Hyundai Santro LPG Version Car details & Review

It another milestone for the Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of South Korea-based Hyundai Motor Company. This day marks as a new product launch for Hyundai Santro Car LPG version. Official Hyundai Santro Site

What is the price of the Hyundai Santro Car LPG version?
The precise price of Hyundai Santro Car LPG version will differ from state to state, but as per the news, Hyundai Santro Car LPG version will cost around 21,500 Rs. more than the existing petrol model. The ex-showroom Delhi price for Santro eco (GL) is Rs 354,294 and Santro eco (GLS) is Rs 373,357.


Any other variant models available for Hyundai Santro Car LPG version?
Apart from the recently launched Hyundai Santro Car LPG model, Hyundai Santro also comes in the standard Petrol model as well in the Hyundai Santro Car CNG version.

What are the technical details of Hyundai Santro Car LPG version?
It is powered by the 1.1 litre, eRLX engine, and has the both options available for fuel. With separate Petrol (35 litre) and LPG (27.2 litre) tanks, the customers have an option to choose from both LPG and petrol mode.

As per the news, Hyundai registered a total sales of 327,160 vehicles in the calendar year 2007, an increase of 9.2 per cent over CY
In the domestic market, it clocked a growth of 7.6 per cent as compared to 2006 with 2,00,412 units, while overseas sales grew by 11.8 per cent, with exports of 1,26,748 units.

Tata Cars Price Cut: Post Budget Impact

Following the latest announcements in the budget, Tata Motors, became the first car manufacturer in the country to announce a price cut.
The result of reduction in excise duty and Cenvat reduction, Tatas announced price cuts for its small cars, buses and trucks with the immediate effect.

The price reduction for the people’s car Indica will be around Rs 8,500– 14,600 and Indigo Compact Sedan will become cheaper by around Rs 12,700–15,300. The prices of trucks and buses will be approximately two per cent lower.

The company is still working out the exact range of price reduction for buses and trucks and it will be available soon, the company officials said.

Interestingly, the Tata motors company announced the price reduction of small cars, buses and trucks at a launching occasion.

It was the time of commercial launch of Sumo Grande, the latest passenger vehicle offering of Tata Motors. The Sumo Grande will be available in three variants – Lx, Ex and Gx and is priced in the range of Rs 6.70 lakh to Rs 7.68 lakh.

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Tara Tiny: Tata Nano Challenger

A new, small car, priced less than the 1 lakh Rs. Tata Nano, is expected to be the competitor to Tata Nano. So one can now look beyond Tata Nano. However, the price is just 1 Re. less than Tata Nano car, priced at 99,999 Rs. Moreover, it will be launched by June this year itself.

Tara Tiny will be a battery-powered vehicle, said a recent report in the Economic Times.
Kolkata-based Tara International has teamed up with China's Aucma, a leading player in the electrical vehicles and appliances segment, to manufacture this car.

The company plans to launch Tara Tiny by June this year.

Besides Tara Tiny, there are 3 other cars to be launched namely -- Tara Titu, Tara Micro and Tara Mini -- are also in the pipeline. The ex-showroom prices of these Tara cars will be between Rs 99,999 and Rs 500,000.

All these vehicles can be electrically charged and powered. The vehicles can be recharged daily at 220 volts through a 15 amp power. The electrical vehicles business is seen to generate a turnover of Rs 15 crore (Rs 150 million) in 2008-09 and about Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million) in the second year.

Officials say that the Tara company also has plans to introduce buses and electrically power two- and three-wheelers. While the two-wheelers will be in the range of Rs 9,999 to Rs 30,000, the three-wheelers are likely to be priced between Rs 85,000 and Rs 180,000.

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