Auto Sector

Maruti, Suzuki to launch ‘A-Star’ by mid November

Maruti, Suzuki to launch ‘A-Star’ by mid NovemberIndia's leading car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki plans to launch its all new compact sedan, A-Star, by mid November in the domestic market.

With the launch, India will become the first country to drive this car designed and developed by the company as a global strategic model. Swift, Sx4 and Grand Vitara were among the other world strategic models that the company had launched in India earlier.

The latest car will be Maruti Suzuki's seventh model in the A2 segment, which will compete with rival car models like Hyundai i10, Tata Indigo CS, Swift among others.

Kinetic Motor to pump Rs 30 crore in Mahindra Two Wheelers

Kinetic Motor to pump Rs 30 crore in Mahindra Two WheelersTwo-wheeler maker Kinetic Motor has informed that it will invest up to Rs 30 crore in Mahindra Two Wheelers Pvt. Ltd to acquire 2.95 crore equity shares of the latter.

Behind this, the members of the company, have approved to increase its authorized share capital to Rs 93.56 crore by creation of new five lakh redeemable cumulative preference share of Rs 100 each.

During company's extraordinary general meeting, the board has passed the Ordinary Resolution by way of postal ballot under Section

CPM, Trinamool Readying Cadre To Clash In Singur

TATA Motors have almost decided to leave Singur. But the controversy does not CPM, Trinamool Readying Cadre To Clash In Singurseemed to end. The cadre of both CPI and Trinamool Congress are mobilizing their supporters near the controversial project site at Singur. 

The probability of clash between two cadres can not be ruled out. The CPM activists held a huge rally near Chandanpur, which is a strong base of Trinamool Congress. 

Third Generation Honda City Launched

Honda Seil Cars India (HSCI) launched a new third generation Honda city car in the Third Generation Honda City Launched market on Thursday. The company is expecting good business as festival season is approaching. The price of new Honda city is fixed between Rs. 7.70 lakh to Rs. 8.90 lakh. The president and CMO of Honda, M. Takedagawa said that company’s ‘Honda City’ brand is one of the most popular brands of the country and India is a largest market for Honda city. The company has already launched the new model of Honda City in Thailand before launching it in the Indian market. 

New innovative device will boost cars’ fuel efficiency 20pc

Washington, September 26 : A Temple University researcher has come up with a simple device that can help improve automobiles’ fuel efficiency by 20 per cent.

Rongjia Tao, Chair of Temple''s Physics Department, has revealed that the small device harnesses a power supply from a vehicle’s battery to create an electric field that thins fuel, so that smaller droplets are injected into the engine.

He says that the process, in turn, leads to more efficient and cleaner combustion than a standard fuel injector.

The researcher says that six months of road testing in a diesel-powered Mercedes-Benz automobile has shown that the device can increase highway fuel from 32mpg to 

Tata Is All Set To Leave Singur

TATA Motors is all set to leave Singur as per the confidential reports. Some Tata Is All Set To Leave Singurvendors have started to shift the equipment from the plant site to other undisclosed location. 

Though there is no official statement in this regard, the shifting of equipments, makes clear the intentions of TATA. Nano is still expected to launched within its October deadline from Tata Motors' plants in Pantnagar (Uttarakhand) and Pune.

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