Weirdest Cars Of India

1) San Motors Storm 1.2 (2013)

The San Storm 1.2  is the only convertible two-seat Roadster made by any Indian company ever.

San Motors India LTD. was introduced in 1998. It has a heart of  a 1149 cc Renault D7F engine sending all of its energy to both of the front wheels and cherning the power of 60 bhp  followed by the top speed of 144 km/h (89 mph). The nought to hundred (0 to 62 mph)timing was 13 seconds.

This mid-size car is available with different comfort and safety features like power window, power steering, child safety locks, front fog lights, rear defroster, leather seats and other trims, etc. This car comes with full comfort and luxury of air-conditioner back then. The San Storm is assembled in Bangalore while the engine is mated to the bodywork in Goa .

The biggest USP of this  vehicle was the is was a convertible in such a low price Back then is was a huge thing but due to very low sale in number the company has being Sadly, Now closed.   

2) Reva (2010)

The REVAi, AK AG-Wiz in the United Kingdom, is a micro electric car, made by the Indian manufacturer Reva Electric Car Company between 2001 and 2012.  Reva was acquired by Indian conglomerate Mahindra & Mahindra in May 2010. In 2013 Reva had sold about 4,600 vehicles worldwide, in 26 countries. Sales in the United Kingdom, its main market, and was replaced by the Mahindra e2o.

After the acquisition, the company launched the electric hatchback e2o in 2013. which was the Successor to Reva.,

3) Mahindra Quanto 2016

The Mahindra Quanto was a  mini SUV designed and manufactured by the Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra. Since 2016, the facelifted version of the Quanto was marketed as the Mahindra NuvoSport that looked waired as compared with Quanto. whether the less it has some liking for the it's looks and space.

 The Quanto is powered by the most famous and a well known engine, a 1.5-litre mHawk 3-cylinder 12-valve turbo diesel engine known as MCR100, and give you a power of 98.6 bhp (100 PS)@ 3,750 rpm and  a good 240N⋅m (177 lb⋅ft) of torque @ 1,600–2,800 rpm.It can do a 0 to 100 kmh (62 mph) in 16–17 seconds. 

4) Maruti Suzuki Zen Classic 1999

Back in  22 May 1993  Maruti has launched it well renown car that the Maruti Zen. by looking to its  success rate Maruti has done a n exprement with this vehicle due to which then in 1999 they launched. A retro loooking car with waired look and not even from 

front  but from the rear as well. Dont know the reason but all the exterior lights become round and chromed. I think it got more chorme then the 1965 mustang. where the less in 1999, Zen Classic with retro looking front and rear was launched, but was soon discontinued due to lack of demand.

5) Premier rio 2018

Back in 2018 before resting in peace In October 2009, Premier re-entered the Indian passenger vehicle market with a compact SUV named RiO. that  was India's first compact diesel SUV.

Rio is assembled from CKD kits of Zotye Nomad it was made by Zotye Auto of China, and went on sale in December 2009. This vehicle is itself a poorly built copy of Daihatsu's old Terios model again from the 1998.

but al these factors wer not enought to save premier going bankruptcy in 2018. Production of the Rio has stopped, and the land the Pune factory stands on has been sold.

6) Mahindra Verito Vibe 2019

The Mahindra Verito Vibe is a subcompact notchback car launched in 2013 made for the Indian market. This was lauched to get the tax benefits offered to cars with a length below 4 meters. 

It was developed as a variation of the Dacia Logan and introduced as a subcompact notchback for the Indian market in order to offer a hatchback-like car in a smaller size.

7) Chinkara Motors Roadster 2016

Chingara manufactures a 2-seat sports car called the Chinkara Roadster 1.8S,

and the Jeepster, 

a classic 1940s Jeep look-alike. Chinkara Motors, officially Chinkara Motors PVT Ltd, was a Mumbai, Maharashtra-based auto, marine, ATV and aviation manufacturer. 

Chinkara operated from 2003 to 2016.

The Chinkara Roadster is derived from the Lotus 7. The car is put together out of parts from various Indian cars, including the Maruti 800 and the now defunct Standard Herald.

The Aviation division makes GFP gliders and powered gliders, Gyrocopters and Microlights.

8) Sipani Badal 1981

Sipani Automobiles Ltd. AKA SAIL [Sunrise Automotive Industries Ltd. 

until 1978) was an Indian

car manufacturer established in 1973, located in Bangalore.

In 1975, Sunrise Auto introduced the fibreglass-bodied Badal, 

India's first three-wheeled car.

They also took over Auto Tractors Limited in 1991

and manufactured diesel engines and tractors in the 

old ATL factory in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh.

Sipani owner R. K. Sipani somehow managed to get a contract to assemble the Rover Montego from CKD-kits in India, following the market liberalization.

Indian Car of the Year (ICOTY) { Indian Car of the Year Award for last 15 years }

 

The Indian Car of the Year Award (ICOTY) is presented annually to the best new car launched in India, and is based on same awards like European Car of the Year. The award was established in 2006, with the Maruti Suzuki Swift winning the first time.

Hyundai has won the award 7 times, while Maruti Suzuki 4 times and Honda have won 2 times. Swift is the only car model to win the award 3 times. Most of the award winning cars have been from Japanese or Korean manufacturers. The Hyundai Elite i20 and i10 Grand, for instance, are available in Europe and Japan.The Maruti brand on Suzuki models is exclusive to India. The ICOTY  some Rules are followed.  

 The Brands has Won the most times.

Premium Car Award Car Awards are also started from 2019.  As there they have seen a boom in the Premium Car market.   

From this year (2021) Green Car Award was also Added as a new category. 

jawa perak 2021 model

There’s a lot in a name

The name goes back to an urban legend originated in the Czechoslovakian city of Prague during the German occupied Czechoslovakia in the midst of World War 2. Perak or ‘The Spring Man’ was a name given to a man who was said to be a leap out from the shadows. Perak later was believed to have fought with the Nazi army by the military vehicles and defending the residents of Prague. The legend soon came to be associated with hope against the on going oppression. In the decades following the war, Perak has also been portrayed as a Czech superhero.

‘Ja’ of Janecek and ‘Wa’ of Wanderer Werke AG created the brand as we know it today – Jawa – in 1929 with the first motorcycle to roll out being the Jawa 500 OHV. Fast forward to 1939-45, the outbreak of World War II put a pause on the production of Jawa motorcycles.

Although the Jawa factory was forced to make armaments under the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, Janeček kept working on a new project in secret. This was the motorcycle line-up that would go on to be called the Jawa ‘Perak’. Janeček mounted SS stickers on his bikes and coated them in the same shade of green as the Nazi German vehicles to continue with the testing.

Janeček breathed his last after fighting a long-term illness in 1941. His son Karel took over the business and continued to work on his father’s designs, bringing the Perak to the public eye at the 1946 Paris Motor Show.

With plunger suspension in the rear, telescopic forks upfront, a square-section steel tube frame, and a multi-disc wet clutch integrated into the gearbox, the original Jawa Perak allowed clutch-less gear shifts. Designed by J Josif and J Krivka, the Perak was powered by a new 249cc two-stroke single-cylinder engine.