Nissan Small Car to compete Tata Nano

Other than Bajaj-Renault small car, Nissan is also planning to introduce their low cost car on V platform. Nissan's low cost car will be launched simultaneously in India, China and Thialand.
All these cars will be direct competition to Tata Nano. Tata's obviously has the huge lead over them as the these cars will coming late to market atleast one year from launch of Nano.

The Nissan V will feature a 3-cylinder diesel or gasoline engine, just an 11-gallon (41-liter) fuel tank and highly-engineered plastic in place of less cost- and fuel-efficient steel and aluminium.

The hatchback model will be released in March 2010, with a sedan and CUV model in 2011. The car will be sold in Europe and the US in 2011, eventually reaching nearly 150 countries.

Simply Reliance

Mobile phone tariffs are really getting simpler now. The ADAG groups Reliance Communications has introduced a new plan named 'Simply Reliance' with all the in network and other network calls along with STD and roaming at fixed rate.

The plan comes with per second billing, per minute billing or calls of 3 minutes. To activate your respective plans you have to recharge with Rs. 58, Rs. 48 and Rs. 38.

The Rs. 58 recharge enables you to enjoy tariff @ 1 paise / second and validity of tariff for 365 days.

The Rs. 48 recharge enables you to enjoy tafiff @ 50 paise / minute and validity of tariff for 365 days.

The Rs. 38 recharge enables the Rs. 1 per / three minute call tariff with similar validity.

Tata Motors launches Indigo Manza

Tata Motors has launched the three box sedan based on Indiva Vista platform. The production of Indigo will be stopped but Marina, XL and Indigo CS will be there.

The new Manza will challenge Maruti Suzuki Dezire feature to feature and price to price. Obviously Tata has priced it very competative with lots of goodies like Blue5, ABC, Twin Air Bags.

Price and specification of different variants are as following:

Diesel Quadrajet Aqua: 6.46 lakh (On-Road, Mumbai)
Diesel Quadrajet Aura: 6.79 lakh (On-Road, Mumbai)
Diesel Quadrajet Aura (ABS): 7.13 lakh (On-Road, Mumbai)
Diesel Quadrajet Aura⁺: 7.64 lakh (On-Road, Mumbai)
Petrol Safire Aqua: 5.47 lakh (On-Road, Mumbai)
Petrol Safire Aura: 5.86 lakh (On-Road, Mumbai)
Petrol Safire Aura (ABS): 6.13 lakh (On-Road, Mumbai
Petrol Safire Aura⁺: 6.68 lakh (On-Road, Mumbai)

Features:

Aqua:
HVAC - with electronic controls, Power Steering - adjustable for tilt, Power Windows (Fr), Folding Rear Seat, 2-DIN MP3 Music System (no USB) with 4 speakers + 2 tweeters, Fabric Seats, Tachometer, Light intensity adjustment for Instrument console, Tinted Glass, Steel Rims, Central Locking, Rear Centre Armrest.

Aura:
Features of Aqua + Power Windows (Rear), Steering Mounted Audio Controls, Bluetooth Connectivity, USB slot, IR input, Audio Remote Control, Driver Information System with Instantaneous Fuel Consumption Indicator & Distance to Empty Readout, Body Coluored Door Handles, Rear Defogger, Fog Lamps (Fr), Passenger Side Rear Veiw Mirror.

Aura (ABS):
Features of Aura + 2-way adjustable Lumbar Support (Fr), Height adjustable Driver's Seat, Illuminating ring around keyhole, Fog Lamps (Rear), Keyless Entry, Seatbelt warning, and ofcourse ABS.

Aura⁺:
Features of Aura (ABS) + Chrome inserts on Rub-rails and Door Handles, Electronically controlled Rear Veiw Mirrors. No Alloys even for the top-end variant.

Specifications:
Engines:
Quadrajet⁹⁰ (Diesel, Common Rail), 1248cc, 4-cylinder, 90PS@4000rpm, 200Nm@1750-3000rpm.
Safire⁹⁰ (Petrol, MPFi), 1368cc, 90PS@6000rpm, 4-cylinder, 116Nm@4750rpm.

Tyres: 185/60 R15 Tubeless Radials
Dimensions: 4413x1703x1550 (mm)
Wheelbase: 2520mm
Ground Clearance: 165mm
Boot-space: 460 litres
Kerb weight: 1115 (Petrol), 1200 (Diesel)
Fuel tank: 44 litres
Turning circle diameter: 10.2 m