Chennai Intl. Auto Show - highlights

Thad E Ginathom · 20th January 2009, 16:06

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Originally Posted by headers

5KVA gensets at 1.5 lakhs is very expensive..way off the mark !

Even if it is a heavily-built thing with a sound-proof surround, like miniature version of the ones you see outside offices? I'm not seriously in the market for one --- although I might have been if the market hadn't crashed!

But it is interesting, anyway...

The Honda 6KVa ia around a lakh?

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One guy in hi tech stores claimed a modified lancer(EVO) to do 0-100 in 5sec.
Can anyone give me the website address of the same as i have lost his card.

From the stuff I picked up, not sure, but could be this one...

Hi-Rev Automotives
phone: 44 4318 3550

esteem_lover · 20th January 2009, 16:23

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Originally Posted by karlosdeville

The term is 10HP, not BHP. A 10 HP engine back in the day implied a 1000cc, like 8HP was 800cc.

Yeah, even my 1993 M-1000 was registered as a 10 HP in the RC.

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Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

Linear: disapointment of the show;

Why is it Linear:

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Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

Red vacuum cleaners: yeah, yeah...

I got one, the car thingy, shall i ship it to you ?

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Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

Hi-Rev Automotives
phone: 44 4318 3550

Hi-Rev had a stall ??

brraj · 20th January 2009, 16:33

Thad E Ginathom - Thanks for the info.

Thad E Ginathom · 20th January 2009, 16:44

Well, I picked up the card so I guess it must have been them. There was a stall with some ICE (so I was wrong to say there was none at all), some shelves with performance filters and exhaust parts, that sort of thing: not really my sort of stuff, but they gave me a leaflet and card as I wandered through yesterday.

Just checked out their site --- and wondered about letting them have a look at the numerous small scratches on my Swift instead of (eventually: it was weeks ago that I posted asking for recommendations) getting a full paint job.

Please don't ship the red cleaner: you can wave it for identification at the next show so I can recognise you!

I don't know about this HP thing... even electric motors were, and still are(?), rated by horse-power, so I don't think it related to the capacity of the engine in cc, but was always a measure of power produced, not how it was produced. We always use to talk about horse-power, then woke up one day to find everyone talking brake-horse-power.

Can't remember how engine capacity was rated pre-metric. Back in 1950-something, us Brits were so insular about this sort of thing that we barely knew what a litre was! <Blush, shame> But I don't remember anyone having, for example, a 3-pint engine!

brraj --- you're welcome; just happened to be in the right place at the right time with the right pile of brochures!

<later>According to Wikipedia, "RAC Horsepower is based solely on the dimensions of a piston engine (1 litre of engine displacement is equal to 10 RAC horsepower)". There seem to be as many different kinds of horsepower as there are horses. Wikipedia page here.

arjunrudra · 7th November 2009, 08:19

Wow that looks like one big croma car showroom.But actually there was nothing special.They should get more exotics in the show.
Thay should be like the ones held in delhi.

NRKUMAR · 7th November 2009, 19:36

Good coverage of the usual suspects Nick. The Amby is tricked well. Maybe HM can get feedback from amby enthusiasts & rework its portfolio

Ramsagar · 9th November 2009, 10:02

Any idea why were the local manufactures were not participating? hhmmmm something fishy.

bivin · 17th November 2009, 15:37

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Originally Posted by nickatnite

Round two of show highlight pics. I still cannot understand why there was almost no local participation(save for the lone i20) at a Chennai Auto Show!.I still cannot reconcile myself to the Xylo radiator grille. I tried.

i know this i a very late reaction, but in the 1st pic you managed to snap my brothers pic aswell. thats my brother standing next to the honda accord in the 1st pic.

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brraj BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: bangalore Posts: 913 Thanked: 1,282 Times	Thad E Ginathom - Thanks for the info.
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20th January 2009, 16:44	#34
Thad E Ginathom Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 11,005 Thanked: 26,443 Times	Well, I picked up the card so I guess it must have been them. There was a stall with some ICE (so I was wrong to say there was none at all), some shelves with performance filters and exhaust parts, that sort of thing: not really my sort of stuff, but they gave me a leaflet and card as I wandered through yesterday. Just checked out their site --- and wondered about letting them have a look at the numerous small scratches on my Swift instead of (eventually: it was weeks ago that I posted asking for recommendations) getting a full paint job. Please don't ship the red cleaner: you can wave it for identification at the next show so I can recognise you! I don't know about this HP thing... even electric motors were, and still are(?), rated by horse-power, so I don't think it related to the capacity of the engine in cc, but was always a measure of power produced, not how it was produced. We always use to talk about horse-power, then woke up one day to find everyone talking brake-horse-power. Can't remember how engine capacity was rated pre-metric. Back in 1950-something, us Brits were so insular about this sort of thing that we barely knew what a litre was! <Blush, shame> But I don't remember anyone having, for example, a 3-pint engine! brraj --- you're welcome; just happened to be in the right place at the right time with the right pile of brochures! <later>According to Wikipedia, "RAC Horsepower is based solely on the dimensions of a piston engine (1 litre of engine displacement is equal to 10 RAC horsepower)". There seem to be as many different kinds of horsepower as there are horses. Wikipedia page here. Last edited by Thad E Ginathom : 20th January 2009 at 16:55.
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7th November 2009, 08:19	#35
arjunrudra Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Gurgaon/Chennai Posts: 1,577 Thanked: 197 Times View My Garage	Wow that looks like one big croma car showroom.But actually there was nothing special.They should get more exotics in the show. Thay should be like the ones held in delhi.
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NRKUMAR BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 77 Thanked: 0 Times	Good coverage of the usual suspects Nick. The Amby is tricked well. Maybe HM can get feedback from amby enthusiasts & rework its portfolio
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Ramsagar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: BLR_Nellore(AP) Posts: 1,396 Thanked: 252 Times View My Garage	Any idea why were the local manufactures were not participating? hhmmmm something fishy.
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