Hot Scoops: Bajaj to launch Ninja and new XCD

* Sources close to Bajaj tells us that Bajaj will bring the much awaited Kawasaki Ninja during the festive season. Ninja would be launched in October and will be sold through Bajaj’s probiking outlets. * Following the launch of new xcd 135cc, pulsar 150cc,pulsar 180cc and pulsar 200cc, Bajaj plans to upgrade the xcd 125cc …

Bajaj puts a ‘stop-light’ to Pulsar – 200

Bajaj Auto has phased out the Pulsar 200 model. The company has planned to do so to make way for the new Pulsar 220. The new Pulsar 220, was launched three weeks earlier. The Pulsar 220 offers a higher power and a better performance at much lesser price. The Pulsar 200 is powered by a …

Reva to build World’s largest electric car plant

The Reva Electric Car Company, a Bangalore-based company plans to build  the world’s largest factory to build 30,000 small plug-in electric cars a year. The company is investing Rs300m in this plant. Reva tries to promote a technology that holds the key to the global energy crisis. The plant will begin production in the first …

Bajaj Discover 100cc – Test Drive and Review

Brief test drive report on Bajaj Discover 100cc Its never easy to understand Bajaj and its strategy in particular. After exiting from the 100cc segment in 2007, Bajaj rediscovers the 100cc segment with the launch of discover 100cc. First let’s understand what’s the need for Bajaj to re-enter this segment.  Though the market share of …

Bajaj Auto launches Discover 100CC

As we reported earlier, Country’s leading two-wheeler maker, Bajaj Auto launches the 100CC version of its popular model, Discover in the Indian market.  Discover 100cc comes with DTS-Si version 2.0 (first version launched with XCD 125cc). The DTS-Si gets an oval pent roof combustion chamber and Molykote Piston. Discover 100cc comes with a 5-speed tranmission …

Bajaj Pulsar 220cc – Test Drive and Review

“Form is temporary but class is permanent” collection of words often used to describe a legendary cricketer who come back from a series of failure. It applies to Pulsar too. While the bike dominated the upper segment of the indian two wheeler market like never before from 2002 to 2007. The advent of Yamaha’s R15 …

Bavina Cars gets land for its e-car plant

Chennai-based Bavina Cars India Ltd on Friday received the allotment letter for its battery-powered car plant in Ranipet. Bavina Cars has committed to invest Rs 300 crore in this project. Mr M.K. Stalin, the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu handed over the allotment letter to Mr S. Rajasekar, Chairman of Bavina Cars. The company …

Nissan cuts price of its products in India

Car maker Nissan Motor India on Thursday announced that it has reduced the prices of its products, the Teana sedan and the X-Trail sports utility vehicles by Rs 5,000. The prices of these model cars are reduced following the Budget’s proposal to reduce the excise duty on big cars.The price cut will be effective immediately. …

Volvo’s XC90 comes with reduced cost

The Indian unit of Sweden’s luxury car maker Volvo Car India on Thursday said it has reduced the price of its flagship XC90 sport-utility vehicle by 7-8.5 per cent (about Rs 4 lakh) to boost sales. The new rates of the XC90 D5 is Rs 42.5 lakh, while the XC90 32 will be available for …