Marc Marquez and Suresh Raina rode around the Buddha International Circuit in a Royal Enfield Classic with a sidecar.
The car will be priced aggressively compared to its rivals.
Honda will return to Formula One in 2015 as McLaren engine partners, replacing Mercedes, sources close to the company said on Wednesday.
The investment will allow the plant, which currently builds car parts, to produce full vehicles.
Honda Siel Cars India is seriously considering Tamil Nadu and three other states for setting up its second India manufacturing facility, which will be producing small cars.
At a time when consumers increasingly embrace green mobility solutions, it is not electric cars but hybrids that are taking the lead, as automotive sales data indicate. Since January, 64,097 electric cars have been sold compared to 266,465 hybrids, according to data from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways' Vahan dashboard. Hybrid car sales have surged from 4.42 per cent of the 4.1 million cars sold in calendar year 2022 to 7.2 per cent this year.
The Amaze accounted for more than half of Honda Car India's sales last month.
India's largest motorcycle maker, Hero Honda Motors Ltd, launched its cheapest 100 cc motorbike yet on Wednesday, hoping to blunt competition from main rival Bajaj Auto Ltd.
The Jazz has big, wide, lightweight doors that are almost 3 kg lighter than the ones in the older model.
The other features of the CR-V such as 2.4 litre i-VTEC engine, Real-Time 4 wheel-drive, 6-speed manual and 5-speed automatic transmission with Grade Logic Control and drive-by-wire Throttle System remain the same as before.
Honda will name their new team for 2006 in agreement with future sponsors.
Keisuke Honda announced his retirement from international football following Japan's elimination from the World Cup at the hands of Belgium on Monday night.
The latest variant, called the V-grade Honda City, comes with new features such as five spoke alloy wheels, new front fog lamps, chrome door handles, sporty exhaust finisher and front and rear mud guards. It will be available both in manual and automatic transmissions.
Japanese auto major Honda on Monday said it will recall 72,115 units of its mid-sized sedan City in India to replace defective power window switches as part of a global exercise.
Hero Honda Motors, the country's largest motorcycle maker, on Friday said its sales rose by a modest 4.9 per cent in July 2003 to 143,141 units from 136,360 units in the same month last year.
The car will launch next financial year in India.
Is it all new? No it is a cosmetic upgrade in reality
The country's largest two-wheeler maker, Hero Honda, on Tuesday said it has increased the prices of its products by up to Rs 1,000 with immediate effect due to rising input costs.
Japanese auto giant Honda on Thursday said it will set up a third two-wheeler manufacturing facility in India at Narsapuram, in Karnataka, with an installed annual capacity of 12 lakh units by 2013.
Unlike many business heads, Hironori Kanayama is surprisingly optimistic about the latent potential of the Indian market and predicts that a turnaround is imminent.
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI), the wholly-owned two-wheeler subsidiary of Japan's Honda Motor Company, on Wednesday launched its new 'Aviator' model scooter with 15 per cent increased fuel efficiency, in Mumbai.The ex-showroom price is Rs 50,410 for its deluxe model and Rs 45,180 for its standard model.
"We will manufacture 100 HondaJets every year beginning in 2010. We will sell them in the US, European, Canadian and Mexican markets," Honda Motor Company general manager (overseas operations, Asia and Oceania) Satoshi Matsuzawa told PTI. Earlier in 2007, the company had announced an investment of $40 million for constructing the new headquarters and hangar, and another $20 million for equipment.
Honda Cars India has launched the special edition of its compact sedan Amaze to mark the first anniversary of the car in the Indian market.
The Accord has been Honda's money-spinner for the last 25 years in markets like the US. It's so good that it has been a top two best-seller for the last 15 years -- now that's a record.
Japan's Honda Motors on Wednesday unveiled its second bike -- 125-cc 'Shine' -- in the Indian market and said it will invest Rs 400 crore
Carmaker Honda Siel Cars India on Thursday launched an advanced version of its premium sedan Accord with a 3.5 litre i-VTEC engine, priced between Rs 24.8 lakh (Rs 2.48 million) and Rs 25.35 lakh (Rs 2.535 million), ex-showroom, Delhi.
Honda Siel Cars India will increase the prices of its cars by up to Rs 354,000, owing to fluctuations in the exchange rate of the Indian rupee and Japanese yen against the US dollar.
Here are the 160R's pros and cons to help you make up your mind.
The two car companies have one of the most prominent hatchbacks in the premium segment namely, Maruti Swift and Honda Jazz.
Honda Motor president and CEO Takeo Fukui on Tuesday announced the company will launch a small car in India as it goes in for a new plant to expand capacity in the country.
On December 16 last year, Hero Honda informed the stock markets that the partnership was over and Honda would soon exit the company.
In a relief to the management of Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI), which is facing labour unrest, a civil court in Gurgaon has ordered the local administration, including police, to evict striking contract workers.
The most fun vehicle to drive of the three is the Verna. It also has the most powerful engine.
The Haryana government has facilitated an agreement between the agitating workers and the management of Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India Limited, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said late on Friday night.\n\n
Buoyed by a robust growth in Indian market, two-wheeler maker Honda Motorcycle Scooter India (HMSI) is planning to set up a second manufacturing unit as it expects sales to cross the 1.2 million units per annum mark by March 2011.
Honda aims to sell 3 lakh units by 2017 from 1.34 lakh units achieved in 2013-14.
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