Automobile

New Delhi: Harley-Davidson, Inc. plans to launch motorcycles in the small and mid-sized segment as it unveiled a major change in its strategy to target young buyers in emerging markets such as India and China. Harley-Davidson gears up to take on Royal Enfield The US-based company, famed for its big bikes, also plans to forge a strategic alliance with...

New Delhi: Old train coaches which were discarded and auctioned as scrap earlier could soon be converted into theme-based restaurants. If everything goes according to plan, then such train-theme restaurants will come up all over the country in the next few years. The Railway Board wants to generate more revenue and provide employment with such stylish food outlets. Railways...

Delhi/Bengaluru: Automobile industry body SIAM on Friday asked all stakeholders to resolve the ongoing transporters’ strike, saying it has severely impacted the sector in the last few days. The ongoing strike by truckers has disrupted production and sales of vehicles in the country, as well as exports, resulting in losses for carmakers, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) said today....

Hero MotoCorp, the country’s largest two-wheeler maker, is expected to post a 10 percent increase in its net profit for the quarter ended June on the back of a sustained rise in demand for budget bikes. According a poll of 21 analysts done by Reuters, the company’s net profit is seen rising to Rs 1,001 crore for the...

Gurugram-based bike taxi startup, Baxi has raised an undisclosed amount in a latest funding round from several investors in partnership with renowned consumer products brand Patanjali. Motorbike taxi startup Baxi to start delivery app in partnership with Patanjali Talking about the funding round, Johri said that the co-founder of fintech startup Indifi Technologies was one of investors in the...

Suzuki Motorcycles, the lesser known two-wheeler subsidiary in India of the Japanese auto giant, on Thursday launched the Burgman Street that was showcased at this year’s New Delhi Auto Expo. Priced at Rs 69,000, it is billed as India’s first “maxi scooter”, loosely defined as big touring scooters that have engines bigger than 250cc. The Street, however, has...

BMW Motorrad, the superbike arm of the German luxury car giant on Wednesday launched its most affordable and small superbike yet — the G310R and G310S at Rs 2.99 lakh and Rs 3.49 lakh respectively. The bikes mark the foray of the company in the fast growing sub 500cc segment and will be produced at its...

As the government aims to launch India’s first bullet train by 2022, the floating of a tender by the NHSRCL, the nodal body to implement the project, has been the first major step towards completing the 508-km high-speed railway network between Gujarat and Mumbai. Once completed, the Japan-backed $17 billion bullet train project would reduce the travel time...

Classic Legends Private Limited (CLPL), subsidiary of Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd., will start production of JAWA motorcycles – which were discontinued in the mid-1990’s – in July, at their Pithampur facility in Madhya Pradesh. In 2016, Anand Mahindra, Chairman of the Mahindra Group, had struck a deal with the Czechoslovakia-based iconic motorcycle company, which will allow CLPL to...

In a bid to give a fresh identity to the 165-year-old Indian Railways, the Railway Board is all set to revamp the traditional dark blue colour coaches with a new colour scheme – beige and brown. To follow this through, close to 30,000 coaches of mail and express trains would be repainted in coordination with the National Institute...