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Audi R8 at Rs 1.33 crore!

For buyers looking for an ultra-luxurious car with top-of-the-line features, Audi has launched its stunning R8 5.2 FSI. The new R8 is propelled by a powerful V10 quattro engine capable of breaking the 100 kmph mark in just 3.9 seconds and touching a top speed of 316 kmph. The Audi R8 is manufactured on the Audi Space Frame (ASF) design and is priced at Rs 1,32,49,000 (ex-showroom Delhi). The new Audi A8's is a powerful car with a sporty design and provides exhilarating driving experience. The Audi R8 5.2 FSI will be available with a manual six-speed transmission or R-tronic enabling the driver to change gears via rocker switches on the steering wheel. The car comes with a permanent all wheel drive option and has features like launch control available with both types of transmission. Use of aluminum in the ASF design keeps the cars weight around 210 kg, but despite that handling, drive quality and safety are as per Audi's high standards.
In the exterior designing of the R8 you will find newly designed side blades to increase air intake and maximize performance. The car's all-LED headlights come as standard. But perhaps the best feature of the car is the fact that it can be customized right down to the finest detail. This is an add-on for those looking for uniqueness in their vehicle.


With this car Audi will find a strong holding in the super sports car segment in India and would be able to replicate the success of the luxury SUV segment. The company is also expanding its network and strengthening its dealer network across India. Audi is coming up with showrooms in Delhi and Ludhiana and it already has a presence in Mumbai, Kolkata, Jaipur, Bengaluru, etc. The Audi model range in India includes Audi A4, Audi A6, Audi A8, Audi Q5, Audi Q7, Audi TT and the super sports car Audi R8.


Source : Rediff Business

India’s best cities to do business in!!!

There are a lot of things that goes in to setting up a business at a place which you think would be perfect for the kind of market you are aiming to enter. We bring you a list of top 10 cities In India that are most desirable for businesses.

1.Ahmedabad 

Ahmedabad tops the list of cities for successfully running small scale businesses. It offers good scope for pharmaceutical, leather footwear, textile machinery parts, gems and jewellery health and wellness services.

2.Bengaluru

Bengaluru is ideal for B2B services, hand tools, auto component and hosiery sectors. It is second in the list of all cities for electrical goods and apparel manufacturing.

3.Mumbai

Small businesses feasible in India's commercial capital, Mumbai include machine tools, electronic goods and B2B services. Mumbai ranks 3rd among the 100 best cities to do business in.

4.Hyderabad

Hyderabad is ideal for information technology-enabled services (ITeS), offshore services, bulk drugs, and leather tanning. It is India's fourth best city to start a business in.

5.New Delhi

New Delhi is good for starting small business in sectors like rubber, auto components and food processing. It ranks 5th among the best Indian cities to do business in.

6.Chennai

Small businesses like leather products, electroplating, retail, healthcare and wellness do well in Chennai. Currently, about 57 per cent of the total small and medium enterprises are captured by sectors such as retail, healthcare and education.

7.Surat

Surat is best for textile machinery, IT and retail businesses. Surat is the No.1 city for gems and jewellery and textiles business. Overall, it is the seventh best city in India to do business in.

8.Faridabad

Faridabad is known for engineering goods, auto components, food and beverages and retail. The SMEs comprise 45 per cent of the industrial output in the country and contribute to about 40 per cent of India's exports.

9.Jaipur

The pink city of India, Jaipur, is famous for gems and jewellery, food products and garments. It comes second among all cities in terms of gems and jewellery manufacturing. Overall it ranks ninth.

10.Gurgaon

Gurgaon is ideal for electronic goods, engineering goods, health and wellness services. It is a haven for small businesses.

Source :Rediff

Colours of Rajasthan!

Royal and exquisite is what best describes a Rajasthan tour. Sprawled languidly in ancient grandeur, the state of Rajasthan is a vibrant and exotic land where you will see perfect mixing of tradition and royal splendor merged together in a riot of colors set against the vast background of sand and desert. Being bejeweled with invincible forts, rich culture and magnificent palaces; this abode of yesteryear maharajas is truly a melting-pot of people, culture, costumes, music, customs, manners, dialects and cuisines.

One of the best ways to experience royal Rajasthan during your Rajasthan tour is by visiting the several majestic forts that can be found all around in Rajasthan-on the rocky Aravalis hills, over the ridge, in dense forests and even in the middle of the Thar Desert. You should definitely visit some of the most popular forts present here like the Jaisalmer Fort, the Chittaurgarh Fort, the Kumbhalgarh Fort, the Mehrangarh Fort and the Amber & Jaigarh Fort.

Like its topological variations the culture of Rajasthan is also a wide spectrum of brilliant hues fondled by the waves of a large variety of settlers. Due to this, you will come across colorful costumes, culture, fairs & festivals, folk dance & music and art & craft; all of which reflects enviable heritage. You will experience the most vibrancy of your trip during the time of colorful fairs & festivals when the entire desert land glitters with the colors of joyous celebration be it on a religious occasion or change of season or growth of harvest.

Moving on, Rajasthan is not only about the Thar Desert. It also has scrub-thorn arid forests, rocks & ravines, wetlands and lush green forests. All of these make Rajasthan a haven for a wide variety of wildlife. The state boasts of three national parks and over a dozen sanctuaries out of which the Ranthambhor National Park, Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary and the Sariska Tiger Reserve are the most popular. You can visit these places round the year except for a brief period during monsoon when they remain closed. All the wildlife sanctuaries of Rajasthan will offer you some of the greatest wildlife tours in India that you can explore either on an elephant back or by a jeep.
Rajasthan is one of the most colorful states of India that always attracts the millions of tourists from all over the world.

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