List of cars available in India and information Hatchbacks car name↓ variants (fuel type, trim level, engine size, transmission, etc)↓ power / torqu

Hatchbacks

car name	variants (fuel type, trim level, engine size, transmission, etc)	power / torque / engine displacement	wheelbase (mm)	fuel consumption (km/l)	starting price (in Lakh Rs.)	notes and remarks
Chevrolet Spark	petrol, LPG	63PS / 90Nm / 995cc	2345	13.1	2.74
Chevrolet Optra SRV		101PS / 140Nm / 1598cc	2600	10.8	7.31
Chevrolet Aveo UV-A		76PS / 110Nm / 1150cc	2480	11.7	4.11
Fiat Palio, Palio Stile	petrol, diesel (Multijet) / 1.1L petrol, 1.6L petrol, 1.3L diesel	57PS, 100PS, 75PS / 92Nm, 137Nm, 184Nm / 1108cc, 1596cc, 1248cc	2373	12.4, 9.5, 15	3.57
Fiat 500					14.0
Fiat Grande Punto					4.65
Ford Figo (New)					3.6 - 5.45
Ford Fusion					7.0
Honda Jazz					5.60
Hyundai Santro Xing	petrol, LPG	63PS / 89Nm / 1086cc	2380	12.8	2.67-4.10
Hyundai Getz Prime	CRDi, GLS	110,85			3.97
Hyundai i10	MT / AT	80PS / 111Nm / 1197cc 1.2 Kappa	2380		3.41
Hyundai i20	MT / AT, petrol / diesel	80PS / 112Nm / 1197cc 1.2 Kappa	2525		5.05
Maruti Suzuki 800	petrol/LPG	37PS / 59Nm / 796cc	2175	17	1.97
Maruti Suzuki Alto	std, Lx, Lxi	47PS / 62Nm / 796cc	2360	14.5	2.36
Maruti Suzuki A-STAR (New)	Lxi, Vxi, Zxi	68PS / 90Nm / 998cc	2360	18	3.48
Maruti Suzuki WagonR	petrol/LPG	67PS / 84Nm / 1061cc	2360	12.9	3.22
Maruti Suzuki Estilo (New)	Lx, Lxi, Vxi	68PS / 90Nm / 998cc	2360	18	3.13
Maruti Suzuki Swift	petrol, diesel	87PS, 75PS / 113Nm, 190Nm / 1298cc, 1248cc	2390, 2390	12.4, 14.7	4.16
Maruti Suzuki Ritz (New)	petrol, diesel	85PS, 75PS / 113Nm, 190Nm / 1197cc, 1248cc	2360, 2360	17.7, 21	3.9
REVA (Electric)					4.2
Škoda Fabia	Active, Ambiente, Classic, Elegance	69PS, 70PS / 1198cc, 1422cc			4.98
Tata Nano	Base, CX, LX	33PS, 0.6L			1.25
Tata Indica	DLE, DLS	53.5PS			2.52
Tata Indica Xeta	GLS, GLE	60PS			3.8
Tata Indica Vista	1.4TDi (diesel), 1.3 Quadrajet (diesel), 1.2 Safire (petrol)	71PS, 75PS, 65PS / 135Nm, 190Nm, 96Nm / 1405cc, 1248cc, 1172cc	2470, 2470, 2470		3.41

Saloons Sedans Subcompacts and Luxury cars

role of mahindra india around the world

Mahindra & Mahindra grew from being a maker of army vehicles to a major automobile and tractor manufacturer. It has acquired plants in China the United Kingdom, and has three assembly plants in the USA. M&M has partnerships with international companies like and International Truck and Engine Corporation, USA.

M&M has a global presence and its products are exported to several countries. Its global subsidiaries include Mahindra Europe Srl. based in Italy, Mahindra USA Inc., Mahindra South Africa and Mahindra (China) Tractor Co. Ltd.

M&M is one of the leading tractor brands in the world. It is also the largest manufacturer of tractors in India with sustained market leadership of over 25 years. It designs, develops, manufactures and markets tractors as well as farm implements. Mahindra Tractors(China) Co. Ltd. manufactures tractors for the growing Chinese market and is a hub for tractor exports to the USA and other nations. M&M has a 100% subsidiary, Mahindra USA, which assembles products for the American market.

M&M made its entry into the passenger car segment with the Logan in April 2007 under the Mahindra Renault joint venture. M&M will make its maiden entry into the heavy trucks segment with Mahindra Navistar, the joint venture with International Truck, USA.

M&M's automotive division makes a wide range of vehicles including MUVs, LCVs and three wheelers. It offers over 20 models including new generation multi-utility vehicles like the Scorpio and the Bolero.

At the 2008 Delhi Auto Show, Mahindra executives said the company is pursuing an aggressive product expansion program that would see the launch of several new platforms and vehicles over the next three years, including an entry-level SUV designed to seat five passengers and powered by a small turbodiesel engine. True to their word, Mahindra & Mahindra launched the Mahindra Xylo in January 2009, and as of June 2009, the Xylo has sold over 15000 models

Also in early 2008, Mahindra commenced its first overseas CKD operations with the launch of the Mahindra Scorpio in Egypt, in partnership with the Bavarian Auto Group. This was soon followed by assembly facilities in Brazil. Vehicles assembled at the plant in Bramont, Manaus, include Scorpio Pik Ups in single and double cab pick-up body styles as well as SUVs

The US based Reputation Institute recently ranked Mahindra among the top 10 Indian companies in its 'Global 2009. The World's Best Corporate Reputations' list.

Mahindra & Mahindra has controlling stakes in Reva electric and has submitted letter of Intent for South Korea's Ssangyong

Mahindra is currently preparing to sell the diesel SUVs and pickup trucks starting in February 2010 in North America through an independent distributor, Global Vehicles USA, based in Alpharetta, Georgia. Mahindrahas announced it will import pickup trucks from India in knockdown kit (CKD) form to circumvent the Chicken tax. CKDs are complete vehicles that will be assembled in the U.S. from kits of parts shipped in crates.

Why Extended Drain Intervals Will Work In Your Oil Change Business

The oil change business is becoming a cut throat business with shrinking profit margins and less customer loyalty. There is a simple answer to this and if you're ready to investigate a proven method to make more money in the oil change business then please read on.

It's important that I mention this up front before we explore the benefits to selling extended drain synthetics; if you have doubts about extended drain intervals or you're just a firm believer in changing oil every 3,000 miles and you always stick to manufacturer recommendations then this opportunity is not for you.

We can discuss the validity of 25,000-mile oil changes later, but for now we will focus on the benefits of extended drain intervals and making money from them. This article will not debate warranty issues because that is usually the first question that comes up. If you need or want further information on these topics please feel free to visit my website listed at the end of this article for those topics.

Back when I operated my own oil change business I wasn't having much luck with petroleum based products. Then one day I figured it out and realized all I was offering was the exact same product as everyone else. There is nothing unique about petroleum based motor oils. They are all basically the same product offering the same useless benefit of having to change it every 3,000-miles.

Switching to Longer Life Oils Drove my Profits through the Roof

Getting customers wasn't that difficult, what was difficult was getting them to come back to my shop for every oil change. You see regardless of how great our service was all we were doing was selling a commodity. A simple commodity that anyone can get at just about any quick lube in the country. In order to keep my customers I needed to come up with something the quick lubes wouldn't do and after some pain staking research I found out what that was. And that answer was Extended Drain Oils, the quick lubes wanted nothing to do with these types of oils because they felt threatened by the high quality and the reputation that these synthetic lubricants commanded in this industry. Quick lube owners are well aware that once people switch to high quality synthetics they never go back to petroleum oil and costly 3,000-mile oil changes.

I went from making about $150.00/day to over $400.00/day switching my customers over to longer drain intervals. Plus I was able to eliminate most if not all my advertising because now my customers were advertising for me by telling all their friends. Nothing beats word of mouth advertising and this is just one more benefit to selling full synthetic oils.

Extended Drain Intervals Saved my Business

After doing some extensive testing with full synthetic oils in my own personal vehicle (this test took over 1 year to complete) and getting educated about synthetic lubricants I made the decision to offer extended drain motor oils to my customers. There were two things I found out immediately. First, my customers trusted my judgment and recommendations especially when they heard how extensively I tested full synthetics in my personal vehicle. Second, my customers were more interested in saving time then they were money and I will explain why in just a minute.

The Environment With Regards To Auto Shipping

Watching those enormous container vessels making their way across the sea is an impressive sight. They move like glaciers with their brightly colored cargo of blue, red, orange and green containers stacked up to impossible heights in the huge ship. A ship such as this is carrying someone's luxury foreign vehicle across the sea to its destination at a far away port. It will be unloaded by an equally impressive assortment of huge brightly colored cranes. Whoever is awaiting shipment of their shiny, new, expensive car is well-satisfied with the efficiency and cost-savings allowed by the shipping industry.Unfortunately, there is a downside to all this colorful efficiency. There are environmental concerns associated with the shipment of both domestic and international diesel-fueled cargo. As a new and burgeoning industry, the shipping industry is also responsible for new and growing environmental problems, with no viable solutions implemented as yet. The IMO (International Maritime Organization) met on the subject of greenhouse gas emissions from ships, particularly cargo vessels as late as 2008.

Ballast water discharged from these huge ships is equivalent to a whole other sea. Ballast water is taken in on unloading the cargo or when prior loads of the water are discharged. With these enormous carriers, the problem lies in their international course of travel. Water is pumped into the ship in one coastal area and pumped out down the sea lane in a completely different coastal zone.



Our friend anxiously awaiting the unloading of his foreign-born masterpiece of auto engineering does not give this a thought. He should and so should the rest of us inhabitants of this planet. The world demand for foreign made goods is causing upheaval and the deterioration of our environment. Into that ballast water go plants, animals, bacteria and viruses. They are pumped into the ship's tanks either alive or not in their native habitat. They will be discharged from the tanks either dead, alive, mutated, or increased in number because of procreation en route. All of them will be totally out of their element in their new home, becoming litter, vermin or invasive species. This results in utter chaos and destruction of the marine ecosystems.

Land transportation of cars does save gasoline because one carrier can drive across vast expanses of land with a load of several automobiles. If these cars were driven separately with a driver for each car, certainly the consumption of gasoline would go way up. This is a cost saving issue not an environmental saving issue. The customer saves money, the company earns money and the environment is ever more depleted and damaged.



If fewer people drove their personal vehicle those same long distances, the auto transportation industry would still continue to thrive because of the car manufacturing and car handling industry. The automotive industry is undergoing increasing expansion and growth because of newly developing third world countries. So more cars are in demand, which means more transportation by land, sea and air and more contribution to environmental disasters.

Elddis Caravans Prove Small Is Beautiful

The Caravan Club have reported that the latest addition to the Elddis range is the "best caravan available for under £12k". The Elddis Xplore 302 was the winner of '˜The Caravan Club Caravan Design Awards 2010 for the under £12,000' category '“ so it's no surprise that the smallest UK-built caravan is one of the top choices on the market today.

The Xplore model, which was originally launched in 2008, made a name for itself as being the Caravan Industry's "Tourer of the Year", reports elddiscaravans.org, however this year has seen the updated Xplore that is "even better than before". With an improved design and exciting new layout, the Elddis Xplore will charm you and help you stay within your budget.

It may be the smallest caravan built in the UK, but the Explore 302 is still "tardis-like", according to elddis.co.uk, and spacious enough to contain a full kitchen and bathroom, so don't let the size fool you.

The chosen destination for the launch of the new model was at the Birmingham NEC last month, which saw people coming from far and wide"seeking cheaper vehicles emerging from the recession", reports CaravanClub.co.uk, and that is exactly what they got from the Elddis Xplore 302.

The good news about the latest Elddis edition is that you can store it on your driveway and it can easily be towed with a small car such as a Corsa or Punto. The Caravan Channel have announced that they will be at The UK Motorhome and Caravan Spring Fair at Newark on the 27th and 28th March, and their stand will feature the actual caravan as well as some video from the event on the Caravan Channel and the Caravanning News Website.

CaravanTalk.org.uk has reported that "the benefits of this smallest edition to the award-winning Elddis range are clear to see", with an allure that will appeal to "couples and individuals new to caravanning or upgrading from camping and trailer tents".

With "class-leading luxurious touches and Xplore's funky, vibrant upholstery", the Elddis Xplore 302 is totally unique and provides the perfect setting for outdoor enthusiasts who want a comfortable and well-equipped base, according to CaravanTalk.org.uk

General Motors Board Decides To Keep European Opel Unit

Last Month General Motors Co. decided to sale their European Opel unit to Canadian auto parts maker Magna International. This month however, General Motors Co. has decided to keep Opel themselves.

This decision was made Tuesday after a long meeting in Detroit; the CEO of General Motors Fritz Henderson reported that General Motors will present its reconstructing plan for Opel to the German government soon. Magna's co-CEO Siegfried Wolf reported that Magna would continue to support both General Motors and Opel through-out the future.

General Motors has had a very tough time through-out this recession. They lost more than $8 billion through-out the past 4 years and have received $50 billion for government aid. They announced the selling Opel in hope that their profit would go up in both Latin America and Asia.

At 54,000 workers and sells in cars such as Vauxhall, Opel, Cadillac and Chevrolet General Motors has the fourth highest auto sales in Europe coming in after VW Group, PSA Group and Ford Motor CO. European sales dropped 6.6 percent through the month of December and sales of Vauxhall and Opel cars have dropped even further coming in at 11.4 percent.

While General Motors had to file for bankruptcy earlier this year, Opel was kept out of the filing. Sixty-five percent of Opel was under the care of a trust while the other 35 percent was withheld by General Motors.

General Motors was not the only company having many problems during this recession. Several auto industries went into bankruptcy and were kept open due to government aid. Numerous companies ended up selling out some of their money making cars while others had to discontinue some famous cars. Now auto industries are beginning to pick up but they are still not doing so hot because American's just do not have the money to buy cars.
During this summer, the "Cash for Clunkers" program was a huge success among auto industries. American's were able to use their rebates so they could trade in their old gas chugging cars for a new fuel efficient one. All the while this program was great for business, when the program ended so did the business.

Unemployment rates keep rising which means more people are becoming jobless and less able to afford their mortgage let alone a new car. It is like a domino effect and it all starts with unemployment, once unemployment is figured out and American's stop losing their jobs and others find jobs, the economy will strengthen thus getting us far way for the outskirts of a recession.

So, why not figure your employment out right now? Obviously Paintless Dent Repair peaks your interest because you came to this site, since you're here I'll tell you more about Paintless Dent Repair and how you can be your own boss with your own business. Paintless Dent Repair Technicians are in very short supply, there are many cars out there and people are looking for the fastest, cheapest way to get their car fixed and back out on the road and you can help them. A technician pulls dents and dings from vehicles through glue-pulling which means there is no waiting on the sanding, painting or drying. You can own your own business or work out of a dealership, it's up to you. You could earn up to $100 per vehicle you fix which balances out to a nice check at the end and let's face it any money is better than no money. Don't procrastinate any longer.

4 Factors Contributing To The Driving Lesson Costs

Are you planning to get a driving lesson soon? The cost of driving lesson is among the most important criteria in choosing a driving class. You need to make a good survey on the average costs and make comparisons on the packages offered by different driving classes. Here are the simple outlines to guide you on the average driving lesson costs.

There are lots of factors that might contribute to the overall cost for your lesson. First of all, it depends on your age. If you are a fresh learner, the cost might be higher as the trainer will guide you step by step from the very beginning. Based on studies conducted, an average of 30 hours to 35 hours of driving lesson is sufficient for an eager learner to pass the driving examination.

Besides that, your experience in driving also contributes to the overall driving lesson costs. People with driving experience will be charged at a lower price because the trainer doesn't have to explain everything from the beginning.

Most of the trainers will fetch your from your home to the driving center. Therefore, if you are staying far from the center, they will charge you at a higher price to compensate on the fuel. To save this money, perhaps you can suggest asking your parents or friends to drop you at the driving center itself.

Lastly, the cost of driving lesson is different if you opt for a weekend lesson or weekday lesson. Weekday lesson is always cheaper. So, try to arrange your own schedule to go for weekday driving lesson.

There are two types of driving lessons provided called intensive course and normal driving lesson. Most of the classes are charged based on hourly rate. For intensive course, the average rate would be 25 to 30 pounds per hour while normal driving lesson cost around 18 to 22 pounds per hour. The rate would be higher by 5 to 10 pounds per hour for weekend classes.

Lastly, you can always get your friends or relatives' recommendations for a great driving center which is value for money