cars concept review

Everybody wants to save money these days. Choosing a good hatchback is one way to save lot of your hard earned money. Car sales have been on a high in the past year and especially brisk since the recession got over.  For those who are moving up the ladder wand want good things in life, here we are suggesting you the Chevrolet small cars, which can suite your pocket.

The Cheapest Chevrolet, the Spark is quintessential bubble-gum car that also happens to be a very honest price. Its Handsome, sturdy, and solid good looks to give it an edge in the market. The city-drivability of Spark is extremely comfortable due to its compact size, agility, and easy handling.

Squeezed in between the Maruti Suzuki Alto and Hyundai Santo, the spark lives thanks to its effervescence exterior treatment and spark-ling interiors. Performance is not bad either, with the 1.0-litre four-pot engine good for urban use and the odd out-of-town jaunt. The overall manners of the car aren’t unbecoming of a hatch and those looking to save some in their wallet will certainly be pleased. Another bumper after-sales package and the spark sure is some success story.

Beat is the new age hatchbacks. It is quite a funky looking hatch with good occupant space, GM’ legendary ride quality and very interesting interior too. While the car does have a youthful exuberance externally, under the hood lies a 1.2-litre motor that is buzzy and has a sort of motorcycle –like appeal to it. Performance is adequate and fuel efficiency is good too. Beat’s success however was been limited and that’s due to the lack of diesel option, but the scene is going to change by mid of 2011, as GM will be launching the diesel version of Beat. Beat has a very appealing warranty and service package to give it a peace-of-mind factor.

Chevrolet Aveo UVA has been in the market for a while now; the aveo and U-VA may not enjoy top-of-mind recall, but they do have some good points. The U-VA’s 1.2-litre engine on the other hand is to give the car excise duty benefits that it enjoys by being a sub 1-metr hatch. Performance here too is sedate and it is reasonably efficient. However, it seems to lack any strong selling point.

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Very soon the Cars will be running on water, this is the latest dream seen by Ratan Tata . The Tata group chairman has already invested a whooping amount of fifteen million US dollar in a start-up firm, which is going to do a research on it.

Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, Prof C N R Rao, had informed the news agencies that a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology had managed to discover a way to split water into molecules of hydrogen and oxygen. So the cars will be called as Hydrogen Cars.

These cars will be hydrogen-powered or alternative-fuel vehicles that will use hydrogen (H2) as fuel for motion. Hydrogen is burnt using a devices which use a little electricity from the car's battery separates water into a gas called HHo (2 Hydrogen + 1 Oxygen). This gas is also called Brown's Gas or Hydroxy. This gas burns very well producing a lot of energy, converting water‘s chemical energy into mechanical energy. Hydrogen is either burnt in an internal combustion engine, or, hydrogen and oxygen are brought to react with each other in a fuel cell, thus running the electric motor.

Any kind of water can be used for this purpose, whether it could be a rain, toilet or sea water; it can be broken into Hydrogen and oxygen. This invention is not new to the market, scientist earlier have already run cars on alternative fuels such as gas, waste material and water. Some scientist have even said that using water will double the mileage, and it takes only 4 gallons of distilled water per year and a small bottle of catalyst. This technology will be cost effective and will be an immediate solution to the pollution and energy crisis.

Fiat Linea created a sensation when it was launched, its attractive line, powerful 90bhp diesel and impressive features list making it a car you just couldn’t ignore. Volkswagen’s recently launched Vento has shot up the popularity charts too. With even more cabin space, considerable more power and VW’s attention to detail, is it any wonder that this car is the best selling diesels in its class? The new kid on the block though is Maruti’s SX4 diesel, and it promises plenty. It’s no spring chicken; the petrol version has been around since 2007 and let’s not forgets how well every one of Maruti’s diesel products has fared. The fiat-sourced engines are well transplanted, performance is always strong and fuel economy is impressive too.

The Sx4 diesel’s interiors reveal no significant changes over the petrol version. Yes, there are few changes like side vents, steering wheel, and gear level and power windows button. The plastics don’t feel very rich and some of the buttons don’t have a quality feel either.  The chrome highlights look good and the HVAC dials functions beautifully.  Also, the driving position is  slightly elevated and the front seats are extremely supportive.

Volkswagen Vento’s interior is identical to Polo’ cabin with improved textures, fabrics, colors and equipment. Overall plastics quality is very good. Plenty of chrome lighting, especially on the center console. The plenty of support for the thighs and the seat base is large, but the support for the shoulder is only average. Driving position is really comfortable.

Whereas Linea driving is not that comfortable, steering just juts out at you and pedals have a very long travel. It does take a while to get comfortable behind the wheel but once you get used to it , comfort levels are quite high. Seats are the largest and most supportive of the three saloons. The design of the dash and the instrument console is quite impressive. The retro watch face instrument panel and the soft touch buttons on the center console is quite good. There are plenty of cheap plastics though- the vents, door locks etc.

Of the three cars, the Vento has the most comfortable rear seat. Thigh support is good. The Linea has very good thigh support as well even better than the VW, but legroom is a bit tight and there is a serious shortage of headroom for tall passengers. Sitting is nice and high in SX4, and getting in and out is easy. The Vento is the most sparsely equipped.