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India's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki is coming up with its latest model model Alto 800 which is to be launched on 16th October. Alto 800 is the new launch to regain the market share of Maruti Suzuki in small car segment.

New Maruti Alto 800 will be priced between 2.50 - 3.00 lakh and there will also be a CNG version which will cost 3.00 - 3.50 lakh. Alto 800 will compete with TATA Nano and Hyundai EON.

Maruti Suzuki has done some significant changes in Alto to recapture its market which has been on decline due to increase sales or EON and Nano. The most important factor will be the improved fuel efficiency of 22.74 kmpl, which company thinks is more important due to increased fuel prices. It will also come in CNG version.

There will be six variants of Alto 800, three in CNG and three in petrol. CNG version of Alto 800 is claimed to have the mileage of 31 km. Interior of Alto 800 has seen some good changes as the new dashboard will be more fashionable and the leg room has been improved for rear passengers.




Maruti Suzuki India has seen some drastically decline in the sales of small cars which it thinks, should give some increase in sales from Alto 800. In April-August period company sold 84,000 units of Alto which is very lower from previous year sales of 1.22 lakhs. Alto has been the most sold model of company until it was overtaken by Swift. MSI sold 3.08 lakhs Alto last year and 3.40 lakhs units sold the year before.

Maruti Suzuki India has sold 20 lakhs unit of Alto till now and due to constant decrease of sales company had to think of something new which resulted in Alto 800. The new Alto will replace the current version. 

The festive season should give MSI possible increase in sales.

Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal's latest flick OMG Oh My God is doing very good business at Indian Box Office. OMG has collected 40.15 crores neet at Box Ofifce in its first week which is higher than much-hyped Heroine, which collected 37 crores.

OMG Oh My God opened to an average response collecting 4.25 crores on first day. After releasing
movie got very good reviews from critics and audience which helped in getting more audience. OMG's collection were very good on Sat and Sun, 6.50 crores and 7.90 crores respectedly. The breakup of its first week collection is Rs 4.25 cr on Fri, Rs 6.5 cr on Sat, Rs 7.9 cr on Sun, Rs 4.6 cr on Mon, Rs 8 cr on Tue, Rs 4.65 cr on Wed and 4.25 cr on Thu.

In the recent times we have seen movies doing good business which do not have very big casts. Indian audience is now open to new ideas which is helping low budget movies to have good scope at Box Office.

1- Delhi

2- Mumbai

3- Bangalore

4- Chennai

5- Hyderabad

6- Pune

7- Kolkata

8- Ahmedabad

9- Chandigarh

10- Jaipur

For all those who love luxury cars, here it comes the list of TOP 10 expensive cars we have in India:

1- Aston Martin ONE -77

2- Bugatti Veyron Supersport

3- Lamborghini Reventón Roadster

5- Koenigsegg Agera R

6- Ferrari 599XX

7- Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster

8- Zenvo ST1

9- Koenigsegg CCXR

Price- 6.50 crore

10- Maybach Landaulet

*all prices are approx, may vary.

Vespa, isn't the name familier with Indians. Yes it is, we used to have LML Vespa few years back which has now been turned off.. 

Piaggio the largest two-wheeler maker in Europe will be re-launching its Vespa Scooters to India. Piaggio is now bringing back the vintage look scooters to India after a gap of 13 years. 

"We are doing a comprehensive and exhaustive research in India as to what could be the product line for the next few years," Piaggio Vehicles India MD Ravi Chopra said.

"We will be clear about what should be the road map for Piaggio in India in the next few months," he said. 

"We have to get into mass market scooter segment that is the large chunk of the market. If we don't exploit at the right time, then I think we will miss out on the opportunity," said Chopra.

Vespa first entered the Indian market in 1960s with collaboration with Bajaj Auto but it ended in 1971 as India Gandhi's privatization program came into place. It again entered in 1980s when it partnered with LML Motors to produce its famous P series scooters. This partnership ended in 1999 because of disputes between both companies. It has now entered the Indian market independently with its vintage look scooters.

Vespa has launched four versions of its vintage scooters.

1- Piaggio Vespa LX 125 
Price- 68,000/- approx   (depending on the city)

2- Piaggio Vespa S 150
Price- 78,000/- approx   (depending on the city)

3- Piaggio Vespa LX 150
Price- 82,000/- approx   (depending on the city)

4- Piaggio Vespa LXV 150
Price- 88,000/- approx   (depending on the city)




Do you think Vespa can succeed in India?

Indian scooter market is growing at a very good rate which is 15-20% every year and Piaggio thinks that this is the right time to enter Indian market. Company thinks that the growth in Indian market will cross global sales in coming 2 to 3 years.

2.2 Millions scooters were sold in 2011-12 in India, Honda is the current leader in Indian Scooter Market with 44% market share. 

Vespa scooters are priced higher than the scooters are sold in India. Why would someone will pay more 15-25% to buy Vespa?
- Vespa scooters come with vintage look which mixes with advanced technology.
- Vespa is well known company in India so it should not have troubles branding its name.
- Indian Consumers are now open to spend a little extra if it is fashionable.
- It has the great look which can not be compared.

Company has invested 32 million euros (210 crore) in its all new plant in Baramati which has the capacity to make 1,50,000 units annually.

Apple's iPhone 5 is the most anticipated phone of 2012, it has already sold more than 5 Million units worldwide and counting. It has some improved features than iPhone 4S. It is much faster than it's predecessor.

The phone is 18% thinner than iPhone 4S, 20% lighter than iPhone 4S. The phone runs on iOS6 and is powered by Apple A6 processor making it 2 times faster than iPhone 4S. The phone is priced at $199 for 16GB, $299 for 32GB, $399 for 64GB in US

Rupee value has gone down and looking at that the cost of iPhone 5 should be much higher than we would have thought. The expected price of iPhone 5 in India should be between 45,000 to 50,000 INR.

We will update you once the official launch date and price in India are announced.

Check-out the official video of iPhone 5:

Mahindra launched one of the smallest SUVs Quanto at the price of 5.82 Lakh and going up to 7.57 lakhs.

It is powered by 1.5 litre diesel engine, churning out a peak power of 100 bhp with a maximum torque of 240 Nm. The SUV has an ARAI certified mileage of 17.2 km/litre. The Quanto is built on a body-on-ladder chassis borrowed from the Xylo MPV.



It is available in four variant C2, C4, C6 and C8, which will be available in price range of 5.82 lakh to 7.57 lakh.

ICC T20 World Cup 2012 is all in action so here is the Schedule & Fixtures.

League Matches:

Date	Match	Venue	Result	Man of the Match
18th Sep Tue 19:30	1st T20- Group C: Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe	Mahinda Rajapaksa Int. Stadium, Hambantota	S.L. won by 82 runs	Ajantha Mendis 6 wickets
19th Sep Wed 15:30	2nd T20- Group B: Australia vs Ireland	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Aus won by 7 wickets	Shane Watson 51 runs & 3 wickets
Wed 19:30	3rd T20- Group A: India vs Afghanistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	India won by 23 runs	Virat Kohli 50 runs
20th Sep Thu 19:30	4th T20- Group C: South Africa vs Zimbabwe	Mahinda Rajapaksa Int. Stadium, Hambantota	S.A. won by 10 wickets	Jacques Kallis 4 wickets
21st Sep Fri 15:30	5th T20- Group D: New Zealand vs Bangladesh	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy	N.Z. won by 59 runs	Brendon McCullum 123 runs
Fri 19:30	6th T20- Group A: England vs Afghanistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Eng won by 116 runs	Luke Wright 99 runs
22nd Sep Sat 15:30	7th T20- Group C: Sri Lanka vs South Africa	Mahinda Rajapaksa Int. Stadium, Hambantota	S.A. won by 32 runs	AB de Villiers 30 runs
Sat 19:30	8th T20- Group B: Australia vs West Indies	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Aus won by 17 runs (D/L)	Shane Watson 41 runs
23rd Sep Sun 15:30	9th T20- Group D: New Zealand vs Pakistan	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy	Pak won by 13 runs	Nasir Jamshed 56 runs
Sun 19:30	10th T20- Group A: England vs India	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	India won by 90 runs	Harbhajan Singh 4 wickets
24th Sep Mon 19:30	11th T20- Group B: West Indies vs Ireland	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Match Abandoned	-
25th Sep Tue 19:30	12th T20- Group D: Bangladesh vs Pakistan	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy	Pak won by 8 wickets	Imran Nazir 72 runs

Super Eights: 

27th Sep Thu 15:30	13th T20- Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy	S.L. won the Super Over	Tillakaratne Dilshan 76 runs
Thu 19:30	14th T20- England vs West Indies	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy	W.I. won by 15 runs	Johnson Charles 84 runs
28th Sep Fri 15:30	15th T20- Pakistan vs South Africa	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Pak won by 2 wickets	Umar Gul 43 runs
Fri 19:30	16th T20- Australia vs India	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Aus won by 9 wickets	Shane Watson 72 runs
29th Sep Sat 15:30	17th T20- England vs New Zealand	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy	Eng won by 6 wickets	Luke Wright 76 runs
Sat 19:30	18th T20- Sri Lanka vs West Indies	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy	S.L. won by 9 wickets	M. Jayawardene 65 runs
30th Sep Sun 15:30	19th T20- Australia vs South Africa	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Aus won by 8 wickets	Shane Watson  70 runs
Sun 19:30	20th T20- India vs Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	India won by 8 wickets	Virat Kohli 78 runs
01st Oct Mon 15:30	21st T20- West Indies vs New Zealand	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy	W.I. won in super over	Sunil Narine 3 wickets
Mon 15:30	22nd T20- Sri Lanka vs England	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy	S.L. won by 19 runs	Lasith Malinga 5 wickets
02nd Oct Tue 15:30	23rd T20- Australia vs Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Pak won by 32 runs	Raza Hasan 2 wickets
Tue 19:30	24th T20- India vs South Africa	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	India won by 1 run	Yuvraj Singh 2 wickets

Semi Finals: 

04th Oct Thu 19:00	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	S.L. won by 16 runs	Mahela Jayawardene 42 runs
05th Oct Fri 19:00	West Indies vs Australia	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	W.I. won by 74 runs	Chris Gayle 75 runs

Final: 

07th Oct Sun 19:00

West Indies vs Sri Lanka

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

W.I. won by 36 runs

Marlon Samuels 78 runs