The rocket of a car!

Which one can it be? Which car can be something inspired by the work that guys do at NASA? Most unsuspectingly, it is not the Hondas or Toyotas but FIAT which has tried to do the rocket stuff this time. Its engineers have managed to design and make a Deisel Car Engine as beautiful and powerful and mind blowing as they made the one we have in our Swift VDI (Yes, the engine in Swift VDI is made by Fiat, those same guys who cudnt get their own cars correct even once, but managed to do a wonderful job with this 1.3Ltr Engine, popular in many other cars). Which just makes me think that does someone in Fiat ever worked in Nasa before, coz for sure he started with a rocket engine, and ended up with this marvel of a machine.

And its not some fan-boy behaviour that am exhibiting, rather its a genuine appreciation of what I have been riding for last 1.5 yrs, its bowing to the sheer power of deisel which is so fruitiously and tastefully utilized in a hatchback, and its a standing ovation to those guys who helped me get ahead of other mortal souls (read santro, city etc.) who hardly manage to do a 0-40 in glorious 10 seconds after the light has turned green! So, today I thought to express my appreciation for the magic and the madness of this beauty which turns itself into a beast as soon as it feels a little touch of my right foot on its pedal. I love u for this honey...m sure even my gf wudnt have been so responsive to my feet's touch...and you manage to do so much with a leather shoe on!

This 1248 cc engine produces 75 bhp of raw power and still manages to remain almost as silent as its petrol sibling. End result is that you enjoy the comfort of petrol and the power of deisel at cost of deisel :). I have driven a friend's Verna and a City couple of times, and only Verna could try patching up to this engine. City, the NHC (even ANHC) can be seen as something trying to reach for the stars, just that honda loves putting a santro grade engine in a body that just looks like a rocket, so that their overexpensive wheelers can move 12.5 kms for a litre of petrol. VDI does 17, for a ltr of deisel. And you dont have to suffice with the sight of some auto overtaking you everytime the light turns green. Kewl!