After selling brands like Pulsar, Boxer, Platina and RE in over 70 countries, Bajaj Auto plans to enter Thailand this year followed by Brazil next year.
Auto firms bet big on premium bikes
Cruising comfortably in the 70s, Royal Enfield sputtered to a stop in the 90s, before its comeback in the first decade of the 21st century.
Shedding their boring boxy structure, the MUVs of today are not only offered with their prime USP of space, but also offer amazing exteriors and feature-filled interiors.
Here's a car that is going to give its competitors a run for their money, says P Tharyan.
Hanuma Vihari wanted to utilise the summer months playing county cricket in England but the COVID-19 pandemic has put paid to the India all-rounder's plans for the time being.
How does Honda CB Unicorn 160 fare against its rivals? MotorOctane.com weighs in.
They are afordable, offer best mileage economy and don't cost a bomb either. We present top 5 commuter bikes on sale in India.
After paying such a whopping amount you would perhaps dream of racing with the wind. And that is where it fails. In the ultimate analysis, it is just a commuter bike, says Arup Das
Pulsar's new variant, to be unveiled next week, will retain the looks of a big bike, but the engine will be 135 cc. Bajaj Auto is launching yet another variant of Pulsar, its highest selling bike, next Wednesday.
Factbox on Italy's Valentino Rossi, who won the MotoGP world championship for Yamaha at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday
TCS kicked-off the Q1FY17 earnings season for information technology companies on Thursday.
TVS Motor on Wednesday launched its highest capacity motorcycle yet in the form of the Apache RTR 200 4V, and revived an old and popular model name with the launch of the 2016 Victor.
The cess collected on cars as also tobacco and coal will be used to compensate the revenue loss of states by implementing GST.
Garware Motors will showcase the GT250 at the upcoming Auto Expo in January, 2012 to gauge customer response. So make sure you look inquisitive and interested so that we have another worthy rival to the Honda CBR250R, Kawasaki Ninja 250R and the upcoming KTM Duke 200.
These are the best value for money bikes in terms of the money they save by using less fuel to run longer distances
To take on Bajaj Pulsar 180 and Hero Karizma R and to celebrate the release of X-Men -- Days of Future Past, TVS has launched Apache RTR 180 Matte Black Edition. But will it succeed?
The year saw not just the launch of premium commuters but also brought out some of the most powerful machines Indians have ever seen on their roads. Here's a sneak-peek into what these monsters are all about.
It may get a little confusing to take your pick when the menu has so many options, so we try to clear things out with a list of enthusiast bikes
Bajaj and India Kawasaki Motors have launched Ninja 650R in the Indian market.
The 1,968cc four-cylinder TDI diesel engine-powered A5 Sportback was a smooth drive, but the S5 Sportback with a 3-litre V6 TFSI quattro tiptronic engine was a mind blowing experience.
India has a history of jugaad, and retrofitting vehicles is one such manifestation of the legendary Indian skill. Not so long ago autorickshaws and small Marutis used to strap on subsidised LPG cylinders and power themselves to a cheap ride. There were the odd explosions, lives were lost, but the jugaad continued. Then compressed natural gas (CNG) was introduced in Delhi following a court order. Initially, customised CNG kits were fitted to conventional (internal combustion engine or ICE) autos cheaply, enabling commuting at less than half of what you would cough up for diesel. The industry is better organised now with Suzuki and Hyundai designing CNG-fired vehicles, and Mahindra and TVS manufacturing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-powered three wheelers.
Aakash S Paul finds out exactly what sets this new Triumph bike apart.
Suzuki has made a great comeback in the 150cc segment with the launch of the Gixxer motorcycle; it's among the top sellers in the segment currently, says Indian automobile website MotorBeam.
Ahead of the Budget, the auto industry is understood to have asked the government to reduce excise duty and remove the additional Rs 15,000 tax imposed on big cars to minimise the gap with those of small cars.
The much-awaited 500cc version of Thunderbird was launched in Mumbai amidst much fanfare.
The Discover 150 is a value for money commuter bike which is high on performance, says Faisal Ali Khan of MotorBeam.com.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, through a notification on February 12, has slashed the duty on both the variants of motorcycles imported as completely build units (CBU) to 50 per cent.
While companies have not launched too many products in rural areas of late, easy financing has helped push up demand.
Renault Kwid could be the new frontrunner in the 1-litre car segment, says P Tharyan.
India is a market for low-priced cars with low running costs. The global majors don't have models that fit the bill; only Maruti and Hyundai have successful entry-level models, observes T N Ninan.
The 200-500cc segment bikes are flooding the Indian markets. Here are some of the most popular ones. Which would you like to buy?
Leading two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp is going full throttle to launch a Harley-Davidson model with retro styling as it looks to enter a very profitable segment in the premium motorcycle space, according to a senior company official. The alliance between Hero and Harley-Davidson fructified last year after the iconic US two-wheeler maker announced discontinuation of sales and manufacturing operations in India, a decade after it started selling its premium bikes in the country. "There are two legs to the Harley tie up strategy. One of course is that we are the sales distributors for Harley bikes in India.
Nothing new, all cosmetic, is what Naveen Soni finds in the updated Suzuki Swish 125.
In one of the most-awaited acts of the day, the women constables, in their debut, created some stunning formations, such as "fish riding, side riding, faulaad, peacock and Saptarishi", that dropped jaws and drew cheers. Now this is what we call women power!
High on style and power these scorchers will set the Indian roads on fire.
At Rs 43,150, Dream Neo hopes to create deep inroads into the Indian commuter segment.
Bikedekho.com's Jyotsana Gupta lists out the most efficient commuter bikes to hit the Indian roads.
The company says if the ban on diesel vehicles continues, around 13% of its sales will be hit.
Two-wheeler prices are likely to rise by 10-25 per cent on account of higher premiums on insurance and commodity prices, mandatory safety regulations and BS-VI emissions that kick in from April 1, 2020.
