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Suzuki Gixxer 250 production ready version spotted at Suzuki Plant

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     Pics of Suzuki Gixxer 250 in the production ready form in out.The design is highly inspired from that of the GSX-R1000.But most of the parts of the bike like the switch gear,Instrument cluster looks the same as that fond in the smaller Gixxer 150.      The bike may be using the 248cc twin cylinder engine used in the Inazuma that makes 24PS power and 22 Nm torque.      Gixxer will be shocased at the Auto Expo that will be held in  New Delhi on Feb 2016.

Benelli TNT 25 launched in india at Rs1.68 lakh

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Italian motorcycle manufacturer Benelli has launched its 250cc bike TNT 25 in India at a price of 1.68 lakh Rs.The bike is styles quite similar to that of the TNT 300. Powering the Benelli TNT25 will be a 249cc,single cylinder ,liquid cooled engine producing 28bhp @ 9800RPM and 21.6Nm torque @ 8000 RPM.It is mated to a six speed gearbox. Braking is performed by 280mm single dist at front and a 240mm single disk at rear. The bike will be available in two colours:Bianco White and Rosso Red.Also Bennelli offers two tyre options,MRF and Metzeler..DSK will also offer a wide range of accessories and decals as well.

Mahindra KUV100 Unveiled - Price,Specs,Images and Launch Date

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Mahindra and Mahindra has unveiled its new mini SUV.It is named KUV100.The KUV 100 is a sub four meter vehicle and will be positioned below the Quanto and TUV300.Mahindra will set an all new segment with this car.The price of the car will range from 4- 6.5 lakh that means it will complete with the cars likes Swift,Figo and Grand i10.All the varients of the vehicle will come with Airbag and ABS. TUV100 will use a family of all new engine called M-Falcon.The pertol engine is a 1.2liter 3-cylinder enging making 85BHP of power and a peak torque of 114NM while the 1.2 liter 3-cylinder Diesel engine churns out a maximum poer of 77bhp and a peak torque of 190NM. Mahindra has announced that it will launch the KUV100 on 15th January 2015.Dealers across the country has started accepting the booking for the vehicle.

Suzuki Vitara coming back to India

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Vitara was spotted testing in India and will be displayed at the 2016 Auto Expo.It is expected to be powered by the 1.6 liter Diesel Engine that is used in S-Cross.The petrol engine will be the 1.6 petrol that is used in the current Vitara on sale in UK. It will compete with the likes of  Hyundai Creta,Renault Duster,Nissan Terrano and the upcoming Honda BR-V

Benelli Tornado 302 unveiled at EICMA motor show.India launch soon

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            Benelli unveiled its first small capacity fully faired motorcycle 'Tornado 302' at EICMA (Milan Motor show).The bike uses a 300cc parallel twin cylinder engine that makes 34.5 PS of power and 27NM of torque.The bike is claimed to have a top speed of 170kmph.The bikes is based on the naked bike TNT300 This bike will use a 260mm dual disk brake at the front and a single 240mm disk at the rear with ABS offered as standard.The final production model of the bike will be displayed at the 2016 Delhi Auto Expo and will start the sales in India soon after that.Like the TNT 300 the Tornado will also be locally assembled.

Tata's upcomming small hatchback Zica spy images leaked ahead of launch

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Tata has recently announced that their upcoming small hatchback will be called Zica and will be launched next month. Here are some of the spy images of the production version of Tata Zica: The Tata Zica will replace the aging Indica  ev2.There will be two engine options availabe fo the car one is the new 1.05-litre,3 cylinder diesel engine that will make around 67bhp of power and 14kgm torque and the other is the 1.2 Revotron petrol engine that does duty on the Tata Bolt.It will get a 5 speed manual as well as an AMT version.Tata will price the car some where between 3.5-5 lakhs.

TVS BMW G 310 R revealed

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             BMW has finally revealed its small capacity bike the G 310 R.The bike will be manufactured in India at TVS Motor Company's Bengaluru plant.The bike is completely designed by BMW at Germany and this is going to be the first BMW bike to be manufactured outside Europe.         The Bengaluru plant gets all its equipments shipped from Germany and also BMW has trained workforce to bring the quality level to the international standard. BMW is also planing for  a half faired  as well as an adventure tourer version of this bike.         The G310R will use a 313cc single cylinder, four valve, liquid cooled engine with double overhead cam shaft and fuel injection.It makes 34 BHP power at 8500 RPM and 28 NM torque at 7500 RPM.It will come with ABS as standard.The bike will be officially launched on Auto expo 2016.

Himalayan to get 2 varients.New varient spotted testing,Lauch postponed to february 2016

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       Royal Enfield Himalayan has been on news for quite a long time now.It is the most awaited and most talked about launch.       Latest news says that the bike will be launched in the Auto Expo which will be on February 2016.                                           Pic courtesy:Rush Lane      Also a new varient of the bike was spotted testing recently and it looks slightly different from the model that was spotted earlier.One varient is designed for off roading  while the might other get  a retuned engine for daily city uses.     Both the varients will be using the newly developed 410cc engine that delivers 24bhp power.Royal Enfield is planning to price the bike beween 1.65-1.85 lakh 

Datsun unveils Go-Cross concept

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Datsun was not having good time in India with  its  GO and GO+ models.Now Datsun is planning for somthing in the cross over segment to compete with the likes of Ecosprt and Duster.   At First look the Datsun Go Cross is an impressive car. Datsun Global Head Vincent Kobee says that They have learnt from the mistakes made on GO and GO+ and have improved drastically this time. Datsun GO gets a quad headlamp at the front and led lights mounted on the air dams on lower portion of the bumper.On side it gets body cladding,roof rail,raising window lane and large alloy wheels. The car is likely to use the 1.5 liter engine that is used in Nissan and Renault cars like the Duster and Terrano

Mazda RX-Vision concept

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       Mazda showcased thr RX-Vision concept at the Tokyo Motor Show based on the RX-7 sports car.The production car will be smaller than the displayed concept car.    RX-Vision uses an all new engine called Skyactiv-R.The engine will be more fuel ecoomic,powerfull and emission will be less claims Mazda. It will compete with the likes of  Porsche Cayman.Mazda is planing to launch this car by 2017.

Yamaha revealed its sports car concept at Tokyo Motor Show

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     Yamaha revealed its sports car concept at the Tokyo Motor Show. The car ses a carbon fibre frame.It is designed by ex-McLaren designer Gordon Murray. The car is a 2 seater sports car that weights just 750kg and yamaha will use a 1 liter 3-cylinder engine that makes around 100bhp . As the weight of the car is less it will have  good power to weight ratio.

Honda CBR 250RR concept showcased at the ongoing Tokyo Motor Show

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Honda has showcased its CBR 250RR concept at the ongoing Tokyo Motor Show. Power and performance of the new bike is still unknown,The bike is expected to make around 40bhp.The design seems to be very impressive. The instument cluster looks funky.Fuel tank is muscular.Split seat looks well sculpted. The concept is equipped with telescopic front fork and monoshock rear suspension, a petal disc brake at each wheel, clip-on handle bars and Akrapovic exhaust system.

Bajaj launched its new Avenger series which includes Avenger 220 street, Avenger 150 street and Avenger 220 cruise

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    Bajaj Auto launched its new avenger series of bikes,The street 220 ,street 150 and 220 cruise.                                                           Avenger street 220      The new series of bike uses two body styles – Cruise and Street. While the Cruise variant uses the same old  traditional ‘cruiser’ styling and uses  spoked wheels with loads of chrome on the body, the Street variant uses black Harley Davidson inspired alloy wheels and more trendy styling.                                                Bajaj Avenger 220 cruise     Though there where romours that the new Avenger will get the 200cc engine used in the pulsar 200NS the 220cc engine re...

Ducati planning for 400cc Scrambler

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     Ducati Scrambler was a bike that caught the attention of bike enthusiasts in India. The 800cc Ducati Scrambler was brought to India as CKD and was priced  at Rs 6.7 lakh .Now the good  news is that Ducati is planning to bring a younger sibling for the Scrambler that will use a 400cc engine,It is also heard that the smaller Scrambler will use the same chasis of that of the current one. The new 400cc scrambler will produce around 40bhp power and will compete with duke 390 if priced well.    

Fiat Tipo official video released.It may come to india as Fiat Linea replacement

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        Fiat Aegea which was first displayed in Istanbul motor show this may will be called Fiat Tipo,It will replace Fiat Linea globally .Fiat has not announced anything about its indian launch,but hopfully it will come to India as Linea replacement by next year.     The new fiat Tipo measures 4.5 meters in length,1.78 meters in width,1.48meter height and has a wheelbase of 2.64 meters.Boot space is 510liters.     The car will get 2 petrol and 2 diesel engine options, 1.4 and 1.6 liter petrol engines making 94 and 108 bhp respectively and 1.4 and 1.6 liter Multijet Diesel engines making 94 and 118 bhp respectively. Take a look at the latest pics and official video of Fiat Tipo