Nissan unveiled the fourth generation of the iconic city car, Micra at the 80th International Geneva Motor Show. Nissan Micra will be the first ‘Made-in-India’ compact car from the Nissan family and it will be manufactured at the soon-to-be inaugurated plant at Oragadam, near Chennai. Sales of the new Micra will start in Thailand in March, in India in July and European sales will begin in November this year.
Focused on the theme of ‘keeping small cars simple’, the new Nissan Micra is developed and built on Nissan’s all-new V-Platform.  The …

Volkswagen launched its much-awaited premium hatchback, the New Polo in Mumbai. polo will be available in two variants — petrol and diesel. Both the variants are equipped with 1.2L engine. The petrol variant of Volkswagen Polo is priced at Rs 4.34 lakhs (ex showroom New Delhi) while the 1.2L diesel variant comes at Rs 5.32 lakhs (ex-showroom New Delhi). Deliveries of the new 1.2L 75HP New Polo petrol variant will begin from March 2010 onwards across all Volkswagen dealerships, says a company release. The 1.2L diesel variant will be available from May 2010. Volkswagen Polo is set to rub shoulders with same segment products like Maruti Swift, Maruti Ritz, Fiat Punto, Hyundai i10 and Hyundai i20.

Pushkar and Ajmer- what a person really experiences once there. What do you expect when on a pilgrim, something more than you always imagined – peace, spirituality, the feeling of having touched a piece of heaven and maybe somewhere somehow impressed god that you exist to and need his attention.

The much-feared Shiv Sena threat to stop the release of Karan Johar’s ‘My Name Is Khan’ (MNIK) starring Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role in Mumbai happened to be a damp squib as cinegoers have virtually defeated the Sena plans to scuttle the film release. Though the Sena terror loomed large over Mumbai cinemas just a day ahead of the release of MNIK, which is centred around the life of an Indian couple in the US post the 9/11 terror attack on the US, the fear waned by Friday …

Apple releases Aperture 3, the next generation of its photo editing and management software, with over 200 new features including Faces, Places and Brushes. Building on the innovative Faces and Places features introduced in iPhoto ’09, Aperture 3 makes it even easier and faster to organise large photo libraries. Apple Aperture 3 is available at a retail price of Rs. 11,000 (MRP) and existing Aperture users can upgrade for a suggested retail price of Rs. 5,700 (MRP). Aperture 3 runs as a 64-bit application on Mac OS X Snow Leopard on Macs with Intel Core 2 Duo processors.

Indian sports car enthusiasts will finally have the chance to experience, the sports car Nissan 370Z. Thanks to Nissan Motor’s “Gran Tour De Nissan 370Z”. Nissan Motor is bringing its iconic sports car to enthusiasts around the country with the launch of its “Gran Tour De Nissan 370Z”. The Gran Tour will showcase Nissan 370Z at company dealerships and key malls in ten cities across the country, giving customers and car buffs an opportunity to look at and experience the car from close quarters. The road-show is scheduled to flag off …

DISPLAX launches a new large-format Multi-touch ‘Skin’ that Transforms Surfaces into Interactive Screens. The DISPLAX Multitouch Technology has been developed based on a transparent thinner-than-paper polymer film. When applied to glass, plastic or wood, the surface becomes interactive.

Apple launched the much awaited iPad, a tech gadget for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading e-books and much more. The standard version of iPad will be available in the international market by late March with a starting price of $499 (US) for the 16GB model, $599 (US) for the 32GB model and $699 (US) for the 64GB model. Meanwhile, the Wi-Fi + 3G models of iPad will be available for a suggested retail price of $629 (US) for …

 
Mercedes-Benz India widened its portfolio of E-Class model series with the launch of Mercedes Benz E 250 V6 and Mercedes Benz E 250 CDI (BE). Both Mercedes Benz E 250 V6 and Mercedes Benz E 250 CDI (BE) variants are launched in the popular “Elegance” styling line.
Available in the Indian market at a price of Rs. 41.13 Lakhs (Ex-showroom,Mumbai), Mercedes Benz E 250 V6 is powered by the 6-cylinder 2497cc engine. The E 250 V6 delivers an output of 204 hp with 245Nm of torque with top speed regulated at …

FUJIFILM India Pvt. Ltd. announced that its revolutionary 3D camera, FinePix REAL 3D W1, has been conferred with two awards recently – ‘Most Innovative Product of the Year’ by Better Photography magazine and ‘Most Innovative Compact Camera of the Year’ by Asian Photography magazine.
According to Mr. Kenichi Tanaka, Managing Director, FUJIFILM India, “FUJIFILM believes in bringing the latest of its technological innovations to the discerning buyers in India. These awards are a testimony of our endeavour to introduce digital camera models that are either world’s first in some aspect or …