Suzuki Alto / A-star

Maruti Suzuki has unveiled the 1000cc A-Star at paris motor show, touted to be Alto replacement. Alto is top seller in its segment, it is also best selling car in any segment even better than erstwhile bread and butter Maruti 800. The car will be built in India, for domestic and world consumption.

A-Star car will be wider,longer and taller than current Alto, keeping the same wheelbase. New 'K' series engine will power the car, with overall mileage around 22 KMPL, but not at loss of power the power delivery will be very healthy 68 ps @ 6000 rpm and a maximum 90 nm of torque @ 4800 rpm.

Car is expected to be launched in India, around end of October 2008.

Re-scheduling of stock market timings due to Sun Outage

Some information for trading members on stock markets, that due to heavy solar activity, the VSAT services are likely to be disrupted from September 24, 2008 to October 08, 2008 (both days inclusive).

It has, therefore, been decided to re-schedule the trading session timings from September 24, 2008 to October 08, 2008 (both days inclusive) as follows:

Session	Start Time	End Time
Log -in	9 : 00 a.m.	9 : 55 a.m.
Continuous	9 : 55 a.m.	11 : 25 a.m.
No trading due to Sun Outage	11 : 25 a.m.	12 : 10 p.m.
Resumption of Continuous Session	12 : 10 p.m.	4 : 15 p.m.
Closing	4 : 15 p.m.	4 : 25 p.m.
Post Closing	4 : 25 p.m.	4 : 45 p.m.
Members Query & 6A/ 7 A reports	4 : 45 p.m	6 : 00 p.m.

Tata Indica - EV

Electric version of Indica was unveiled by Tata Motors at SIAM annual exposition in New Delhi. The running prototype a Left Hand Drive car with Air Bags was at display and is being developed in association with a Norwegian partner.

Tata expects to launch it in Norway in the year 2009 as the infrastructure their is much better for the vehicle according to Tata.

The Indica EV will run 175-200 kms on a full charge which takes around 8 hours. The “two-pack” battery pack is placed neatly in the boot.