Thursday, October 29, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Tata's 1st Nano delivered
Tata Motors delivered its first Nano today.
The first batch of 50 examples of the world’s cheapest car have been produced at a factory in Pantnagar. Ashok Raghunath Vichare of Mumbai was the first customer to get a Tata Nano and was handed the keys by Ratan Tata.
At the event Tata said, “I hope the Tata Nano will bring motoring pleasure to those who will be buying their first car as also those who currently own cars but want a modern, contemporary, emission-friendly city car."
The Nano had received more than 200,000 orders for the initial 100,000 cars. Deliveries are expected to increase later this year when construction work is completed on a new Tata factory in Gujarat.
The first batch of 50 examples of the world’s cheapest car have been produced at a factory in Pantnagar. Ashok Raghunath Vichare of Mumbai was the first customer to get a Tata Nano and was handed the keys by Ratan Tata.
At the event Tata said, “I hope the Tata Nano will bring motoring pleasure to those who will be buying their first car as also those who currently own cars but want a modern, contemporary, emission-friendly city car."
The Nano had received more than 200,000 orders for the initial 100,000 cars. Deliveries are expected to increase later this year when construction work is completed on a new Tata factory in Gujarat.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Past and Furious: Get dressed down Mercedes for Rs 5 lakh
NEW DELHI: For thousands of Indian auto enthusiasts, this is the closest thing to petrol-head heaven. Car-modification experts are working overtime to cut costs. And by the look of things they have it all figured out. No, you still don’t get a gull-winged coupe for the price of a Maruti 800. But double that amount and you might be able to snap up a souped-up BMW or Mercedes.
For Indian automobile buffs, modification has always been expensive. But not anymore. Now for anything between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 6 lakh, modification gurus are only too happy to build you a spanking new custom-made hot rod - cost of car included. And less money doesn’t necessarily mean less of a car. A beaming Beamer or a snotty Merc - that’s what you get.
Earlier, it was almost impossible to get a customised Merc or Beamer at this price. But now due to the slowdown in business, car studios have found out a way to work around the problem. And customers are happy too. Who doesn’t want to be seen in a Merc or a Beamer? And if it comes at a fraction of the cost of a new vehicle, customers feel that they have hit the jackpot.
“First, let us get new cars out of the way,” says Arush Vohra owner of Autopsyche, a Delhi-based car studio. By new cars, he means favourites such as the Honda Accord, Skoda RS and the ever-popular Honda Civic. “New cars cost money. Instead, we spend around Rs 2.5 lakh and pick up old BMWs and Mercedes from the used-car market,” he reveals. “These cars don’t require any major overhauling since their build quality is excellent, and mechanically they are well-suited to Indian conditions.” According to Vohra, Autopsyche has modified a good number of BMWs and Mercs till now.
Source: Economic times
For Indian automobile buffs, modification has always been expensive. But not anymore. Now for anything between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 6 lakh, modification gurus are only too happy to build you a spanking new custom-made hot rod - cost of car included. And less money doesn’t necessarily mean less of a car. A beaming Beamer or a snotty Merc - that’s what you get.
Earlier, it was almost impossible to get a customised Merc or Beamer at this price. But now due to the slowdown in business, car studios have found out a way to work around the problem. And customers are happy too. Who doesn’t want to be seen in a Merc or a Beamer? And if it comes at a fraction of the cost of a new vehicle, customers feel that they have hit the jackpot.
“First, let us get new cars out of the way,” says Arush Vohra owner of Autopsyche, a Delhi-based car studio. By new cars, he means favourites such as the Honda Accord, Skoda RS and the ever-popular Honda Civic. “New cars cost money. Instead, we spend around Rs 2.5 lakh and pick up old BMWs and Mercedes from the used-car market,” he reveals. “These cars don’t require any major overhauling since their build quality is excellent, and mechanically they are well-suited to Indian conditions.” According to Vohra, Autopsyche has modified a good number of BMWs and Mercs till now.
Source: Economic times
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