New Bajaj Pulsar to be launched in 2011

Bajaj Auto Limited, India's one of the largest premium motorcycle manufacturer, is intending to launch an upgraded version of its most popular motorcycle brand, Bajaj Pulsar by next year. The company is getting overwhelming response from the Indian buyers on its popular brands like Bajaj Discover and Pulsar. Right Now, Bajaj Auto has launched the wide range of these models family. The Bajaj Pulsar is presently available in four variants including Pulsar 220 DTS-i, Pulsar 180, Pulsar 150 and Pulsar 135LS. Out of these variants, Bajaj Pulsar 135LS is performing extremely well in the Indian auto market. Behind of these models, Bajaj Discover is also achieving great high in the domestic market.



The company has already launched an upgraded higher version of Discover family christened Bajaj Discover 150. S Sridhar, President of Bajaj Auto (motorcycles) said, “From the ninth position in the first quarter of 2009-10, Discover has climbed to the third position in the first quarter of 2010-11. This is a huge boost for us. Going ahead, our focus will be on the two brands — Pulsar and Discover,” Bajaj Auto India Limited aims to excel Hero Honda in sales to reach the number one position. The small version of Bajaj Pulsar in India has also been sold in Indonesia through KTM outlets. Bajaj Auto's expansion plans for launches new bikes in India including Bajaj XCD and Bajaj Blade soon in India.

Tata Indica V2 Turbomax introduced in India

Tata Motors India Limited, leading passenger car maker, has recently introduce the new upgraded version of its most popular car, Tata Indica V2. The new version will be known as Tata Indica V2 Turbomax. This new model has developed with latest BS IV emission norms compliant. It will be available in two variants including DLS and DLE. In between these models, the DLS version is comes loaded features with power steering making it the top end model while in the DLE model, the power steering has been eliminated.



The punch line that has been given to Tata Indica V2 Turbomax , the new model of Tata Motors, says “More Space, More comfort”. The model has got the fuel efficiency of 19.00 kmpl on highways and 14 kmpl in the city. The new model is also equipped with the 1.4L turbocharged engine. This engine produces a maximum power output of 71PS at 4500rpm. The maximum torque provided is 135Nm @ 2500rpm. Furnace Red, Magnesium Grey Arctic Silver and Mint White are the colours to choose from wherein the Furnace Red and Magnesium Grey colour is present only in Tata Indica Vista Turbomax DLS variant. On the other hand, another major auto market leaders are also planning to launch their new products range including Skoda Yeti, Hyundai Santa Fe and Maruti Kizashi.

New Hero Honda Super Splendor soon in India

The major two-wheeler giant of India, Hero Honda is planning to launch an upgraded version of its most selling motorcycle, Hero Honda Super Splendor soon in the Indian auto market. The new facelifted Super Splendor might get new graphic design with advanced features like new headlight with a new fairing design, new sporty decals, new odometer and side indicators. The heart of this bike will be covered with black colours and the body looks much sportier than its existing model.



Hero Honda has not made any announcement about its technical features, but we can expect the new Hero Honda Super Splendor powertrain would be updated with latest BS-III emission norms compliant. The company is targeting more fuel efficiency and low maintenance motorcycles which are becoming first choice of Indian customers hence they are working accordingly. The new facelifted Super Splendor is expected to be more fuel economy and low maintenance bike in the Indian auto market.

Bajaj Auto plans to sell its Pulsar 135 LS in Europe

India's one of the largest two-wheeler market leader, Bajaj Auto is planning to sell its new Pulsar 135LS model in the European market. The company has already sells their Pulsar 135cc model in the Indonesia markets through KTM's dealership showrooms in the country, now is also intends to sell these model through the KTM outlets in Europe. Bajaj Auto is in flow on the success of its models Discover and Pulsar, which are getting a excellent response from the auto market and hopes to achieve a large number of sales than Hero Honda in the Indian market.



Bajaj Auto already owns considerable market share in the Austrian firm and has launched super luxury motorcycles from KTM in the country. Going ahead, our focus will be on the two brands — Pulsar and Discover,” said S Sridhar, president (motorcycles), Bajaj Auto.



Besides, according to the recent statement from Rajiv Bajaj, CEO, Bajaj Auto said," The company is also planning to introduce a new facelifted version of the company most selling motorcycle, Pulsar in the Indian auto market in 2011. The company claimed that the Bajaj Discover has got a excellent capabilities to get third position by the first quarter of 2010-11 from ninth position in the first quarter of 2009-10. Bajaj Auto has already launched one another higher version of its flagship mode, Bajaj Discover. The new Bajaj Discover 150cc is getting a good response from the Indian buyers and more than 50,00 units has already been sold in the last month in India.

Ford India continues to set new sales records in 2010

Ford India has reported a 307 percent jump in July sales compared to last year, with total sales of 8,739 units, four times the 2,146 sales made in July 2009. The sales performance also represents an increase of 20 percent compared to June 2010 figures. The July numbers continue a strong 2010 growth surge that has enabled Ford India to achieve total vehicle sales of 46,751 units in the January to July period. Commenting on the robust and consistent sales growth, Michael Boneham, president and managing director, Ford India said, "We are delighted with our results to date. Sales from January to July 2010 were greater than any annual sales figures reported by Ford India during the past five years. "This success is driven by a number of factors including an improved economic environment as well as new releases and the opening of new dealerships and service centres across the country."

Boneham added, "The Ford Figo is one of the major catalysts behind these terrific total sales numbers. Figo has transformed our business and presence in India and we recently introduced a second production shift to keep up with demand." Since its launch in March, the Figo has been truly embraced by Indian consumers with more than 29,000 sales bookings registered so far. Ford India is expanding its service and dealer network to provide world-class support to its fast growing customer base. The recently launched 3S Brand@Retail* dealership in Meerut (Uttar Pradesh province) is the 167th outlet. With this, Ford India now has a presence in 97 cities nationwide.

New Yamaha bikes ready to launch within few days

India Yamaha Motors is all set to launch its three new long awaited premium motorcycles soon in India, including Yamaha SZ, new upgraded Yamaha Fazer and Yamaha YBR 125. The company official announced that it will introduce all three new bikes on 5th August 2010 in Noida. Yamaha SZ has already displayed at Delhi Auto Expo 2010. Besides, the company, after getting excellent response of Fazer 150 from the market, is now planning to launch an another upgraded version of existing model in India. Behind on these bikes, Yamaha YBR is also going to be upgraded with higher 125cc engine which makes it great performance premium bike in the auto market.



All these motorcycles are believes to be available with affordable range in the Indian auto market. According to some website reports the new Yamaha SZ will be available price tag of around RS. 60,000. While the new upgraded version of Yamaha Fazer is also expected to be priced at around Rs. 65,000 and YBR 125 will be priced Rs. 55,000. There is no confirmation regarding that the specification and features on these upcoming bikes. The new Sports bike, Yamaha SZ has got excellent capabilities to capture a good number of Volume of premium market share from the auto market.

Spice mobile launched its new Spice M6 Sports in India with Rs.4500

Spice mobile has launched specially for sports lovers, Spice M-6 sports. This multi SIM mobile targeted to the sports fan, the mobile has applications such as Yahoo sports, Yahoo Tennis and Yahoo Formula 1.



The attractive mobile with best features is able to give good competition to the rival. It has 2.2" QVGA TFT screen, 262k colours and 1.3 mega pixel camera with digital zoom. It supported to 4GB of expandable memory. It's comes with MP4 and 3GP supported video player with an mp3 audio player, FM radio with recording facility. The connectivity features of this mobile is excellent it has stereo bluetooth, WAP and GPRS.

Spice M-6 sports supports to social networking site Facebook, instant application system Nimbuzz and messenger site Yahoo. This mobile also has Opera mini web browser and video sharing application Vuclip. The excellent Spice M-6 Sports loaded with 1000 mAh battery supporting a talk time of 5 hours.

Kunal Ahooja,CEO and Director of spice mobiles told at the launching occasion that this M-6 Sports mobile phone launched under company's strategy, Spice wants to attract the youth. This mobile is available in the market priced at Rs. 4499.

Tata Motors Sanand plant quickly ramp-up production of Nano

Tata Motors has recnetly announced that with its 250,000-unit/year Sanand plant becoming operational ahead of schedule, the company will speedily ramp up production of the Tata Nano. Accordingly, the company has begun intimating retainee-customers that their cars are coming up for delivery. This is the final step, before the company opens up sales of the Tata Nano. Retainee-customers are those who had retained their booking with the company though not selected among the first allottee-customers from out of the booking process of 2009. Despite a steep increase in input prices, their Tata Nanos are being priced only three to four percent higher, depending on the model, than the price announced at launch. The terms and conditions of booking had provided that the applicable price of the car for a retainee-customer would be notified at the time of delivery.



Also, as announced at the booking, they have received interest on their deposit. The allottee-customers, still awaiting delivery, will get their cars at the same price as announced at launch on March 23, 2009. Tata Motors would like to reward the loyalty of the allottee-customers for bearing with the company through a prolonged period of delivery, given the capacity constraints till the Sanand plant became operational. As a gesture of goodwill and gratitude, the company has announced for them a choice among a one-year free annual maintenance contract (AMC), or free accessories worth Rs.4000/- or an extended warranty. The Tata Nano has already received an overwhelming response. With the ramp-up at the Sanand plant, customers desirous of the car will soon be able to freely purchase the Tata Nano.

Honda VFR1200F picture review

India's one of the largest two-wheeler market leader, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) has recently launched the new sports tourer " Honda VFR 1200F " in India with the expansive price range of Rs 17.5 lakh (ex-showroom-Delhi). Bold look of the newly launched Honda VFR 1200F will attract the hug crowd and is expected to get overwhelming response from the Indian buyers. The sporty looks of new VFR will surely create charisma which will catch the heartbeat of the massive bike lovers. The new Honda VFR 1200F was already shown at the 10th anniversary of Delhi Auto Expo 2010. Where it was also getting a excellent attention from the visitors. The most awaited VFR 1200F is additionally packed with awesome features which makes it very stunning superbike in the auto market.



The Honda VFR 1200F has got cutting-edge massive engine with innovative and new generation technologies that is sure to become futuristic sports power plant. The new superbike is comes loaded with liquid cooled, 76 degree, SOHC, V-4, four valve per cylinder which churns a top power of 170 bhp at 10,000 rpm while produces a maximum torque of 129 Nm at 8,750 rpm. It has got a good capabilities to deliver fuel economy of around 12 kmpl in the auto market. Besides, the fuel tank capacity of this bike is comes around 18.5ltr. The bike's most outstanding features is the V-4 engine, but only because the dual-clutch automatic transmission is optional.



We always found that the massive braking system desirable in the high-end capacity motorcycles and the all new Honda VFR 1200 F is also available with disc brakes with CBS at both the wheels. The front brake is 320mm disc brake with CBS and the rear one also of 276 mm single disc with CBS. The sound braking system of the bike will decelerate the speed of the bike even at higher speed.



The all new Honda VFR 1200F available with cutting-edge suspension system that is often seen in MotoGP bikes only. The front shock absorber is 43mm cartridge shocker with spring preloaded adjustability; 4.7 inches of wheel travel while the rear one is Honda Pro Arm® single-sided swingarm with single gas-charged shock generates most advanced rear suspension action; features handy remote spring preloaded adjuster, rebound damping adjustability and 5.1 inches of wheel travel. You can't notice the rear shocker from rear or side view as it is located under the seat.



The sports tourer motorcycle offering best braking system that provides superb handling and control. ABS is the latest technology for brakes nowadays. Slipper clutch is also available for Honda VFR 1200F which can be used under hard braking. 1545mm of wheelbase and single side swing arm contribute to chassis rigidity and ultimate balance of the machine. The company hopes that the new massive sports bike will compete with Suzuki Gsxr, Suzuki Hayabusa, Harley Davidson Dyna and Harley Davidson Softail.