Tata unveils Megapixel at the Geneva Motor Show

Tata Motors presented at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show the Tata Megapixel, a new four-seater city-smart global range extended electric vehicle (REEV) concept for the performance-seeking and environment-conscious motorist anywhere in the world.

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Combining a lithium ion phosphate battery and an on-board petrol engine generator for recharging on the move, the Tata Megapixel offers a range of up to 900 km (with a single tank of fuel), path-breaking CO2 emission of just 22 gm / km and fuel economy of 100 km / litre (under battery only power).

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Honda to launch diesel Brio by Diwali

            With petrol prices touching an all-time high and no diesel models to support sales, Honda is planning to advance the launch of its car around Diwali.

2.                              "The company was initially planning to launch the diesel model by 2013. However, with the increasing demand for diesel cars and the hike in petrol prices, the company is advancing the launch of Honda Brio by Diwali this year,"

          Honda has no diesel variant in its stable, which is becoming a big disadvantage for the company. Honda Brio will become the first car to have the diesel engine followed by City and Jazz. "With the huge surge in the price of petrol, there is a massive demand for the diesel model. We are already giving discount on our cars but it is not possible beyond a point," a marketing official from Honda said.

          Honda is not the only company to advance launch of diesel cars. Renault has also advanced the unveiling of its diesel model.

                  The “Dynamic triangle”, focused on the nose, sweeps forward, while the “Sporty triangle”, focused on the rear fender, jumps rearward.

         The Brio features Honda’s active and passive safety technologies including dual SRS front airbags, Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) which prevents wheel locking, Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD) which enhances braking performance, front pretensioner seat belts that pre-emptively tighten the belt to prevent the occupant from jerking forward in a crash and impact-mitigating headrests.

       The Driver-side features the latest technology i-SRS airbag system with continuously staged inflation which can accommodate a broad range of occupant positions and potential collision situations.

1.                              Honda Brio comes with an efficient interior design concept, which leverages its packaging to offer occupants an open and spacious interior.

    The Brio’s design takes Honda’s “man maximum, machine minimum” concept to a new level which is the basic approach to Honda car design calling for maximizing the space available for people and minimizing the space required for mechanical components

Maruti launches the 2012 A-Star

Maruti’s snatches back its market share in small cars with the new revamped A-Star with better interiors and more colour options.

SPICED-UP A-STAR 
Maruti Suzuki India’s premier export model A-Star takes a reincarnation. The changes based on customer feedback ‘seek to enhance the look, feel and comfort’. Presented as Suzuki’s fifth World Strategic Model and produced exclusively at the Manesar plant, A-Star turned out to be the flagship export model that sold 3.81 lakh units, of which 2.81 lakhs were by export primarily to the Europe, Australia and South Africa.

Power with Economy

High fuel efficiency, low emissions, powerful drive and affordable cost are key factors that woo buyers to the A-star. Running of petrol, the car gives 19 kmpl, as per test reports from ARAI Pune. The 998 cc K10B engine gives 67 ps @ 6200 rpm and torque of 90Nm @ 3500 rpm. This serves for easily negotiating the meddlesome traffic of the cities. The base model is priced at Rs. 3.67 lakhs; the premium model with ABS and Airbags costs just Rs. 4.23 lakhs.

Modifications 
• Completely revamped interiors- premium and sporty upmarket upholstery
• Introduced 50-50 rear split seats to enhance user convenience and storage space
• Integrated rear spoiler for sportiness
• Front seat head restraints reworked to give more spacious feeling
• ABS and Airbags now available as an optional for the customers
• New alloys wheels 
• Two new colours Pearl Caffeine Brown, Metallic Glistening Grey

Youth Icon; It Runs Automatic Too 
Strategically positioned for the young and energetic, the brand A-star has come a long way in establishing itself as a youth icon. The completely revamped interior has a smart interplay of colors. The dual `grey and beige’ interiors complimented by rich beige upholstery, are refreshing and new for the segment. To strengthen its position and enhance its drivability, the Company had introduced an automatic variant of the A-star, which now accounts for almost 1/3 rd of A-Star sales

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The last Venus transit of the century

The planet Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on Tuesday, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years.Transits of Venus happen in pairs, eight years apart, with more than a century between cycles. During Tuesday's pass, Venus took the form of a small black dot slowly shifting across the northern hemisphere of the sun.Armchair astronomers watched the six-hour and 40-minute transit on the Internet, with dozens of websites offering live video from around the world.Closeup views from the Prescott Observatory in Arizona, fed into Slooh.com's webcast, showed a small solar flaring in the making just beneath Venus' sphere.

 

Handout image provided by NASA, the SDO satellite captures a ultra-high definition image of the Transit of Venus across the face of the sun at on June 5, 2012 from space. The last transit was in 2004 and the next pair of events will not happen again until the year 2117 and 2125

 

 

The planet Venus makes its transit across the Sun as seen from Kathmandu June 6, 2012. Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on Tuesday, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years. 

The planet Venus is seen as a black dot as it begins its transit across the sun over Rochester, New York, June 5, 2012. Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on Tuesday, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years. 

Planet Venus crosses the Sun's path - a once-in-a-lifetime event that will not be seen for another 105 years.

Handout image courtesy of NASA shows the planet Venus transiting the Sun, June 5, 2012. One of the rarest astronomical events occurs on Tuesday and Wednesday when Venus passes directly between the sun and Earth, a transit that won't occur again until 2117.