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Due to the ongoing slowdown, quite a lot of car and two-wheeler manufacturers will be giving the upcoming 2020 Auto Expo a miss. The rush to make all their products BS6-compliant has had an impact too, as many have to divert their resources towards meeting the deadline. However, some big names will still be in attendance at the event and one of them is Tata Motors. The carmaker has displayed some stunning concepts in the past, where the production avatars Read More...

A lot of potential buyers out there are sitting on the fence, thinking, if they should buy a BS4 vehicle now or wait for its BS6 model to arrive and then take the plunge. While it's a good idea to wait, as the BS6 model of any XYZ four or two-wheeler you have set your sights on will pack the latest technology to comply with all norms, there are some downsides too. Here are a few: Higher Price All BS6-compliant Read More...

If you are in the market looking to buy a new motorcycle this festive season, manufacturers have announced plenty of offers to sweeten the deal. If your budget is up to INR 2 lakh, there are plenty of choices in the form of sporty machines or easy-going thumpers you can settle for. Here's a list of all the motorcycles which are priced between INR 1 - 2 lakh (ex-showroom). Hero Xtreme 200S (Price - Rs 1 Lakh) The most affordable Read More...

The auto industry is going through a tough phase for quite some time now, but despite these setbacks, there are a few companies which have still managed to stick around the top spots with respect to sales. This sudden fall in the industry is on its way to the break-even point and we believe that it will have a huge leap and impact in the next few years. As the four-wheeler market is currently going through a rough phase now, Read More...

There was a time when affordable cars were characterful too. That was about a decade and a half ago. Since then, the phenomenon of 'family appearance', low capacity turbocharged engines and digitization has influenced the building blocks of most modern machines. While the reasons to do that must be rational, modern cars in the affordable space are becoming more and more robotic and are fast losing the charm, which, until a few years ago, made machines carve a special space Read More...

September is the month of joy and celebrations, as the Indian festive season begins and people go out to purchase many new things on this auspicious occasion. However, this isn't the case with the automobile industry, as this year the sales have steadily decreased and the entire automotive sector in India has faced a drastic downfall. Difficult government policies, high GST rates, increasing fuel prices and many other reasons are to be blamed for the Automotive slowdown this year. Despite Read More...

The first visual handshake with everything that reflects through human vision sets the tone for our feelings to follow through towards those objects. Unless carved by nature, since the very beginning of our existence, our bare hands have been responsible for creating things around us which make us either stop and admire or take a passing glance and forget. Cars are no different and their visual energy goes a long way in deciding their popularity among many other things. Of Read More...

Many premium 2-wheeler manufacturers like BMW, Kawasaki, Ducati, Honda, Harley Davidson, etc are known to develop bikes with the latest technologies available to make it more comfortable, innovative and fast. In the process of doing so, these companies give their best to make the bike a masterpiece, which is why the prices for these bikes start pretty high. There are many companies who believe that the Indian 2-wheeler industry is an untapped market, which is why they have made many Read More...

Having swapped with my teammate who had entered into the pits after his 15+-minute-long stint, it was my first lap out of the pits. On the uphill exit out of the second corner at the Kari Motor Speedway, the brand new, race-spec Suzuki Gixxer SF 250 would dart out with its front wheel above the ground, hit its limiter, and the clip ons would do a little jiggle once the front Metzeler M7 landed back on upshift. It happened every Read More...