Bike & Car News, #49, CARGURU This Week, TVS Apache, Mahindra Gusto, Tata Tiago, Maruti S Cross

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TVS has introduced a new matte red paint option for its Apache RTR 160 and RTR 180 in order to capitalise on the upcoming festive season. The standard RTR 160 Matte Red is priced at Rs
77,865 while the rear-disc version costs Rs 80,194, representing an increase of Rs 1,000 for both. The RTR 180 Matte Red, priced at Rs 81,833, is also dearer by Rs 1,000 than the standard version. Apart from the new colour scheme, the Apache RTR range remains unchanged. The RTR 160 sports a 159.7cc single-cylinder motor making 15.2hp and 13.1Nm of torque, while the RTR 180 is powered by a 177.4cc single-cylinder mill producing 17hp and 15.5Nm of peak torque. Both engines are mated to a five-speed gearbox.

an all-electric scooter that is based on the Mahindra Gusto’s platform, TVS Motors is also testing its own electric scooter that is likely to launch late in 2018.Pune-based start-up, Tork Motorcycles, is looking to enter the electric two-wheeler space with its battery-powered motorcycle called the T6X. While on one side Hero Motors remain invested in Ather Energy, on the other we are developing our in-house capabilities for developing electric vehicles for the future,

Home-grown automaker Tata Motors has seen an uptick in sales ever since the launch of its hatchback Tiago in April 2016. The Tata Tiago, which was averaging between 5,000-6,000 units sales, has broken into the top 10 selling cars list for the second time with the sales of 7,036 units in August 2017.

To improve the active safety of motorcycles, Continental currently offers a one-channel ABS for smaller motorcycles and scooters.The one-channel ABS is an addition to Continental’s portfolio of motorcycle systems currently in series production: Motorcycle Integral Brake Systems and Motorcycle Anti-Lock Brake Systems (2-Channel ABS).Although there is a yawning gap in the supply chain due to which ABS remains predominantly out of the ambit of the Indian manufacturing, but the potential for its large scale localisation exists in India. ABS is an automotive safety system that allows the wheels of a motor vehicle to maintain tractive contact with the road surface, preventing the wheels from locking up and avoiding uncontrolled skidding.

Maruti Suzuki S-Cross September 28th, 2017 Rs 8.5 – Rs 11.67 lakhs*

Tata Motors on Thursday launched its first compact SUV — Nexon. Priced at Rs 5.85 lakh to Rs 9.45 lakh (ex-showroom New Delhi), Guenter Butschek, MD of Tata Motors, said aiming for a podium, if not a No. 2 position in the compact SUV space with Nexon is ‘realistic’ and is not ‘aiming for moon’ due to the strong value package of Nexon. Customers of Tata Motors cars are getting younger and the models are getting active enquiries from the personal car owner segment as against the earlier practice of enquiries from fleet owners, According to him, the company has grown its passenger vehicle’s segment by 22 percent last fiscal as against the industry growth rate of nine percent.

Detroit-based Ford Motor Company and Mahindra & Mahindra of India signed an agreement to explore a strategic alliance to use each other’s capabilities to provide solutions to the rapidly evolving technologies in the automobile world. Figo and Aspire to Endeavour and Mustang. In the coming year as well, we have lined up launches, details of which we will share at an appropriate time. India is one of the most significant markets, and Ford is committed to it from Making in India to research development In India. We have invested more than $2 billion in India, and will pump in a further $195 million in a new multi-purpose campus in Chennai that integrates business services and product development functions.

Toyota has no plans to launch an electric vehicle in India and would wait for the charging infrastructure to develop before taking a call on launching such models, according to a senior official of Toyota Kirloskar Motor “Toyota (Motor Corporation) does have an electric vehicle (in its portfolio and launched in some overseas markets) but we (TKM) will wait for the charging infrastructure to come up in India before we ask Toyota Motor Corporation to give us (TKM) electric vehicle products,

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