Two Wheelers News

Bajaj Auto will soon launch its fully-faired 200cc Pulsar in the Indian market, hints a teaser image revealed by the company yesterday. The teaser image also reveals that unlike other international markets, where it is branded as the 200 SS, the bike will be called the Pulsar RS 200 in India.

First showcased at the 2014 Delhi Auto Expo, Hero Motorcorp's new 110cc scooter - the Dash - will be launched by mid 2015. In fact, according to a report published in Autocar Professional, the company has begun the production of the vehicle at its Gurgaon-based plant.

Though BMW Motorrad is yet to enter India officially, the report claims the company is looking at locally assembling the bikes (starting with BMW F700 and F800 GS) at its Chennai plant.

Mahindra Two-Wheelers Ltd. (MTWL) has partnered exclusively with Paytm to enable people to buy its vehicles online. Under this new partnership, the company will e-retail its Centuro motorcycles and Rodeo UZO range of scooters on the Paytm marketplace.

Word has it that the motorcycle manufacturer has re-registerd the 'Chetak' brand name as it prepares to re-enter the Indian scooter market.

DSK Motowheels today announced that they will launch the Benelli bikes which have already been showcased in India on the 19th of March. The bookings for the bikes will begin from the 10th of the same month and plans to launch three more super bikes from this Italian partners' stable by end of the year.

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI), which had earlier announced its plans to launch a mix of 10 refreshed and all new products in 2015, today unleashed a new business blitz for the financial year 2015 - 16. Instead of 10, the company will now bring-in 15 new models in 2015.

While there are quite a few new features, the Swish 125 continues to derive its power from the same 125cc engine that is good for 8.58bhp and 9.8Nm.