2010 Bajaj Pulsar in showrooms

The 2010 version or UG 4.5 of Bajaj Pulsar is in showrooms. The clip on handle bars are common across entire Pulsar range right from 135LS to 220 FI now.

The 150 Dts-i engine will now produce 15.06 ps which is slightly more than the current mill producing 14.09 ps. The increase in power will result in better performance justifying Pulsar as a ‘performance’ brand by Bajaj. The bike will use a bigger 29 mm (UCD 29) carburettor and redesigned in intake system which will add to the performance.

The bike will be dearer by Rs. 500 than the earlier avatars of the same.

Blogs by famous Indian personas

I am compiling a list of blogs by famous Indian persons here. Click on the names to follow the blog link.

Bollywood

• Amitabh Bachhan
  
• Amir Khan
• Karan Johar
• Salman Khan for DusKadam
• Shekhar Kapur
• Shilpa Shetty
  

Politicians

• Lal Krishna Advani
  
• Amar Singh
• R R Patil
  

Writers, Columnist

• Shobha De
• Chetan Bhagat
  

Business, Stock markets, Industrialists

• Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
• Sucheta Dalal

Maruti Eeco a redesigned Versa replacing Omni

Maruti Suzuki has launched the much talked about Omni replacement Eeco at Auto Expo 2010. Maruti has come up with three variants of the car – 5 seater standard, 5 seater AC standard and 7 seater standard. The starting price of the Maruti Eeco model is Rs. 2.59 lakh. The 5-seater AC model is rated at Rs. 2.85 lakh whereas the 7-standard’s rate is Rs. 2.79 lakh.

Maruti Eeco will be powered by 1200 cc petrol engine passing Bharat IV emission norms. The engine which produce 73bhp of raw power at 6000rpm and a high torque of 101Nm@3000rpm. Maruti Suzuki incoporated its latest engine management system in this engine. The high-pressure-injection system combined with optimized injectors produces better atomization resulting in low emissions and fuel consumption.

The van is basically redesigned Versa with overall height lowered by 100mm.