Hero Honda launches 2 new variants, the new Glamour and Passion Plus Limited Edition

Hero Honda Motors Ltd on October 25, 2006 has announced the launch of two new variants - the new Glamour and Passion Plus Limited Edition. The new launches were announced on the sidelines of the meeting of the Company's Board of Directors on October 25, 2006 for the financial results for the second quarter 2006-07.Meanwhile, the Company was the only two-wheeler Company named amongst the top 10 Companies in India by the Asia 200 Leadership Report by the Wall Street Journal Asia, reinforcing the Company's market leadership. Judged on the parameters...

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Extreme caution

By: Shubhabrata MarmarDoes the new Hero Honda CBZ X-Treme lighten up our lives? From the time the tricolour bike was shown at the Auto Expo to the time when it finally breathed its last, the Hero Honda CBZ was an icon. Not only did it polarise opinion, it (re-)introduced us to what a bigger capacity commuter with sporty intent could be like. And now, the CBZ name is back, in X-Treme guise. The talking point, undoubtedly, is going to be the looks. Hero Honda (and by extension Honda) have finally got alloys on a 150, which could mean the beginning...

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2nd coming: Bajaj to ride scooters again

Hamara Bajaj is riding back in time, literally. Come January 2007, Bajaj Auto will step into the domestic scooter market, marking its re-entry into a segment it exited this April. Bajaj will re-enter with an ungeared model Kristal that's targetted at the college crowd. This will be followed by Blade, a model positioned to attract the new-age male audience. Bajaj, once the country's largest scooter maker, had discontinued its geared scooter brands this April after ringng dowen curtains on two of the oldest standing brand — Chetak and Super....

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Hero group signs up UK's Ultra for electric bikes

Hero Group has struck a deal with British electric vehicle company Ultra Motors to introduce electric vehicles (EV) in the country. Ultra Motors has signed a technical collaboration-cum-joint marketing deal with Hero Cycles for bringing out electric two-wheelers. Though at a nascent stage, the entry of a large 2-wheeler group like Hero could make the market for e-vehicles a vibrant one. As a part of the deal, Ultra would provide the EV technology and kit, while Hero Cycles would manufacture the final product which would be launched in January...

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SAS to take on Bajaj with electric 3-wheele

A home-grown tractor maker from North India SAS Motors is preparing to take on the might of Hamara Bajaj in the three-wheeler market in India, with a little help from across the Great Wall. SAS Motors, which recently took over a state-owned automobile company in China's Shandong province, is planning to drive into India a range of Chinese load-carrying and passenger electric three-wheelers at a price that's less than half of what Bajaj charges today. The vehicles have been prototyped and SAS Motors is in the process of fine-tuning the models...

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Power play: Bike makers go premium for profit

As margins in the entry-level commuter motorcycle segment shrink, bike makers in India are now riding full-throttle into the premium-end of the market in an effort to perk up the bottomline. Hero Honda on Monday unveiled its latest offensive in the premium motorcycle segment CBZ X-Treme and announced plans to roll out another model soon to expand its footprint in this segment. "Though the segment for premium bikes would still account for just 10% of the total six million bikes sold a year , their share is growing fast," says Hero Honda MD...

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CBZ Xtreme .. LAUNCHED

Hero Honda has Launched there new "CBZ" variant called CBZ X-treme. The bike features the same 150cc Hero Honda Achiever Engine with 13.2Bhp power output. It has a TVS Centra look-alike front fairing with fairing mouted indicators, Alloy wheels, Black engine(le Pulsar 180), Yamaha Gladiator look-alike rear taipeice and All new speedo. The bike is priced at Rs 53000 and Rs 56000 ex-showro...

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CBZ Xtreme .. COMING THIS DIWALI

Many of us will remember the Hero Honda CBZ as probably the bike that was a bit ahead of its times. It had the unmistakable mark of Hero Honda writ all over it — reliable, well made and relatively fuel-efficient. But it was ahead of its times, as its design, build quality and its poorer fuel efficiency, compared to Hero Honda's hot selling economy model the Splendor, must have all been negative factors as far as prospective buyers of that time were concerned. Now, after the launch and modest success of the Glamour and Achiever, Hero Honda's...

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