HONDA AMAZE (THE BRIO SEDAN)

      Honda is all set to amaze India with the all new sedan version of its successful hatch, The Brio. The new sedan, built on the Brio platform is named as AMAZE. The amazing factor is that the vehicle is set to hit the roads in early 2013 with a diesel engine - Honda i-dtec diesel engine.

 

DESIGN:

      Brio was born as a hatch. The biggest challenge for the designers while designing Amaze was also the same. They have to convert a hatch into a descent sedan. The success of Honda designing team in this is the biggest success of the Amaze.

      Design is similar to Brio till the B pillar with semi oval head lamps and Honda's family grille. But from the B pillar onwards, the vehicle is an entirely new sedan with better looks than its nearest compatetor, the Swift Dzire. The clear lens tail lamps adds to the beauty of the rear part with a silver beeding above the number plate. The vehicle has a longer wheel base than Brio, but still lesser then 4 m, which helps Honda to get tax exception. The boxy design at the C pillar increases the head room and the increase in wheel base provides better drivability and better leg room, especially at the rear, when compared to Brio. The back knee room is amazing that it is as much longer as a Cruze or Elantra.

Interior:

      The dash board is very much similar to Brio with a different instrumentation. Front seats are same as Brio, but the rear seats are re designed - Bigger and more inclined. Powerful A/C is another attraction of the Amaze.

ENGINE AND DRIVE:

      Amaze hoods Honda's new 1.5 l, 4 cyl diesel engine. The engine offer good power delivery at low and mid range, which makes the sedan ideal for city drive. But the engine is little noisy at higher rpm. The all aluminium engine is the lightest in its class with 85 - 90 BHP and a mileage around 18 kmpl. Steering is heavier and clutch is lighter with precise shifts and short throws. 

Expected Release:   April 2013

Expected Price    :   6 - 8 L   INR

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NEW BMW 3 SERIES

      The New York Motor Show is not only a show for American cars, but also a show room for the upcoming cars for thr rest to the world. This year, at Jacob Javits centre, the show catcher for for the people from India was a Beamer, the New BMW 3 Series. The extremely sportry designed sedan with unlimited luxury is now in India too.

DESIGN / Interior:

     The high light of the new 3 Series is the extreme sportiness. More size, more space, more luxury and more comfort can be called as the design elements. The head lamps are re-designed. This is for the first time the head lamps are extending over the kidneys in a BMW. The LED eye brow foer the bi xenon head lamps helps in increasing the road presence of the sedan. There is not much change in the kidney grille. But the air dams are re designed with sporty chromium inserts. The overall length and wheel base of the sedan have increased. The design of the side profile is some what similar to the older model but with new sporty cuts and u=hues. This give the vehicle an M look. The rear part is re- designed. Now it is similar to the new 5 Series with typical BMW L shaped tail lights and single exhaust pipe.

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Exterior:

       One major complaint about the old BMW 3 Series was that the car was not long enough for a luxury sedan. But now, the New BMW 3 Series is almost equal to a 5 Series in length. length has increased by 93 mm, wheel base by 50 mm and a reasonable increase in leg room and head room and an increase of 20 L (Now 480 L) in dickey space. This entry level BMW has now become a perfect drivers car. All controls are available ant a reachable distance for the driver. The I - Drive has become more user friendly. The dual tone interiors are much above the class. Seats are larger and supportive. Almost all controls are embedded on the  steering wheel itself. The nwe luxury features include a wind screen head up display for te driver, BMW professional radio, Navigation system, rear camera and a sporty paddle shift. 

     L X W X H:            4624 X 1811 X1429

     Wheel Base:         2810 mm

     Tyre:                    225 / 50   R 17

TECH SPECS:

Engine:                  4 Cyl  TURBO DIESEL

Power:                  181 BHP @ 4000 rpm

Torque:                 380 NM @ 1750 - 2750 RPM

Transmission:        8 Speed  M

0 - 100:                 7.6 Sec

Mileage:               15.5 KMPL

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Samsung Galaxy Camera Specifications

      We have seen cameras, DSLRs, camera phones from mere image taking devices to Nokia Pureview 808 the pinnacle of mobile camera  technology. Samsung  not ready to loose its fight in the smart camera segment is producing an all new segment to the smart camera world ……Samsung Galaxy Camera 

Nice convergence of technologies is what we can call it,Some of us wanted some connectivity features in our cameras while others wanted excellent optical capabilities on their smartphone cameras .Not all but some solutions are here in Samsung Galaxy Camera

Camera Capablities

·         16.1 MegaPixel Sensor

·         Lens : F2.8, 23 mm

·         21x super long zoom

·         10 Dedicated scene modes-

Macro, Rich Tone, Action Freeze, Waterfall Trace, Light Trace, Beautiful Sunset, Blue Sky, Natural Green, Silhouette, Vivid Fireworks

·         Optical Image stabilization

·         ISO : Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200

·         Full HD(1920* 1080) 30 fps video Capture

·         Slow motion Video Capture – 120 fps ( 720*480)

·         121.2mm (4.77") HD(1280*720) Super Clear
Touch Display with308 ppi pixel density

·         Dedicated video and Image Editing Software suite

·         Corning Gorilla Glass 2

 Smart Features

·         CPU     Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9

·         GPU     Mali-400MP

·         Chipset Exynos 4412 Quad

·         1 GB Ram

·         Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)

·         The Google Play Store lets you install apps and games.

·         8GB of internal memory

·         32GB of expandable memory with microSD.

·         3G HSDPA- 21 Mbps; HSUPA-5.76 Mbps

·         4G LTE (optional)

·         Bluetooth 4.0

·         Wifi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band

·         Wi-Fi hotspot

·         Micro USB 2.0

·         HDMI 1.4

·         Accelerometer, gyro, compass

·         A-GPS support and GLONASS

·         Battery Li-Ion 1650 mAh

Physical Aspects

·         Dimensions     128.7 x 70.8 x 19.1 mm

·         Weight            305 g

Overall a very capable camera with all the features of a premium smartphone sans the talking features. A good move to tackle the camera lovers as well as the smartphone lovers ( only 15% using smartphones are using them as phones). Galaxy branding adds as icing. Samsung expects another success story with their new innovation

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