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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Price of Kawasaki Z800 in India slashed by Rs 50,000

The Japanese auto-maker Kawasaki has made an interesting move by slashing the price of its popular Z800 by 50,000 Rs. The price slash is surprising as very recently Indian Government decided to remove tax benefits on cars and motorcycles in India from 1^st January 2015 onwards. However, one could avail Kawasaki Z800 with discounted price before 15^th March 2015.  What it means? The 7.85 Lakhs worth Kawasaki Z800 is now available for 7.35 Lakhs (ex-showroom Pune).

The sales of all-time rivals for Kawasaki bikes like Yamaha FZ and Yamaha R1 in India could be affected because of Z800’s sudden price cut, sports bike enthusiasts shall switch their mind towards Kawasaki Z800’s new offering.

The price cut was first happened in Thailand, where the Z800 is actually Manufactured. The price of Kawasaki Z800 could again bounce back to normal or might increase after 15^th March 2015.

Specifications/ Features of  Kawasaki Z800

• Four Cylinder Liquid cooled 4 stroke engine
• Engine displacement of 806cc
• Chain drive with 6 gears
• Dual Petal Disc brake in front
• Tubeless tyres with alloy wheels
• Digital Speedometer, Pilot lamps and LED tail lights
• Inverted fork with rebound damping and spring suspension in the front
• Bottom link uni-trak gas charged shock with piggy suspension in the rear

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2016 BMW 7 Series revealed completely undisguised

        The first pictures of next generation BMW 7 Series 2016 has hit the web. The clear pictures of the new 7 Series reveals almost all the styling details. The new 7 Series is expected to make its international debut in mid 2015.

        The new 7 Series gets a new headlamps design which flows into the big kidney shaped grill, a feature seen in all the present BMWs. The side profile has some resemblance to the current car but it’s the rear which looks different and good in the new BMW 7 series. The chiselled tail lamps between the chrome strip on the boot adds luxury to this elegant car.

        The new BMW 7 Series looks little bigger and will compete with Audi A8, Mercedes S Class, Jaguar XJ and probably with newly launched Mercedes Maybach as well in international markets. 

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Now book a Tata Bolt online for Rs. 11,000

        Tata Motors has opened the online bookings of its upcoming redesigned hatch ‘Bolt’, the second model in Tata’s Horizonnext philosophy. The first model under Horizonnext was ‘Zest’ which was launched in August 2014 and received good appreciation from the customers.. The initial booking amount for Tata Bolt hatch is Rs. 11,000, and you can book the car through following link – Book Tata Bolt.

        Tata Bolt will be available in both petrol and diesel engine options. The petrol model gets power from 1.2L turbocharged Revotron MPFi petrol engine which makes 89 Bhp of power and 14.27 Kgm of torque. The diesel model of course will get 1.3L Multijet engine with 75 Ps of power and 200 Nm of torque.

        Tata Motors has concentrated on quality of Bolt hatchback. Each parts supplied by the component makers were put through strict check before it went into the assembly line. Tata Motors had held a 5 day event for all component suppliers of Zest and Bold and emphasised about the need for quality products in its upcoming cars. 

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Nissan Terrano to get All Wheel Drive variant in 2015

        Nissan will launch an All Wheel Drive variant of Terrano SUV in 2015. Earlier this year Renault Duster AWD was launched which received good appreciation from the customers.

        As the Terrano is just a facelifted Duster, not much testing of an AWD variant is needed. Both Duster and Terrano is powered by Renault’s 1.5L dCi diesel engine producing 110 Bhp of power transferring to all four wheels through 6 speed manual transmission.

        Like the Duster AWD, the Terrano AWD too get features such as Electronic Torque Control, ESP, Anti Skid Resistance, Hill Start and a dial switch used to change between 2WD and 4WD. Terrano AWD too is expected to come in two trims and of course with a price hike compared to 2WD models.

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