MPVs for 2014

Although the Indian economic scene seems to be in a bit of a lull, the average middle class family is always looking to upgrade their standard of living in general. The most obvious upgrade for most families is that of their automobile. In recent times, the segments that have seen the most growth are the ones that offer both practicality and space at a price point that doesn’t burn a hole in one’s pockets i.e. the small SUV and MPV segments. A Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV) does exactly what it sets out to do: carries a family in as much comfort as an average sedan, has the space to rival a large SUV and is just as practical as the family hatchback. In short, the MPV has become popular simply due to the fact that they are a fantastic value proposition to the typical price sensitive Indian buyer. Here are 5 new MPVs that should make it to our shores in 2014!

 Honda Mobilio

Expected Launch: Late 2014

Expected Price: Between Rs 8-12 Lakh

 Based on the Honda Brio hatchback and the Honda Amaze sedan, the Mobilio is Honda’s answer to the Maruti-Suzuki Ertiga and the soon to be launched Hyundai MPV. The Mobilio was officially introduced at the 2013 Indonesia International Motor Show and will be offered with seven seats.

The Honda Mobilio will be powered by Honda’s all-new 1.5 Litre i-Dtec engine which produces 100PS of peak power and 200Nm of peak torque. The Mobilio will also have a petrol option and will be powered by the 1.5 Litre i-Vtec engine that currently does duty in the Honda City. The Honda Mobilio might also be offered with a factory LPG/CNG option but details on that front seem to be a little sketchy. The Honda Mobilio will be available in both manual and automatic versions with the Automatic expected to have features like paddle shifters.

At first glance, the Mobilio will look very similar to the Brio and the Amaze but will feature a larger grille with a more prominent chrome styling feature running across the front of the car. The rear though will be completely new with large tail lights and an angular recess to house the license plate. The floating D-Pillar and the kink in the window line along the side will help to break the visual bulk of the Honda Mobilio.

The Honda Mobilio will share its dashboard with Brio and Amaze although we assume the Mobilio will be offered with a two-tone beige interior so as to give it a slightly enhanced feel of luxury. Expect Mobilio to be priced between 8-12 Lakh when it is introduced in the second half of 2014. In fact, considering Honda’s recent price strategies, we wont be surprised if a base version of the Honda Mobilio is priced even lower.

Source:zigwheels.com

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Cross Roads: ‘Fix a Tyre’ Service in Chennai

Your tyre is now in our care, in association with JK Tyres. Cross Roads India Assistance Pvt. Ltd. enter Southern Market.

November2013

Chennai

 Cross Roads in association with JK Tyres launches ‘Fix-a-Tyre’ helpline for 24×7 on road tyre assistance in Chennai. This service will be provided to all JK Tyre customers within 30 minutes of their calling. Services like on the spot tyre change and fixture of puncture tyre will be taken care by Cross Roads.

 Earlier Cross Roads and JK Tyre had tied-up for providing assistance to Delhi JK Tyre customers, making their association one and half year old. It is the success in Delhi which led them to extend their service in Chennai.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Harish Lakhera, Chief Executive Officer of Cross Roads India Assistance Pvt. Ltd. said, “It’s been 1.5 years that we have been providing tyre assistance to JK Tyre Delhi customers. Our service has got great feedbacks and is a great success amongst our service takers, that our association led us to extend our services in Chennai. I am sure our service will be a great hit in Chennai as well.”

The service can be availed by the people travelling within the municipal units of Chennai. All he/she has to do, is call at the toll-free helpline number: 1800-103-5888 and inform customer care executive of the problem he/she is facing after confirming his/her customer id and vehicle registration no. along with location details.  Within 30 minutes from the time of calling the assistance van that has GPS enable tablets with service engineers will reach out for help.

Mr. Lakhera, also mentioned, that the IVR system and customer care executives will provide customer support in three languages- English, Hindi and Tamil. This will provide JK Tyre customers a direct interactive platform for them to get information related to tyre assistance”.

Apart from servicing ‘Fix-a Tyre’ member, this helpline will also cater to other inquires all around the country regarding products, services, dealership, etc.

About Cross Roads India Assistance Pvt. Ltd:

 Established in the year 1999, Cross Roads India Assistance (CRIA) is India’s first and the largest 24×7 road side assistance service provider for all types of vehicles under the brand name Cross Roads. It is the first and only non-OEM, with the largest self-owned and self-operated infrastructure in 23 cities across India and growing.

Cross Roads delivers service to over an 1,100 motorists daily striving to reach a distressed motorist; the offerings of Cross Roads include Towing Service, Jump Start service, Flat Tyre, Out of Fuel service, Spare parts and much more.

 Cross Roads is the only ISO 9001:2000 certified Road Side Assistance organization approved under the social security category, making it the first and the only service in India to be allotted with a unique number 1922 by the Government of India.

 Company now has a PAN India presence for both B2B and B2C business across Top 23 cities in India and growing.  Crossroads has B2B association with Amar Raja Batteries for maintenance batteries during warranty, JK Tyres, AXA Assistance, India Assistance, Europ Assistance, AAUI. Our partners list includes Airtel Money, DTDC, Itz Cash, Timesdeal, ICICI Bank and other reputed brands in India.

  For more information get in touch with:

Pradeep Joseph: +91 9650009829

Hanit Kaur: +91 9650100116

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10 Ways Women Travelers Can Stay Safe in India

As soon as I cleared customs and grabbed my suitcase around 4:30 AM on a cool Tuesday morning at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport I walked past the throngs of people waiting for friends and relatives to emerge through the automatic doors and headed right past the non-sanctioned cabbies who milled around the taxi stand and continuously called out to me, “Ma’am, need a cab? “Ma’am….a cab?”

Of course, there was absolutely no way I would get into one of their cabs. Their cars had no numbers on them. I looked. They were hustling hard for tourists to hop in and earn a few rupees.  Seasoned traveler that I am I know it’s important to go to the cab stand at airports no matter where in the world you are from New York City to Rio. Sure, there is a small risk of being swindled into paying more, but it’s far better than trying to save a few bucks with a cheaper cabbie.

After paying and finding my numbered cab, I hopped in the back seat of one of Delhi’s traditional black and yellow taxis and made my way to my hotel slightly before the sun came up in a country I had never been to before. It wasn’t lost on me that I was a woman in the back of a cab in Delhi and that anything could happen. I just prayed that I would get to the hotel and everything would be fine. I had put myself in a vulnerable position. No one could help me then.

Thankfully, everything turned out fine, but I have heard stories where travelers haven’t been as lucky – that they had been robbed by the cabbie on the way to their hotel. Thankfully, nothing like that happened.

After spending five days in Delhi I learned how important it is to be safe. I had not worried about that anywhere else in the world, but Delhi is different. The amount of people has a lot to do with it coupled with being a woman . We have all heard about the horrific rape of the Delhi student who died because of her injuries earlier this year. Here are a few things I learned about staying safe in Delhi from women who live there.

• Don’t go out at night if you can help it unless you have your own car or driver.
• Try not to go out alone – especially at night.
• When using the Metro, ride the women’s cars. I learned this myself with cross road after a very uncomfortable 45-minute Metro ride to east Delhi where men gawked at us mercilessly.
• Always hire a hotel driver to take you around town. It’s more expensive, but safer. Safety matters!
• Know where you are going! That is, know addresses and the general vicinity of where you are traveling to.
• Always ride with your windows up in private cars and cabs because people always try to sell you stuff when traffic stops. They may reach into the car or knock hard on the windows.
• Be wary of schemes and swindlers and second think everything. Use common sense. If it doesn’t sound right, don’t do it!
• Always let others know your whereabouts. That means even writing down and emailing cab numbers when you hop in.
• Cover up as much as possible unless you want Indian men staring at you and/ or following you down the street.
• Stay at a nice hotel. We stayed at the Radison Blu Dwarka. It was wonderful, safe, and had impeccable service. Don’t try to “rough it” with accommodations.

• I am lucky. I can blend into India very easily, especially if I put a head scarf on. I loved the care and attention and advice the male workers at the hotel gave us. They cautioned us not to walk around the hotel – mostly because it was hot – but also because it could be dangerous for two western women. They helped us secure private drivers and directions. They were great.
• ·         The best thing you can do for yourself when you’re traveling is walk fast and with purpose like you know where you’re going even if you don’t. Confidence can repel many who want to take advantage of western travelers.
• Cross road is roadside assistance that is any time help us and anywhere in India.

 Source:babble.com

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RED Express is Extremely Proud to Share its DAP% with all its Customers

“RED Express is delighted to share Delivered As Promised Percentage (DAP %) with all the Customers”

RED Express, one of India’s first dynamic Door-to-Door courier and express delivery provider aims at giving customers an enhanced experience of hassle free parcel services.

Red Express has come up with a new functionality on its website wherein, we display our successful DAP% to the Customers and we give access to our valuable customers to view their DAP% on their dashboards as well.

DAP% means Delivered as Promised percentage. It is a percentage of successfully delivered consignments out of the total number of consignments we handle. The DAP% is calculated when Delivery Date/Time is less than or equals to Estimated Delivery Date/Time.

DAP% calculation is inclusive of operational constraints such as Strikes, Accidents, Bad Weather, Force Measures like Traffic Jams, and Vehicle Breakdown. Our DAP% scores are inclusive of all the transit failures. Therefore, a variation is observed in the DAP% score every week.

For instance, If total no. of consignments handled in a particular month is 1,00,000, out of which we have successfully delivered 92,000 consignments, that means, our DAP % for that particular month is 92%.

RED Express continuously strives to achieve a DAP% of above 90% in the above inescapable conditions also.

Delivered as Promised percentage or DAP% is measured on real-time basis for each and every consignment. Mapping of DAP% score starts from the time of booking of a consignment till the first attempt is made by our Crew to deliver it.

In this competitive world, where the Customers want every bit of information right from the very first phase of booking till the final step, RED Express believes in transparency of numbers and therefore, we have build this concept of DAP%. DAP% score is your confidence measure that you must check with you service providers.

Our registered customers have been given the privilege to view their DAP% scores on their respective dashboards.

RED Express with a vast network is serviceable in 575 pin codes across North India and we believe in our motto “Delivered as Promised” to achieve high levels of DAP% scores.

Our Network: Mahipalpur, Kirti Nagar, Wazirpur, Rani Jhansi Road, Okhla, Laxmi Nagar, Faridabad, Noida, Gurgaon, Moradabad, Jaipur, Haridwar, Ambala, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Bahalgarh, Sonipat, Ghaziabad, Zirakpur/Mohali, Dera Bassi, Panchkula, Manesar, Dehradun, Agra, Lucknow, kanpur, Varanasi, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, Meerut, Ajmer, Kota, Jodhpur, Allahabad, Indore, Bhopal, Panipat, Karnal and Bareilly.

About RED Express (www.getsetred.net)

RED Express is a Door to Door Domestic Express Parcel Courier Service provider. RED stands for Real-Time Express Distribution. It shares business information through a highly efficient Web Based Integrated Information Technology Platform. It has Flexible and “As Promised” Pick-up and Delivery timings along with an array of a lot of other optional Value Added Services as well.

Toll Free: 1800 123 2400 

Source :businesswireindia.com

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All-season tyre test,

Six weeks ago, I swapped the summer tyres on my 2010 Renault Megane for a set of Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons. The purpose is to find out if these all-season tyres will do exactly what they say on their sidewalls, and get me through the year without needing to switch to winter tyresfor the colder months, and back to summer tyres for the warmer ones.

At this point many will point out that they have never used specific tyres for the winter months, and nor have they come unstuck as a result. It’s just about common sense and a few fundamental driving skills. However, the fact is that winter tyres, with compounds and tread patterns that have been designed to work in cold weather, will improve how your car copes when the temperature drops below 7C. The difference when there’s snow or ice on the ground is enormous. Having tried a set of winter tyres on my two-wheel-drive supermini last year and come off better than many 4x4s when the snow fell, I have first-hand experience as to the benefits of being on the right tyres.

What you can’t really do, however, is leave your winter tyres on all year round, because the same soft compound that prevents the tread blocks from freezing when it snows also makes them vulnerable to wearing very quickly when it’s hot. Hence the all-season tyre – a one-stop solution for your motoring needs, right?

Well, after a little over 600 miles on the Vector 4 Seasons, I’m so far pleased with their performance. I just missed putting them on for the peak of summer, but there have been plenty of warm, dry days since and while I admit I haven’t put thousands of miles on them, nor is there any evidence of wear from the driving that I have done.

There’s also been a fair bit of rain, which the new rubber has coped with admirably. Goodyear claims 4 per cent better aquaplaning resistance than rival tyres, but having not tested those I can’t really comment other than to say I haven’t experienced any aquaplaning, which is obviously good. All in all, the car has been stable under braking, and has more than sufficient grip for its modest talents

Source:telegraph.co.uk

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Cross Roads India’s Largest Emergency Road Side Assistance Company provide Roadside Fuel Delivery across 23 cities and 12000 locations

Cross Roads India’s Largest Emergency Road Side Assistance Company provide Roadside Fuel Delivery across 23 cities and 12000 locations

·         Cross Roads India’s Largest Emergency Road Side Assistance Company providing the Roadside Fuel Delivery services.

·         Round the clock on road services repair assistance available across 23 cities and 12000 locations.

·         Service delivery within 29 minutes of receiving a call from the motorist.

·         Free On road repair assistance for minor repairs.

·         Fuel facility to reach the nearest fuelling station or members destination with in service area.

·         Free Replacement of puncture tyre with Stepney.

·         Towing to the nearest workshop of customers choice within 5 Km if the car is not repairable on road. (@ Rs 30 per KM.)*

·         Free on road lock out assistance service.*

·         Free Jump-start service in case of a week battery.

·         Discounted spare parts, coolant, batteries etc.

·         Winching services and Flat beds available on use and pay basis.

·         Door step Insurance of vehicle.

·         Maps and Route Guidance.

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Roadside Assistance in India
24 hour emergency roadside assistance services are becoming more and more popular with the advent of time. There are several reasons why auto assistance coverage services are becoming an important part of owning a vehicle. If an auto owner spends more time driving an auto, then might be the possibilities of having an auto problem significantly increases. Thus your car might be looking in a good condition, always you do not know what is going on mechanically. For example there are several things that can occur resulting in an auto break down such as a battery going dead or losing its charge and an engine overheating. Anymore if you have the highest quality tires, you never know when there might be an object like a nail that might cause harm your tire. In that kind of cases roadside assistance packages are considered as the best alternatives.
These services can assure you to offer reliable and high quality services. Another most important reason to buy such kind of services is if you do more night driving. As we all know that driving in the night might be scary. Breaking down at late light can be a scary experience if someone is alone. Through a single phone call you can easily get rid of that kind of problems with the help of 24 hour emergency roadside assistance services. A roadside technician will respond instantly and come with all necessary equipments.
These services are provided by several providers all over the world. But the most important thing is to find the best and reliable provider who assures to deliver cost effective and trustworthy services. Keep in mind the roadside technician will be out to provide your battery a boost and recommend certain important tips for your auto.
Car Insurance or Car Insurance Online in India
Auto Insurance in India deals with the insurance covers for the loss or damage caused to the automobile or its parts due to natural and man-made calamities. It provides accident cover for individual owners of the vehicle while driving and also for passengers and third party legal liability. There are certain general insurance companies who also offer online insurance service for the vehicle.
Auto Insurance in India is a compulsory requirement for all new vehicles used whether for commercial or personal use. The insurance companies have tie-ups with leading automobile manufacturers. They offer their customers instant auto quotes. Auto premium is determined by a number of factors and the amount of premium increases with the rise in the price of the vehicle. The claims of the Auto Insurance in India can be accidental, theft claims or third party claims. Certain documents are required for claiming Auto Insurance in India, like duly signed claim form, RC copy of the vehicle, Driving license copy, FIR copy, Original estimate and policy copy……….source:wikipedia
Crossroads Services
1.Emergency Fuel Supply On Roadside
2.Instant Car Repair
3.Jump Start
4.Flat Tyre
5.Key Lock Out
6.Car Towing
7.Flat Tyre Recovery
Company Profile
Cross Roads India Assistance Pvt Ltd is Car/Bike Helpline established in 1999 providing emergency roadside assistance services Like Car Services, Vehicle Towing, Tyre Puncture ,Car Repair, Car Towing, Vehicle Services, Tyre Change, Car Helpline, Roadside Assistance, Road service, Vehicle Repair, Car Breakdown Services, Vehicle Repair Services, On Road Car Helpline, Car Breakdown
Crossroad India Assistance Pvt Ltd having 24*7 Customer Care service for emergency roadside assistance, Cross Roads offers you a chance to avail free discount coupon codes on various brands websites absolutely free. coupon discount codes are only applicable on online shopping of respective brands website. Crossroads offers Free discount coupon codes to its members at multiple occasions within the subscription period.
Why you choose us?

1.Established in 1999, we are the 1st & largest in India to start roadside assistance for Four
 wheelers and two Wheelers 

2.14 years of Ground service Management

3.Handled 14 monsoons across India. Hence we know your city better than anyone else. 

4.Largest and Latest Self Owned and Self Managed service infrastructure to reach you in no time 

5.Handling 1,100 repairs everyday across India 

6.Experience of 1.5 million Road Side repair Assistance 

7.Well groomed and trained technicians to attend to all brands of vehicles

8.The only service provider to handle breakdown assistance at prestigious events like F1 Car Racing at 
 Buddha International Circuit, NOIDA

9.The best of Global RSA companies like Mapfre-India Assistance, Europ Assistance, AXA Assistance rely 
on our service deliveries 

10.Call Center capacity to handle over 33,000 Incoming service calls/month. 100% calls attended and 
serviced 

11.Service presence all India in 23 cities 

 12.ISO 9001 2000 Certification from JAS � ANZ