Bugatti launches Rs 16-crore Veyron

Volkswagen-owned Bugatti Automobiles is set to launch their Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport (http://www.bugatti.com/en/grand-sport.html), super-premium car with price starting at Rs 16 crore, costliest in India till date.  
Assembled by hand at Molsheim in France, 150 units would be produced of the car powered by a 16-cylinder engine. ( almost 1 CR per cylinder J!)


It can hit a top speed of 407 km an hour and reach a speed of 100 km in a little over two seconds. ( on which stretch of Indian road??? No clarification yet !)


The delivery time period for the car would be 6-8 months... Happy driving !


http://www.bugatti.com/en/veyron-16.4.html

VW on course to reach the summit

VW is set to hit the no 1 slot, in sales and profitability by 2018 - DAS AUTO !

They are set to hit a new high, much more than last years record 6.29 mn cars & SUV

They will have to scale up their volumes in key markets such as India and Middle East (ME). Recently I checked with few friends here in ME about the newly launched 2011 Touareg. The response was on the familiar lines, low on re-sale value, popularity, et al... Toyota/Lexus is way ahead of the competition here.

In India too, VW has a token presence, as of now. To take on Suzukis/Tatas/Hyundais, lot of hard work....!

VW closing in on Toyota - Courtesy ET, India


PS : Volkswagen means "people's car" in German. Its current slogan is Das Auto (in EnglishThe Car). Among its largest owners are the Porche family, the Emirate of Qatar and the state of Lower Saxony ( Wikipedia)

Art from Car Parts

Continuing with 'Art in Auto'...
Here is an artist who uses automobile parts to create his beautiful pieces ...

James Corbett Art from Auto Parts

Toyota loses, Honda & Nissan gains

September stats

Toyota :

·         The market leader is weighed down by the recall crisis… over 11.5 million vehicles, world wide..many experts feel a PR disaster! ( They still have the guts to recall, not brush under the carpet!)

·         Expected overall loss – over 2 bn USD !  

·         Toyota’s total number dropped by 1.3 % to 672 K vehicles

  

Nissan Motor - global production soared 27.0 percent to 395,658 units

Honda - worldwide production rose 9.2 percent to 328,368 units  

Japanese automakers, although enjoying strong sales, are struggling to cope with the yen's advance against other currencies, which erodes their overseas revenue when repatriated.

  

Made in India car from Maruti Suzuki

India's No. 1

Saw this press report…

• ‘MADE IN INDIA’ Car from Maruti Suzuki, finally ! – bahut der kardee?! Should have been done much earlier considering India is one of the key markets for Suzuki and the power of Indian brain!
• As a part of the company's strategy to develop and design future models in India- “the company is yet to fix a specific timeline for it," let us hope the timelines finalised so that we can see the project fructify and we can drive a Made in India car, not only in India, but here in Middle East & beyond
• recruited top engineers from US auto companies in Detroit- power of Indian brain…reverse brain drain. Hope they come back with strong environmental consciousness!

The R & D centre-the first outside Japan-is coming up at Rohtak at an investment of Rs 1,500 crore. Spread over 700 acre of land, the first phase of the project is estimated to be completed by 2012. The company had stated in August 2009 that Maruti Suzuki is going to design and roll out a car that would be totally developed in India – Wow ! I hope they would come up with something closest to a zero pollution vehicle!

Ford results

Ford Middle East sales rose nearly a third during the first nine months of the year, with sales in Saudi up nearly 50 percent, the US-based car marker announced on Sunday.

Sales in the GCC increased 31 percent between January and September 2010, compared to the year-earlier period, the company said.

Passenger models rose 34 percent, propelled by the introduction of the new Fusion and Taurus brands. Ford, Lincoln and Mercury SUVs and trucks remained popular, with sales up nearly 27 percent.

Saudi Arabia, the Gulf’s wealthiest state, proved the strongest market for Ford, with sales up 50 percent in the first nine months. By comparison, UAE sales were up ten percent.

“2010 has proved to be a good year for Ford,” said Larry Prein, managing director, Ford Middle East. “The strength of our product line-up is being recognised here in the region.”

Art Exhibition by Renault

IT WAS INDEED A 
UNIQUE AND EXCLUSIVE EVENT... THANKS TO RENAULT



Renault is a company that is incredibly aware of the societies around it, and it takes great care to interact with societies in other ways than simply on an automotive level. One of these ways is the art world. Renault takes pride in its history of cooperation with the art world. As a brand, it has helped to sustain and promote artists and their creations, as well as helping to position French culture in the public eye.


By being proactive in the art world, Renault sees this as an ideal way of expressing its French values and origins worldwide. Renault has fostered relationships with contemporary artists over the last 20 years, leading to the organization of a unique art exhibition from the extensive Renault Art Collection.


The exhibition demonstrated the richness of western creativity during a pivotal period in painting. Exhibiting the main abstract tendencies in western art during the 1960s - 1980s period, the event had a wide selection of almost 40 paintings from artists such as Victor Vasarely, Henri Michaux, Julio Le Parc, Juan Miro, Roberto Matta, Dominique Thiolat, and Pierre Alechinsky.


http://www.renault.com/en/renault-en-images/renault-on-video/Pages/collection-art-renault.aspx


One may think why an art exhibition by a car company ? But, is n't driving more than mere commuting ? It was an elevating experience ! As such Renault would have won over a few hardcore Toyota cusotmers too...!

There is an artist in everyone of us... There is a manager in every artist :)

‘He, who every morning plans the 
transactions of the day, and follows that 
plan carries a thread that will guide him 
through a labyrinth of the most busy life"
- Victor Hugo

Looking for KSA’s oldest Suburban | CarMiddleEast.com

Suburban is one of the most preferred brands, in this region, for families' use

Looking for KSA’s oldest Suburban | CarMiddleEast.com

Indians most frequent drunk drivers ? Shocking!

The statistics also show that 39 percent of the offending drivers are Indian, with Emiratis coming next on the list with a share of 13.6 percent, and Filipinos coming in third with 10.5 percent.





 Dubai's Deadly Drunk Driving !  Check out this link

BAD 2011

wondering what is BAD doing on a car blog ?

water is most fundamental to our existence, next only to the oxygen we breathe...

we have to take responsibility to save water, water bodies, environment, so that water is not a luxury for over a billion people !

Do not depend on governments. It is the responsibility of every individual ! The choice is ours...