Harley Davidson Sportster Review

Harley Davidson SportsterHarley-Davidson Sportster is the longest continually produces motorcycles in the HD lineup. Harley Sportster XL first, with 55 cubic inch, four-stroke engine and four-speed transmission, introduced in 1957. He replaces K Flathead Harley motorcycle and was built in response to Japanese and British bikes are flooding the U.S. market at the time.The next year, HD Sportster XLH introduced with higher compression and larger valves. This initiated the Sportster evolution that has seen many performance upgrades over the years while maintaining Styling, Sporty same signature. Until 2007, the Sportster is easily recognized by peanut fuel tank signature. In the same year, Harley-Davidson Electronic Sequential Port received HD...

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2010 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Review

If you love driving, and you love riding over high-revving fast and furious crotch rockets, you will find something great in the simplicity of the 2010 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 line-up. All areas of interest are: for those who love the traditional-style motorcycles, Classic is a great choice for those who live on the highway and need a motorcycle that reflects those feelings, Classic LT Bill fits nicely, for those who love an aggressive style, big wheels and a deep guttural sound, custom is the king.Regardless of which one you choose, ride and experience tells the same story.My Love Affair with the 2010 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 ...... he failed relationship, a broken tonight, and with tears streaming down my face. My bike was a place of solitude, and...

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Volkswagen Vento to launch on July 6th

Volkswagen India, an Indian subsidiary of Germany based auto giant, will launch its much awaited sedan Volkswagen Vento in the country on 6th of July. The company has already revealed the sketch of this car in the Indian market. The Vento is basically an entry level sedan which will be developed on the platform of company's recently launched hatchback Volkswagen Polo in India. The car is expected to carry a price tag of Rs 9 to 10 lakh.Vento, has been designed, keeping into consideration, the expectations and requirements of the Indian buyers. It is being manufactured at company's Chakan plant near Pune. Volkswagen Vento is all set to give a hard competition to its contemporaries in the segment such as, the best selling Maruti Swift Dzire,...

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Tata Motors ties-up with IndusInd Bank for dealer financing

IndusInd Bank Ltd. and Tata Motors have entered into an agreement, where IndusInd Bank will provide channel finance facilities to Tata Motors ’ dealers.The dealers of Tata Motors will now have access to ready upstream finance from IndusInd Bank to meet their working capital requirements in addition to the existing retail finance arrangements. IndusInd ranks in the top retail financiers for Tata motors commercial vehicle segment today. This tie up is a part of the strategic focus of IndusInd Bank in developing the supply chain business.Mr. R. Ramakrishnan Vice President (Sales & Marketing, Commercial Vehicle Business Unit, Tata Motors Limited) said, “Tata Motors Commercial vehicle has a good share of business in the retail asset funding...

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Sales of diesel-run cars to slowdown in coming months

The sales figures of diesel variants of popular cars in India, which have been showing an upward trend until recently, is expected to witness a decrease in coming month as the govt has decided to hike the price of fuel in the country. The major contributor to this expected decrease in the demand for diesel run cars is the narrowing down gap between petrol and diesel prices, due to which many prospective buyers of diesel variants are now moving towards petrol versions. While exactly four years back in June 2006, the gap between petrol and diesel price was around Rs 15 in national capital, the current difference between both of these fuels is only Rs 11.56.According to Mr Ankush Arora, vice-president (sales & marketing), General Motors India,...

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Maruti, GM, Bajaj gear-up for another car price hike in India

The auto biggies in India are gearing-up for another round of price hike in the country in a bid to level the mounting pressure from rising cost of input materials such as steel and tyres. The auto makers like General Motors, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Toyota Kirloskar, Ashok Leyland and Bajaj Auto are mulling over to increase the price of their respective vehicles in India.We should mention here that this is the fourth time in the year 2010 when car prices are going to be increased in the Indian market. The industry, first witnessed the price hike in January due to the increasing raw material cost, following another increase in price in March and April due to an increase of 2% in the excise duty and implementation of new BS-IV emission norms,...

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Fiat to launch a new small car in India by 2012

Italy based leading car-maker Fiat Motors is planning to launch a small car in India by the end of year 2012. The new small car has specially been developed for the emerging markets like India that is home to a large number of middle class buyers. The new India bound car will be placed in the small hatchback segment where it will compete with popular small cars in the country like Maruti Alto and Hyundai Santro Xing.Mr Rajeev Kapor, MD, Fiat India, said in a interview, given to a leading news daily, that it will be an all-new car, nothing to do with any of company's other models and will be priced aggressively. The new car will compete with the Alto and will have a one-litre engine. He added that the Uno brand has become rather generic in nature...

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Yamaha plans to make India premium motorcycles hub

India Yamaha Motors, the country's leading premium motorcycles manufacturer, is planning to make India as a global hub for the premium motorcycles. The Indian arm of Yamaha Motors has already two manufacturing plants in the country, which are in Noida and Surajpur. The company wants to utilize the facilities to the maximum output to get a level in order to manufacture bikes for the export markets.yamaha bikes launches new bikes in india recently.Yamaha Motor is currently exporting their product line-up that includes Crux, G5, Alba, Enticer, Gladiator Type SS, FZ-16 and the YZF-R15. The all new India made motorcycles are exported to countries like Bangladesh, Indonesia, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Philippines and Kenya. India Yamaha Motor has supplied...

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Bajaj-KTM 125cc bike may hit Indian roads by 2011

Bajaj Auto India Limited, India's second largest two-wheeler maker, may introduce the new world-class premium bike jointly with KTM Power Sports AG in India in the next financial year (2011-12). Besides, Bajaj-KTM has been jointly developing the new 125cc machines for India. According to some news sources, the new Bajaj-KTM 125cc motorcycle will first be launched in Europe and then available in the Indian auto market. It will be developed at the Bajaj's Chakan plant in Pune. S. Sridhar, CEO of Bajaj Auto said, "The new premium bike will be available in the market under the KTM brand and would be priced at more than 100,000 rupees.The all new Bajaj-KTM 125cc will be represented as India's first premium motorcycle which comes loaded with impressive...

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Tata Motors to cut debt by raising Rs 4,700 crore

Tata Motors, one of the largest car maker in the Indian market, has decided to raise Rs 4,700 crore through the medium of equity, convertible bonds, debentures and warrants to reduce debt and fund expansion. For the process of fund raising the company will seek the approval from its shareholders.At the Board Meeting of the Company held on Monday, the Board, inter alia, decided to seek Shareholders’ approval through a Postal Ballot for raising funds equivalent to about Rs.4,700 crores through a combination of issue of Ordinary Shares, ‘A’ Ordinary Shares, Convertible Bonds, Debentures, Warrants or other equity linked instruments in the domestic and/or international markets in one or more tranches.The major chunk of this debt was utilized in...

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Demand for petrol run cars surges-up

The Indian automobile industry, which has been going through a robust growth phase since the starting of year 2010, is struggling to meet-up with the sudden increase in the demand for petrol run cars. Interestingly, the news came at a time when auto-biggies in the country are mulling the option of launching the diesel versions of their popular cars so that they can pace-up with mounting demand backlog.The sale of petrol variant is surging though the diesel run cars still sell more in sheer numbers, as per a statement given by Mr Shashank Srivastava, Maruti’s chief general manager (marketing), to a leading business news daily. Mr Srivastava added that petrol run variants forms around 37% percent of the total sales of the Maruti Swift models...

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Car exports to jump by over 15% in FY10-11

The total vehicle exports from India is expected to jump by up to 15 percent in the fiscal year 2010-11, as announced by the government on Monday. Mr Ambuj Sharma, the Joint Secretary in the Department of Heavy Industry, told to a leading media agency that country may see a 10-15 per cent increase in auto exports over and above the last fiscal year's export.The Society of Indian automobile manufacturers (SIAM) stated that total export form the country was 18,04,619 units in the FY 09-10 as against the 15,30,594 units sold the fiscal year 2008-09, accounted for a sales increase of 17.90 percent.Mr Sharma added that as the most of the European nations are growing, and this will certainly increase the level of consumer spending which in turn will...

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Mercedes India forays into used car business

Mercedes Benz India, the largest car luxury car maker in the Indian market, has entered the used car business with the launch of its new company certified pre-owned car outlet in the country. The move of starting a used car business here can be seen as a part of company's long term expansion plans.The company would sold these used-cars through its authorized dealerships in India. Comprehensive evaluation and refurbishment criteria, scientific tools for audit and inspection as well as manufacturer-backed warranty go into the making of a certified proven exclusivity vehicle. The dream of owning a Mercedes-Benz thus becomes even more achievable, said Mr Wilfried Aulbur, MD and CEO of Mercedes-Benz India. He added that Now the company is bringing...

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Tata Nano Superdrive concludes its journey

The Tata Nano Superdrive caravan, which travelled a distance of 15,000 km, touching 36 cities across India, today concluded its 26-day voyage in Mumbai. The cars were flagged in by Mr. Ratan N. Tata, Chairman, Tata Sons & Tata Motors, in the presence of Tata Motors’ senior management.The Tata Nano Superdrive, comprising 9 Tata Nanos, each festooned with a theme, had started from Sanand on June 2 to celebrate the inauguration of the plant. The cars travelled across India on three different routes. Each route was christened after our tri-coloured national flag namely ‘Saffron Route’, ‘White Route’ and ‘Green Route’, keeping with the theme of the country-wide drive.Driving across the Saffron route, covering north India, the cars visited Udaipur,...

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2010 Supersport Kawasaki Motorcycles Ninja ZX-14

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Mercedes-Benz launches Proven Exclusivity

Mercedes-Benz today launched its global pre-owned car business for India: “Proven Exclusivity”. This program utilizes specific global benchmarks for vehicle evaluation, quality and warranty to offer Mercedes-Benz certified pre-owned cars to Aulbur, Managing Director, and CEO of Mercedes-Benz India elaborated: “Comprehensive evaluation and refurbishment criteria, scientific tools for audit and inspection as well as manufacturer backed warranty go into the making of a certified ‘Proven Exclusivity’ vehicle. The dream of owning a Mercedes-Benz thus becomes even more achievable.At the same time customers can also drive in their existing vehicles and drive out with their new Mercedes-Benz cars by utilizing the trade-in route under ‘Proven Exclusivity’”....

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Tata Motors to raise long term capital funds

The Board Meeting of the Company held today, the Board, inter alia, decided to seek Shareholders’ approval through a Postal Ballot for raising funds equivalent to about Rs.4,700 crores through a combination of issue of Ordinary Shares, ‘A’ Ordinary Shares, Convertible Bonds, Debentures, Warrants or other equity linked instruments in the domestic and/or international markets in one or more tranches.The above fund raising proposals will be for meeting the Company’s growth plans as well as for reducing the debt on its balance sheet.The timing and structure of the issues will be decided depending upon market conditions post Shareholders’ and other approvals.The Board also considered appropriate to seek Shareholders’ approval for raising the limits...

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Magneti Marelli aims high for Indian market

Magneti Marelli, a Fiat group owned auto-component maker is aiming to enhance its revenue to Rs 2,000 crore by year 2015, through its Indian operations. The company is expecting that the Indian auto market will grow faster as compared to its counterparts around the world.India will continue to grow higher than the global markets. Company's target is to increase Indian sales to 5 per cent of the total expected global sales of 7 billion euro (about Rs 40,000 crore) by 2015, as per a statement given by company's Chief Executive Officer (After-market Parts & Services) Dino Maggioni to a leading news agency. He added that, by that time, India will be just behind the company's Chinese operations, which is expected to contribute 6-7 per cent of...

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Hyundai likely to price its 800cc small car @ Rs 1.6 lakh

Hyundai Motors India Ltd., (HMIL), one of the largest car makers in the country which is developing a compact-car for the Indian market, is speculated to be priced at Rs 1.6 lakh, as revealed by some media reports on Friday. The new small car is currently under development at the company's R&D center at Hyderabad where it's engineers are working in tandem with their South Korean counterparts.The new Hyundai baby is expected to come, powered with a 800 CC engine and will compete against India's best-selling car Maruti Alto after it is launched in the country. The company will showcase this car at the upcoming International Auto Expo in India in the year 2012 , where it is expected to attract a large number of car enthusiasts and visitors.The...

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Fuel efficiency to play a major role in car sales in India

The Indian auto market, which is home to a large number of middle class buyers is also one of the most cost and mileage sensitive auto-markets in the world. The major auto makers around the world have been mulling over launching their low cost fuel efficient cars in the Indian market, so that they can capitalize on this high growth potential that exists here. Now, as the price of petrol has increased to a considerably high level in the last few years, the high mileage cars are definitely going to be among the first choices of the buyers.The Tata Nano, which was launched in the Indian market in March 2009, has set a benchmark for major auto makers around the world to develop low-cost compact cars for the emerging markets like India and China...

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Mahindra Logan to be launched in a new avatar by 2012

India's largest utility vehicle (UV) maker Mahindra & Mahindra is planning to launch its Logan sedan in a completely new avatar by the end of the year 2012. The new variant will have a length of less than four meters which will enable it to qualify for a lesser excise duty segment. Mr Rajesh Jejurikar, chief executive (automotive division) of the company said in a statement given to a leading news daily that company is planning to launch a restyled Logan within the next 18 months.Mahindra Logan was launched in India in the year 2007 as a Joint Venture between Mahindra and Renault. But due to some differences related to the pricing and designing of this car, both the companies parted ways in April this year. Since its launch in 2007, the...

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