Made in India Vehicles

[Skull and Bones]

Hey Mech!

It's understable yaar, just last week my Dad sold-off my antique Austin in my absence ( in original colour and fittings, earlier owned by a real Maharaja) for under 1 Lakh!

That's sad man! I was searching for some antique cars for some time now.

 

[Mech]

Your Dad has a Land Cruiser and Mom Camry?

What's wrong with you that you settled for crap. Remember in Asia family is everything and patriarchy is well and alive. So you being the son of the father, have as much of an 'entitlement' as the father, you got cheated bro. The future of the family is you! I hope your Dad don't read this.

Re: the Jeepser, wotsay Mech., just as a exercise in fanciful thinking? With a good excuse like movie tickets one could have a lot of pretty girls climbing in, never mind the pretty boys.

(c) Business Standard Motoring

Lol....uhh...my dad has a thing for "safety". Whatever my taste in cars.....the fact remains that im not an independant. I have an obligation to listen to his "two cents" before making purchase decisions. Hey, he bought me a car...most of my friends dont even own a rickshaw in their name. I guess im just grateful for what i got.

That aside, i like the jeep but its too hot here yaar....i could use an AC. Summer in keralal is a bch....

 

[patentneer]

C'mon don't exaggerate. This is an international + Pakistani forum.

You are not 'middle-class'. And South is richer than North for sure. Yet, nobody from middle-class has a rickshaw even in the North.

It's Pulsar, Hero-Honda and such for the average college student in North. Few out-of-station types, girls etc. take the metro & BRT to college.

Unless it's a residential college like IIT, AIIMS etc. Even so ... a Pulsar or HH is pretty much the norm.

Must see news item video, for all my NRI & Pak brothers.

I bet this would be a phenomenon in Pak side already, would be cheaper if done on Mahindra chassis rather than imported ones currently, one presumes, on Pak side.
Feedback pls.

For eg., one can buy an army reject or discard Mahindra for Rs. 50-75000. Often the peice might not work, but if you have one of these markets nearby, one can re-built bit-by-bit for cheap. I know, feel free to check bhp.com also, that one can re-do said army Mahindra's for an additional Rs. 25-75000 and go on the road.

Good thing is that cities like Delhi make it illegal to run them on the road, so these re-done Mahindra's are all the rage among the dehati fashion set.

 

[patentneer]

Serious?

I'll hook you up,
we'll track it down.

I would rather see it in your hands than someone else's.

It goes w/0 saying that my Dad may have sold it for scrap,
but neither is the Austin scrap, nor is it going to be junked.

It's going to be raped with a new coat of garish paint, some
dusting inside and sold off for a premium. It's in mint condition.

 

[Mech]

C'mon don't exaggerate. This is an international + Pakistani forum.

You are not 'middle-class'. And South is richer than North for sure. Yet, nobody from middle-class has a rickshaw even in the North.

It's Pulsar, Hero-Honda and such for the average college student in North. Few out-of-station types, girls etc. take the metro & BRT to college.

Unless it's a residential college like IIT, AIIMS etc. Even so ... a Pulsar or HH is pretty much the norm.

Okay, maybe i exaggerated a bit.....im not wrong though....no one owns a rickshaw....
Yeah, most guys have pulsar or some like that. I love my a-star ...and am in no mood to make her jealous. Besides, the chances are i'll be packing for abroad after college so making a huge investment is not really worth it.

Confucius says: "it aint worth the effort if you aint gonna flaunt it".

 

[Firemaster]

New Delhi: Ford India's Maraimalainagar engine facility rolled out it's 100,000 th engine this month, just 14 months after the engine plant opened for operations in January 2010. The plant achieved the 100,000 milestone amongst multiple variant launches for domestic and international markets.

The plant is the first Ford facility to feature a flexible production line manufacturing petrol and diesel engines. Today, the plant produces five Duratec petrol engine variants and one Duratorq diesel engine variant for Ford vehicles.

Covering more than 40,000 square metres, the facility is an advanced manufacturing centre that has been created with the global best practices for engine manufacturing and has the capacity to produce 250,000 engines per year.

In recognition of its leading best practices, the plant was awarded the Total Maturity Model (TMM) quality award by Ford Global Powertrain Manufacturing Engineering in 2010. With this milestone, India seems to be emerging as a low-displacement engine manufacturing hub for Ford in the Asia Pacific and Africa region.

"We are thrilled and proud to celebrate the 100,000 production milestone in such a short space of time - my congratulations to all plant employees for a job well done! This world-class manufacturing facility reinforces our intent and commitment to compete with great products and powertrains in all segments," said Michael Boneham, president and managing director of Ford India

"We are proud of the milestone which was achieved thanks to the great team spirit of our highly motivated and dedicated employees. We are confident that the next 100,000 engines will be produced at an even faster pace," said Radhakrishnan Balasundaram, vice-president, Powertrain Operations (PTO) who heads the India Engine Plant.

The plant has also exported more than one-third of the engines produced to South Africa and Thailand so far.

One of the innovative eco-friendly production strategies the plant runs includes a "cold test process" using advanced electronics and sensing mechanisms to evaluate the engine performance and (Noise, Vibration and Harshness) NVH parametres. In this process, no fuel is burnt.

"The cold test process helps to reduce our carbon footprint as well as test-cycle times and allows better NVH control," said Radhakrishnan Balasundaram.

The India Engine Plant is designed to meet the growing needs of the Indian vehicle market and export opportunities. It is a part of Ford's USD 500-million investment at the Maraimalai Nagar site.

MACHINIST - Ford India's Maraimalainagar engine facility rolls out 100,000th engine

 

[Firemaster]

double post

 

[Firemaster]

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to promote electric mobility and manufacturing of electric vehicles in India. The National Council for Electric Mobility (NCEM) and the National Board for Electric Mobility (NBEM) is being set up to facilitate fast decision and policy making.

The Council will have Ministers from the key Central Ministries/Departments, eminent representatives from the industry and academia and will be chaired by the Minister (Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises).

The Council will be aided by a 25 member National Board for Electric Mobility comprising of secretaries of stakeholder Central Ministries/ Departments with representation from industry and academia.

The National Automotive Board (NAB), which is being created, after its formation will be the technical advisor and secretariat for both the NCEM and NBEM. Until then the National Council and the Board will be serviced by NATRiP Implementation Society (NATIS).

The promotion and manufacturing of electric vehicles is being taken up on a mission mode approach as "National Mission for Electric Mobility".

At present, the barriers to greater adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs) include higher cost of EVs, challenges in battery technology, limited range of EVs, lack of infrastructure, consumer mindset and inadequate government support.

In order to resolve these barriers and for electric mobility to take off, continued government intervention/support, high level ownership, adoption of mission mode approach for fast decision making, collaboration amongst various stakeholders, long term commitment with clearly defined short term and long term objectives and a synergized - holistic approach is essential.

World over major investments, incentives and policies are being introduced to propagate the development, adoption of electric vehicles (EV) and their manufacturing.

Due to the fast dwindling petroleum resources, growing concerns on the impact of vehicles on the environment and climate change, the automobile industry worldwide is gradually shifting to more efficient drive technologies and alternative fuels including electric vehicles.

The Cabinet today approved the proposal to set up a National Mission for Electric Mobility (NCEM) and National Board for Electric Mobility (NBEM) by the Department of Heavy Industry. The present proposal does not involve any financial implication.

MACHINIST - Cabinet approves proposal to promote Electric Vehicle Manufacturing in India

 

[Frank Martin]

Danny Webb on Mahindra GP bike

 

[patentneer]

Self delete by member.

 

[patentneer]

You are a good boy. Real ... :hehe: ...mamma's boy type.

Where were you going 'abroad'? If you listen to your Mummy-Papa on this, they might un-wittingly sabotage your life. Believe me it happens everyday re: tradition and lack of knowledge, but they never own up to their ignorance.

See with a degree from India in your back-pocket, you have a license to do master's AND get paid anywhere. Not MBA, but master's. MBA is for sissy's. For eg., everyone knows about US/ UK/ EU /Oz etc., but recently Gulf states have turned into education hub with all kinds of western universities setting up shop. Did you think? How about Singapore/ HK, Japan ... these are also running population deficit. Even more than India, their local boys & girls have effed - off to the west even before Indian boys could. Anyways, best of luck.

Be careful with your parents advice, don't get mis-guided and be=fooled by their often misplaced confidence. Have some b*lls. :heck:

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

I had been lookin for a willy...... found it........ but cant decide coz its open(and useless sometimes.......if u know wat i mean)........ so now i got a 95 civic....... im customising it into somthin like this:

My other vehicles include:
Toyota vigo
Prado
Toyota corolla GLI
suzuki siera
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Any suggestions?

 

[Roybot]

Honda civics are overrated cars. VTEC does not mean performance.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

vs the above civic??????????????

 

[Roybot]

vs the above civic??????????????

Depends on your age and stuff bro, souped are civics are ok for teenagers and 20 year olds. I would go for the jeep if I was you.