Derailed for now: TVS Motors’ EV Story
TVS Scooty Teenz Electric
TVS Motors was betting on EVs till sometime ago, but now that scenario seems to have changed drastically. Disappointed by the dismal sales of the TVS Scooty Teenz Electric, whose production was discontinued in May 2009, TVS plans to go slow on future EV development. What this also means is that the slew of electric and hybrid vehicles TVS showcased to an excited audience at this years Auto Expo are going to be put on the back burner, that is if they already haven’t been. Read more
Vespa LX 125: The Vespa both you and your dad will love to be seen on
Piaggio Vespa LX125
Piaggio Ape three wheeler pick ups belching black fumes and clattering away to gory, yes gory, are surefire candidates for my cussing. Why the hell is Piaggio selling this junk was what I used to think even as I spewed out some more curses at these eyesores. Piaggio used to and still makes one of the most classy looking scooters in the world, that we know by the name Vespa. Read more
Yamaha India’s Scripting a Scooter Story: Yamaha BW125 to spearhead Scooter ops
2010 Yamaha BW125 Power Scooter
I happened to live in Pune, the Oxford of the east and Motown combined, for a brief while last year. What caught my attention or should I call it fantasy while living there, was the fact that old Bajaj Scooters that would have otherwise fetched under INR 3,000, being given a nice retro two tone paint job and then some other nifty looking mods like a single flat seat and the works. Read more
2010 Mahindra Kine Features, Engine Specs & Price: New scooter In Town
Mahindra Kine Multireflector Headlamps
It came out of nowhere, We are quite surprised, Mahindra launched the new scooter, Kine, without any media attention. Mahindra aims to reach out to the cheerful youths with this funky looking scooter. TVS be alert!! new competition in market!!
M&M Kine was once sold under Kinetic brand in the past. It was not very successful in those days though it looks quite promising now in the hands of Mahindra. Read more
Mahindra Two Wheelers To Go Electric
TVS Qube 2.0
Indians are slowly warming up to electric scooters and Mahindra Two Wheelers is all set to bump up this temperature northwards. Electric scooters are being used by most owners right now for trips around the neighborhood or for short commutes across town.
All this could change with the impending launches of a few powerful electric scooters that could provide buyers with feasible alternates to conventional two wheelers. Read more
TVS’s Scooty Streak Hybrid to see a launch in December 2010
TVS Streak Scooty in 2010 Auto Expo Delhi
If you have been following Indiancarsbikes.in closely, you’ll certainly know about TVS Motors Limited developing a hybrid version of it’s popular scooterette, the TVS Scooty Streak Hybrid.
If you haven’t been doing so, you can always grab some dope from our post on the Scooty Streak Hybrid. Read more
Mahindra Two Wheelers’ extremely promising sales
Mahindra Rodeo
When Mahindra took over the loss making two wheeler division of erstwhile Kinetic Motors, we weren’t too sure about whether Mahindra turning around the two wheeler division of Kinetic given the dismal and gloomy atmosphere that engulfed the market during the takeover.
Against all odds, Mahindra Two Wheelers has turned things around at erstwhile Kinetic and has done so spectacularly. The results are here for all to see. Read more
Cheesy gets cheesier: Hero Honda launches a women’s day “Pleasure”, ahem
Hero Honda Pleasure
Hero Honda sell whatever they make, and they even have some trouble making enough to meet the ever increasing demand. While this is true for their motorcycles which are pretty solidly engineered, the same cannot be said of their scooters, or should that read scooter. Hero Honda has been battling the likes of Honda, Suzuki and Mahindra Two Wheelers with it’s lone ungeared scooter, the Hero Honda Pleasure. Read more
New Mahindra Kine Scooter 2010: TVS Scooty Pep’s challenger
Mahindra Kine
Just out of school PYTs, will soon get a brand new way to scoot across town, with Mahindra Two Wheelers all set to launch a small capacity scooterette called the Kine. With the Kine, Mahindra Two Wheelers expects to take on TVS Motors’ Scooty Pep, the current market leader. Read more
Yamaha Scooters To Launch in India !!
In the sideline of Auto Expo 2010 at New Delhi, Japanese two-wheeler manufacturer Yamaha, India announced its plan of introducing scooters in the Indian market. The parent company, Yamaha Motor Company, Japan, which is the world’s largest gearless scooter maker with a wide range of scooters starting from 50 cc to 500 cc, has started feasibility studies for introducing its scooters in India.
Yamaha Fino Scooter Photo
Yamaha has made available three scooters -50 cc Neo, 115cc Fino and 135cc Spark- across selected dealers in India to measure the market response. Read more
BSA Motors India New Electric Scooters “Edge” & “Roamer Able”
BSA Motors launched its futirstic electric scooter ‘Edge’ at the just concluded Auto Expo 2010 at New Delhi. In addition to it, BSA Motors also showcased India’s first electric scooter for disabled persons - ‘Roamer Able’.
BSA Motors Electric Scooter Photo
‘Edge’ has been priced very aggressively at INR 35500 and it comes in four trendy colours.
‘Roamer Able’ will be out on Indian roads by the end of January 2010 and is going to have a price tag of INR 35300. It is going to sport 4 exciting colours.
2010 Honda Dio Launched by Honda India
- 2010 Honda Dio
The sharp looking Honda Dio Motoscooter goes under the surgeon’s knife to get attuned to the changing times. Honda has given the Dio a mild cosmetic makeover with a new, zany looking color scheme and graphics. Read more
TVS Wego: The newest automatic scooter in town!
TVS Motors has always been wanting some action in the burgeoning Indian automatic scooter market. So, the Hosur based manufacturer has gone ahead to finally launch the TVS Wego. Though we’ve been used to pretty ordinary styling from TVS Motors in the recent past, the scooter manages to look pretty contemporary. Powered by a four stroke, 110cc engine pushing out 8bhp @7500 rpm, the TVS Wego is squarely aiming to topple the current market leader, Honda Activa. More importantly, the maximum torque output is 8NM@5500 rpm and it is the torque figure which will be of more relevance to the average Ram, Shyam or Ghanshyam. The 8Nm should be able to propel the Wego to respectable performance numbers as it weighs in at a light 105 kilos. The telescopic front forks suspending the 12 inch wheels promise a decent ride across the Indian moonscape. The rear suspension uses the industry standard, unitary spring loaded design. That said, the Wego does look solidly engineered just as most of TVS’s other products. And, does the Wego have enough ammo to topple the mighty Honda Activa? That, only time will tell. Meanwhile, the blokes at Vicky.in have already managed to take a spin on the TVS Wego. You might want to check that out as well.
