Maruti Ciaz: Honda City competitor set for September launch

 Maruti Suzuki Ciaz has garnered 3000 bookings in mere 3 days since the bookings have started.The advance booking for the upcoming Ciaz were started on September 3rd at a price of Rs 21,000. Ciaz will be launched against the likes of Honda City and Hyundai Verna. Speaking about the engine, Ciaz will be offered in both petrol and diesel, the petrol version will feature a 1.4-liter K14 petrol engine while the diesel counterpart will sport a 1.3-liter DDiS turbo diesel mill, both of which are coupled to a 5 speed manual while a 4-speed AT on petrol will be offered later. Prominent features on the Ciaz are, projector headlamps, touchscreen infotainment system, rear AC vents while on the safety front expect ABS, EBD and driver airbag are standard (except the base trim) in the upcoming sedan. Petrol variants will be named as VXI, VXI+, ZXI and ZXI+ while the diesel variants are named as VDI, VDI+, ZDI and ZDI+.

Maruti Suzuki India Limited has unveiled the much anticipated Ciaz Concept Sedan in the Auto Expo as declared. This new sedan is touted to be the replacement of the Maruti SX4 sedan, which was first launched way back in year 2007, and since then the vehicle has not received any major updates. The major rivals of the vehicle are Honda city and Hyundai Verna, these are constantly updated and even the Fluidic Verna dethroned the segment king City. The SX4 sold well in the initial years of the launch, but lacking of the diesel alternative and face lifts, mars the sales of the vehicle. The 1.3L Multi-Jet diesel engine powered sedan came late in 2011, this delay had cost the home grown manufacturer a lot. The market was already conquered by the Fluidic Verna. The vehicle got a mild facelift sometime back, which included the new chrome based grille and infotainment system along with quite a few other things. These minuscule changes didn't help the vehicle in sales and still showed declining numbers. None of the offerings from the manufacturer in the high end segment is helping in the overall profit of the organization, except the Ertiga MPV

BAJAJ LAUNCHES KTM RC200 AND RC 390

KTM has finally put up a break to the anticipations of the biking enthusiasts in India, by pulling the wraps off it’s two much-awaited faired supersport bikes, the RC200 and RC390. Based on their respective Duke siblings, the Duke 200 and the Duke 390, the RC200 and RC390 have been launched at impressive introductory price tags. The RC200 has been launched at Rs. 1.60 lakh and the RC390 at Rs. 2.05 lakh (prices ex-showroom Delhi). Both the bikes will now be available alongside the Duke 200 and Duke 390, taking the tally of KTM bikes available in India to four models.

Both the RC200 and RC390 bring along sharp design lines and aggressively styled body panels with them, which definitely mean the business of providing oodles of thrills to the rider, who wants to step up into the world of supersport motorcycling. As far as appearance goes, both the bikes are almost identical with the same silhoutte, but differentiated on the basis of color schemes. Both the bikes have the sole color option of matte black, but the RC200 comes with black side fairings and RC390 with the white ones. The bikes have steeply raked front fairing, sharply styled fuel tank, almost non-existent side panels exposing the orange trellis frame and high raised tail end section incorporating an in-built pillion seat, giving it a mean aerodynamic stance like no other Indian bike.

Other delicious components which grace up the equipment list of both the RC200 and RC390 are dual projector headlamps at front, clear lens turn indicators mounted on the rear view mirror at front, aluminium swingarm, clip-on adjustable handlebars, under belly exhausts, backlit switchgear, orange-painted alloy wheels, fully digital instrument console with plethora of information on board, LED tail lamps and forged disc brakes at both the ends. The RC390 also gets ABS as standard, which the RC200 doesn’t.

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Mechanical engineering is an engineering discipline that was developed from the application of principles from physics and materials science. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, it is the branch of engineering that encompasses the generation and application of heat andmechanical power and the design, production, and use of machines and tools. It is one of the oldest and broadest engineering disciplines.

The field requires a solid understanding of core concepts including mechanics, kinematics,thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, materials science, and energy. Mechanical engineers use the core principles as well as other knowledge in the field to design and analyzemanufacturing plants, industrial equipment and machinery, heating and cooling systems, motor vehicles, aircraft, watercraft, robotics, medical devices and more.

Applications of mechanical engineering are found in the records of many ancient and medieval societies throughout the globe. In ancient Greece, the works of Archimedes (287 BC–212 BC) andHeron of Alexandria (c. 10–70 AD) deeply influenced mechanics in the Western tradition. In China,Zhang Heng (78–139 AD) improved a water clock and invented a seismometer, and Ma Jun (200–265 AD) invented a chariot with differential gears. The medieval Chinese horologist and engineer Su Song(1020–1101 AD) incorporated an escapement mechanism into his astronomical clock tower two centuries before any escapement could be found in clocks of medieval Europe, as well as the world's first known endless power-transmitting chain drive.^[1]

During the years from 7th to 15th century, the era called the Islamic golden age, there have been remarkable contributions from Muslims in the field of mechanical technology, Al-Jazari, who was one of them wrote his famous "Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices" in 1206 presented many mechanical designs. He is also considered to be the inventor of such mechanical devices which now form the very basic of mechanisms, such as crank and cam shafts.^[2]

During the early 19th century in England, Germany and Scotland, the development of machine tools led mechanical engineering to develop as a separate field within engineering, providing manufacturing machines and the engines to power them.^[3] The first British professional society of mechanical engineers was formed in 1847, thirty years after civil engineers formed the first such professional society.^[4] On the European continent, Johann von Zimmermann (1820 - 1901) founded the first factory for grinding machines in Chemnitz (Germany) in 1848. In the United States, theAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) was formed in 1880, becoming the third such professional engineering society, after theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (1852) and the American Institute of Mining Engineers (1871).^[5] The first schools in the United States to offer an engineering education were the United States Military Academy in 1817, an institution now known as Norwich University in 1819, andRensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1825. Education in mechanical engineering has historically been based on a strong foundation in mathematics and science.^[6]

The field of mechanical engineering is considered among the broadest of engineering disciplines. The work of mechanical engineering ranges from the depths of the ocean to outer space.

Mechanical Engineering