Honda s Sales Threatened

Honda city, with its high quality mirror hot selling Honda cars, the average car (A3) segment was removed from its top position since the beginning of Maruti in SX4.
The Maruti so far was the first real challenge to " Honda & quot; City in a large segment of cars. Despite the fact that Maruti not announced the retail figures of SX4 for the first six weeks after its launch on May 7, he was still able to send about 3000 units during the period. He said the figure includes cars are displayed in showrooms and those used to verify drives.
According to figures provided by the society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) company managed to sell 5008 units in the A3 segment in May last year. This figure represents an astounding increase of 100 percent compared with the same month last year. With 14.7 per cent in May last year, Maruti market share in the segment A3 is surprisingly doubled to 25.2 percent. On the other hand, during the same period, Honda city market share fell from 22 percent to 14,2 percent.
For FY 06-07 Honda City " remaind be a market leader in the A3 segment car sales more than 40000 followed by Ford India sold 39822 vehicles. However, the situation started changing in April as Hyundai stole attention from the 3028 sale of its Maruti compared with Honda in 2915 cars.
The happened in May, Maruti, finally upstaged both auto majors while Honda sold only 2838 vehicles falling 23 percent compared to corresponding period of last month.
The another new car in the segment, Mahindra and Mahindra Logan, which was introduced in April and deliveries began in May 2787 to write units in the month of snatching market share of 14 per cent in the first month in the A3 segment. As Logan plans to ramp production of this model in June, this may add to the growing problem in segment.
Honda confessed that new cars have made enough impact in fact in accordance with Janeswar Sen, Senior General Manager-Marketing, HSCI, " There some initial disturbances (Sales City), which was expected. But in the long term, we will seek to maintain our leadership in the segment ".
Despite initial obstacles that Honda is particularly with the surfacing of new competitions, it was still targeting sales growth of 5 percent of the city and hopes to sell 42000 units this year, more than 40400 units that they sold before the end of this fiscal year . Sen also said that five maintenance shutdown in May has minimum in numbers.
Maruti Honda " with top-SX4 end option price of 7.24 kyats, which is much cheaper than all the options, except the base model city, which is price of 6.77 kyats. Meanwhile, Logan in the top-end option is not even close to Rs 7 kyats barrier with base pricing option only Rp 4,28 lakh.
As responded to the challenge Maruti, Honda has distributed 12 - page document among its sales force, citing the reasons, a city better buy, than SX4. Maruti is not worried such a move " Honda & quot; actually believes more former recognition that sales of the company " Honda & quot; indeed received considerable damage.
Rajesh Jejurikar, MD, Mahindra Logan said: & ; quot; Our biggest selling point for Logan is the fuel efficiency of the vehicle, which was better than competitors (City and SX4). In addition, we will work ramping capacity from July, working on one and half shift basis. The plant will operate at full capacity since August. "



Bookmark it:

BMW Convertible Models Made In The US

European manufacturers have made convertible car models for many years, even for the American market. One is BMW. Have you heard about the Z3 roadster? This was the first mass market and assembled BMW convertible in the United States. We have seen this model on the market in 1996, just after being presented at the James Bond movie, Golden Eye. Production ended in 2002 and before that many variants have been introduced. The coupe version was also introduced in 1999 after being manufactured and assembled in Spartanburg, South Carolina. In late 2002, Z4 model - the successor to the Z3 model - was introduced at the Paris Auto Show.

The engineers wthe E30 model was used instead of the more sophisticated multilink suspension of the E36. At first, only 1.9 L M44B19 straight-4 engine was offered, despite its 138 hp made the vehicle less of a performer that many buyers wanted. Clients feedback said that the interior of this model are not good as it was in the other models from this manufacturer. Especially bad are looking for the plastic rear window, even in comparison with the glass to the unit is in the much cheaper-1999 model Mazda Miata.

In 1997, this little four were complemented by a larger straight-6 engine in the market americas North, 2.8 L M52B28. This engine, taken from the 328i, is particularly attractive with its 189 hp. As the four retirees was 3.2 L I6 engine S52B32 was used in the M Roadster that occurred in the following year. In 1999, 1.9L 4-cylinder engine was replaced by a 2.5L straight-6, producing as much as 170 hp. Curiously, this model BMW badge as the "2 .3 & 39;.

Outside of Northern americas a 2.0L straight-6 was used instead of a 1.9L 4-cylinder. All engines were replaced when the car was freshened for a few years later, more precisely in 2001. The range now consists of 2.2 L M54B22 (available outside North americas), 2.5 L M52B25, 3.0 L M52B30, and (for the M Roadster) 3.2 L S54B32. All three of these straight-6 engines lasted until the end of the car to run the year after. With the exception of the plastic window, everything inside were reformed.

Other problems Z3 model is misinformed oxygen sensors, the water pump and a plastic rear suspension assembly that do not. The retro style however, was more popular and Z3s have held their value reasonably well in the resale market.

M Roadster

From 1998 to 2002, the division produced the Motorsports BMW M Roadster model known. This model included improvements to the engine and suspension of the BMW M3. A 3.2L engine in the S52 was there as early as in 1998 and 1999 and 2000 M roadster along with a quad exhaust. The models after the turn of the millennium, in other words, the 2001 and 2002 models S54 engine had the E46 M3, as well as internal updates with additional meters in the center console. An illuminated " M " change knob, chrome bit different throughout the cabin and sports seats are also part of standard equipment. There were also many external changes, like the larger wheels, spaced apart more and more aggressive defenses that were installed in the newspapers Z3. It is also an option to take hardtops.



Bookmark it:

Saturn Relay, Not Just another Van

The Saturn Relay is another vehicle that runs under the general umbrella of large General Motors, one of the biggest car manufacturers in the world and just society of the Saturn division. This vehicle, the Saturn Relay is in production since last year & 39;, 2005, and is still currently under production. When the vehicle was introduced, it actually took place and the niche that the & 39; Oldsmobile Silhouette (also known as the Buick Terraza) is left blank. The Saturn Relay is a mini and was made available in a body style that is only one of four held doors.
The Saturn Relay has been built and mounted on the FF / IT U body platform. In his introduction, it was equipped with & 39; a 3.5 liter V6 engine LX9. It was said that its main competition in the world d & 39; automobiles include the Chevrolet Uplander and Pontiac Montana SV6. Also competing for this mini-Buick is the LD 8 despite the fact that it is sold only in China.
The current version of the Saturn Relay is holding & 39; a wheelbase of 121.1 inches, a length of 205 inches, 72 inches of its width is 72.1 inches high, and holds d & 39; an empty weight of 4426 pounds. The mini also gives interested parties the opportunity to choose the type of equipment to & 39; procedure, which could be a choice between fabric and leather. L & 39; exterior color choices are Forest Green, Black Cherry, Bronzed Pewter, Coastal Gray, Golden Kashmir, Midnight Blue, Polar White, and Silver Pearl. The Saturn Relay 2006 has the capacity to seven passengers to & 39; inside. It was also made available in three levels of development & 39; ranging from 2 to the TA TI 3.
A great and secure way to maintain a vehicle east of & 39; install only the excellent quality & 39; Parts purchased reputation stores d & 39; automobile parts. In the past, looking for parts suppliers confidence takes more time and efforts & 39;. It is a good thing, but for the moment, the World Wide Web has made purchases of parts d & 39; autos and auto parts d & 39; much easier. There are dozens of sites that offer parts of Saturn. However, a buyer must be cautious when choosing where to buy Saturn parties. It is better to stick " " with a reputation of trust and d & 39; auto parts store as car parts Rush.
http: / / www.rushcarparts.com has d & 39; a wide range of Saturn parts and accessories Saturn on its online collection available on its website. The collection includes body parts Saturn d & 39; automobiles, automobile parts d & 39;, body kits, performance parts and accessories Saturn Vue d & 39; among many others. Saturn These products are guaranteed to be durable and quality of material that would maintain and keep your car& 39;s performance and delivery intact.



Bookmark it:

BMW Sauber Team at the Practice Test

The first round of practice race for the 2007 upcoming Hungarian Grand Prix was dominated by BMW Sauber Kobert Kubica. The Polish driver has his BMW Sauber F1.07 to the finished and the clock in 1:22.390. He is the sober driver during the morning practice. But already during the afternoon, Kubica was quite unfortunate because the weather. As a result, he finished in the tenth sheet. Incidentally, Robert Kubica from his F1 debut 2006 in the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Robert Kubica commented: " The day was very good. We have a lot of rounds to see how the tyres. Here in Hungary we use the softest tyre compound of the season, just like in Monaco. That is why we have a lot of long runs to see how the soft tyres behave over the distance. We now have a lot of data that we analyse tomorrow. So far, so good. The track conditions were not ideal. Off the line it& 39;s pretty dirty, but this situation is the same for all. "
Meanwhile, Kubica & 39; s team-mate Nick Heidfeld was in third place during the morning practice race, but also other drivers successfully overtook him and fell to sixth place after the race. During the afternoon practice race, Heidfeld impressively managed to fifth place and the clock in 1:21.517 aboard his No. 9 BMW Sauber F1.07 with BMW cold air intake.
After the practice of race, Heidfeld said: " For us, the meetings went well. We had no technical problems and got all the work done. But it is very difficult to get the tyres to work properly. Graining is an issue. As far as I could see other drivers have the same problem. I believe that the sequence between the top teams remains the same. Compared to last year F1.06, this year the car is of course better results at a high downforce circuits such as Monaco or Budapest. "
So far, there are no technical problems reported during the race, and BMW hopes that the F1.07 racing cars can also perform well during the actual race in Hungaroring.
Willy Rampf Technical Director of BMW-Sauber team concluded: " We have our program without problems. Only the brief shower in the afternoon interrupted easily. Anyway, we have enough data collected, we are now analysing. Konzentrierten we are in preparation race today. The decision for the choice of tyres requires more data. There is still a small chance of rain for Saturday and Sunday, so we have to take this into account and prepare accordingly. "
Watch forthcoming for the 2007 Grand Prix of Hungary and see if BMW drivers may also be in the race.



Bookmark it: