Bold and Premium New Honda Amaze

Honda Cars India Ltd. (HCIL), leading manufacturer of premium cars in India, introduced the New Honda Amaze with Bold New exterior styling, One Class Above premium interiors and several New-Age features. The new Amaze now comes equipped with the Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT), and becomes the first petrol car in its class to offer advanced CVT technology.

The New Amaze sports a bolder and wider stance from the front. The newly designed Front Bumper and Dual Chrome Front Grill, coupled with New Classy Rear Combination Lights further accentuates the exterior styling giving a new look to the car.

The Amaze features an All New One Class Above Interior Design, which is new age and user friendly. The All-New Dual tone Futuristic cockpit styled Instrument Panel with Silver accents, and a new 3D Speedometer design with Multi Information Display (MID) lends the car’s interior a very premium appeal. The newly designed premium seat fabric of the new Amaze is class apart.



The advanced and superior CVT technology from the Earth Dreams Technology series, introduced in new Amaze, will provide better drivability as compared to the conventional automatics, higher fuel economy than Manual Transmission, along with added Comfort and Convenience of an Automatic. The 1.2 L i-VTEC petrol CVT variant of Honda Amaze gives an impressive fuel economy of 18.1 km/l as per test data. The CVT variants available in the new models in Honda line-up have got a tremendous response from the Indian market and the new Amaze CVT variant with its characteristic advantages is bound to get popular among its customers.

The New Amaze Car offers many new advanced features including the Integrated Bluetooth Audio System with Hands Free Telephone (HFT) & Mobile Phone Audio Streaming for an engaging ride. The Automatic Air Conditioner with a neat knob-less design and digital display offers a very premium feel to the interiors. The lower variants adopt a similar theme of Big Screen Digital Display with Digital AC controls for a uniform premium look inside the car. The driver can monitor all important trip and vehicle information including Driving Range, Instantaneous and Average Fuel Efficiency, Ambient Temperature and Time from the Multi Information Display (MID). This allows the driver to easily and safely monitor speed, time and fuel consumption levels while driving.

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How to improve the life of car tyres?

All car tyres are rated for certain kilometre range. However, they can wear prematurely too depending on lot of variable factors and you may need to change them before time, therefore causing extra expenditure. To ensure that you get the best out of your tyres, there are things that you can do to extend their life.

Tyre pressure

The correct tyre pressure, as suggested by the manufacturer can be found in the user manual of the car or around the driver’s door frame. The correct tyre pressure not only ensures proper grip and handling, it provides better fuel efficiency and prevents excessive tyre wear. Over inflated tyre reduces contact patch and under inflated tyre through increased flexing cause excessive tyre wear. Tyre pressure should be checked every week and maintained as recommended by the manufacturer.

Speed

As the speed of car increases, the temperature of the air inside the tyre and the tyres themselves also increases due to friction, this increases the wear. Filling tyres with normal pressurised air causes more pressure variation over time, due to the presence of moisture. Filling tyres with an inert gas like Nitrogen might help and would help pressure variation with speed and also reduce the chances of corrosion.



Load 

The contact patch area increases in direct proportion to the load and excessive load on tyres increases wear. But the contact patch area also varies inversely with inflation pressure. However, you should avoid overloading the car, but since you can not accurately measure the load of passengers that you are carrying, it is okay to overinflate the tyre by just 1-2 PSI (but not more) if you think the load exceeds the rated gross weight of the car.

Alignment & Wheel rotation

Front tyres will wear more in comparison to the rear tyres due to the presence of steering forces. Most manufacturers advise that the alignment (including camber, cater and toe adjustment) of the wheels should be done every 10,000 kilometres. Along with the alignment, you should get the wheel rotation done to avoid uneven wear of the tyres.

Wheel balancing

If the tyres are not balanced, it would show up at the steering wheel in the form of shimmy. Not only tyres unbalanced wheels can cause great damage to suspension and steering components. Although shimmy can also be due to uneven wear of the tyre and other conditions. Get the wheels balanced every time you get a new tyre or when you get the alignment done, this would maximize the tyre life.

Driving style

Driving style can affect the life of tyres to a great extent. Hard acceleration that causes wheel-spin as well as aggressive braking and cornering can cause tyres to wear out quickly. What goes without saying is that you should absolutely refrain from drifting which would wear the tyre prematurely than any other factor mentioned here.

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Easy Maintenance Tips for Petrol Car

While diesel cars in recent years have managed to narrow the gap, there still is no beating the inexplicable pull of a petrol car. Besides being cheaper to purchase, they are easier to drive and go about their job rather silently. There’s no discernible vibrations like in a diesel and thanks to modern engine building techniques, they are equally fuel efficient as well.

Keeping your prized possession in top shape is a matter of both, pride as well as satisfaction. With the easy maintenance tips for petrol cars below, you’ll enjoy a lot many enjoyable drives:

• The air filter is like the lungs of the car. If it is clogged, then your car won’t breathe easy. This immediately impacts fuel efficiency and eventually leads to increased wear and tear on the engine.
• Regular air-pressure checks are among the simplest, yet invaluable of car care tips that you can follow. Besides keeping you safe whilst motoring, tires with optimal air-pressure ensure a pleasant drive and also keep the suspension components in top shape for their serviceable life.
• Another aspect of tire inspections is to ensure that the alignment and balancing schedules are adhered to without fail. This is crucial for reasons mentioned above.
• The oil in the engine of the car keeps the internal components well lubricated, running smoothly and at optimal temperature. Never delay an oil-change. In-fact, if you know that you’re going to be out on a long drive, then change the oil prior to leaving rather than risking engine damage by pushing it off for later. Another crucial thing is that the oil filter must be changed along with the oil too.
• Like the oil filter, the fuel filter change schedules too must be a part of your essential car care tips.
• Cars these days come with maintenance-free batteries. But they too must be subjected to a periodic health check-up, lest you want to risk being stranded by the roadside without prior warning.
• Spark-plugs don’t cost a lot of money and can be replaced even by a novice owner without too much hassle. Yet, their impact on vehicle performance means that an annual spark-plug inspect & change routine makes its way to the list of easy maintenance tips for petrol cars. 

Often, the only thing required to keep a car in top shape is regular inspections and maintenance as required. You can also leverage technology and maintain a record for yourself on the maintenance schedules for your car. So go on, get started if you haven’t already.

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Carpets and Mats Maintenance Tips

Make sure you get rid of that musky smell in your car by cleaning your carpets and mats. Here are a few tips!

Most people are aware of the need to wash the exterior of the car periodically, but neglect to really clean out the interior. All modern cars come with a fabric-based carpet that covers the entire floor and firewall area. Most carpets after a few months of use in a country like India become a paradise for dust, grime and moisture attracting mould and fungal material. Here are a few steps you can take to clean your carpets, returning them to their original glory.

1. Clean out your garbage

You will be surprised at how clean your car can look if you clean out stray garbage inside your car. Get rid of those fast food wrappers, the old newspapers and other rubbish that might accumulate in your car. This can easily be done at home. To avoid accumulation of garbage in the future with small garbage can or a cardboard box in the back seat. Remember to put a garbage bag in the can or box, and replace it every time it fills up.

2. Vaccum the floor

One should use a vacuum to get dirt and debris that is too small to remove by hand. A portable handheld vacuum are a great way to clean the carpet whenever needed without having to look for change. These mini vacuums can be recharged and run off of battery power, or a long extension cord.

3. Clean stains

Using heavy detergents on your fabric carpets will most probably end up ruining them. The best thing one can do is used a speciality foam based cleaner to clean the carpets. Spray the dirty spot on the carpets with the cleaner and rub vigorously for a minute or two till the stain disappears. Wipe the spot thoroughly with a clean and dry soft cloth till the surface feels dry. You can clean your whole car’s carpets the same way, area by area till you get satisfactory results. If you don’t have access to foam based speciality cleaners, a spoonful of mild detergent mixed with warm water can also give satisfactory results. Remember to always squeeze out as much water from the cloth as possible before starting the cleaning process. Always do this step only after you have vacuumed or cleaned your carpets first.

4. Wash and clean your rubber/plastic mats.

car mat Your car’s mats are possibly the dirtiest parts in your car. Not only are they the point of contact between your shoes, they are often where the maximum amounts of dust and dirt accumulates. The simplest and most effective way of cleaning carpets is by taking them out of the car and shaking them around till all stray dust has fallen off. Post that, one can take a detergent and water solution and give the mats a hard rubbing till they are clean enough. Rinse them well with water and clean them with a dry cloth before installing them back into your car.


Doing these basic and rather easy steps regularly will ensure clean carpets and mats along with your car seeing fresh and generally neat. In recent times, a few dealers have started giving a carpet lamination system that coats your carpets with a layer of waterproof plastic, which, if done well, can protect your carpets for, extended periods.




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