Force India-Mercedes came in 6th and got some valuable points for his team while his team mate Nico Hulkenberg came in ninth just behind Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull racing-Renault. Kevin Magnussen of McLaren-Mercedes was seventh behind Perez.

It was heartening to see Hamilton go all out in the beginning of the race when he shot past several drivers in the first lap itself to come a clean fourth. The race saw a close fight between the Williams and Mercedes as all four drivers started off on super soft Pirelli tyres. Both Rosberg and Hamilton switched to the softs later while Massa and Bottas followed this strategy later.

Past the 40 laps, it was a keen battle between the two Mercedes AMG Petronas drivers. Bottas drove an excellent race to convert second on the grid into a first podium. Williams added 27 points to their tally thanks also to Massa fending off Alonso.

It was not a lucky day for Red Bull team. Unfortunately it happened in a race sponsored by Red Bull and run at the energy drinks company’s own venue. Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing had a bad start with loss of drive that eventually caused him to retire. Red Bull can find solace in Daniel Ricciardo’s fighting hard to get to the eighth position.

Rosberg now leads the chart with 165 points with Hamilton with 136. Ricciardo is hanging on to third position with 83, Alonso on 79, Vettel on 60, Hulkenberg on 59 and Bottas on 55.

In the constructors’ table, Mercedes AMG Petronas has 301 points, Red Bull 143, Ferrari 98, Force India 87, Williams 85 and McLaren 72.

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Daniel Ricciardo wins first Grand Prix in Canada

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n one of the most exciting races in Formula 1 for a long, long time, RedBull Racing Renault driver Daniel Ricciardo took his first F1 victory in Montreal at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit with Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg in 2nd and Sebastian Vettel from Red Bull in 3rd behind the safety car. This is also the first maiden double podium finish for the Red Bull Racing team.

At the beginning of the weekend, it all looked like that it would be another show of dominance by Mercedes AMG Petronas. But braking and power troubles for both drivers saw Hamilton and Rosberg lose power and Hamilton also lost his brakes leaving him to retire for the second time this season on lap 48. Yet Rosberg drove his car to the podium with a fantastic drive leading the race only until the 2nd last lap of the race where Ricciardo used his DRS on the straight to take the lead.

Sebastian Vettel was very lucky to finish 3rd as on the final lap, the Williams of Filipe Massa swerved inches away from his front wing into the barrier after a collision with Sergio Perez’s Force India who was also facing problems with his Brake By Wire (BBW) system in the final stages. Both drivers were taken to the medical centre after the massive crash at turn 1. They were later discharged after a clean slate from the doctors. Perez will carry a penalty into the next race for causing the collision.

The Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen struggled for pace and grip throughout the race as Alonso finished 5th behind Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) and Nico Hulkenburg (Sahara Force India). Ferrari got Kimi’s pit strategy wrong, and Kimi spun out at the hairpin but still continued to finish the race scoring a single point in 10th for his 200th grand prix, behind Valtteri Bottas (Williams-Mercedes), Jean-Eric Vergne (STRRenault) and Kevin Magnussen (McLaren-Mercedes. Adrian Sutil (Sauber Ferrari) was the last car to cross the finish line in 13th after 11 drivers retired leaving Felipe Massa (Williams-Mercedes), Perez and Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber Ferrari) classifying as they finished more that 90% of the race.

Both Jules Bianchi and Max Chilton of Marussia Ferrari crashed out at the first chicane on the first lap as Chilton lost control of his car to destroy both cars and his 100pc race finish record in Formula 1. The question remains, if Marussia can extend the lead over Caterham or can Caterham find some pace to win the prize of 30 million pounds for finishing 10th in the championships.

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Daniel Ricciardo is ideally the AussieGrin

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ormula One champion from Australia Mark Webber who left the F1 circuit after the 2013 season, goes by the name AussieGrit on the popular social media site Twitter. Daniel Ricciardo, the man from Australia who replaced Webber in the Red Bull Racing team for Formula One, should then ideally be known as the AussieGrin. The man always has a grin on his face, even when faced with difficult situations. But now that he has won the Canadian Grand Prix race, he has ample reasons to have a very wide grin!

Dream, Determination, Struggle and Reward--the four things that have gone hand in hand with Daniel Ricciardo.

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THE DREAM July 1, 1989 a baby was born with a giant grin on his face. Many can try, but that’s a grin that will never come off the face of Daniel Ricciardo. Born in an Italian Australian family, as he watched racing from a young age and idolised NASCAR legends like Dale Earnhardt, Daniel knew exactly what he wanted to do… Motorsports.

THE DETERMINATION Daniel strapped on his helmet for the first time at the age of 9 as he started his career in motorsports with karting in Australia in 1998 with the number 3 on his little Go-Kart. In 2005, Daniel made his first debut at the age of 16 in Western Australia Formula Ford for Team Privateer, where he competed in 3 races. Towards the end of the season Ricciardo took a leased 13-year-old Van Diemen to Sandown Raceway in Melbourne to try his hand at the national Formula Ford series but the car’s age rendered it uncompetitive as he finished 16th, 17th and retired during the weekend’s three races respectively. The following year Ricciardo’s talent was noticed and was awarded a scholarship to race in Formula BMW Asian with Eurasia Motorsport where Ricciardo won two races and also achieved a pole position at Zhuhai. He finished third in the Drivers’ Championship with 231 points.

Gradually with his talent growing and being noticed around the motorsports fraternity, by 2007 he was whisked away by Renault to drive in Formula Renault Italy, Formula Renault Eurocup the next year, Formula Renault WEC where he won his first championship title, Formula 3 Euro Series and British Formula 3 where he won another Championship.

THE STRUGGLE With a massive successful career in junior

categories, the young man from Perth got his hands on a Formula 1 car for the first time in December 2009 as a test driver with Red Bull Racing in Jerez where he set the fastest time on the board with a gap of a second over the others. This amazing feat by the young Aussie lad earned him a seat as test and reserve driver for Red Bull and Torro Rosso.

In 2010 and 2011, Ricciardo continued to race in Formula Renault where he achieved 8 poles and 4 wins in 2010, while serving as the test driver for the two Formula 1 teams.

In 2011, Red Bull decided enough is enough, Ricciardo needs what he deserves, a chance in a Formula 1 seat. Red Bull told Hispania Racing Team (HRT) mid season to replace India’s Narain Karthikayan who had been underperforming and lack of budget for the team for the remaining 11 races. Red Bull paid HRT to let Daniel have a go, and immediately, he felt at home pushing the car beyond its limits, getting the best results possible from the car which Narain had failed to do.

The following year Ricciardo was promoted to a permanent seat at Torro Rosso where he outshined everyone including his team mate Jean Eric Vergne. Ricciardo went on to finish 18th in the driver’s championship with 10 points under his belt. The year 2013 Daniel showed his true colours and pace scoring 20 points, finishing 14th and showing impressive times in qualifying changed his life for even better for the Australian.

With the departure of Mark Webber from Formula 1 after the 2013 season, Red Bull were left with a very difficult choice. Just then Kimi Raikkonen an already established driver, whose contract had expired with Lotus F1 Team was available. So Red Bull had to make a decision, Experience? or Young Blood? Red Bull made the decision to promote Daniel Ricciardo to race alongside Vettel for 2014, leaving Kimi to go join Ferrari. This was a move so perfectly matched for Red Bull and the Aussie, he showed his pace again outperforming everyone in the field including the world champions and finishing 2nd, but only to be disqualified due to

a mistake by the team. But the famous smile on his face never came off. He strapped his boots, his overalls and his helmet once again and tried and tried and tried and achieved 2 podiums in 6 races already leaving behind all the experienced drivers like Vettel, Alonso, Raikkonen, Button, the lot.

THE REWARD June 8, 2014. A cool summer’s day in Montreal, Canada, Daniel Ricciardo standing on Row 3, after qualifying 6th the day before got into the car for a decent race and some points in mind.

Little did the 25 year old Red Bull driver know that this is going to be his day. He was going to win the Canadian Grand Prix, at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit, a place covered in a layer of history, a place where most Formula 1 drivers like Lewis Hamilton, Robert Kubica, and Gilles Villeneuve himself won their maiden Grand Prix.

Constantly pushing and constantly gaining on a limping Rosberg, Ricciardo passed through using his DRS on the long straight to take the lead on the 2nd last lap and was crowned victorious for the first time in his career.

The smile on his face was enough to let the world know he was here to stay. He is a potential world champion. The Aussie Grin wasn’t going to go anywhere. The most beautiful part of this victory is that, in a paddock filled with politics, rivalry, and competition and secrecy, not a single person in the paddock or probably anyone around the world was unhappy to see him win. He became the 105th person to win a Formula 1 Grand Prix The question is, if Daniel could do it, why not Karthikayan who started in Formula 1 in 2005 with Jordan and in the same place where Ricciardo was present? Or even Karun Chandok? Do Indians have that special ability to be on the top of the world where the proud Australian stands right now? Can we ever hear the Indian national anthem on the podium of a Formula 1 Grand Prix? Yes, a reward is possible with dream, determination and struggle.

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2014 GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED (UK)

Where men and machines jostle for space and glory

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n the United Kingdom, the Goodwood Festival of Speed (known as FoS) is gaining in popularity with every passing year. It’s basically an annual hill climb featuring historic motor racing vehicles, new car launches, and of course mega automotive sponsorships that is held in the grounds of

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Goodwood House, West Sussex, England.

This year saw around 200,000 people attend the FoS. The show got a befitting start with Mercedes-Benz unveiling a massive sculpture soaring 26 metres over Goodwood House, weighing 160 tonnes and measuring 90 metres in length. It was unveiled in spectacular style

by Lord March and Head of Mercedes-Benz Classic, Michael Bock.

Created by artistic genius Gerry Judah, the sculpture is the most complex and ambitious yet conceived and is a fitting celebration of 120 years of motorsport heritage by MercedesBenz and its founding fathers.

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Crowd awaits Lewis Hamilto

Jay Kay’s LaFerrari

Swooping over Goodwood House, the curve – which spans 45 metres – tested the artistic and engineering ingenuity of the team of specialists assigned to making Gerry Judah’s concept a reality.

Two cars spanning 80 years

form an integral part of the sculpture – a replica of the 1934 Mercedes-Benz W 25 Silver Arrow, like that raced by Manfred von Brauchitsch to victory “first time out” at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, and a Mercedes

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With superstar names from the world of motorsport, including John Surtees, Sir Jackie Stewart, Sir Stirling Moss, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen, Sebastien Loeb, Didier Auriol, Richard Petty, Mark Webber, Giacomo Agostini, Wayne Gardner and Freddie Spencer, guests were treated to non-stop entertainment throughout the weekend.

The Goodwood Festival of Speed was founded in 1993 by Lord March in order to bring motor racing back to the Goodwood estate, a location closely associated with British motor racing history. He finally had to be content with hosting the racing on his own grounds. The crowds have since been swelling. Visitors can expect to see cars and motorbikes from over 100 years of worldwide motor racing history climb the hill, including many of the latest F1 machines. Celebrities, race champions old and new, and of course the rich and the famous, are all present during the three to four days of the event.

Apart from the sculpture, the festival was all about cars (and motorcycles) of modern times as well as those of yore. A century-old Mercedes Grand Prix car, an SSK from 1928, the mighty W 196 R from 1955 and a fire-

Ferrari 250 GT LWB

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Bentley Continental GT3

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Audi R8

breathing Sauber-Mercedes C9 from 1989 were joined by a distinctive SLS AMG Black Series, emerging from the darkness with striking glowing bodywork for the occasion.

Lexus, Ferrari, Lotus, Porsche, McLaren, Audi, Jaguar, Pagani, Bentley, Maserati, BMW, Rolls-Royce, Sin, Mercedes-Benz, Alfa Romeo and Ginetta were all represented with ex-Formula 1 racers Bruno Senna and Rupert Keegan and sportscar legend Derek Bell all taking a turn behind the drivers’ seat.

The Supercar Run was not the only highlight on Saturday, the second day. Fresh from his pole position at last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, Felipe Massa wowed the crowd by driving Damon Hill’s 1996 Formula 1 World Championship-winning Williams FW18 and 2009 champion Jenson Button did likewise in a McLaren MP4-26-Mercedes-Benz.

The Forest Rally Stage presented by Skoda featured former World Rally Champions Sebastien Loeb – driving one of his titlewinning Citroen DS3 WRCs – Hannu Mikkola in an Audi Quattro S4 and Bjorn Waldegard in a Toyota Celica, while two-wheeled legends Wayne Gardner, Giacomo Agostini and Dougie Lampkin grabbed plenty of attention on the Hillclimb and the GAS Arena respectively.

Celebrity guests included Jamiroquai

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Mercedes-Benz C-Class Cou

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MOTORSPORT frontman Jay Kay in the ultra-special LaFerrari, Sir Chris Hoy driving a Nissan in the Supercar Run, former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, current England international footballer Glen Johnson, TV presenter Jake Humphrey and rockstar Chris Rea while the traditional Festival of Speed Ball was set to round out the day’s proceedings with a special performance from The Beach Boys.

Aston Martin unveiled an exceptional new addition to the hugely popular PlayStation3 exclusive racing game Gran Turismo6 (GT6) in the shape of the stunning Design Prototype 100 – DP-100 Vision Gran Turismo.

Clearly pushing the boundaries of what an Aston Martin could be, DP-100 not only looked beautiful but also boasts a high degree of engineering integrity. The

Audi Type C Alpine

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twin-turbo V12 mid-engined racer offers up to 800bhp, endowing it with blistering performance fully in keeping with the high octane nature of the game.

Just two weeks after his triumph at the world’s most famous endurance race with team-mates Marcel Fässler and Benoït Tréluyer, Audi Sport factory driver André Lotterer was back behind the wheel of two Audi racing cars at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. The three-time Le Mans winner and fellow 24-hour stalwarts Allan McNish and Frank Biela were among the stars celebrating the Vorsprung durch Technik brand’s remarkable track record in motorsport at the much-loved event.

A real favourite with the crowds, the Silver Arrow piloted by Bernd Rosemeyer

dominated European racing circuits in 1936 and, in 1937, was driven to victory by the ‘Mist Master’ in the first Grand Prix to be held at Donington Park. The 16-cylinder engine which produces 520 PS turned hundreds of heads from the moment it started.

Joining the Audi 90 quattro IMSA-GTO and Type C entrants on the hill and in the F1 paddock was the iconic Sport quattro S1 and the 2011 Le Mans-winning R18 TDI sports prototype.

At the Audi Stand, a total of 30 production and concept cars were displayed including the new S1, the all-new TT and TTS, the A3 Sportback e-tron, the new super-economical A4, A5 and A6 ‘ultra range’, all the RS models, the allroad shooting brake concept and the Sport quattro laserlight concept.

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Maserati 8CM

Ferrari 458 Speciale

The second day of the Goodwood Festival of Speed saw Scuderia Ferrari’s official test-driver, Pedro de la Rosa, mixing with the crowd and signing autographs for the many Prancing Horse fans who flock to this great event every year. An array of spectacular classic Ferraris tackled the Hillclimb, one of which Pedro was particularly intrigued with: a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB. The owner of the car was honoured to share the history of his historic Endurance Racer with the F1 driver, who clearly appreciates the importance that such iconic cars have had in creating the Ferrari myth that it is today.

Ferrari was honoured to offer Atty Lennox, Lord March’s daughter, the chance to experience driving up her father’s very famous driveway in a 458 Speciale, which made its UK debut here at the event. She was truly impressed

by Ferrari’s latest mid-engined supercar, saying: “It’s an incredibly powerful car, yet so beautiful and smooth: it totally blew my mind.” On Goodwood, she commented: “It has a different vibe every year with the different cars that come, but it’s the same familiar faces that are the motorsport family of Goodwood. It’s a really magical place.”

The Goodwood Festival of Speed saw Kimi Räikkönen making an appearance as a special guest at the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of John Surtees’ F1 World title. The two drivers were at the wheels of the cars in which they won their World Championships: Surtees drove the 1964 158 F1 and Kimi his F2007.

Meanwhile, gamer-turned racer Jann Mardenborough smashed the supercar record for the Goodwood Hill climb with a sensational performance in a dramatic Michelin Supercar run at the Festival of Speed on Saturday afternoon.

Welsh wizard Mardenborough, whose only race experience until winning the GT Academy in 2011 had been of the online variety, was at the wheel of a Nissan GTR-NISMO ‘Time Attack’ and assaulted the 1.16-mile Hillclimb in a staggering 49.27 seconds, his run edging out the Noble M600, driven by touring car legend Anthony Reid.

The second day of track action at the 22nd running of the Goodwood Festival

of Speed saw some of the rarest Mercedes-Benz models ever created being unleashed as well as the global public debut of the latest addition to the current range – the new generation CLS-Class.

Away from the track, the MercedesBenz Exhibition stand proved a hit, with visitors being able to get up close to modern road and race cars from Mercedes-Benz as well as experiencing the sensation of lapping Silverstone in the current Mercedes AMG Petronas W05 Formula One car via Oculus Rift devices. Drivers extending back through 120 years of motorsport participation were celebrated in a display running the length of the Exhibition stand.

One of the highlights of the day was the arrival of the new generation CLSClass – featuring a fresh new look, new technologies, new engines and, for the first time, a nine-speed gearbox.

Bentley attracted significant interest at this year’s Festival of Speed, with thousands of car enthusiasts heading to its stand to see the latest luxury performance models.

The highlight of Bentley’s presence at Goodwood, and making its global debut, was the new Continental GT3-R. Limited to 300 examples, this exclusive model is already proving immensely popular with customers.

The Continental GT3-R is the most dynamic and fastest-accelerating Bentley ever produced. Inspired by Bentley’s race-winning Continental GT3 racer, the GT3-R is powered by Bentley’s race- and road-proven 4.0 litre V8 engine, producing 580 PS and 700 Nm of torque. A weight reduction of 100 kg combines with torque vectoring and shorter gearing to deliver a breathtaking driving experience.

McLaren GT confirmed first details of the McLaren 650S GT3 – the latest generation track-focused racer which will contest GT3 championships across the globe from the 2015 season.

Building on the highly successful 12C GT3, which has firmly re-established McLaren at the front of the GT grid over the past three seasons, the 650S GT3 was unveiled in front of fans and the global motorsport media at the 2014 FoS.

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Force Motors, title sponsor of ‘Rainforest Challenge’

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une-based Force Motors Ltd. has announced it will be the Title Sponsor of Rainforest Challenge in India, titled “Force Gurkha RFC India 2014”. The company will promote its Extreme Off-Roader Vehicle, Force Gurkha, with the title sponsorship of this event.

Rainforest Challenge was first launched in Malaysia in 1997 and is amongst the top ten Toughest motor races in the world. It has presence in seven countries--Italy, Australia, Russia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Tunisia, and China.

The Force Gurkha RFC India 2014 will take place in the forests of southern Goa from August 8 to 14, 2014.

Force Motors Managing Director Prasan

Firodia said that for the Force Gurkha there could not have been a better synergy than this extreme off-roading event.

He maintained that the RFC India 2014 is a great platform for the Force Gurkha. “I believe the off-roading community in India is ready for intense challenges and now has a global platform to test their mettle and raise their skill levels,” he said.

Force Gurkha RFC India 2014 shall maintain

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the extreme challenging conditions seen in the original event held in Malaysia.

Competitors will have to brave incessant rain, steep slippery slopes, deep ruts, gullies, flooded rivers, and landslides, all with interesting and unpredictable twists.

Force Gurkha RFC India 2014 has 4 levels of increasing difficulties; Prologue, Predator, Terminator and Twilight. The participants have to complete all 30 Special Stages across a multitude of obstacles, to be declared as overall winners. However, given the fact that the event is in its first year in India, the seven classes and 2 overall rankings – with one for foreign entries and another for Indian entries have been kept flexible.

RFC India is being introduced in India

by Cougar Motorsport Pvt. Ltd. and the first edition of RFC India will take place in Goa during the peak monsoon season from August 8-14, 2014.

Renault goes alone with Alpine sports car dream

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enault and Caterham Group have mutually agreed to allow Renault to increase its equity stake in Société des Automobiles Alpine Caterham to 100pc. It was in November 2012 that the Caterham Group took a 50pc stake in the Automobiles Alpine Renault company. This company was then held 100 pc by Renault SAS. This partnership led to the formation of the Société des Automobiles Alpine Caterham the following year. Both partners had a 50pc equity stake each in the company.

Now, following the acquisition of the interest

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held by Caterham Group in Société des Automobiles Alpine Caterham, Renault will now continue to develop its own Alpine sports car to be launched in 2016, as initially planned. The Caterham Group will continue with its plans to make its own sports car.

Thus, this acquisition brings to an end to the partnership signed in November 2012 by Renault and Caterham Group to develop and manufacture sports cars through Société des Automobiles Alpine Caterham. According to a press release by Renault, other forms of cooperation could still be envisaged between

the two companies in line with each one’s strategic policy directions.

Société des Automobiles Alpine Caterham will now change its name to Société des Automobiles Alpine.

Meanwhile, according to another press release from Renault, Alpine is restating its commitment to launching the “Berlinette of the 21st century” in 2016. For 2014 Alpine is participating in ELMS (European Le Mans Series) and the Le Mans 24-hour event.

The Dieppe plant in Normandy, France, is where all the Alpine action is taking place.

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POLO R FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP

Volkswagen does great in Rally Poland

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olkswagen reached another milestone in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia (F/F) scored the 17th overall victory for the Polo R WRC at Rally Poland, out of 20 rallies in total. The team result was completed with Andreas Mikkelsen/ Ola Fløene (N/N) in second place and Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila (FIN/FIN) executing a resolute catch-up to finish in fifth place.

With the WRC summer break just around the corner, Volkswagen has now extended its lead in the manufacturers’ standings to 147 points, which means the earliest that it can be knocked off the top spot is during Rally France in October. The win in Poland was the 21st rally victory for Ogier/Ingrassia, while Mikkelsen made it onto the podium in the ultimate rallying discipline for a second time, having also come second in Sweden. The seventh rally of the season constituted a premiere for Volkswagen, as it was the first time that the team lined up in the Polo R WRC in Poland.

Incidentally, this was the first podium finish for Ola Fløene in the WRC. Finishing the rally in second place marked Ola’s first time on the winners’ rostrum in the ultimate rallying

discipline. The 45-year-old Norwegian only got back into a cockpit for Rally Italy three weeks ago.

Sébastien Ogier/ Julien Ingrassia now have a lead of 50 points ahead of the second half of the season, which gets under way with Rally Finland on July 31 to August 3. And their closest rivals are in the same camp as them: having finished fifth in Poland just seven tenths of a second behind Mikko Hirvonen (M-Sport Ford), JariMatti Latvala/Miikka Anttila remain in second place overall. And Andreas Mikkelsen has now reclaimed third place in the drivers’ standings thanks to his second place in Poland, and now trails Ogier by 83 points.

The winner Sébastien Ogier completed the 304.21 kilometres of the rally at a pace of

118.5 km/h. Having now notched up 11 wins in a row, Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia extended the success story of Volkswagen in Poland. Volkswagen remains unbeaten in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) since last year’s Rally Australia. Since making its debut in the event in January 2013, the Polo R WRC has scored 30 podium positions in 20 rallies, 17 of which were outright wins.

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Nissan GT Academy India winners named

Kenichiro Yomura, President – Nissan India (extreme left) and Darren Cox, Global Director, Nissan Motorsports with the six winners Report & Photography: Rahul Kapoor

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issan has announced the names of six gamers who have won the Nissan and PlayStation GT Academy India challenge. These six will now travel to Silverstone in the United Kingdom to represent India at the International Race Camp. GT Academy is an innovative platform that offers aspiring racers and gaming enthusiasts the chance win a place in the internationally acclaimed driver discovery and development programme.

In order to carve out a career in professional racing, these six will will compete with aspiring racers from Thailand, Mexico, Australia and the Middle East at Silverstone. The top six winners of the challenge are Abhinav Bhatt from New Delhi, Abhinay Bikkani of Bangalore, Prakash Nair of Trivandrum, Akshay Gupta of Mumbai, Glen Ivan Suchitha of Bangalore and Karl Patel of Mumbai.

All the winners will now go to Silverstone where their driving skills will be tested and

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honed on the Formula One Silverstone motor racing circuit in Nismo-tuned Nissan 370Zs and GT-Rs. GT Academy’s Silverstone Race Camp will eliminate all but the overall winner.

This overall winner will then move on to the three-month Driver Development Programme and learn all the skills necessary to compete in an international ‘graduation race’.

These six gamers from India became winners during the national qualifying round of Nissan GT Academy in Jaipur. There were 28 regional finalists who competed against each other. The finalists had each clocked the fastest lap time in their region during the five-month long qualifying rounds across India. More than 5000 hopefuls entered the competition.

In Jaipur the 28 finalists were subjected to two days of intensive testing and evaluation.

They competed in race simulator time trials and their skills were further tested driving the Nissan Micra car on the track. Their physical

and mental strength and personalities were evaluated. Selection of the final six was based on their overall performance.

Kenichiro Yomura, President – Nissan India Operations said, the aim of the company was to reach out to the people of India and identify local motor racing talent and give them the chance to compete at the highest levels of motorsport. He said motor racing was becoming more and more popular in the country. With the innovative GT Academy Nissan has put the excitement of racing on the track within reach of everybody in India, he said.

Darren Cox, Global Director, Nissan Motorsports (NISMO) said he was delighted to witness the fervour among the contestants at the GT Academy India National Final.

India, he added, has plenty of promising motor racing talent. The Indian winners will be strong contenders for the ultimate prize at Silverstone, he noted.

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PRAKASH NAIR, a man among boys!

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rakash Nair from Trivandrum, one of the six boys who won the Nissan and PlayStation GT Academy India challenge is not really in the prime of his youth. He is a 41-year-old man who beat at least 11 youngsters in the age group of 18 to 29 to qualify for the International Race Camp at Silverstone in the United Kingdom.

Nair, a local businessman, beat the boys at the Nissan GT academy Finals 2014 held in Jaipur to prove he is the toughest of them all.

Nair was born in India but brought up in the UK from an early age. He returned to India in 1992. His friend Shivakumar got him hooked onto Gran Turismo and he applied for the academy online with no expectations. After completing the simulator challenge, Nair was selected for the top 12 to go to day 2 of the finals for a drive and fitness test where he proved that age is no bar when it came to fulfilling one’s dream.

During the fitness test among Nair was way ahead of the boys in the four gruesome exercises set up to test the competitors-- the plank, push-ups, sargent jumps, and the agonizing bleep test. A bleep test is a cardio test where you run for 20 meters as a recorded bleep sounds and you have to make your way to the other side of the 20m mark before the next bleep and the intervals of the bleeps

continue to get shorter and shorter, if you don’t cross the 20m mark by the next bleep, your run is terminated.

Just for record’s sake, in the bleep test, the British Royal Marines score an average of 13, the Australian army scores 7.5 on an average, and the Royal New Zeeland Navy scores 7.1 on an average. Nair scored an 8!

“I’ve never compared my fitness to anyone else. I just do my own thing in the gym and I have a few friends roughly my age, we go gymming together. But I’ve never compared

myself to anyone younger than me. I guess the other competitors have to pick their fitness levels up, because I don’t consider myself extremely fit, nor am I an athlete, I just do a bit of gymming, that’s all,” says Nair.

Darren Cox, Nissan Global Director Nissan Motorsports was also surprised. He said “It’s quite amazing to see the oldest guy at the age of 41, the fittest among the lot, and his level of fitness is what they expect from all of them at this level, so the other five finalists have to pick up their fitness levels now”

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LIFESTYLE

Kärcher DS 5.800 vacuum with water filter

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hose who own the BMWs, the Audis and the Mercedes-Benz’s assumedly live in good homes. It is for these beautiful homes and other households that Kärcher India has introduced a new top of the line household vacuum cleaner.

Karcher India (Noida) is a 100 % subsidiary of Alfred Kärcher GmbH from Germany and is one of the leading providers for home and garden appliances in India. Karcher has a range of cleaning equipment for cleaning automobiles, both from the inside as well as from the outside.

The Kärcher DS 5.800 vacuum with the new water filtration technology satisfies the highest standards of hygiene in domestic cleaning. In particular, it brings relief to allergy sufferers and those susceptible to household dust, animal hair, spores, bacteria and other pollutants. That is because its ultra-efficient filter system traps 99.99pc of even the smallest particles so that the vacuum’s exhaust is noticeably fresher and cleaner than the ambient air. The DS 5.800 also incorporates improved flow characteristics that make it highly energy-efficient.

At the heart of the vacuum is a multi-stage filtering system: The air intake first flows through its innovative water filter that binds nearly all dust and dirt particles with the natural power of water.

It is then channelled through a Teflon-coated intermediate filter which is washable for extra-long life and a HEPA-filter (High-efficiency particulate air) at the exhaust outlet. Since the water tank is

emptied after every use the dirt picked up does not remain in the machine and no unpleasant odours can arise. No paper filter bag is required.

The Kärcher vacuum runs on just 900 watts due to its new suction motor technology it matches the suction power of a standard 1,400 watts machine.

That equates to a 35pc energy saving and reduces the noise level by nearly half, which benefits the environment and cuts electricity costs.

The vacuum with water filter is user friendly and has an adjustable floor nozzle that makes it suitable for all common domestic floor coverings. The length of the suction tube is adjustable. The upholstery and crevice tools are stowed in a compartment on the top of the machine where they are ready to hand. Two steerable and two fixed castors ensure that the vacuum trails along smoothly. During work breaks, the floor nozzle can be fastened to a bracket on the housing. The 7.5-metre electric cable rewinds automatically when it is given a brief tug. When work is done, the vacuum can be stowed upright to save space, with the floor nozzle hung on the underside of the vacuum.

Bentley GMT Light Body B04

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his one’s inspired by the Bentley racing team. The new Bentley GMT Light Body B04 is distinguished by its original and daring design featuring asymmetrical lugs, a black rubber strap, a broad bezel with a knurled motif inspired by Bentley radiator grilles, along with push pieces built into the ergonomically streamlined profile. All the wearer needs to do when juggling with time zones is to pull out the crown and turn it forwards or backwards in one-hour increments. This is achieved without any loss of precision in terms of the minutes, while the date is automatically adjusted to local time in either direction. The rotating inner bezel bears the names of 24 cities thereby enabling at-a-glance readings of all time zones around the world in relation to the one indicated by the 24-hour hand. The watch has 47 jewels, a titanium case and a transparent sapphire crystal case back.

The dials are Royal Ebony or Tungsten. Strap: GMT in rubber.

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W O R L D

2011 Aston Martin Virage

T H E

Fascination

O F

2012 Audi A8 L

B B T

(+91) 9999 9999 83 (+91) 11 3222 2222

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2011 Range Rover Vogue

CAR PRICES * Prices (Ex-Showroom Delhi) MODEL

VARIANTS

ENGINE*

FUEL*

FUEL EFFICIENCY*

PRICE*

* Engine in Litres | Fuel - Petrol (P), Diesel (D), CNG, LPG, Hybrid (H), Electric (E) | Fuel Efficiency in kmpl/kmpkg | Prices in lakhs/Crore

ASHOK LEYLAND Stile

ASTON MARTIN DB9 Rapide Vantage

Vanquish AUDI A4

A6

A7 A8 L

Q3

Q5

Q7

S4 S6 TT RS5 R7 Sportback R8 R8 Spyder BENTLEY MOTORS Continental

Flying Spur Mulsanne BMW 1 Series

3 Series

5 Series

6 Series

7 Series

X1

LE - 8 Seater LS - 7 Seater LX - 7 Seater

1.5 1.5 1.5

D D D

20.07 20.07 20.07

7.49 8.49 8.99

DB9 Rapide S V8 Vantage V8 Vantage S

6.0 6.0 4.8 4.8

P P P P

NA NA NA NA

NA NA NA NA

V8 Vantage N430

4.8

P

NA

NA

V12 Vanquish

6.0

P

NA

NA

1.8 TFSI Premium 1.8 TFSI Premium Plus 1.8 TFSI Technology 2.0 TDI Premium 2.0 TDI Premium Plus 2.0 TDI Technology 3.0 TDI Quattro Premium Plus 3.0 TDI Quattro Technology 2.0 TFSI Premium 2.0 TFSI Premium Plus 2.0 TFSI Technology 2.0 TDI Premium 2.0 TDI Premium Plus 2.0 TDI Technology 3.0 TDI Quattro Premium 3.0 TDI Quattro Premium Plus 3.0 TDI QuattroTechnology 3.0 TDI quattro 4 .0 TFSI quattro 3.0 TDI quattro 4.2 TDI quattro S 2.0 TDI 2.0 TDI Quatrro Premium 2.0 TDI Quatrro Premium Plus 2.0 TDI Quatrro Premium 2.0 TDI Quatrro Premium Plus 2.0 TDI Quatrro Technology 3.0 TDI Quattro Premium Plus 3.0 TDI QuattroTechnology 3.0 TDI Quattro Premium 3.0 TDI Quattro Premium Plus 3.0 TDI QuattroTechnology 4.2 TDI quattro Technology 3.0 TFSI Quatrro 4.0 TFSI Quattro 2.0 TFSI Quattro 4.2 FSI Quattro 4.0 TFSI Quattro V8 4.2 FSI V10 5.2 FSI V10 5.2 FSI

1.8 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 4.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.2 3.0 4.0 2.0 4.2 4.0 4.2 5.2 5.2

P P P D D D D D P P P D D D D D D D P D D D D D D D D D D D D D D P P D P P P P P

15.64 15.64 15.64 17.11 17.11 17.11 14.94 14.94 NA NA NA 17.60 17.60 17.60 14.50 14.50 14.50 14.40 9.20 6 NA 17.3 15.73 15.73 14.10 14.10 14.10 13.20 13.20 12 12 12 11.30 10.30 NA 12.40 9.20 NA 8 7.60 7.70

29.86 32.11 34.91 33.96 36.21 39.01 55.02 57.82 42.63 47.61 49.96 44.91 48.29 50.64 55.80 60.78 63.13 88.46 1.28 (Cr.) 1.13 (Cr.) 1.23 (Cr.) 25.35 31.51 36.36 46.86 49.86 52.27 57.32 60.11 60.30 65.69 72.35 79.88 52.64 89.95 54.59 1.01 (Cr.) 1.31 (Cr.) 1.64 (Cr.) 1.88 (Cr.) 2.12 (Cr.)

GT W12 GT V8 GT Speed W12 GT V8 S GTC W12 GTC V8 GT Speed Convertible GT V8S Convertible Flying Spur V8 Flying Spur W12 Mulsanne

6.0 4.0 6.0 4.0 6.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 4.0 6.0 6.8

P P P P P P P P P P P

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

116i Prestige 118d Prestige 118d Sport Line 118d Sport Plus 328i Sport Plus 320d Prestige 320d Sport Line 320d Luxury Line 320d GT Luxury Line 520d Prestige 520d Modern Line 520d Luxury Line 525d Luxury Plus 530d M Sport 640d Convertible 650i Convertible 640d Coupé 650i Coupé 640d Gran Coupé Eminence 730 Ld Eminence 750Li Eminence 760Li Eminence sDrive20d Expedition sDrive20d Sport Line

1.6 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 5.0 3.0 5.0 3.0 3.0 5.0 6.0 2.0 2.0

P D D D P D D D D D D D D D D P D P D D P P D D

16.28 20.58 20.58 20.58 14.59 18.88 18.88 18.88 19.59 18.48 18.48 18.48 17.09 14.69 17.54 10.86 11.23 18.18 17.54 16.46 11.62 7.46 17.05 17.05

22.65 25.60 28.55 32.50 42.50 33.65 37.15 37.15 42.75 46.20 49.20 49.20 54.50 58.60 NA NA NA NA 1.15 (Cr.) 1.03 (Cr.) 1. 40 (Cr.) 1.86 (Cr.) 30.75 36

MODEL

VARIANTS

ENGINE*

FUEL*

FUEL EFFICIENCY*

PRICE*

* Engine in Litres | Fuel - Petrol (P), Diesel (D), CNG, LPG, Hybrid (H), Electric (E) | Fuel Efficiency in kmpl/kmpkg | Prices in lakhs/Crore

X3

X5 M Z4

BUGATTI Veyron CHEVROLET Beat

Captiva Cruze

Enjoy

Sail U-VA

Sail

Spark

DATSUN Go

FIAT Grande Punto

Linea

Linea Classic

FORCE Force One

Gurkha

sDrive20d xLine sDrive20d Advantage sDrive20d Expedition sDrive30d Expedition xDrive30d Design Pure Experience M5 M6 Gran Coupé sDrive 35i sDrive 35i Design Pure Traction

2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0

D D D D

17.05 16.75 16.75 16.55

36 42.70 47.90 54.90

3.0

D

15.35

71

5.0 4.3 3.0

P P P

10.10 10.10 10.37

1.30 (Cr.) 1.75 (Cr.) 71

3.0

P

10.37

72

Veyron Grand Sport

8.0

P

NA

NA

1.2 PS 1.2 LS 1.2 LT 1.2 LT Option 1.0 PS 1.0 LS 1.0 LT 1.0 LT Option 1.2 LS LPG 1.2 LT LPG LT LTZ LT (MT) LTZ (MT) LTZ (AT) 1.4 LS - 8 Seater 1.4 LS -7 Seater 1.4 LT - 8 Seater 1.4 LT - 7 Seater 1.4 LTZ - 8 Seater 1.4 LTZ - 7 Seater 1.3 TCDi LS - 8 Seater 1.3 TCDi LS -7 Seater 1.3 TCDi LT - 8 Seater 1.3 TCDi LT - 7 Seater 1.3 TCDi LTZ - 8 Seater 1.3 TCDi LTZ - 7 Seater 1.2 PS 1.2 LS 1.2 LS ABS 1.2 LT ABS 1.3 TCDi PS 1.3 TCDi LS 1.3 TCDi LS ABS 1.3 TCDi LT ABS 1.2 PS 1.2 LS 1.2 LS ABS 1.2 LT ABS 1.3 TCDi PS 1.3 TCDi LS 1.3 TCDi LS ABS 1.3 TCDi LT ABS Spark 1.0 LS LT

1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0

P P P P D D D D LPG LPG D D D D D P P P P P P D D D D D D P P P P D D D D P P P P D D D D P P P

18.61 18.61 18.61 18.61 25.44 25.44 25.44 25.44 13.30 13.30 14.60 12.12 17.30 17.30 NA 13.70 13.70 13.70 13.70 13.70 13.70 18.20 18.20 18.20 18.20 18.20 18.20 18.20 18.20 18.20 18.20 22.10 22.10 22.10 22.10 18.20 18.20 18.20 18.20 22.10 22.10 22.10 22.10 16.20 16.20 16.20

3.97 4.22 4.63 5.11 4.77 5.05 5.45 5.93 4.47 4.91 23.54 25.67 13.80 15.28 16.30 5.74 5.76 6.28 6.31 7.08 7.10 6.98 7 7.41 7.44 8.10 8.13 4.28 4.72 4.94 5.58 5.25 5.72 5.86 6.62 5.25 5.72 6.03 6.51 6.34 6.66 6.93 7.54 3.44 3.71 3.99

D D1 A T

1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

P P P P

20.63 20.63 20.63 20.63

3.12 3.14 3.46 3.69

Active Fire Dynamic Fire Emotion Fire Active Multijet Dynamic Multijet Emotion Multijet 90 HP Multijet Active Fire Active T-Jet Dynamic T-Jet Emotion T-Jet Active Multijet Dynamic Multijet Emotion Multijet Classic Fire Classic Multijet Classic Plus Multijet

1.2 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3

P P P D D D D P P P P D D D P D D

15.70 15.70 15.70 20.30 20.30 20.30 20.50 14.90 15.70 15.70 15.70 20.40 20.40 20.40 14.90 19.50 19.50

4.93 5.16 6.70 5.61 6.26 6.87 7.24 6.99 7.44 8.53 9.01 8.15 9.27 9.72 5.99 6.95 7.50

EX 6 Seater LX-ABS 6 Seater SX-ABS 6 Seater SX-ABS 5 Seater Hard Top (4x4) Soft Top (4x2) Soft Top (4x4)

2.6 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.6 2.6

D D D D D D D

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

9.27 13.98 12.28 12.35 8.51 6.26 8.36

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CAR PRICES * Prices (Ex-Showroom Delhi) MODEL

VARIANTS

ENGINE*

FUEL*

FUEL EFFICIENCY*

PRICE*

* Engine in Litres | Fuel - Petrol (P), Diesel (D), CNG, LPG, Hybrid (H), Electric (E) | Fuel Efficiency in kmpl/kmpkg | Prices in lakhs/Crore

FORD Classic

Ecosport

Endeavour

Fiesta

Figo

LXi Duratec CLXi Duratec Titanium Duratec LXi Duratorq CLXi Duratorq Titanium Duratorq Ambiente M/T Trend M/T Titanium M/T Titanium A/T Titanium Ecoboost Titanium (O) Ecoboost Ambiente (D) Trend (D) Titanium (D) Titanium (O) (D) 2.5L 4x2 M/T 3.0L 4x2 A/T 3.0L 4x4 A/T Ambiente Trend Titanium LXi Duratec EXi Duratec ZXi Duratec Titanium Duratec LXi Duratorq EXi Duratorq ZXi Duratorq Titanium Duratorq

1.6 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.5 3.0 3.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4

P P P D D D P P P P P P D D D D D D D D D D P P P P D D D D

14.09 14.09 14.09 19.68 19.68 19.68 15.80 15.80 15.80 15.60 18.90 18.90 22.70 22.70 22.70 22.70 12.67 10.70 10.70 25.01 25.01 25.01 15.22 15.22 15.22 15.22 19.99 19.99 19.99 19.99

4.88 5.57 6.35 6.19 6.65 7.35 6.22 7.17 8.13 9.07 8.52 9.05 7.27 8.07 9.07 9.59 19.84 21.28 23.06 7.69 8.56 9.29 3.86 4.34 4.69 5.06 4.81 5.30 5.66 6

E M/T EX M/T S M/T SX M/T VX M/T S A/T VX A/T E M/T EX M/T S M/T SX M/T VX M/T E M/T EX M/T S M/T V M/T VX M/T VX A/T E M/T S M/T SV M/T V M/T VX M/T SV CVT VX CVT EMT SMT SVMT VMT VXMT 2WD M/T 2WD A/T AWD A/T AWD A/T AVN

1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.4 2.4

P P P P P P P D D D D D P P P P P P P P P P P P P D D D D D P P P P

18 18 18 18 18 15.50 15.50 25.80 25.80 25.80 25.80 25.80 19.40 19.40 19.40 19.40 19.40 16.50 17.80 17.80 17.80 17.80 17.80 18 18 26 26 26 26 25.10 13.70 13.70 12 12

5 5.30 5.69 6.04 6.64 6.70 7.55 5.97 6.24 6.65 6.90 7.49 4 4.20 4.52 4.94 5.22 6 7.19 7.82 8.36 8.91 9.85 9.36 10.90 8.37 9 9.50 10.04 10.99 20.25 21.25 22.88 24.36

S M/T SX M/T SX A/T L M/T S M/T SX M/T SX A/T D-Lite D-Lite+ D-Lite+ LPG Era+ Era+ Lpg Magna+ Magna+ LPG Magna+ 1.0L Kappa Sportz Kappa Era Kappa Magna Kappa Sportz Kappa Sportz A/T Kappa Asta Kappa Asta A/T Kappa Asta (O) CRDi Era

1.8 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1

P P P D D D D P P P/LPG P P/LPG P P/LPG P P P P P P P P P D

16.30 16.30 14.30 22.70 22.70 22.70 19.10 21.10 21.10 21.10 21.10 21.10 21.10 21.10 20.30 21.10 18.90 18.90 18.90 18.90 18.90 18.90 18.90 24

12.73 13.94 14.91 13.15 13.87 15.05 16.03 2.83 3.11 3.37 3.25 3.51 3.54 3.80 3.83 3.82 4.33 4.51 4.89 5.61 5.15 5.87 5.46 5.21

HONDA Amaze

Brio

City

CR-V

HYUNDAI Elantra

Eon

Grand i10

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MODEL

VARIANTS

ENGINE*

FUEL*

FUEL EFFICIENCY*

PRICE*

* Engine in Litres | Fuel - Petrol (P), Diesel (D), CNG, LPG, Hybrid (H), Electric (E) | Fuel Efficiency in kmpl/kmpkg | Prices in lakhs/Crore

i10

i20

Santa Fe

Santro Xing

Sonata Verna

Xcent

ISUZU MU-7

D-Max

JAGUAR F-Type

XF

XJ

XK

LAMBORGHINI Aventador LAND ROVER Discovery 4 Freelander 2

Range Rover

CRDi Magna CRDi Sportz CRDi Asta CRDi Asta (O) 1.1 Era 1.1 Magna 1.1 Magna LPG 1.1 Sportz 1.1 Sportz LPG 1.2 Kappa Era 1.2 Kappa Magna 1.2 Kappa Sportz 1.2 Kappa Asta 1.2 Kappa Asta (O) 1.2 Kappa Sportz A/T 1.4 CRDi Era 1.4 CRDi Magna 1.4 CRDi Sportz 1.4 CRDi Asta 2WD M/T 2WD A/T 4WD A/T GL Plus GL Plus LPG GLS GLS LPG 2.4 GDI M/T 2.4 GDI A/T GL CX EX SX SX A/T SX (O) CRDi GL CRDi CX CRDi EX CRDi SX CRDi SX A/T CRDi SX (O) CRDi SX (O) A/T 1.2 Kappa Base 1.2 Kappa S 1.2 Kappa S (O) 1.2 Kappa S (O) A/T 1.2 Kappa SX 1.2 Kappa SX (O) 1.2 Kappa SX (O) A/T 1.1 CRDi Base 1.1 CRDi S 1.1 CRDi S (O) 1.1 CRDi SX 1.1 CRDi SX (O)

1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 2.2 2.2 2.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 2.4 2.4 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1

D D D D P P P/LPG P P/LPG P P P P P P D D D D D D D P P/LPG P P/LPG P P P P P P P P D D D D D D D P P P P P P P D D D D D

24 24 24 24 19.81 19.81 19.20 19.81 19.20 18.15 18.15 18.15 18.15 18.15 15.04 21.93 21.93 21.93 21.93 14.74 13.01 13.01 17.92 13.45 17.92 13..45 13.04 12.35 17.43 17.43 17.01 17.01 15.74 17.01 23.50 23.50 22.32 22.32 19.08 22.32 19.08 19.10 19.10 19.10 16.90 19.10 19.10 16.90 24.40 24.40 24.40 24.40 24.40

5.40 5.78 6.04 6.35 3.87 4.07 4.34 4.35 4.63 4.81 5.33 5.79 6.31 6.74 7.76 5.95 6.54 7.09 7.53 25.08 25.89 27.90 3.66 3.86 3.87 4.06 18.73 20.77 7.18 8.07 8.13 8.57 9.29 9.51 8.35 9.29 9.42 9.76 10.47 10.80 11.51 4.66 5.32 5.57 6.28 6.22 6.47 7.19 5.57 6.23 6.48 7.13 7.38

BS3 4x2 MT BS3 4x2 MT HI Pack BS4 4x2 MT BS4 4x2 MT HI Pack D-Max Single Cab D-Max Space Cab Flat Deck D-Max Space Cab Arched Deck

3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.5

D D D D D D

NA NA NA NA NA NA

19.69 21.65 19.99 21.95 5.89 6.09

2.5

D

NA

6.99

F-Type Coupe F-Type S Coupe F-Type R Coupe F-Type V6 S Covertible F-Type V8 S Covertible XF 2.0 XF 2.2 XF 3.0 XFR 5.0 2.0 Premium Luxury 2.0 Portfolio 3.0 Premium Luxury 3.0 Portfolio XKR Coupe XKR Convertible XKR - S

3.0 3.0 5.0 3.0 5.0 2.0 2.2 3.0 5.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 5.0 5.0 5.0

P P P P P P D D P P P D D P P P

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

1.21 (Cr.) 1.34 (Cr.) 1.82 (Cr.) 1.48 (Cr.) 1.74 (Cr.) 48.56 48.87 54.97 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

LP 700-4 LP 700-4 Roadster

6.5 6.5

P P

NA NA

NA NA

3.0 V6 SE 3.0 V6 HSE TD4 S BE TD4 SE TD4 HSE TDV6 HSE TDV6 Vogue SDV6 Vogue SE

3.0 3.0 2.2 2.2 2.2 3.0 3.0 4.4

P P D D D D D D

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

1.05 (Cr.) 1.14 (Cr.) 39.22 42.87 48.21 1.73 (Cr.) 1.97 (Cr.) 2.35 (Cr.)

CAR PRICES * Prices (Ex-Showroom Delhi) MODEL

VARIANTS

ENGINE*

FUEL*

FUEL EFFICIENCY*

PRICE*

* Engine in Litres | Fuel - Petrol (P), Diesel (D), CNG, LPG, Hybrid (H), Electric (E) | Fuel Efficiency in kmpl/kmpkg | Prices in lakhs/Crore

Range Rover Evoque

Range Rover Sport

MAHINDRA Bolero

Getaway Quanto

Rexton

Scorpio

Thar Verito

Verito Vibe

XUV 500

XYLO

MAHINDRA REVA e2o

MARUTI Alto 800

Alto K10 Celerio

Eeco

SDV8 Autobiography V8 SC Autobiography TDV6 Vogue LWB SDV8 Vogue SE LWB SDV8 Autobiography LWB V8 SC Autobiography LWB

4.4 5.0 3.0 4.4 4.4 5.0

D P D D D P

NA NA NA NA NA NA

2.43 (Cr.) 2.50 (Cr.) 2.08 (Cr.) 2.44 (Cr.) 2.56 (Cr.) 2.63 (Cr.)

Pure

2.2

D

NA

54.93

Prestige Dynamic Dynamic Coupe

2.2 2.2 2.0

D D P

NA NA NA

65.04 64.21 NA

SDV6 S

3.0

D

NA

1.10 (Cr.)

SDV6 SE SDV6 HSE SC Autobiography

3.0 3.0 5.0

D D P

NA NA NA

1.24 (Cr.) 1.43 (Cr.) 1.66 (Cr.)

Plus Non Ac BS3 / BS4 Plus Ac BS3 / BS4 Ex Non Ac BS4 Ex Ac BS4 DI Non Ac BS3 / 4WD Non Ac BS3 DI Ac BS3 SLE BS3 / BS4 SLX BS3 / BS4 ZLX BS3 / BS4 Getaway 2WD / 4WD C2 C4 C6 C8 RX5 MT RX6 MT RX7 AT EX BS3-1 / BS4-1

2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5

D D D D

15.96 15.96 15.96 15.96

6.24 / 6.51 6.60 / 6.89 6.15 6.54

2.5

D

15.96

5.99 / 6.40

2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.5

D D D D D D D D D D D D D

15.96 15.96 15.96 15.96 15.96 17.21 17.21 17.21 17.21 11.18 11.18 11.18 14

LX BS3-1 / BS4-1 / 4WD BS4-1

2.2

D

12.88 / 12.05

SLE BS3-1 / BS4-1 VLX / VLX AT Thar DI 2WD / 4WD 4x4 CRDE D2 D4 D6 ABS D6 ABS EXECUTIVE D2 D4 D6 W4 FWD W6 FWD W8 FWD W8 AWD W8 FWD SPORTZ D2 BS III / BS IV D2 MAXX BS III / BS IV D4 BS III / BS IV H4 BS IV / ABS BS IV H8 ABS BS IV / ABS AIRBAG BS IV H9 BS IV / PEARL WHITE BS IV

2.2 2.2 2.5 2.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.2

D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

12.88 12.88 18.06 18.06 20.08 20.08 20.08 20.08 20.08 20.08 20.08 15.10 15.10 15.10 15.10 15.10 14.88 14.88 14.88 14.02

6.25 6.78 / 6.92 7.28 / 7.42 7.43 / 7.57 7.91 / 8.85 6.08 6.92 7.37 7.86 18.88 19.96 21.11 8.11 / 8.20 8.75 / 8.76 / 10.02 9.83 / 9.93 11.16 / 12.17 4.81 / 5.30 7.35 6.40 6.62 7.29 7.75 5.69 5.96 6.55 10.79 12.02 13.60 14.65 13.85 7.69 / 7.83 7.49 / 7.63 8.11 / 8.24 8.48 / 8.71

2.2

D

14.02

9.60 / 9.97

2.2

D

14.02

10.78 / 10.84

T01 T2 T20 Quick 2 Charge

NA NA NA

E E E

NA NA NA

4.82 5.60 6

Alto 800 STD Alto 800 LX Alto 800 LXI Alto 800 LXI Airbag Alto 800 VXI Alto 800 VXI Airbag Alto 800 STD CNG Alto 800 LX CNG Alto 800 LXI CNG Alto 800 LXI Anniversary Edition Alto K10 LXI Alto K10 VXI Celerio LXI Celerio LXI AMT Celerio VXI Celerio VXI AMT Celerio GREEN VXI Celerio ZXI Celerio ZXI (O) Eeco 5 Seater Eeco 5 Seater Ac Eeco 7 Seater Eeco Flexi Green Eeco Green 5 Seater Non Ac

0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

P P P P P P CNG CNG CNG

22.74 22.74 22.74 22.74 22.74 22.74 30.46 30.46 30.46

2.37 2.73 2.94 3.10 3.07 3.25 3.1 3.31 3.49

0.8

P

22.74

2.98

1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

P P P P P P CNG P P P P P CNG CNG

20.92 20.92 23.10 23.10 23.10 23.10 31.79 23.10 23.10 15.10 15.10 15.10 20 20

3.15 3.28 3.76 4.14 4.05 4.43 4.68 4.34 4.79 2.98 3.27 3.15 4 3.62

MODEL

VARIANTS

ENGINE*

FUEL*

FUEL EFFICIENCY*

PRICE*

* Engine in Litres | Fuel - Petrol (P), Diesel (D), CNG, LPG, Hybrid (H), Electric (E) | Fuel Efficiency in kmpl/kmpkg | Prices in lakhs/Crore

Eeco Green 5 Seater Ac Ertiga LXI Ertiga LXI CNG Ertiga VXI Ertiga VXI ABS Ertiga VXI CNG Ertiga ZXI Ertiga LDI Ertiga VDI Ertiga ZDI Grand Vitara Grand Vitara MT Grand Vitara AT Gypsy King Soft Top King Hard Top Omni Omni 5 Seater Omni 8 Seater Ritz Lxi Ritz Ritz Vxi Ritz Vxi ABS Ritz Vxi AT ABS Ritz Zxi Ritz Mc Ldi Ritz Mc Vdi Ritz Mc Vdi ABS Ritz Mc Zdi Swift Swift Lxi Swift Vxi Swift Zxi Swift Ldi Swift Vdi Swift Zdi Swift Dzire Swift DzireLxi Swift Dzire Vxi Swift Dzire Vxi AT Swift Dzire Vxi Limited Edition Swift Dzire Zxi Swift Dzire Ldi Swift Dzire Vdi Swift Dzire Zdi SX4 SX4 MC VXI SX4 MC VXI CNG SX4 MC ZXI SX4 MC ZXI (O) SX4 MC VDI SX4 MC ZDI SX4 MC ZDI (O) WagonR WagonR Mc Lx WagonR Mc Lxi WagonR Mc Lxi CNG WagonR Mc Vxi WagonR Mc Vxi ABS WagonR Duo LPG WagonR Stingray Stingray Lxi Stingray Vxi Stingray Vxi (O) MASERATI Gran Turismo Gran Turismo Gran Turismo Sport Gran Turismo MC Stradale Gran Cabrio Gran Cabrio Sport Gran Cabrio MC Quattroporte Quattroporte S Quattroporte S Q4 Quattroporte GTS MERCEDES-BENZ A-class A 180 Sport A 180 CDI Style B-class B 180 Sport B 180 CDI C-class C 200 Avantgarde C 220 CDI Classic C 220 CDI Sports C 220 CDI Avantgarde C 250 CDI Avantgarde C 63 AMG CLS-class CLS 350 E 200 Avantgarde E-class E 250 CDI Avantgarde E 63 AMG G-class G 63 AMG GL-class GL 350 CDI GL 63 AMG M-class ML 250 CDI ML 350 CDI S-class S500L SLK-class SLK 350 SLK 55 AMG SLS-class SLS AMG MINI Mini Cooper Mini Cooper Ertiga

1.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 2.4 2.4 1.3 1.3 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

CNG P CNG P P CNG P D D D P P P P LPG P P P P P P D D D D P P P D D D P P P P P D D D P CNG P P D D D P P CNG P P LPG P P P

20 16.02 22.80 16.02 16.02 22.80 16.02 20.77 20.77 20.77 10.40 9.24 11.96 11.96 10.90 14.70 18.50 18.50 18.50 17.16 18.50 23.20 23.20 23.20 23.20 18.60 18.60 18.60 22.90 22.90 22.90 19.10 19.10 17.40 19.10 19.10 23.40 23.40 23.40 16.51 22.10 16.51 16.51 21.79 21.79 21.79 20.51 20.51 26.60 20.51 20.51 14.60 20.51 20.51 20.51

3.97 5.80 6.40 6.56 6.64 7.14 7.35 7.22 7.85 8.49 22.68 24.60 5.79 5.93 2.47 2.40 4.23 4.57 4.80 5.76 5.15 5.27 5.59 5.76 6.15 4.42 4.90 5.66 5.46 5.78 6.71 4.85 5.44 6.34 5.50 6.31 5.78 6.51 7.32 7.15 7.74 7.98 8.54 8.06 8.97 9.54 3.48 3.79 4.31 4.04 4.34 4.13 4 4.28 4.55

4.2 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 3.0 3.0 3.8

P P P P P P P P P

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

1.6 2.1 1.6 2.1 1.8 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 6.2 3.5 2.0 2.1 5.5 5.5 3.0 5.5 2.1 3.0 4.7 3.5 5.5 6.2

P D P D P D D D D P P P D P P D P D D P P P P

15.50 20.06 14.91 18.98 11.74 NA NA 14.84 NA NA 9.26 13.82 14.21 NA NA NA NA 14.80 8.70 NA NA NA NA

26.56 25.64 28.87 27.75 32.85 NA NA 39.90 NA NA 99.90 45.53 47.67 1.29 (Cr.) 1.85 (Cr.) 73.95 1.70 (Cr.) 54.80 65.80 1.57 (Cr.) 71.90 1.26 (Cr.) NA

1.6

P

NA

27.90

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CAR PRICES * Prices (Ex-Showroom Delhi) MODEL

VARIANTS

ENGINE*

FUEL*

FUEL EFFICIENCY*

PRICE*

* Engine in Litres | Fuel - Petrol (P), Diesel (D), CNG, LPG, Hybrid (H), Electric (E) | Fuel Efficiency in kmpl/kmpkg | Prices in lakhs/Crore

Mini Cooper S Mini Convertible Mini Cooper Countryman

MITSUBISHI Pajero Sport NISSAN Evalia

Micra

Micra Active

Sunny

Teana Terrano

P

NA

26.55

2.0 2.0 1.6

D D P

NA NA NA

28.55 31.40 38.75

Di-D

2.5

D

NA

23.50

Evalia XE Evalia XE+ Evalia XL Evalia XL Option Evalia XV Evalia XV Option Micra XL Micra XL COMFORT Micra XV CVT Micra DCI XE Micra DCI XL Micra DCI XL COMFORT Micra DCI XV Micra DCI XV PREMIUM Micra Active XL Micra Active XV Micra Active XV S Sunny XE Sunny XL Sunny XL CVT Sunny XV Sunny XL D Sunny XV D Sunny XV D PREMIUM Teana MID Teana UPPER Terrano XL Terrano XE D Terrano XL D Terrano XL D PLUS Terrano XL D THP Terrano XV OPTION D THP Terrano XV OPTION D THP Premium

1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.5 2.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5

D D D D D D P P P D D D D D P P P P P P P D D D P P P D D D D D

NA NA NA NA NA NA 18.44 18.44 19.34 23.08 23.08 23.08 23.08 23.08 19.49 19.49 19.49 16.95 16.95 17.97 16.95 22.71 22.71 22.71 11.07 11.07 13.24 20.45 20.45 20.45 19.01 19.01

8.50 9 9.78 10.02 10.43 10.68 4.82 5.44 6.42 5.45 5.78 6.42 6.81 7.04 4.13 4.42 4.72 6.28 7.41 8.62 8.17 8.48 9.05 9.55 21.14 24.89 9.53 9.48 10.49 10.85 11.09 12

1.5

D

19.01

12.30

Careera Careera S Careera 4 Careera 4S Careera Cabriolet Careera S Cabriolet Careera 4 Cabriolet Careera 4S Cabriolet GT3 Turbo Turbo S Boxter S Cayenne Diesel Cayenne S Cayenne S Diesel Cayenne S Hybrid Cayenne GTS Cayenne Turbo Cayenne Turbo S Cayman S Panamera Panamera 4 Panamera GTS Panamera Turbo

3.4 3.8 3.4 3.8 3.4 3.8 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.0 4.8 4.1 3.0 4.8 4.8 4.8 3.4 3.6 3.6 4.8 4.8

P P P P P P P P P P P P D P D P P P P P P P P P

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

1.29 (Cr.) 1.51 (Cr.) 1.42(Cr.) 1.61 (Cr.) 1.47 (Cr.) 1.68 (Cr.) 1.57 (Cr.) 1.78 (Cr.) 2.14 (Cr.) 2.20 (Cr.) 2.67 (Cr.) 92.02 79.50 1 (Cr.) 1.03 (Cr.) 91.55 1.16 (Cr.) 2.10 (Cr.) 2.13 (Cr.) 94.51 1.20 (Cr.) 1.22 (Cr.) 1.61 (Cr.) 2 (Cr.)

GX GLX DX LX Multijet

1.2 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.5

P P D D D

15 15 13 13 20

6.31 6.59 7.02 7.30 6.70

RXE RXL 85 PS RXE 85 PS RXE Adventure 85 PS RXL 85 PS RXL Plus 85 PS RXL Option 110 PS RXL 110 PS RXL Adventure 110 PS RXZ 110 PS RXZ Plus 110 PS RXZ Option E2 E4 4x2 MT

1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.0

P P D D D D D D D D D D D D D

13.24 13.24 20.64 20.64 20.64 20.64 20.64 19.01 19.01 19.01 19.01 19.01 20.04 20.04 17.15

7.78 9.03 8.62 9.17 9.59 9.99 10.82 10.69 11.79 11.28 11.74 11.79 13.99 15.49 22

Pulse

Scala

ROLLS-ROYCE Ghost

Phantom Series II

Wraith SKODA Fabia

Octavia

Rapid

PREMIER Rio

64 I July 2014

VARIANTS

ENGINE*

FUEL*

FUEL EFFICIENCY*

PRICE*

* Engine in Litres | Fuel - Petrol (P), Diesel (D), CNG, LPG, Hybrid (H), Electric (E) | Fuel Efficiency in kmpl/kmpkg | Prices in lakhs/Crore

31.50 34.80

1.6

Cayman Panamera

Koleos

NA NA

Mini D Countryman Mini D Countryman Hightrim Mini S Countryman

Boxter Cayenne

Fluence

P P

Mini One Countryman

PORSCHE 911

RENAULT Duster

1.6 1.6

MODEL

Superb

Yeti

TATA Aria

Indica

Indigo eCS

Manza

4X4 MT 4X4 AT RXE RXL RXZ RXL RXL ABS RXZ RXE RXL RXL CVT RXL CVT Travelogue RXL Travelogue RXZ CVT RXZ CVT Travelogue RXE RXL RXL Travelogue RXZ RXZ Travelogue

2.0 2.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5

D D P P P D D D P P P P P P P D D D D D

16.26 14.56 18.06 18.06 18.06 23.08 23.08 23.08 16.95 16.95 17.97 16.95 16.95 17.97 16.95 21.64 21.64 21.64 21.64 21.64

25 26 4.41 5.14 5.72 6.10 6.28 6.92 7.17 7.94 9.07 9.61 8.48 9.97 10.51 8.27 8.77 9.31 9.67 10.20

Ghost SWB Ghost EWB Ghost V-Specification Phantom Phantom EWB Drophead Coupe Coupe Wraith

6.6 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.6

P P P P P P P P

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Active Plus 1.2 MPI Ambition Plus 1.2 MPI Elegance 1.2 MPI Elegance 1.6 MPI Active Plus 1.2 TDI CR Ambition Plus 1.2 TDI CR Elegance 1.2 TDI Active 1.4 TSI Ambition 1.4 TSI Elegance 1.8 TSI AT Active 2.0 TDI CR Ambition 2.0 TDI CR Ambition 2.0 TDI CR AT Elegance 2.0 TDI CR AT Active 1.6 MPI MT Ambition 1.6 MPI MT Plus Ultima Ambition 1.6 MPI MT Plus Ultima Elegance 1.6 MPI MT Ambition 1.6 MPI AT Plus Ultima Ambition 1.6 MPI AT Plus Ultima Elegance 1.6 MPI AT Active 1.6 TDI CR MT Ambition 1.6 TDI CR MT Ultima Ambition 1.6 TDI CR MT Plus Ultima Elegance 1.6 TDI CR MT Ambition 1.8 TSI MT Elegance 1.8 TSI MT Elegance 1.8 TSI AT Ambition 2.0 TDI CR AT Elegance 2.0 TDI CR AT Active 2.0 TDI CR 4x2 Ambition 2.0 TDI CR 4x2 Ambition 2.0 TDI CR 4x4 Elegance 2.0 TDI CR 4x4

1.2 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.6 1.6

P P P P D D D P P P D D D D P P

16.4 16.4 16.4 14.8 21 21 21 16.80 16.80 14.70 20.60 20.60 19.30 19.30 15 15

5.03 5.43 6.29 6.60 6.24 6.65 7.51 13.95 14.95 18.25 15.55 16.55 17.55 19.45 7.10 7.99

1.6

P

15

8.33

1.6 1.6

P P

15 14.30

8.95 8.97

Pure LX 4x2 BS IV Pleasure LX 4x2 BS IV Pride 4x4 BS IV ev2 LS BS III / BS IV ev2 LX BS III / BS IV emax GLS BS IV emax GLX BS IV GLX BS IV GVX BS IV LS LX VX emax GLS emax GLX Safire GLS Safire GLX Safire GVX Safire GEX Quadrajet LS Quadrajet LX Quadrajet VX Quadrajet EX

1.6

P

14.30

9.31

1.6 1.6 1.6

P D D

14.30 20.50 20.50

9.92 8.26 9.07

1.6

D

20.50

9.41

1.6

D

20.50

9.97

1.8 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0

P P P D D D D D D

13.10 13.10 13.70 17.20 17.20 17.72 17.72 17.67 17.67

18.62 20.36 21.94 23.07 24.80 15.19 16 17.17 18.82

2.2 2.2 2.2 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3

D D D D D P/CNG P/CNG P P D D D P/CNG P/CNG P P P P D D D D

15.05 15.05 15.05 25 25 NA NA 15.64 15.64 25 25 25 NA NA 13.70 13.70 13.70 13.70 21.02 21.02 21.02 21.02

9.95 12 14.74 4.13 / 4.39 4.47 / 4.80 3.86 4.12 4.92 5.20 5 / 5.38 5.34 / 5.51 5.89 4.82 5.09 5.92 5.95 6.34 7.28 5.86 6.49 7.13 8.07

CARS/TWO WHEELERS * Prices (Ex-Showroom Delhi) MODEL

VARIANTS

ENGINE*

FUEL*

FUEL EFFICIENCY*

PRICE*

* Engine in Litres | Fuel - Petrol (P), Diesel (D), CNG, LPG, Hybrid (H), Electric (E) | Fuel Efficiency in kmpl/kmpkg | Prices in lakhs/Crore

Nano

Safari Safari Storme

Sumo Gold

Vista

Xenon XT TOYOTA Camry Corolla Altis

Etios

Etios Liva

Etios Cross

Fortuner

Innova

Land Cruiser LC 200 Land Cruiser Parado Prius

Nano STD Nano CX Nano LX New Nano CX New Nano LX Nano Twist XT Nano CX CNG Nano LX CNG Dicor EX BS 3 / BS 4 Dicor LX BS 3 / BS 4 Storme EX BS 4 Storme VX BS 4 (4x2 / 4x4) Storme LX BS 4 CX BS 4 CX - PS BS 4 LX BS 4 EX BS 4 FX BS 4 GX BS 4 LS BS 3 LX BS 3 Quadrajet LS BS 4 Quadrajet VX Tech BS 4 XT EX 4x2 XT EX 4x4

0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 2.2 2.2

P P P P P P P/CNG P/CNG D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

25.34 25.34 25.34 25.34 25.34 25.34 NA NA 11.57 11.57 14 14 14 15.30 15.30 15.30 15.30 15.30 15.30 22.30 22.30 16.70 21.12 13.49 13.49

1.41 1.86 2.10 1.94 2.19 2.31 2.33 2.58 9.28 / 9.60 8.25 / 8.42 10.97 12.31 / 13.57 9.84 6.18 6.35 6.44 6.87 7.21 7.48 4.78 5.21 5.22 5.90 9.98 11.01

2.5 A/T Hybrid 1.8JS 1.8G 1.8G (CVT) 1.8GL 1.8 VL A/T D4-DJ D4-DJS D4-DG D4-DGL J PS G G SP* V V SP* D-4D JD D-4D GD D-4D GD SP* D-4D VD D-4D VD SP* J PS G G SP* V V SP* TRD Sportivo D-4D JD D-4D GD D-4D GD SP* D-4D TRD Sportivo VD VD SP* Cross G Cross V D-4D GD D-4D VD 4x2 M/T 4x4 M/T 4x2 M/T (TRD Sportivo) 4x2 A/T 4x2 A/T (TRD Sportivo) G Euro IV 8 Seater GX Euro IV 8 Seater VX Euro IV 8 Seater E Euro IV / Euro III Non AC 8 Seater E Euro IV / Euro III Non AC 7 Seater E Euro IV / Euro III PS 8 Seater E Euro IV / Euro III PS 7 Seater G Euro IV / Euro III 8 Seater G Euro IV / Euro III 7 Seater GX Euro IV / Euro III 8 Seater GX Euro IV / Euro III 7 Seater VX Euro IV / Euro III 8 Seater VX Euro IV / Euro III 7 Seater ZX Euro IV / Euro III 7 Seater

2.5 2.5 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.4 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 2.0

P P P P P P P D D D D P P P P P D D D D D P P P P P P D D D D D D P P D D D D D D D P P P

12.98 19.16 14.05 14.05 15.22 14.05 15.22 21.45 21.45 21.45 21.45 16.78 16.78 16.78 16.78 16.78 23.59 23.59 23.59 23.59 23.59 17.71 17.71 17.71 17.71 17.71 16.78 23.59 23.59 23.59 23.59 23.59 23.59 17.71 16.78 23.59 23.59 12.55 12.55 12.55 11.88 11.88 10.35 10.35 10.35

25.09 29.12 11.99 13.74 15.04 15.38 16.89 13.07 13.64 15.04 16.68 5.38 5.88 6.44 6.65 7.04 6.64 7 7.47 7.69 8.08 4.40 4.83 5.31 5.52 5.91 6.05 5.74 5.99 6.41 6.62 6.51 6.90 5.76 7.35 6.90 7.40 21.81 23.06 22.43 22.80 23.41 10.10 11.47 13.56

2.5

D

13.31

9.97 / 9.72

2.5

D

13.31

10.01 / 9.76

2.5

D

13.31

10.50 / 10.25

2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5

D D D D D D D D

13.31 13.31 13.31 13.31 13.31 13.31 13.31 13.31

10.54 / 10.29 10.83 / 10.58 10.79 / 10.54 12.38 / 12.13 12.33 / 12.08 14.44 / 14.19 14.39 / 14.14 14.92 / 14.67

VX 200 Premium

4.5

D

9.65

1.13 (Cr.)

Parado VX-L

3.0

D

11.13

84.57

Z5 Z6

1.8 1.8

P P

23.91 23.91

36.63 38.27

MODEL

VARIANTS

ENGINE*

FUEL EFFICIENCY*

FUEL*

PRICE*

* Engine in Litres | Fuel - Petrol (P), Diesel (D), CNG, LPG, Hybrid (H), Electric (E) | Fuel Efficiency in kmpl/kmpkg | Prices in lakhs/Crore

VOLKSWAGEN Jetta

Polo

Vento

VOLVO S60

S80 V40 XC 60

XC 90

TSI Trendline M/T TSI Comfortline M/T TDI Trendline M/T TDI Comfortline M/T TDI Highline M/T TDI Highline A/T Trendline Comfortline Highline Trendline (Diesel) Comfortline (Diesel) Highline (Diesel) GT TSI GT TDI Cross Polo 1.2 TSI Trendline Comfortline Highline Highline A/T Trendline (Diesel) Comfortline (Diesel) Highline (Diesel)

1.4 1.4 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6

P P D D D D P P P D D D P D D P P P P P D D D

14.69 14.69 19.33 19.33 19.33 16.96 16.47 16.47 16.47 22.07 22.07 22.07 17.21 19.78 22.07 16.93 15.04 15.04 15.04 14.40 20.54 20.54 20.54

13.20 14.66 14.65 16.12 18.18 19.02 5.10 5.77 6.12 6.19 6.86 7.21 8.02 8.13 7.78 10.02 7.19 7.80 8.70 9.67 8.31 8.92 9.76

D4 Kinetic D4 Summum D5 Summum D4 Summum D5 Summum D3 Cross Country D4 Kinetic D4 Summum D5 Summum D5 Summum

2.0 2.0 2.4 2.0 2.4 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.4 2.4

D D D D D D D D D D

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

31.90 34.40 37.50 41.80 45.50 31.90 41.50 44.60 48 55

TWO WHEELER PRICES MODEL

ENGINE*

FUEL EFFICIENCY*

PRICE*

99.27 94.38 102 102 124.6 124.6 124.6 124.6 144.8 134.66 149 178.6 199.5 220 219.89 200 373 296 649 998 1441 1043 806 1043

90 91 76 87 82 82 72 77.10 72.30 68.10 65 58.10 58 54.20 49.80 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

0.37 0.44 0.46 0.48 0.47 0.49 0.55 0.52 NA 0.59 0.67 0.70 0.85 0.82 0.77 1.31 (Lakh) 1.81 (Lakh) 3.38 (Lakh) 4.92 (Lakh) 15.60 (Lakh) 16.80 (Lakh) 12.45 (Lakh) 8.05 (Lakh) 12.45 (Lakh)

1170 1170 1170 1170 1293 1293 999 1170 1649 1649

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

24.13 (Lakh) 27.14 (Lakh) 27.79 (Lakh) 29.73 (Lakh) 27.25 (Lakh) 48.12 (Lakh) 29.41 (Lakh) NA 34.35 (Lakh) 37.04 (Lakh)

803 803 1078 1078 803 1078 1078 992 1198 1198 1198

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

* Engine in CC | Fuel Efficiency in kmpl/kmpkg | Prices in lakhs

BAJAJ AUTO Platina Discover 100 4G Discover 100 M Discover 100 T Discover 125 DTS-i (Drum) Discover 125 DTS-i (Disc) Discover 125 ST Discover 125 T Discover 150 DTS-i Pulsar 135LS Pulsar 150 DTS-i Pulsar 180 DTS-i Pulsar 200 NS Pulsar 220 Avenger 220 DTS-i KTM 200 Duke KTM 390 Duke Ninja 300 Ninja 650 R Ninja ZX 10R Ninja ZX 14R Ninja 1000 Ninja Z800 Ninja Z1000 BMW MOTORRAD R 1200 R R 1200 GS R 1200 GS Adventure R 1200 RT K 1300 R K 1300 S S 1000 RR HP2 Sport K 1600 GT K 1600 GTL DUCATI Monster 795 Monster 796 Monster 1100 Monster 1100 S Hypermotard 796 Hypermotard 1100 Evo Hypermotard 1100 Evo SP GT 1000 Multistrada 1200 Multistrada 1200 ABS Multistrada 1200 S

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Multistrada 1200 T Streetfighter Streetfighter S Diavel Diavel Carbon 848 1198 1198 S HARLEY DAVIDSON Street Super Low Iron 883 Forty - Eight Night Rod Special Street Bob Fat Bob Fat Boy Fat Boy Special Heritage Softail Classic Street Glide HERO MOTOCORP Pleasure Maestro HF Dawn HF Deluxe HF Deluxe Eco Splendor+ Splendor NXG Splendor PRO Splendor ISMART Super Splendor Passion Pro Passion XPro Glamour Glamour PGM - FI Ignitor Achiever CBZ Xtreme Hunk Impulse Karizma Karizma ZMR HONDA Dio DLX Activa DLX Activa i Activa 125 Aviator CB Twister Dream Neo Dream Yuga CB Shine CBF Stunner CB Unicorn CB Trigger CBR 150R CBR 250R CB 1000R CB 1000RR VFR 1200F VT 1300 CX HYOUSUNG GT 250R Aquila 250 GT 650R GT 650N Aquila PRO ST7 INDIAN MOTORCYCLE Chief Classic Chief Vintage Chieftain LML NV DLX KS NV ES NV KS NV ES NV LS NV LS SELECT 4 KS SELECT 4 ES MAHINDRA 2 WHEELERS Kine Flyte Duro DZ Rodeo RZ Pantero Centuro PIAGGIO Vespa LX Vespa VX

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87.8 87.8 109.7 99.7 109.7 109.7 125 159.7 177.4

65 65 62 87.70 83.90 62 67 NA NA

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NUANCE TECHNOLOGY

CONNECTED CAR A REALITY July 2014 I 69

COVER REPORT Report: P. THARYAN, Photography: MOHD. NASIR

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magine a scenario that could be part of an ordinary home in the near future. You wake up in the morning and you switch on the television to grab the latest news. You know you need to rush to office in a while. As you watch the news you “talk” to your TV and enquire about the traffic situation and the best route to reach your office. As you get ready, the route directions are transferred to your car. When you get into the car, your car knows that you had asked about the traffic situation from your TV. The car shows you the shortest way to get to work.

Your car becomes your friend and understands you.

It does not stop there. Once in the car, the devices you are carrying are already paired with the car. It could be your mobile phone, your iPad, your laptop or your tablet. You ask your car to call your colleague and rattle out a name. The voice recognition system in the car connects you in a jiffy, however lengthy or difficult sounding name you say. If an SMS message arrives, your car reads it out to you. All this while your eyes are glued on the road and your hands are firmly on the steering wheel while driving.

If you are not driving, you can watch a Youtube video by giving a voice command. The car can even read out an article from the web, or a review of a particular restaurant.

All this data can be transferred to you phone if you want, when you step out of the car. In short, every device that you have starts talking to each other and remembers the context of everything you have done. A person is never away from the information that he or she wants. Reality? Yes, very much and it’s already happening across the globe and even in India.

In India one can buy Samsung and LG smart TVs. And for those in India who have bought the Mahindra Xylo and the XUV and have experienced the voice operated commands that enable you to play music, or change the

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radio station, or even get your SMS read out to you or adjust your air-conditioning settings, they need to thank a US based $ 2 billion company Nuance for the technology. The soon to be launched Zest and Bolt cars from Tata Motors will also feature a similar technology that would again be provided by Nuance.

Globally Nuance works with premium automobile brands like Mercedes, BMW, GM, JLR, Toyota, Ford, etc. Nuance Communications Inc of the US is a leading provider of voice, language understanding, and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers around the world.

Its technologies, applications and services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with user interfaces, access content, and create, share and use documents.

Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance by requesting account information, dictating patient records, speaking to consumer devices and searching the mobile web by voice, telling a navigation system their destination, or digitally reproducing documents that can be shared and searched.

Making each of these experiences productive and compelling is what Nuance is all about.

Today, Nuance automates more than 10 billion caller interactions each year. It has deployed more than 8,000 customer care solutions powered by speech. The company has delivered mobile speech in more than 500 million devices to date. One billion mobile devices will include Nuance speech technology within three years. Nuance has shipped its predictive touch technologies in approximately 7 billion mobile phones. Consumers have dictated

Pictures of cars for representation purpose only over 1 billion words in over two dozen languages using Nuance’s cloud based mobile voice technology. Each of the eight largest handset manufacturers rely on Nuance solutions. The world’s top ten carmakers are Nuance customers, with more than 70 million cars on the road featuring Nuance’s voice technology.

MAKING THINGS INTELLIGENT AND EMOTIVE “We are in the business of trying to make human interactions with technology as intelligent and emotive as is possible. The

intention is very simple. People are going to interact with more and more things that are packed with technology. They are only going to use it if these user experiences are emotive, it is intelligent, and is simple so that people can use it. That combines various forms of inputs. That input could be touch, text, voice or scanned documents,” says Sunny Rao, Managing Director, India & South East Asia, Nuance India Pvt Ltd. In an exclusive interview with Motown India, Rao notes that his company in essence, makes technology that is very user

COVER REPORT friendly to people. In cases like automotive, it improves safety.

The company has basically four divisions. The first is the Mobile division which encompasses everything that is mobile including a car which the company treats as a very large mobile device. Then there are handsets, consumer electronic devices, etc. That’s where the company sells to telecommunication companies (telcos), hand set manufacturers, automotive systems, car manufacturers, etc.

The second is the Enterprise division where it provides the same technology in different formats. That would the likes of banks, call centers, government departments, etc.

The third division is Medical. In medical division, productivity is a key aspect. Doctors need to more productive so that they can see more patients in a day and when they are on their rounds, they need systems that can capture information correctly and improves the ability to handle more patients in the hospital. So the speech technology whether they are in MRI systems, when they are doing a scan, where they dictate what they see on the screen, Nuance does all that using speech technology. And it also provides imaging technology.

The fourth division is more of a consumer division which is selling imaging products to OEMs like HP and Canon. These go into scanning systems or multi function devices. Multi function devices is not just all about printing and scanning, but there is a whole range of multi function devices that now come with voice command technologies. Once can instruct one’s printer to do different things using voice. It does so using scanning software.

“There are plenty of cars and everyone is trying to differentiate their cars from the others. You are not just selling a car to transport a person from Point A to point B. That’s not what a car manufacturer is trying to sell today. They are trying to sell an experience. Once

We wanted to make a point that the Indian car industry was ready to innovate. We first launched our speech technology with the Xylo platform. It’s now got on to the XUV platform as well. Then we did work with Fiat and now with Tata Motors for their Zest and the Bolt... Ford EcoSport goes one step ahead. It adds media controls... you get into the cabin what do you go through. The interior is as appealing as the exterior of a car. How safe is it, what features does it have, how convenient is it?

Convenience and safety become all the more important, when you have a country where the density of traffic is very high. You cannot afford to look at text messages when you are driving the car, though you see everyone trying to do that. You cannot be looking at your contacts trying to make a call,” states Rao. “With touch screen phones it is even worse now. It is impossible to make a call without crashing into someone or running into someone.

Those aspects become very important, and we are working for a number of years with automotive manufacturers to educate the market and to work with them.

We have to work with them on a number of things inside the cabin of a car. For example, road noise gets into your car and how does it affect the command that you are delivering. How do you reduce cabin noise so that our software works better when it gets into the head unit? Those are the aspects we have been working on and the fruits of the activity are there today with a whole lot of cars adopting

it,” Rao claims.

In the automotive field in India, Nuance started its journey with the Mahindras. “We wanted to make a point that the Indian car industry was ready to innovate. We first launched our speech technology with the Xylo platform. It’s now got on to the XUV platform as well. Then we did work with Fiat and now with Tata Motors for their Zest and the Bolt. They have our speech technology, for command and control as well as safety.

These include the ability to have your SMSs read out to you so that you do not have to look at it.

There are command and controls to change your channels of your radio, the air-conditioning setting, etc. All this command and control allows you not to take your eyes off the road,” he says The company has divided the range of solutions for cars into three categories. One, there is command and control which is really limited to what is in the car.

The ability to command your car to make a call, that’s the most simple and is called voice activate dialing. There is also the ability to listen to the text message that are coming in your phone and being read out for you in the car.

Based on this text message you

can call that number by giving a voice command. You can do all that without taking your hands off the wheel and your eyes off the road. Then there is the ability to change your radio stations.

It has the ability to change your air conditioning controls without having to fiddle with the knobs.

Most of the cars available in India have this kind of technology.

The Ford EcoSport goes one step ahead. It adds media controls. Through voice commands, one can play songs from one’s phone playlist. Some of the cars with media controls have navigation. The high end cars do come with navigation options with voice commands. One can ask for a direction to a certain place through voice command. The maps come from a maps provider.

But to recognise what one is saying and play the feedback comes Nuance.

The third solution that is not there in India for the moment is what the company calls the connected car. The connected car basically makes the car communicate with the rest of the world with the help of internet, for example, the ability to read out the automotive news from the Motown India site. This feature is already there in cars in Europe and USA. In essence it has a SIM card fitted in the car. That in turn is connected to a cloud infrastructure which powers all of this. Once a voice command is given, the system gets into the cloud and figures out what the person needs.

It gets more and more intelligent with Nuance’s connected systems called Dragon Drive.

“Dragon is the brand we use to associate with all of the communication voice input technologies that we have in the car. It can be location aware.

You tell the car, ‘find me the nearest Chinese restaurant’ and it finds it for you. It gives you that information and asks you whether you need to be guided there and set directions for you. These are all connected systems,” points out Rao.

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COVER REPORT “With connected systems I can dictate a message back to you.

While my SMS is being read out, I can reply to that by dictating to the car. That usually comes with pairing your car with the phone or having embedded SIM cards in your car. Each car manufacturer is doing it differently. Many have decided to have it inbuilt into the car and you pay the subscription fee for it and the other is you bring your own device into the car and we shall pair it for you. The connectivity to the external world is happening through the phone but the recognition of speech and intelligence is coming through the car,” adds Rao. THE VOICE COMMAND CANNOT FAIL With so many different types of voices and the different accents in India, does voice recognition get it right every time? Yes, says Rao. He notes that the company has to do a lot of work to before the product is released in the market.

“Today from an automotive perspective, both in the ability to recognise your voice as well as reading it out, we do that in Indian English and in Hindi. On the enterprise side, we already cover 14 languages. But in automotive, we do Indian English and Hindi.

As and when we see a critical mass coming out in a regional language, we will build that. We are governed by what our partners and customers want. If there is a demand for Bengali, Tamil or Malayalam, we will build it, there needs to be a demand for it,”

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Rao notes.

Rao says that one benchmark for the system is that if it can recognise people’s names in India whether one is from south or north, and correctly dial them, it has passed the crucial benchmark test. “If you look at any of the Xylo videos that Mahindra has put out, that is the number one thing they have stressed. I can dial your name and all the variations that you have in your phone book. The system is going to recognise all that. All that is being done dynamically and I have done nothing in that car. You walk in with your phone and the names are all there. When we release our voice command control systems we make sure we do not release beta. It has gone through vigorous voice quality testing. The last thing you want is a consumer saying that it does not work. It will keep on improving as we get more and more demographics,” he states.

Recently, Nuance made an acquisition of a US based company “Tweedle Connect”. The reason it acquired the company was to help it taking the next step towards fulfilling its vision of connecting a whole range of devices. In order for the company

to connect it would need to have content delivery platforms.

Tweedle Connect proves that platform Nuance India has three R&D centres operating out of India in Pune, Bangalore and Lucknow.

“The Lucknow boys built out our best Hindi and Urdu speech recognition and text to speech voices. We also had very good access to good engineering talent in Lucknow coming from the two IITs that are nearby. We started that unit with 35 people and now there are over a hundred engineers there. We have relocated a gentleman from the US who has been with us for 15 years. He now heads our Lucknow division.

That’s how important we feel it is. We started Hindi and Urdu out of Lucknow, we also did Tamil and Malayalam out of Lucknow.

We tapped a lot of talent from government and military units out there. The Pune unit has around

130 people. It’s a new facility.

Bangalore is our headquarters for India as well as South East Asia,” points out Rao. Rao is confident that with better connectivity, the dream of having a connected car becomes a reality much faster. “Navigation systems work better with 3G. We are doing a lot of work with telcos on being able to pack a lot more capacity in the limited spectrum they have.

That’s a huge revenue stream for us. We work with government departments. How else do we pick up traffic information? The ability to work with local police and local districts is important. We are in courts. Most of the high court judges use our speech systems to dictate their judgments. Around 17 High Courts in this country use our speech recognition technology to dictate judgments,” signs off Rao. Legally speaking, Rao has made his point. The Nuance voice command technology cannot fail!

NEWS

ACMA calls for harsh measures to combat spurious trade

Soumitra Bhattacharya (R), Chairman, Consumer Affairs & Anti Counterfeiting, ACMA with Sriram Viji, Co- Chairman, Consumer Affairs Committee, ACMA

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anufacturing spurious automotive components should be made a cognisable and non-bailable offence. More so, because India is witnessing increasing number of road fatalities, of which around 20pc can either directly or indirectly be attributed to the use of counterfeit automotive parts.

This was stated by Soumitra Bhattacharya of ACMA while addressing a media round table on World Anti counterfeiting Day on June 11, 2014 in New Delhi.

Bhattacharya also called for several legislative improvements to combat counterfeiting in auto components. He said the ‘White Paper on Legislative Improvements to Combat Counterfeit Auto Components’ by ACMA brought out early 2011 was still relevant. Among the measures included in the white paper were defining in the Motor Vehicles Act as to what constitutes spurious trade, compulsory BIS certification of many more safety related automotive component, etc.

The Automotive Components Manufacturers Association (ACMA) has also cautioned the government on the alarming increase in the number of road fatalities as a direct result of use of counterfeit automotive components in vehicles. Bhattacharya is the Chairman, Consumer Affairs & Anti Counterfeiting, ACMA. He is also the Joint Managing Director, Bosch Ltd. He was joined at the media round table by Sriram Viji, CoChairman, Consumer Affairs Committee (He is also Executive Director, Brakes India Ltd) and Vinnie Mehta, Executive Director, ACMA. During 2012, a total of 490383 road accidents were reported in the country

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and of these about 25.1pc were fatal accidents. The number of people killed in road accidents was 138258, an average of one fatality per 3.5 accidents. The proportion of fatal accidents in total road accidents has consistently increased since 2003 from 18.1pc to 25.1pc in 2012, Bhattacharya informed.

Citing the situation in the pharmaceutical industry where making spurious drugs is a cognisable and non-bailable offence, Bhattacharya said that such harsh norms too needed to be enforced in the auto components industry to deter this spurious trade. He said the larger challenge the auto sector faces today is building an educated network of buyers and sellers. The sector needs to educate the end-user base, build network of genuine part sales distributors, dealers and retailers and ensure availability of genuine parts in the market.

Counterfeiting is a phenomenon across the country and counterfeit automotive parts are a threat to the safety on just the end user but also everyone on the road, said Sriram Viji. Of the total 33,000 crore after market, fakes account for almost 36pc, leading to losses to the government exchequer to the tune of 2,200 crore per annum that leads to an estimated employment loss of 1.15 million jobs.

According to a note prepared by ACMA, the most frequently counterfeited parts are diesel filters, condensers, plugs, brake linings, clutch facings, tractor linings, gaskets, seals, lighting systems, shock absorbers, bearings, fasteners etc. Ocr 500 raids have been conducted in the last year across the country.

Borgwarner glow plugs for VW engines

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orgWarner will be supplying its Pressure Sensor Glow Plug (PSG) for Volkswagen’s all new diesel engines starting with the 1.4 litre version and then adding the 1.6 litre and 2.0 litre versions later this year. Based on the new modular diesel engine system (MDB), the fuel-efficient, lowemission engines offer power ratings ranging from 74 HP to 188 HP and have been selected to be installed in several vehicles from VW, Audi, Seat and Škoda to meet Euro 6 emissions standards.

“BorgWarner’s advanced diesel cold-start technology contributes significantly to a cleaner combustion process,” said Brady Ericson, President and General Manager, BorgWarner Emissions Systems.

“BorgWarner is the first manufacturer to produce the PSG in series production. We are pleased to assist the Volkswagen Group in achieving its ambitious targets for powertrain optimisation, reduced emissions and improved fuel economy,” added Ericson.

As one of the key components on the new MDB diesel engines, BorgWarner’s PSG combines a highly efficient glow plug to improve diesel engine cold starts with an integrated pressure sensor to improve engine efficiency. The sensor measures the rapidly changing cylinder pressure in the combustion chamber and reports the data to the engine control unit, establishing closed-loop control of engine pressure that allows the engine controller to continuously adapt fuel injection for each cylinder. Featuring a robust steel heating rod and a piezo-resistive sensor, the PSG allows improved engine performance and efficiency.In addition to its innovative PSG, BorgWarner supplies turbocharging technologies for the MDB as well.

Ashok Leyland bags order for 2,200 buses

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he Hindujas owned Ashok Leyland has got a shot in its arm with a massive order for 2200 buses from the Sri Lankan government. The company, like other commercial vehicle manufacturers in India has been facing a severe slump in the last couple of years because of subdued economic activity in the country. In the CV segment, for May 2014, the company sold 5629 units in the domestic market, a fall in of 12.89pc over the corresponding period last year.

According to the latest SIAM figures, the CV industry overall saw sales of 46986 units in the domestic market in May 2014, a slump of 15.28pc. In May 2014, the company exported 989 units, a rise by 22.86pc.

Ashok Leyland will supply these 2200 buses within the coming six months.

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Precision Camshafts partners with EMAG Germany

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recision Camshafts Limited (PCL), one of the world’s leading Chilled Cast Iron camshaft manufacturers has announced a strategic alliance with EMAG Germany. The strategic alliance will allow PCL to acquire Assembled Camshaft technology.

This widely proven technology uses the ‘Force Free Heat Shrink’ –a process which EMAG has patented.

Following this alliance, PCL will have exclusive rights to this new technology worldwide. According to a press release, this alliance will further strengthen the market leadership of both companies and will help them to develop next generation camshafts.

Assembled Camshafts are used predominately by OEM’s in Europe and now China and some developed countries. These have increased strength of material and are lighter in comparison to conventional camshafts, both of which help in improving fuel efficiency and reducing emission.

Over the years, PCL has grown in size globally to manufacture over one million ‘Chilled Cast Iron’ camshafts per month. PCL recently introduced ‘Ductile Iron Induction Hardened’ camshafts and now with the

introduction of Assembled Camshafts, the company will be the only camshaft manufacturer in India, to offer a one-stopsolution for camshafts for mid-size passenger cars globally.

Yatin Shah, Chairman and Managing Director, Precision Camshafts Limited noted that his company has been the industry leader in delivering quality and world-class camshafts to its customers consistently. “PCL, through the acquisition of this technology will be a complete solution provider for camshafts manufactured by different technologies,” he added.

Dr.Andreas Mootz, Managing Director, EMAG Automation, Germany, said that his company specialises in the entire spectrum of the machining process and is a trendsetter in the field of vertical turning centres for all machining needs. This alliance will mutually benefit both entities in the long run, he said.

PCL is headquartered in Solapur in Maharashtra, PCL manufactures around 150 varieties of camshafts for the small and midsized passenger vehicle engines between 1.0L to 2.0L segment world over.

The company supplies 85pc of its camshafts to the global automotive industry. At present

Dr. Pawan Goenka heads IIT Madras Board

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r. Pawan Goenka, Executive Director & President, Automotive & Farm Equipment Sectors, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., is now the Chairman of the Board of Governors at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. The appointment was made by President Pranab Mukherjee in his capacity as Visitor of the Institute. Dr. Goenka will head the board for a period of three years with effect from June 9, 2014.

Dr. Goenka will now preside over all Board meetings, helping promote the policy advocacy priorities of the IIT Madras. He will also advise the Board of Governors and senior IIT-M management on a wide range of issues. He takes over as Chairman from Prof. M.M. Sharma, Padma Vibhushan, member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Prime Minister. Prof Sharma had brought a sharp focus to research at IITM during his tenure.

Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras said that Dr. Goenka, an alumnus of IIT Kanpur, is an internationally acknowledged scientist manager with several citations to his credit. Dr. Goenka said that he was looking forward to working with the Director of the Institute, Prof. Ramamurthi and the Board to contribute towards the Institute’s goals of building Scientific & Engineering excellence, incubating innovation and encouraging entrepreneurship.

PCL has a major share of the Indian market and about 8pc of the international market in camshafts. Its manufacturing facilities are located in Solapur with six foundries units and three machine shops.

Apart from India, PCL has two manufacturing facilities in China, in Ningbo and Hozhou. The company has a workforce of around 1,200 employees. It has a total production capacity of 13 million shafts per annum.

PCL customers include top guns like Porsche, Ford, BMW, GM, Fiat, Hyundai and it also works with Maruti Suzuki, Tata and Mahindra and Mahindra in India.

Kinetic Group, Ikaros JV in solar energy

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he Sulajja Firodia Motwani controlled Kinetic Group has announced a joint venture between Kinetic and Belgium based Ikaros Solar Group, a leading international company operating in the photovoltaic (PV) market. The joint venture company will be known as Ikaros Kinetic Solar Private Ltd. In the new company, Ikaros will hold a 51pc equity stake while the Kinetic Group will have 25pc and Intelux India (A Pune based company specialising in power electronics) will hold the remaining 24pc.

The JV is a focused step by the two companies towards providing sustainable energy solutions. The venture will combine the technological proficiency, domain knowledge of Ikaros and engineering expertise and local know how of Kinetic in the Indian manufacturing and business space.

The joint venture will provide customised solutions for business clients offering turnkey PV systems including the assurance of optimal yields once the system has been commissioned.

The JV will provide customised solutions to cater to low capacity solar PV installations of 20KWp to 1 MW focusing residential and commercial roof top instillations used in educational institutes, industrial sheds, shopping malls, hotels and resorts, godowns and hospitals. It will also cater to EPC requirements of utility scale PV projects from 1 MW and above for developers under National Solar Mission, state policies, large manufacturing facilities like Steel, Pharma, Automobiles, Textiles etc. and is also keen to develop solar farms under favourable tariffs.

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Zero pc attrition among Mercedes-Benz India workers

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ercedes-Benz makes some of the best cars in the world. The Mercedes racing team is making a regular habit of winning all the Formula One races. Back home in India, Mercedes-Benz India is surging ahead with double digit growths on the sales front. The year 2014 will see 10 new models from the company. It has commission a unique ‘Roof Top Solar Plant’ for power generation at its plant in Chakan near Pune in the state of Maharashtra.

A few days back it introduced for the first time body manufacturing for the S-Class in India. It also rolled out the S-Class 350 CDI priced at Rs 1.07 crore, ex-showroom Pune.

But what’s more interesting is the fact that the company has zero per cent attrition rate among its blue collar workers. Yes, zero per cent, that too in a country that is plagued by labour unrest and trade unionism.

Motown India correspondent made a round of the Chakan plant and witnessed workers engrossed in their respective work at different places of the assembly line. “The workers are constantly trained to work on the assembly line and are made to do different tasks. Thus a worker who fits a head lamp for example does not do that for the rest of his life, he is trained to move around the car at the assembly line to do other jobs too,” said a company representative. He affirmed that the workers are more than willing to do their work at the plant and are extremely content with what they

File photo of Mercedes-Benz Chakan Plant. Photography: Mohd. Nasir are doing. The result is: 0pc attrition among the blue collar workers.

Eberhard Kern, Managing Director & CEO, Mercedes-Benz India was rather proud of the fact that his company saw no attrition among the blue collar workers. He mentioned this point during the launch of the new S-Class at company headquarters in Chakan.

“The team working on the production of the new S-Class 350 CDI comprises the most experienced colleagues at Mercedes-Benz India and they are extremely proud of their accomplishment in producing the S-Class over

the years,” he said.

The Chakan facility is located in an area of 100 acres of land. The production capacity of the Chakan plant will soon be doubled by the year end to 20,000 units annually. The plant currently manufactures the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, E-Class, S-Class sedans and the MLClass and GL- Class SUVs. Mercedes-Benz India also operates a technologically advanced paint-shop located within its Chakan facility.

The paint shop has an annual capacity of 20,000 units which is extendable to 40,000 units annually.

Motherson, Magneti Marelli Spa form JV company

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he Samvardhana Motherson Group seems to be on a roll with its acquisitions and joint ventures. The group’s flagship company Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd. (SMIL) and Magneti Marelli Spa have signed a Joint Venture (JV) agreement. The JV is in the field of automotive shock absorbers. It’s the 20th acquisition / joint venture for the group as a whole.

According to a company press release, SMIL will enter the JV through the acquisition of a 50pc equity stake in Magneti Marelli Shock Absorbers India Private Limited. The JV will leverage Magneti Marelli’s existing shock absorbers manufacturing facility in Chakan near Pune in the state of Maharashtra in western India.

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industrial and commercial footprint of Magneti Marelli worldwide shock absorber business. Besides this, the JV will also benefit from its portfolio of added value shock absorbers technological solutions like the Full Displacement Valve, the Frequency Dependent Dual Stage and the Digressive Curve Valving.

The products are meant to reduce the NVH levels in vehicles.

The JV will also have synergies with the existing Sintered Metal Components business of SMG which the Samvardhana Motherson group acquired in 2012. The JV will also have access to expertise & capabilities of SMG in the areas of metal working, engineering & design and IT solutions etc.

Among the largest acquisitions done so far by SMIL is of the mirror business from Visiocorp (now renamed as Samvardhana

Motherson Reflectec) in 2009. The group had also acquired Peguform (now named Samvardhana Motherson Peguform) in 2011. Both the acquisitions were done in collaboration with its flagship company Motherson Sumi Systems Limited (MSSL).

On the group’s latest joint venture, V.C. Sehgal, Chairman Samvardhana Motherson Group noted that it is a significant development as it further strengthens its relationship with Magneti Marelli. The latter has been a partner of the group since 2008. “We have an existing successful JV with Magneti Marelli and we see a good potential for the new JV,” he added.

Eugenio Razelli, CEO of Magneti Marelli Spa, felt that this new JV is the most appropriate way of maximising the Magneti Marelli’s investment in the shock absorbers sector in India.

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Jamna Auto sees steady growth in aftermarket business

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amna Auto Industries Limited, the largest manufacturer of tapered leaf and parabolic springs for commercial vehicles (CVs) in India, is confident that its aftermarket sales will continue to contribute at least one third of the company’s total sales.

This was stated by the company’s Executive Director P S Jauhar in his address to the company’s dealers at the recently conducted Annual Dealers’ Conference for financial year 2013-14 in Dubai.

Jamna, in partnership with NHK Springs of Japan and world leader in spring manufacturing technology, has been a pioneer in leaf and parabolic springs in India. The company has also tied up with Ridewell Corporation of USA to bring the latest technology in air suspension system to provide world class ride comfort for buses.

Jamna has built up a strong dealer network, through its subsidiary - Jai Suspension Systems LLP (JSS LLP), all over the country to support growing domestic after market

demand. The company sells springs under the “JAI” brand in the aftermarket and its products command premium.

The company strongly believes in regular interaction with its channel partners and end customers in the aftermarket. The conference in Dubai provided a platform to the dealers to convey their perspective on various issues, carry out personal interaction among the various stakeholders in the aftermarket and also get a glimpse of the Madhukar Sharma, company’s growth road-map.

Global Head, Aftermarket, Jamna Auto Jauhar gave a very comprehensive and lucid run down on the company’s growth upon the dealers to become partners in plan and the quantum contributed by the future growth. He also shared the future plan aftermarket in the growth. Madhukar Sharma, envisaged for the next three years.

Global Head, Aftermarket, Jamna Auto also The performing dealers were felicitated shared the tremendous growth story of the at the conference. They were awarded company’s aftermarket business and informed mementoes as a token of appreciation and the audience regarding 25pc YOY growth their association with the company. At an achieved in FY 13 – 14. The region wise market interactive session later all channel partners potential vis– a– vis the current market share conveyed their concerns, aspirations and was also given out and it was impressed suggestions.

Safexpress launches Logistics Park at Pithampur

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afexpress, a leading supply chain and logistics firm, has launched a Logistics Park at Pithampur. The park is spread out over an area of 75,000 sq feet. The Logistics Park is strategically located on NH 3.

Safexpress CMD Pawan Jain noted that this new park will help raise the standards of supply chain & logistics in the region. He pointed out that Pithampur is a major hub for automobile manufacturing Industry and that a lot of vehicle-producing companies of India have their factories in Pithampur. The industrial area also boasts of both large and small scale industries. Apart from automobile industries, he said, Pithampur is home to various other industries like food processing, chemical processing, distilleries, manufacturing and textile industries.

“A large number of Multinationals and Indian companies have their manufacturing base in this region. Therefore, it made a lot of sense to set up a Logistics Park here,” Jain remarked.

“Located strategically on the Agra-Bombay Road on National Highway 3, the facility will fulfill the warehousing needs of companies located in and around Indore. This Logistics Park will enable us to provide clients with cutting-edge trans-shipment as well as 3PL services,” Jain said.

Vineet Kanaujia, VP–Marketing, Safexpress said that in the GST era, most companies will be adopting newer business models and supply chain models, since warehousing will no longer be taxation driven. Most firms will resort to outsourcing their supply chain & logistics needs to a 3PL service provider like Safexpress, while keeping their own warehousing infrastructure to minimal levels.

“Keeping these factors in mind, we are driving a 3PL revolution in India by creating these ultra-modern Logistics Parks,” he said.

Kanaujia further pointed out that the Logistics Park at Pithampur will be operational 24x7, 365 days in a year to provide ‘timedefinite’ deliveries. “Due to our non-stop

operations, we will be providing the fastest transit time for deliveries all across India to over 600 destinations from Pithampur,” he said.

Kanaujia explained that his company had invested in installing high-tech equipment at the park. The dedicated docks at the Logistics Park provide an uninterrupted and unidirectional flow of inbound and outbound goods. The park has a floor load capacity of 4 metric tonnes per square meter. It also has a truck docking area width of over 60 feet. “To make our Logistics Park eco-friendly, we have taken special go-green initiatives by investing in rainwater harvesting and developing special green zones,” he mentioned.

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TECHNOLOGY

25 global car brands to adopt Android Auto technology by end 2014: Google

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oogle, a US-based multinational corporation specialising in internetrelated services and products, has revealed that over 40 new global companies and brands have joined in the Google Open Automotive Alliance. The company had announced the Open Automotive Alliance in January 2014 to primarily address problems related to using mobile phones while driving and make the connected car a reality.

The company also announced an Android Auto technology, a redesigned android platform for automotive making it easier and safer to use the connected apps and services that people driving want in a car.

People will now be able to keep their eyes off the screen and on the road.

After pairing their smart phones to the car’s system, one can easily access maps, phone contacts, music, etc with the tap of a button on the car steering or voice control.

All this was revealed

by Patrick Brady, Director of Engineering, Android, Google at the Google I/O, an annual developerfocused conference held by the company in San Francisco, California (US).

Companies and brands that have joined the Google Open Automotive Alliance include the likes of Volvo Cars, Audi, Bentley, Chevrolet, Renault, Suzuki, Subaru, Mitsubishi, Honda, Hyundai, Jeep, Opel, Fiat,

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Infiniti, VW, Maserati and Acura, besides companies like LG and Delphi.

“Around 25 car brands have signed up to ship Android Auto in the future.

The first cars with Android Auto will be rolling out before the end of this year,” said Brady. Google has in the past been taking several initiatives to promote safety in the automobile world. A month or so back Google had demonstrated its own driverless car, designed in such a way that it does away with all conventional controls including the steering wheel. The company, it is reported will build 100 of the vehicles for testing. The eventual aim of this exercise would be to bring this technology to the world safely.

The concept vehicle that was revealed recently looked more like a toy with two seats, a screen displaying the route and a having a top speed of 40km/h. An array of sensors allowed the vehicle’s computer to determine its location and surroundings.

“Cars are an integral and essential part of life. They bring us to the grocery store, they take us on weekend trips, they bring us to work and take us home. In the US an average commuter spends over one hour in a car every day. In many ways cars keep us connected to the physical world around us. But they remain disconnected from our other devices and our

digital lives. So what have drivers done to bridge this device? Even though it is unsafe and in many cases illegal, people use their phones while driving.

Reports say that 25pc of accidents in the US happen because people fumble with gadgets behind the wheels. There has got to be a better way,” explained Brady to the large audience.

Typically today people use their mobile phones for navigation, communication, music and other forms of streaming media. With Android Auto one need not have go through a grid of icons to find the apps that are most important to him when he is in the car.

Android Auto is completely voice enabled so that one can keep one’s hands on the wheel and the eyes on the road.

Demonstrating the way the new technology works, Brady noted that all one has to do is to connect his or her android phone to the car. The car then casts the Android Auto experience to the screen in front. “He can now put his phone down and he can use the car controls, touch screens and steering wheel buttons or console dials to control Android Auto. It looks and feels like it is part of a car,” he said All the apps we one sees on the screen are actually running on the mobile phone which means the experience gets better when the person updates his apps or gets a newer and faster phone. From

TECHNOLOGY music, to navigation to messages, all are taken care by this new technology that goes by the name of Android Auto.

Brady also had a word

of caution.” It’s not easy to build apps for cars today. There are dozens of different car platforms, input controls, user interfaces, there is no

central way to distribute your app. or keep an update. The road ahead is brighter and today we are announcing, the Android Auto SDK so that you can

just focus on making great apps for the car,” he told the audience. The Android Auto SDK will be published soon, he said, adding that the excitement in the auto

industry is growing.

AUDI TO INTRODUCE ANDROID AUTO TECHNOLOGY Audi, through its role as a

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Picture of a Hyundai car using Android Auto technology/ for representation purpose only founding member of the Open Automotive Alliance, plans to begin introducing Android Auto technology with all-new models launched in 2015.

Android Auto debuted at the 2014 Google I/O annual technology conference in San Francisco as the first innovation resulting from OAA, a global alliance

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launched in January by Google, NVIDIA, Audi and three other automakers to extend the Android platform into cars.

With Android Auto, drivers will be able to seamlessly access their Android device car apps using Audi MMI displays and controls optimized for safe and intuitive operation

on the road.

The OAA is dedicated to building an open ecosystem around a common platform in order to drive innovation in the car, allowing automakers to deliver cutting-edge technology more quickly to drivers “As the leader in the emerging field

of connected car technologies, Audi recognizes the importance of meeting our customers’ mobile technology needs on their terms,” said Ricky Hudi, Head of Development Electrics/ Electronics, AUDI AG. “But we should only do this through innovations, such as Android Auto, that

reduce distractions and improve performance.”

After connecting an Android smartphone in a compatible Audi, drivers will see a prompt asking if they want their apps to function through the MMI touch display and controls. The graphics and audio streams, including microphone input and

TECHNOLOGY The addition of Android Auto in forthcoming models will not make Audi models incompatible with other smartphones. Audi has a proven track record of improving the integrated access to mobile devices in its vehicles while focusing first on avoiding distractions for drivers.

all control interfaces will then operate with Android Auto which is seamlessly integrated into the Audi MMI mobile media application framework developed by the Audi software joint venture e.solutions on top of the QNX Car automotive operating system.

Apps showing

multimedia video content or text heavy displays will be disabled while the car is in motion, a feature that is standard in all Audi MMI systems.

Drivers can easily switch from the Android view and the Audi infotainment functions as desired, or upon disconnecting their Android phone.

HYUNDAI TO MAKE ANDROID AUTO AVAILABLE Hyundai, working with the Open Automotive Alliance (OAA) is making Android Auto available to drivers. Android Auto safely brings familiar Android smartphone features directly to Hyundai cars via Hyundai’s fourth generation touchscreen Audio Video Navigation (AVN) systems. Android Auto will be available in select Hyundai models starting in the 2015 model year. The selected models will be announced at a later date. The OAA is a global alliance of technology and auto industry leaders committed to bringing the Android platform to cars starting in 2014. Hyundai is a founding member of the Open Automotive Alliance.

With Android Auto, Hyundai drivers will be able to “project” their phone experience onto their Hyundai’s in-dash display.

Android integration gives drivers access to apps and services, which have been optimized for the car with voice input and glanceable controls. To ensure ease of use Hyundai engineers applied their core interior design principles of safety, intuitiveness and simplicity to the Android Auto implementation.

The interaction between Android Auto and Hyundai’s AVN software transforms how an Android

phone can be used inside a vehicle. Drivers can connect their phone to Android Auto via a USB port.

Hyundai’s latest AVN systems are already recognised for their beautiful, yet intuitive interface and advanced feature set. Our engineers took advantage of the systems vivid eightinch touchscreen and microphone to integrate Android Auto for an experience that Android smartphone users will instantly recognise.

“Android Auto’s clean and intuitive interface is a perfect match with Hyundai Motor Group’s interior design approach,” said Paul Choo, director, Silicon Valley Accelerator Lab. “The goal is to provide a smarter and safer way to use smartphone technology and convenience in cars.

Android Auto helps us reach that goal,” he added.

VOLVO CAR GROUP JOINS THE OPEN AUTOMOTIVE ALLIANCE Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) has joined the Open Automotive Alliance to make the Android smartphone platform available to drivers through its new ground-breaking user interface. This move brings together one of the world’s most progressive car companies and the world’s most popular smartphone platform, developed by Google.

The integration of Android Auto promises to add yet another dimension to the Volvo in-car experience. Android Auto brings features and services familiar to Android smartphone and tablet users directly into the car via Volvo Cars’ large centre

console touch screen display.

“Google’s approach to user-centricity and the application of technology to improve peoples’ everyday lives makes Android Auto a perfect addition to the Volvo experience,” said Håkan Samuelsson, President and CEO of Volvo Cars.

The interaction between Android Auto and Volvo Cars’ brand new user interface transforms the look and feel of a car’s interior. Volvo Cars’ interiors will be characterised by their high-tech simplicity and functionality.

“We have worked hard to ensure an enjoyable user experience with Android Auto. This will offer our customers a new degree of fluidity and accessibility in the usage of their mobile devices, and bring the digital ecosystem our customers already enjoy into the car, complementing Volvo Cars’ existing connected car services and applications,” said Samuelsson.

Android Auto will provide access to Google Search, Google Maps, Google Play Music and specially adapted third party applications, such as Spotify. All phonebased applications can be controlled via voice or steering wheel controls or the car’s touch screen ensuring the entire interaction with Android Auto content is both safe and easy.

Volvo Cars’ portrait touch screen provides users with the benefit of having both Volvo Cars and Android Auto content on the screen simultaneously, removing the need to switch between car and Android phone.

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TECHNOLOGY

New multibeam LED headlamps in Mercedes CLS

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ight technology in cars continues to get better by the day. In the new generation of the CLS-Class, Mercedes-Benz is using the new technology of Multibeam LED headlamps for the first time. The headlight consists of high-resolution precision LED modules, each with 24 individually controlled high-performance LEDs. These lights automatically illuminate the road with precisioncontrolled distribution of exceptionally bright light. All that is achieved without dazzling other road users.

There is a camera positioned behind the windscreen which delivers the information and controls the lighting. The anticipatory camera-based active light function on bends and the new navigation-based light function for roundabouts are also unique. The MercedesBenz CLS-Class had in 2010 incorporated dynamic all-LED high-performance headlamps

featuring adaptive light functions as a world first in a production automobile.

With the new Multibeam LED headlamps, the German car manufacturers has opened a new chapter in lighting design. Multibeam LED headlamps expand the Intelligent Light System’s previous functionality (Adaptive High beam Assist, country mode, motorway mode, fog lamps, active light function, cornering light function, LED daytime driving lamps) with a number of outstanding, innovative lighting features.

These features include dazzle-free highresolution high beams, which react faster and more precisely and anticipatory camera-based active light function. There is also navigationbased roundabout light function.

TRW new generation seat belt retractors-FS1

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RW Automotive Holdings Corp of US has announced that it is launching its next generation seat belt retractor – the Floating Spool 1 (FS1). At a time when car manufacturers are striving to make their products lighter and more fuel efficient, this seat belt retractor ideally offers reduced weight and smaller dimensions when compared with previous systems.

Several global vehicle manufacturers in Asia, Europe, North America and South America will be utilising this product in their vehicles beginning the second quarter of 2014.In a cash scenario, typically in the earlier

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seat belt retractor, a lock pawl is used to hold the webbing in place. The new FS1 design with fewer components uses the forward movement of the occupant to apply force to the webbing, which then moves the spool, locking the retractor. It offers a simpler, standardised component design that can be easily adapted to local market requirements at a highly competitive cost. It can also be produced using either a fully automated or a semiautomated manufacturing process.

Aziz Canatar who works as the Global Engineering Director with TRW Seat Belt Systems revealed that the new FS1 technology

weighs approximately 15pc less than the previous generation.

This makes it a more environmentally friendly product that can help automobile manufacturers meet emissions and fuel economy targets.

In addition, he said the smaller retractor offers significant packaging advantages and greater installation options.

The new retractor technology can be used for both front and rear seat applications using buckles and/or anchor pretensioners. The FS1 is available as a standard retractor without load limiter, but also with a constant load limiter using a standard torsion

bar. Both standard and reverse payout versions are available with the FS1. With fewer moving part, the sensor locking mechanism has remarkable NVH characteristics. Optional functions include a child seat restraint feature, sensor blockout for folding seats and a noise dampening system.

Canatar noted that the design of the new FS1 offers many advantages related to weight, size and packaging flexibility.

Standardised components and assembly options make it a truly costcompetitive, global technology, he added. He was confident that FS1 is the retractor of choice to

meet global market needs even for the future.

With 2013 sales of $17.4 billion, TRW Automotive is a leading global automotive supplier.

Headquartered in Livonia, Michigan, USA, the company, through its subsidiaries, operates in 24 countries. The company employs around 65,000 people. Products of the company include integrated vehicle control and driver assist systems, braking systems, steering systems, suspension systems, occupant safety systems (seat belts and airbags), electronics, engine components, fastening systems and aftermarket replacement parts and services.

TECHNOLOGY

Innovative airbag design on new 2015 Ford Mustang

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ord is introducing an all-new inflatable airbag restraint design that provides the front seat passenger in a Ford Mustang with knee airbag protection while significantly reducing system size and weight, enabling a roomier interior for more comfort Ford introduces the first passenger knee airbag system packaged inside the glove box door with 15 patents granted and more pending All-new Mustang has twice as many airbags, twice as many peripheral crash sensors and additional pretensioning safety belt technology compared to the outgoing

model A new airbag design debuting on the 2015 Ford Mustang raises the bar for passenger safety by providing inflatable restraint protection in a smaller, lighter package that also enables a roomier interior for more comfort.

The new airbag will be introduced later this year as part of a standard comprehensive safety system that includes a more robust package of sensors, safety belt anchor pretensioners, improved exterior lighting and double the total number of airbags on the all-new Mustang.

In the initial application of this technology, an inflatable plastic bladder

is integrated into the glove box door and provides front passenger knee protection similar to a conventional knee airbag mounted under the instrument panel. Other applications for this unique and patented technology – which allows airbags to be placed in new locations inside the vehicle and provides more freedom to vehicle designers – are being considered.

“We provide a high level of safety, quality and design for our customers and their passengers,” said Sean West, Ford restraints manager.

“With this innovative airbag design, we have developed technology that

provides protection for vehicle occupants while also reducing weight and enabling greater design flexibility,” added West.

To make the new knee airbag possible, Ford engineers developed and tested innovative materials and construction techniques. Unlike a traditional fabric airbag, the new system consists of a pliable, injection-molded plastic bladder sandwiched

between the inner and outer glove box door panels. After an applicable vehicle impact is detected by the crash sensor system and classified, an inflator fills the bladder, extending the entire glove box outer door panel toward the front passenger’s legs.

Once deployed, the outer door helps to provide cushioning in a manner similar to a traditional knee airbag.

Volvo trucks to come with I-Shift Dual Clutch

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weden based Volvo Trucks has taken yet another step towards delivery value engineered products. The company is now launching I-Shift Dual Clutch. It will be the first transmission on the market with a dual clutch system for heavy vehicles.

The I-Shift Dual Clutch will be available later this year on the Volvo FH with Euro 6 D13 engines and with 460, 500 and 540 horsepower.

Transmissions with dual clutches are already used in cars, but now Volvo Trucks will be the first manufacturer in the world to offer a similar solution for heavy vehicles. With the I-Shift Dual Clutch not only does the power-shift gear changes without any interruption in power

delivery, but the torque is maintained. The end result, the truck does not lose any speed during gear changes. Thus, the driver enjoys more comfortable and efficient progress on the road.

Claes Nilsson, President of Volvo Trucks explains that in certain situations like driving on hills or roads with lots of curves and bends, a lot of gear change is required. But with I-Shift Dual Clutch this is sorted out and it brings an entirely new dimension to truck driving.

Technically speaking, the I-Shift Dual Clutch is a transmission consisting of two input shafts and a dual clutch. This in essence means that two gears can be selected at the same

time. The clutch here determines which of the gears is currently active.

I-Shift Dual Clutch is based on I-Shift, but the front half of the gearbox has been redesigned with entirely new components, said a company press note.

Astrid Drewsen, product manager for drivelines at the company further explains the concept of I-Shift Dual Clutch saying that when driving the truck it feels like one has access to two gearboxes.

“When one gear is selected in one

gearbox, the next gear is already prepared in the other. With dual clutches, gear changes take place without any interruption in power delivery. As a result, engine torque is maintained and driving comfort is significantly improved,” she says.

Drewsen further noted

that for trucks, this gearbox will truly make a major difference to driveability.

In fact, she said that this technology will make immense sense in heavy trucks carrying heavy goods, as it makes it easy for the driver to drive the loaded vehicle.

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INDUSTRY OVERVIEW PASSENGER VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS IN INDIA

(Total Domestic Sales + Exports - May 2014 = 1,90,168 Units) Ford India 1.96%

Toyota Kirloskar Motor 3.26%

GM India 1.50%

Others 1.26%

Tata Motors 3.71% VW India 4.47% Nissan Motor 5.28%

OTHERS • Skoda Auto India Pvt. Ltd. (0.55%) • Fiat India Automobiles Pvt. Ltd. (0.42%); • Renault India Pvt. Ltd. (0.16%) • Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (0.13%)

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. 44.23%

Honda Cars 7.27% Hyundai Motor India 27.06%

UTILITY VEHICLES MANUFACTURERS IN INDIA

(Total Domestic Sales + Exports - May 2014 = 65,246 Units)

GM India 3.10 % Renault India 5.13%

Nissan India 2.90%

Others 0.99 %

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. 30.12%

Tata Motors Ltd. 8.09%

Toyota Kirloskar Motor 10.77%

Ford India 13.14%

OTHERS • Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (0.38%) • Honda Cars India Ltd. (0.09%)

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Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. 25.76 % • Force Motors Ltd (0.32%) • Isuzu Motors (0.04%)

• Hindustan Motors Finance Corp (0.14%) • Ashok Leyland (0.02%)

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW TWO WHEELER MANUFACTURERS IN INDIA

(Total Domestic Sales + Exports - May 2014 = 16,15,851 Units)

TVS Motor Company 12.44%

India Yamaha Motor 4.15%

Suzuki Motorcycle India 1.99%

Others 2.76%

Hero MotoCorp 37.29%

Bajaj Auto 19.37%

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India 22%

OTHERS • Royal Enfield (1.55%) • H-D Motor Company India Pvt.Ltd. (0.02%)

• Mahindra Two Wheelers Ltd. (1.04%) • Triumph Motorcycles (India) Pvt. Ltd. (0.01%)

• Piaggio Vehicles Pvt.Ltd. (0.14%)

THREE WHEELERS IN INDIA

(Total Domestic Sales + Exports - May 2014 = 70,408 Units) Atul Auto 3.99%

Scooters India 1.36%

Force Motors 0.12%

Mahindra & Mahindra 5.63%

TVS Motor Company 12.87%

Bajaj Auto 54.56%

Piaggio Vehicles 21.47%

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INDUSTRY OVERVIEW LIGHT COMMERCIAL VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS IN INDIA (Total Domestic Sales + Exports - May 2014 = 34,448 Units) SML Isuzu Ltd (1.87%) VECV - Eicher (3.58%)

Piaggio Vehicles (1.39%)

Isuzu Motors (0.11%)

Force Motors (4.79%)

Tata Motors (43.60%)

Ashok Leyland (5.04%)) Mahindra & Mahindra (39.62%)

MEDIUM & HEAVY COMMERCIAL VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS IN INDIA (Total Domestic Sales + Exports - May 2014 = 18,882 Units)

Ashok Leyland (25.87%)

Tata Motors (53.92%)

VECV - Eicher (12.99%)

VECV - Volvo (0.34%) SML Isuzu Ltd. (3.39%)

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Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (1.85%)

Asia Motor Works Ltd. (1.64%)

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