Honda To Launch Superbikes This Friday
Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India will unveil their "Big Bikes" range of motorcycles in New Delhi on Friday. Two motorcycles are expected to be unveiled. One undoubtedly will be the CBR 1000RR and the second will be the CB1000R.
The CBR 1000 RR is the flagship motorcycle for Honda two-wheelers the world over. It received a thorough overhaul in 2007/08 and the all-new motorcycle will soon be on offer at select Honda Showrooms in India. As the super sports motorcycle the CBR will go head to head with Yamaha's R1 even in India.
The CBR comes prepared for the job, with 174bhp in a 199kg body. However, the CBR confounds riders by being underwhelming to ride. It is a trait that has earned the CBR the "gentleman's racer" tag. Despite its easy-going nature, the CBR 1000RR has blitzed the time sheets at the race tracks. We expect the pricing to be in the Rs 11 - 12 lakh range.
The second motorcycle will be the CB1000R. The striking looking street-naked from Honda is bound to be a hit with the riders that look for something to unwind on. The low-stress 1000cc engine pumps out a decent 125 bhp for many stress free kilometres of riding.
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Mercedes-Benz inaugurates Pune facility
Mercedes-Benz India has inaugurated its first fully-owned facility in India, in Chakan on the outskirts of Pune, Maharashtra. The C-Class and E-Class will be assembled here.
The rest of the Mercedes range was on display at the launch, including the AMG performance cars and the Actros truck. It is one of the largest Greenfield facilities in the area and took 13 months to build from scratch - a record in Mercedes Benz'a books. It meets M-B's high standards of quality and safety as well.
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Toyota’s Global Output to Decline 20% in 2009
Toyota Motor Corp. will cut worldwide vehicle production by 20 percent this calendar year on slumping demand, Nikkei English News reported, without saying where it got the information.
The carmaker will produce 6.5 million vehicles this year, down from 8.21 million vehicles in 2008, the newspaper said. The figure excludes output by units Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hino Motors Ltd. The Tokyo Shimbun reported the same output figures on Jan. 25, without citing anyone.
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Castrol Power1 Passion Hunt
Castrol Power 1 and xBHP, an active online biking community join hands to search for most passionate biker in India.The event is named as power1 passionhunt is offering three unique chance to win a super bike.
The first option is participate in road shows conducted by a four member team from xBHP.The second option is to purchase a can of 'Power1′ a Castrol brand oil and enter the key available on the can while you create the online profile.And third option in which you need to make an online profile and you have to gather maximum number of votes.
In the first option you need to impress the judges,in second totally depends upon your lady luck and if you opt for third option get ready to beg for votes similar to television reality shows.The most passionate Indian biker will win a Yamaha R15 super bike from John Abraham.If you are not a bike winner still many more exiting prizes awaiting for you.The prizes other than bikes are different biking accessories.
The Power1passionhunt team will travel 15+ Indian cities and will conclude at New Delhi on 22 April. So it is the time to show off your biking passion and win an Yamaha. We will update further developments later on.
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Mercedes-Benz China Jan sales up 11%
Mercedes-Benz (China) Ltd sold more than 3,200 Mercedes-Benz cars in mainland China in January 2009, up 11% year on year (y/y), xinhuanet.com said today, citing the company's latest data. In January, Mercedes-Benz S-Class car saw its sales up 26% in China's mainland, which now has become the German luxury car brand's biggest market in the world.
Mercedes-Benz SUV sales surged by 80% compared to the same period of last year. The large luxury sport wagon of Mercedes-Benz R-Class achieved about 50% year-on-year sales growth. Mercedes-Benz M-Class, a mid-size sport utility vehicle (SUV) with light off-road capability, continued to be a popular choice with buyers, with an 83% increase in sales over last year.
The B-Class car, called "Luxury Sports Tourer" by Mercedes-Benz, went on sale at the beginning of this January in mainland China. The new model is expected to have great market potential with its competitive price of less than 300,000 yuan ($43,900).
Sales of Mercedes-Benz brand cars in China soared almost 45% in 2008 to 38,700 units, of which the Benz S-Class had 13,860 units sold, up 31% from a year earlier.
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Tata Nano Takes Blessings
Tata is planning to launch the much awaited small car, the Tata Nano soon. Thus Tata Motors have decided to take blessings by sending two new Tata Nano cars to the Golden Temple in Amritsar and Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti's dargah in Ajmer, Rajasthan.
Tata officials who drove the car offered a chadar at the shrine. The Nano sent to Ajmer was built at Tata Motors plant in Pimpri, Maharashtra and was airlifted from Mumbai to Jaipur.
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