Cars and Bikes

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 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 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 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 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 remained unchanged.     Bajaj also added a new 150cc model to the avenger series.The engine is the same that is used in the pulsar 150 but the loe end torque has been increased by 10%.                                                 Bajaj Avenger 150 street Price list                     

     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 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

           Tata Hexa caught testing and the new pics that has emerged in internet shows a clear view of the production version of Hexa Crossover.The pics shows that the production version looks very similar to the concept model that was displayed in 2015 Geneva motorshow.            It is a re-styled tata Aria. Though it reminds the Tata Aria at first glance ,there are a lots of changes in the car like the bulging bonnet , honeycomb front grill and the redesigned fog-lamps which gives it a muscular and refreshing look.            Though the company has not said much about the car,it is expected that the car would be launched in first half of 2016.   Engine specification and Dimension of the car            The Tata Hexa sources power from the familiar 2.2-liter four-cylinder VARICOR 400 diesel engine that delivers 154.2 hp at 4,000 rpm and 400 Nm between 1,700 – 2,700 rpm. It is paired to a 6-speed manual gearbox. The car is 4,764 mm long, 1,895 mm wide, 1,780

          Bajaj is about to launch its new avenger street 200 .It is inspired from the Harley Havidson street 750 and gets a full black treatment.It gets alloy wheels which looks similar to that of the Harleys. Some other changes from the older model are: Now it gets the engine from the new pulsars.The 200cc engine produces 23bhp at 8500rpm,It is mated with a six speed gearbox that further enhances the cruising capability of the bike.                It gets a redesigned exhaust system.It gets a complete black coating including the alloy wheels,engine,exhaust and handlebar all coated in black.  Bajaj annouced recently that they will launch three varients of Avenger in next few days.