Cars in India. Ministry of Industry of India said that the total output of cars in the country increased from 309,000 in 1987 -1988 model year (not coincide with the calendar - Ed.) To 395,000 in 1989-1990. If the 1987 trucks and jeeps "accounted for 51% of the issue, in the future, their share will increase to 62%. This follows from the government's plan, as reported by the official Journal of the Indian automobile industry.
Adopted in India standards of safety requires only that one car for each new model was subjected to tests of validity "to determine whether normal working equipment to ensure safety - brakes, steering, lighting and alarm systems, etc. Use seat belts are not mandatory, they are used voluntarily. India does not keep statistics on victims of road accidents.
However, newspaper reports and the traffic itself - perhaps the most crowded in the world - give substantial grounds for believing that the ride in this country is not safe. Park has only 1.73 million cars and 902,000 trucks, but the roads tend to be overloaded, although they themselves and not bad. Very little walkways, and a large part of India's population, numbering about 800 million people, can be found on the carriageway of city streets and highways.
It must be remembered that in the country 8.4 million buses, three-wheeled rickshaw carts and other vehicles plus millions of cyclists and cows appearing on the roads (remember - these animals are sacred). Desperate Indian drivers, of course, still a risk factor. India is virtually a closed market: imports of automobiles is forbidden. New to car manufacturers have the right to import a small percentage of components within five years.
After this period the car should be, that is, for it can use only locally produced products. A small number of foreign-made cars imported into India, staff of diplomatic missions, tourist agencies and contractors. In addition, any Indian returning home after working overseas, has the right to import a car. Exporting cars from India so far is negligible, but the government hopes to increase it in the next few years.
There are plans for export to foreign markets of a number of jeeps. Indian automakers must increase production by 56% in the next two years, but government control over the production and traffic congestion are told that he will remain at a low level. The Indian automobile industry, now occupies the sixteenth place in the world probably does not exceed the level of production of cars standing next to produce Yugoslavia.
Although by 2000, India may surpass the population of China and get into first place in the world, the chances of a significant increase in output of cars there are few (estimated by U.S. experts - Ed.). There are several reasons. Thus, according to the U.S. State Department, the average income per capita is 246 dollars a year. Also, surprisingly, the country is too crowded to take a lot more cars.
Given that its population is expected to turn of the century to reach one billion, the area of the country is only one-third of the continental United States or China. Peugeot kauntri. More precisely this machine can be described as a light moped. The French Peugeot kauntri "represents the simplest form of such a machine - without the elastic suspension rear wheel, single, without a gearbox.
A very simple two-stroke engine cylinder capacity of 1949 cm3 develops power 1,5 l. pp. Flap valve that controls intake air-fuel mixture makes the engine more flexible. Support foot drive not only makes it easier engine start, but also allows if necessary to go through the muscular energy of the driver. The original feature of the machine - serving fuel tank (1.9 liters) top tube frame. The length of the moped - 1580 mm, width - 685 mm, Height - 1050 mm.
Incentive prizes (100 rubles) - V. Palshin (Sarapul) and A. Sa-Zykin (PM Bronnitsy Moscow region). What guided the jury in assessing the entries, in addition, of course, the Regulations? First, it sought to find in them the ingenuity, originality, 'thinking that were announced in nonstandard technical and artistic decisions, new ideas, in general, non-traditional approaches to any problem with the competition.
From this perspective, the project received a preference for "Complex" A. Veselkin. Only slightly smaller than his work Orlov. Were taken into account the level of artistic skill of participants - the possession of drawing, a sense of perspective, color, knowledge of specific image of a car. It wants to allocate Veselkin A., V. Orlov, and S. Vassiliev, who proved to be a good painter and a sensitive volume and color.
