Bajaj Adventure Sports series Pulsar 150AS & 200AS launched

        Bajaj Auto Ltd. Today launched two new motorcycles Pulsar 150AS and 200AS belonging to Adventure Sports series. With these two new bikes, Bajaj begins a new Adventure Sports series aimed at youth and working youngsters seeking a city sports bike which can also tackle long-distance weekend trips.
  

        The new Pulsar 150AS & 200AS is built on the Pulsar NS type chassis and differ in their non AS counterparts. Pulsar 150AS is powered by a 149.5 cc single cylinder, twin spark, 4 valve, air cooled, DTS-i engine with 16.8 Bhp of power at 9500 rpm and torque of 1.3 Kgm at 9500 rpm. The bigger 200AS gets 199.5 cc, single cylinder, liquid cooled engine with 23.2 Bhp of power at 9500 rpm and 1.86 Kgm of torque at 8000 rpm.

            The striking feature of both AS series bike are the half fairing, muscular tank, extended visor, projector headlight and telescopic front fork and rear monoschock NitroX unit. The bikes get 240 mm of disc brakes in the front and drum at the rear.

            Pulsar 150AS & 200AS is priced at Rs. 79,000 & Rs. 91,500 (Ex-shrwroom, New Delhi) respectively. Both Adventure Series bikes are available in 3 colour options – Black, Red & Blue.

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Honda CB Unicorn 160 launched in India

        Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India Ltd. today launched its new 160 bike Honda CB Unicorn 160 in India. The CB Unicorn comes in two variants which are priced at Rs. 69,350 and Rs. 74,414 respectively.

        The standard CB Unicorn come with a front disc are rear drum brake where as the next model gets a Combi-Brake system. The bike is powered by 163 cc single cylinder petrol engine which does 14.5 Bhp and 1.5 Kgm of torque. The gearbox is 5 speed and top speed and fuel efficiency figures are 106 Km and 62 Kmpl respectively.

        Looks wise the CB Unicorn 160 resembles the CB Trigger with some changes. The headlamps and taillamps have been redesigned which look sharper. There is new fuel tank and saree guard differentiating CB Unicorn from CB Trigger. LED tail light, chrome finished muffler and floating side cowls are added features in CB Unicorn.

        Honda CB Unicom 160 will compete with Suzuki Gixxer, Hero Xtreme Sports and Yamaha FZ Fi in Indian market. 

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Audi launches A3 Cabriolet, priced at Rs. 44.75 lakh

        Audi A3 Cabriolet, which is basically a A3 sedan without a solid roof is launched in India. The A3 Cabriolet is priced at Rs. 44.75 lakh and looks very sporty. It costs more than the A3 sedan as it is imported as fully CBU.

        Audi A3 Cabriolet was first showed at Auto Expo 2014 held in New Delhi. The design of A3 Cabriolet is similar to the A3 sedan and so do the features and equipment list. It retains the bi-xenon headlamps with daytime running LEDs and LED tail lamps of A3 sedan.

        The car has two doors and four seats. The fabric roof can be retracted in 18 seconds and up to 50 Kmph. The diesel engine has been dropped and A3 Cabriolet is available in only petrol option with 1.8L TFSI petrol engine with 177 Bhp of power. The engine is mated to a seven speed S-tronic dual-clutch transmission. 

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Jaguar adds cheaper Executive Edition to XF sedan in India

        Jaguar has launched a new Executive Edition of XF sedan which was earlier offered only in the luxury trim. The Executive Edition is a cheaper version and misses out on some of the features the luxury trim has.

        The Jaguar XF Executive Edition does not get memory function for driver seats and mirrors, sunroof and a TV tuner. The leather seats are replaced with fabric and interior is kept simple. It gets rear parking sensors but no rear view camera.

        There is no change under the hood. The XF Executive Edition is powered by the same 2.2L diesel engine with 140 Kw power coupled to an eight speed automatic gearbox.

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Refreshed Porsche Cayenne 2015 launched in India

        Porsche India has launched the refreshed Cayenne SUV in India with price starting from Rs. 1.02 crores. The refreshed Cayenne SUV features minor cosmetic and mechanical changes. The new Cayenne is available in four variants – Cayenne Diesel, Cayenne S Diesel, Cayenne S and Cayenne Turbo.

        The exterior changes come in the form of new headlamps and taillamps, inspired from the Macan SUV. The front end gets newly shaped bonnet, bumper and airdam. In the rear there is better integration of number plate enclosure and boot handle added with new exhaust pipers.

        Interiors see changes with 918 inspired steering wheel with paddle sifters. The new Cayenne gets four zone climate control, a panoramic roof and an optional rear seat ventilation system. There is addition of Porsche Active Suspension Management, Porsche Entry and Drive in the new Porsche Cayenne 2015.

        Powering the new Cayenne diesel is the 3.0L V6 diesel with 245 hp of power and 550 nm of torque. Cayenne S diesel gets a 4.2L V8 engine. Cayenne S now uses Macan’s 3.6L twin turbo V6 petrol with 420 hp of power and 550 Nm of torque. Cayenne Turbo continues with its 4.8L bi-turbo V8 petrol engine. 

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