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I don’t think that you could buy a Vitz SCP90 car at a price of 650,000 yen by now. Anyway, you have to add Auction charges + Agents charges which will be at least 100.000 yen. Then FOB price would be 750,000 yen. Agent’s Valuation is Rs. 1,150,000 yen. 70% = 805,000 + 80,000 (Freight & Insurance) = CIF 885,000 Exchange rate = 1.4641 CIF in Rupees - Rs. 1,311,834.00 Customs duty = Rs. 1,690,585.00 Total cost = 1,690,585.00 (Duty) + 1,098,075.00 (FOB ) (750,000 x 1.4641) + 117,128 (80,000 x 1.4641 for Freight & Insurance) = Rs. 2,905,788.00 Above cost is for a car at FOB price of 750,000 yen. But actual CIF price would be around 925,000 yen according to my knowledge. Therefore you have to expect total cost over Rs. 3 million)

It is said that the winner of Suzuki Maruti Economy Rally 2011 had done 45 kmpl. I appreciate if any one who participated in that mileage rally can explain how it was conducted and mileage calculated.

At the time of my 1000cc Belta was imported, it had done 1695 Kms. I kept records on mileage and fuel cost of the vehicle from the date of importation to date. Some people use to calculate mileage by re-fueling few liters at the odometer indicator at half and reading the mileage when the odometer comes down to same level. It is incorrect and gives wrong results. The best way to determine the fuel consumption is to fill up the tank, record the mileage, drive normally until the tank is less than half full, fill up the tank again and record the mileage and how many liters it took to fill up the tank. The cost for the filling up the tank for the 2nd time is the actual cost for the real mileage which is the difference between 1st and 2nd recorded mileages. I filled up the tank fully at the odometer reading was 1818 kms. I again filled up the tank fully at a time when it was half and the odometer reading was 2078 kms. It took 18.4 liters to fill up the tank and the cost for the fuel was Rs. 2,300.00. Therefore, it had used up 18.4 liters to run 260kms. That means it has run 14.13 kms per a liter at a cost of Rs. 8.84 per a km. To confirm the actual cost further, it needs the vehicle to run longer. So, I kept recoding the mileage and fuel cost over a period of time. Present reading of the odometer is 3580 kms while the total cost for the fuel used so far is Rs. 16,430.00. As it has done 1885 kms for Rs. 16,430.00, it confirms that my Belta is running 14.34 kms per a liter at a cost of Rs. 8.72 per a km in city driving with A/C turned on. I have still not used it for long distances outside the city and I believe it would run at least 16.00 kms per a liter which is still less than what Toyota Motor Corporation claimed. According to the Toyota News Release (http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/news/05/1128.html), It provides excellent driving performance with class-leading fuel efficiency of 22.0km/l (1.0-liter engine) under the 10-15 Japanese test cycle, as certified by Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. A large displacement engine generally requires more fuel to run it than a smaller engine. KM/L CC STD. AV. 703 - 827 18.8 22.4 828 - 1,015 17.9 18.5 1,016 - 1,265 16.0 16.1 1,266 - 1,515 13.0 13.1 1,516 - 1,765 10.5 11.0 1,766 - 2,015 08.9 09.1

Belta is a beauty not only by the meaning of it's name. Tida is ugly.

A large displacement engine generally requires more fuel to run it than a smaller engine. KM/L CC STD. AV. 0,703 - 0,827 - 18.8 - 22.4 0,828 - 1,015 - 17.9 - 18.5 1,016 - 1,265 - 16.0 - 16.1 1,266 - 1,515 - 13.0 - 13.1 1,516 - 1,765 - 10.5 - 11.0 1,766 - 2,015 - 08.9 - 09.1