Honda SIEL Launches Honda Jazz with Made in India tag

Posted on 11. Jun, 2009 by Turbo in Automotive, Buzz

Honda Jazz launched with Made in India tag
Honda Jazz, the latest global technology car designed for the Indian market from the Honda SIEL Car India. It is the launch of this much hyped and awaited super hatchback Jazz that spells safety and reliability in every turn of its wheel. For now, Honda Jazz will come in three variants.

Honda Jazz comes running on a 1.2L petrol i-VTEC engine especially designed to suit the Indian road conditions for enhanced performance as well as impressive fuel economy. The engine will strictly conform to the Euro-IV emission levels. In all the variants, there is ABS (anti-lock braking system). The dual airbags and seatbelts are again compulsory features in all variants. It is the interior space of Honda Jazz that will definitely become its USP. Luxury will be a small word for the space Jazz has.

Whispers on Jazz price are heard and they will be in the range of Rs.6.98lacs –Rs.7.33 lacs (ex-showroom New Delhi). Initially, Honda aims to sell a minimum of 2000 units of Jazz per month.

Despite the launch of the new hatchback Honda Jazz, the company believes that, Honda City will continue to be the company’s flagship model and it sells shockingly an average of 3500 units a month. Additionally, in the coming 2-3 years’ timeframe, Honda plans to launch another small car. However, it will be positioned below the Honda Jazz model.

Honda CEO remarks that the estimated car market in India is about 1.5 million and out of which 80 percent belong to the top-end of supermini segment. It is here that their new hatchback Honda Jazz will cater to the needs of the people. The company is also confident of not increasing the prices of its models in the coming days except the localization cost owing to currency fluctuations.

French submarine Emeraude goes into Atlantic begins search for black box

Posted on 10. Jun, 2009 by Turbo in Buzz

A French nuclear submarine, Emeraude with latest sonar (sound navigation and ranging)equipment went into Atlantic in search of the black boxes (flight recorders) of the Air France flight 447, that crashed into the Atlantic last Monday.

Emeraude was sent to dish out the black box recorders with its advanced sonar. Only black boxes could explain the reasons for the disaster.

The Airbus A330 jet that disappeared on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris killed all of the 228 people on board in the worst ever tragedy of Air France history.

Search for victims and wreckage had been the order for the last week, and now the order of weeks or months will be to search for the flight recorders.