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India Yamaha Motor plans to replace handlebar in 56,082 Ray scooters which is affected due to inadequate welding. The company is to start the recall through the ‘Ray Refresh Campaign’ which will be run through the company’s dealership networks. Customers also will be contacted to replace the affected part in ‘Ray’ scooters via this ‘Ray Refresh Campaign’. The company told that this replacement will be free of cost

India Yamaha said in a statement, “The Company has taken this voluntary step after it detected insufficient strength in the handlebar of some scooters due to inadequate welding. The recall campaign on 56,082 units of Ray would cover the handlebar fitted in the scooters that may in the worst case scenario have an impact on the steering operation”

It also added, “The campaign is subject to ‘Ray’ scooters only. All Ray Z scooters are completely unaffected by this potential problem”.

The Japanese automaker, Honda has unveiled the sketches of its new mini MPV which is code named as 2NH in Indonesia also called Low Multi- Purpose Vehicle. The sketch shows a car with a comparatively low-slung roof and an elongated wheelbase. It also reveals that ‘floating D pillar’ which hovers above the shoulder line.

The front part of this car resembles the Amaze and Brio. It comes with the grille and headlights like the Brio. It gets plenty of luggage space present even with all three rows. The front and rear bumpers too highlight the aggressive styling with sharp features.

This Brio based MPV offers both petrol and diesel variants. It gets the 1.5-litre turbo diesel engine which is also employed in Amaze. The petrol variant may be powered by either the 1.2-litre motor found in the Brio and the Amaze or an updated version of the 1.5-litre petrol that powers the Honda City.It is expected to be on sale in India by mid 2014.
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TVS, India’s fourth largest two-wheeler manufacturer plans to launch its five new models by December 2014.
Venu Srinivasan, chairman and MD, TVS Motor Company said, “Poor monsoon has impacted the agriculture output and inflation pressure also resulted people to tighten their spending. People are investing in unproductive areas like real estate and gold”. He also added that in the last three years petrol prices increased by 46%.Due to these factors, two wheelers industry grew 2.4% growth only.

He added “It’s just 11 years since we broke our partnership with Suzuki. We are doing everything to improve our quality and technology. In the last three years, the focus has been on improving the quality keeping BMW and Honda as benchmarks. These improvements delayed some of our launches”.
But the company will also launch TVS Scooty, a new scooter -Wego for male commuters and an upgraded version of Star City during this fiscal year

Honda plans to launch its 2014 Jazz/2014 Fit, a new hybrid variant to India in mid 2014. The new Honda Jazz car holds the ‘Fit’ badge, as it is known by the same name in Japan. The new Jazz gets 1.5-litre i-DTEC ‘Earth Dreams’ diesel engine, 1.2-litre petrol engine. It will be offered in manual as well as the automatic transmission gearbox options.

The 2014 Jazz offers 65 mm more legroom at the rear and 80 mm more chest room and the space between the rear seat and the front seat is 115 mm.
The new bumper gets the large air vents, gives the sporty look to the car. It gets new tail lamps and head lamps with metallic inserts. It comes with larger spacious cabin as usual. EV, Hybrid and Engine are the three driving modes will be available for this new variant. Honda will manufacture this car at its Tapukara plant. It will be definitely more affordable than the previous model.

Yes you read the headlines right! Hero may once again disappoint the market by launching nothing more than a facelifted Karizma ZMR. Contrary to the expectation, the new karizma may come with the same engine and same mechanicals.

It is expected that the new Hero motorcycle gets four stroke, single cylinder, fuel injected liquid cooled 225cc engine with five speed transmission. It gets an alloy clip on the handle bar, clear lens indicators, alloy foot rests. It gets telescopic forks as front suspension and a set of gas-charged shock absorbers at rear. It also includes single rotor disk brake at the front.

The new flagship Hero sports bike will be the first product to get inputs from Hero’s new tech partner, Eric Buell Racing(EBR). It is expected to target the bikes like Pulsar 200NS, KTM Duke 200, Yamaha YZF-R15 and the Honda CBR250R.

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The Italian Carmaker, Fiat India plans to launch the American SUV brand Jeep in India. The two new SUVs are Jeep Cherokee and wrangler. These two SUV models present in its final stages of testing. Jeep Cherokee is a luxury SUV which will be priced over 30 lakh rupees and Wrangler SUV will be priced fewer than 25 lakh rupees. Both models will get diesel variants.
Fiat brings these two models to Chennai for testing and maintenance which will be launched in the month of October.

Hero-EBR plans to develop its upcoming bike with full fairings which is powered by 250cc engine. It will be a single cylinder Fuel Injected, liquid cooled engine. It gets split seats, which is an upgrade from the ZMR and also gets disc brakes in front and rear. The exhaust of this bike does not look very attractive.

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TE connectivity, India has told that Start-Stop technology will be introduced in our country for two wheelers within the next three months. Only the cars have this Start-Stop technology but now the two wheelers in India will get this fuel saving technology. The Start-Stop function can work only in neutral in geared two wheelers and this technology improves the fuel efficiency of vehicles.

Director of TE Connectivity India S Vishwanath said, “We cannot disclose the detail of our customer right now, but we are working with a Tier-1 supplier for designing components for Start-Stop for two-wheelers in India. The tier–1 is a multinational company and we are in an advance stage of discussion. If everything goes well, in a few months we will see it in the market. Initially it will be retrofitted. We are in the design stage and will start the supply in the next three months. But I think it is just a question of time. I hope very soon even the two-wheeler OEMs will take it up”.

He added,” It works very well with automatic transmission, but for a gear transmission it has to be in the neutral position. The system will be more adoptable for gearless scooters. The OEMs are also showing interest in it. This would be probably the first time that a Start–Stop option for two-wheelers will be available”.

Mahindra’s upcoming scooter which has a code name as 301 will get an 110cc engine which is mated to an automatic gear box. It’s not known that it will get a new engine or a derivative of the 106.7cc engine of Motero. It will not include Rodeo’s 125cc motor. The other information regarding this bike is not known yet. This scooter will be prized at very lower prize and we can expect the launch of this bike within two years.

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Mitsubishi Motors has introduced a special edition, Pajero Sport for its first anniversary in India. This special edition include features like touch screen multimedia infotainment system with GPS navigation, rear view camera, rear spoiler, mud guard along with Anniversary Edition emblem placed on the tailgate and body colored bumpers.

It is powered by a 2.5-litre diesel engine which can produce 176 BHP of power at 4000 RPM and 400 Nm of torque at 2000 RPM and the engine is mated to a 5-speed manual gearbox.
It also offers super select 4WD system which enables the driver to choose 4×2 mode for fuel efficiency or three different 4×4 modes depending on the terrain

Mr. Uttam Bose, MD & CEO, Hindustan Motors Ltd, “The launch of Pajero Sport Anniversary Edition is a reflection of our customer-centric approach and also the success of the vehicle during the last one year. In our endeavour to give maximum value to customers we have incorporated new features based on their feedback. We are confident that the additions will contribute to customer delight and consolidate Pajero Sport’s position as a true SUV which matches the needs of city driving as well. Pajero Sport buyers are bound to feel the difference. The Anniversary Edition will enable the buyers to celebrate the legacy with style.