Wednesday, December 23, 2009

2010 Toyota Land Cruiser - on sale now.


Toyota India has launched the Land Cruiser Prado Diesel in India. Its powered by a revised 171bhp 3.0-litre D-4D diesel engine with Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System (KDSS) that allows driving stability at city and highway speeds.The new Prado diesel is available at a price of Rs. 52.74 lakhs (ex-Showroom, Bangalore). Continue for more pics.

Automakers design concept sleighs for Santa Clause.


For the past couple of years, Car magazine has gathered renderings from designers envisioning Kris Kringle's sleigh. Last year it was Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Ford, and Nissan. This year, Aston Martin, Jaguar, Audi, Land Rover, and Jaguar submitted their Santa-ships.Jag's design features the unlikely addition of twin, rear-mounted propellers (which might make rooftop landings a little difficult -- and noisy) and a painted mascot on its forward flanks that is definitely not Mrs. Claus. The Land Rover snowspeeder-thingy has particle accelerators, and those are always sexy, and we dig Santa's pose with that cigar, looking straight out of a Hugh Hefner photo shoot.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Honda to premiere new small car concept at Auto Expo 2010.



Honda has announced plans to unveil a new small car concept at the 10th Auto Expo automobile show in New Delhi on January 5. Just last week, Toyota made almost the exact same announcement and both Japanese automakers are staying mum on any actual details.Honda will also display the famous ASIMO humanoid robot and the CR-Z hybrid concept car with there existing line in the show.