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I was discussing the automotive journalism business with a former colleague recently and it was a depressing discussion for those of us who still hold fast to the core values of journalism. This is especially hard given the rapid and dramatic transition that the industry is going through. On the one hand, readers read little and remember even less. The shorter attention spans and sheer firehose of information you deal with daily makes keeping up with your interest difficult. I know I read less about motorcycles and cars than I normally would like to. The flip side of this is the constant pressure to feed Google for the website.

The point I am making is that sometimes it seems almost impossible to remember that we are writing for you. Not for a hungry search engine, or for an unknown target text-consumer. We write specifically for you. Because we love automobiles. As do you. Today, we rededicate OVERDRIVE, online, on video and here in the magazine, to that lofty goal. We promise to never forget that the glorious motorcycles and cars are the reason we do this. And that we make this celebration happen with you and for you. I encourage you to write directly to me with questions, feedback and anything else that’s on your mind.

In this issue, we have so much to talk about! You will find a handful of Honda motorcycles that are literally the stuff of our dreams. Some so exotic, we can never have them and some so great, that I cannot believe we don’t already have them. Over in the cars section, we have many important stories for you as well. At the top, of course, is the SUV comparison where the new Skoda Kodiaq challenges the Toyota Fortuner and the Ford Endeavour. And Ford also might just have another winner in the new Ecosport too. Plus the new Audi A5s and so much more.

I hope the year ahead - time does fly when you’re having fun - and a renewed OVERDRIVE brings you automotive experiences that you will remember forever!

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ABS-OLUTELY ON POINTI was looking to purchase a bike that offered a lot of fun. My budget was `5 lakh and above, but when I saw the Yamaha R3, I immediately fell in love with the design of the bike. I wanted to purchase the bike but I found that it had no ABS, even as an option. I was disappointed.

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It’s awesome that you are progressive and safety conscious enough to want, and to be ready to pay, for ABS. Unfortunately, you are in the minority. There is hope, though. From April 2018 all new 150cc+ models will have to have ABS as standard and from April 2019, all motorcycles above 150cc will have to have ABS. The Government has not specified what kind of ABS, so chances are we will see lots of single-channel ABS machines.

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Honda confirmed to OVERDRIVE at its Tokyo headquarters prior to the Tokyo Motor Show 2017

that it plans to launch six new cars in India over the next three years. Apart from regular petrol and diesel cars, these new vehicles will include hybrid cars as well. All six cars will arrive in India via the CKD route, so that Honda Cars India can price them competitively.

The list of cars that will be launched over the next three years is sure to include the new generation CR-V. While Honda has not confirmed this, it might also be considering launching the CR-V with its new 1.6-litre diesel. Apart from the CR-V, Honda could also launch the HR-V, given the immense popularity small crossovers enjoy in the country currently. The Honda HR-V sold in the international market comes with an option between 120PS 1.6L i-DTEC diesel

and a 130 PS 1.5L i-VTEC petrol engine. The petrol motor can be optioned with either a six-speed manual or CVT transmissions whereas the diesel unit is mated to a 6-speed manual only.

The new generation Honda Civic sedan could be a part of that list as well, along with the new generation Accord. The powertrain options for the new-gen Civic hatchback include all-new 1.0-litre and 1.5-litre turbocharged VTEC petrol engines. The three-cylinder 1.0-litre unit

The new-gen Honda Accord will battle premium offerings like the VW Passat and the Skoda Superb in India

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makes a maximum power of 129PS at 5,500 rpm and generates 200Nm at 2,250rpm, with a 6-speed manual gearbox. With the CVT transmission, the same engine makes 180Nm between 1,700rpm and 4,500rpm. The larger displacement 1.5-litre VTEC turbo-petrol engine makes 182PS at 5,500rpm and produces 240Nm between 1,900rpm and 5,000rpm with the 6-speed manual gearbox and 220Nm with the CVT unit.

The new-gen Honda Accord comes

equipped with a new 2l engine paired with a 10-speed automatic transmission. This is the same engine that does duty in the Civic Type R as well.

Talking about hybrids, Honda already sells hybrid versions of cars like the Jazz hatchback and the City sedan outside India. Honda Cars India could be look at launching these in India in keeping with its vision of moving towards hybrid cars in our market on its way to going all electric by 2030.

The City Hybrid and Jazz Hybrid are powered by the same 1.5-litre, in-line four cylinder petrol engine that uses a hybrid system similar to the one seen on the Accord hybrid that Honda currently sells in India. The City and Jazz hybrids should also boast better real world efficiency than their regular counterparts, helping them find favour with buyers, particularly in the metros.

Abhay Verma

The 2018 Honda HR-V Crossover could compete with the Ford EcoSport and the Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza et al

We expect the 2018 Honda Civic to make an appearance at the 2018 Auto Expo


THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA WILL shortly be implementing a vehicle scrappage policy in India. The upper age limit of the vehicles is likely to be 15 years. The proposal for the first vehicle scrappage scheme was made earlier this year, and sources tell us that the GoI is going to give it a green light soon. If it indeed is given the go-ahead, about 30 million vehicles including heavy duty trucks and tempos would go to the crushers. These vehicles are said to cause about 65 per cent of the pollution, something which New Delhi is dealing with in its own way by bringing in the odd-even rule.

It is said that there will be incentives given to the tune of Rs 5 lakh to those who scrap their 15-year old commercial vehicle and go for a new truck that will cost about Rs 15 lakh. In countries like Japan, vehicles are scrapped after 10 years , irrespective of their condition. In fact, for every new vehicle purchased, a scrappage fee is added to the final cost. This fee is additional every year when the vehicle’s health is inspected. The Japanese government believes that the newer the car, the lesser the pollution. Parts salvaged from these cars are inspected and packaged to be sold to the domestic

and international market as spares. India may not necessarily go the Japanese way but this is likely to cause a drop in the used car market. One thing which still isn’t clear is the future of the classic cars. Will they also be scrapped relegating a piece of history to the junkyard, or will there be special laws protecting these vintage cars? The answer should become clear in the next few days.

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NISSAN HAS GIVEN THE CURRENT GT-R what should be its final refresh before an all-new car comes, possibly next year. The car’s design is a mild evolution of the current GT-R with sharper bodywork. It gets Nissan’s new, larger V-motion grille which doesn’t just gel with the company’s current design lingo but also channels more cooling air to the engine. A new bumper, and lip spoiler add aggression and improve front-end downforce. The side sills are wider than the ones on the previous car, to direct airflow around it. The rear bumper has functional ducts next to the quad exhaust pipes. The iconic circular tail lamps have been retained, giving other motorists a fair idea of what just flew past them.

Nissan claims the GT-R is one of the few supercars that doesn’t require crazy, over the top wings and spoilers to generate downforce. It’s unconventional design (in supercar terms) generates enough aero grip. Moreover, Nissan says that new GT-R is more aerodynamically efficient with a drag co-efficient of 0.26Cd only.

Stunning performance was always a GT-R strong point, premium interiors not

so much though. To better compete with rivals like the Porsche 911, the 2017 GT-R gets a revised interior with better attention to detail. The dashboard is new with the centre console tilted slightly towards the driver seat to make the cockpit more driver focussed. New front seats are lighter and offer better comfort for long hours.

The 3.8-litre twin turbo V6 now puts out 565PS at 6800rpm and generates 633Nm of torque. The bump up in power is courtesy of higher boost pressures and individual ignition timing control for each of the six cylinders. As before, the

motor is mated to a 6-speed dual-clutch transmission and uses a carbon fibre driveshaft.

Nissan also claims improved long distance touring ability, something the stiffly sprung GT-R was not famous for. To achieve this, the suspension has been retuned for a smoother ride, there’s an active noise cancellation system within the cabin and and new sound insulation.

This is the car that Nissan will bring to India later this year, not the one shown at the 2016 Auto Expo. Expect it to be priced upwards of `1.3 cr.

2017 Nissan GT-R debuts, coming to India!

The cosmetic changes to the new GT-R are minor. Inside, Nissan has made everything more plush and luxurious in an attempt to compete with more luxurious and expensive German rivals. The changes on the outside are more subtle and are headlined by updated body work

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MASERATI’S SHOWSTOPPER AT THE 2016 Geneva Motor Show was its first SUV, the Levante. The company confirmed that the SUV will make its way to India by January 2017 with a diesel engine, while the petrol variants will follow. The Levante diesel runs a 3.0-litre V6 that produces 275PS and 600Nm of torque. It also gets an 8-speed automatic gearbox with all-wheel drive as standard. Maserati claims a 0-100kmph time of 6.9 seconds and a top speed of 230kmph from this variant.

The petrol variants – the Levante and Levante S – are powered by a 3.0-litre V6 and also feature an 8-speed automatic and all-wheel drive. However, the S variant’s engine has been retuned to produce 430PS and 580Nm, which is 81PS and 80Nm more than the standard petrol. This gives the Levante S a claimed 0-100kmph time of

Maserati Levante diesel to enter India by January 2017

5.2 seconds and a top speed of 264kmph. The standard Levante however, will get to 100kmph in 6 seconds and can hit a maximum speed of 251kmph.

Built on the modular Ghibli platform, the new SUV seats five and looks typically Maserati with its aggressive design language, strong visual cues, large slotted grille and gills on the front fenders. Measuring 5,003mm in length, it’s 49mm shorter than the Audi Q7. However, thanks to its curved character lines and a swooping rear end, it really doesn’t look too bulky. It uses a chassis made of steel and aluminium, which according to Maserati, offers the on-road dynamics of a sedan with the performance of an off-roader. Maserati is offering electronic suspension with controlled damping and air springs as standard. This means the

driver will have five ride height levels to choose from.

The Levante is being produced at the Mirafiori plant in Turin and will be available in showrooms across Europe by May 2016 and in Asia by June, 2016. Currently, it is priced at 75,900 CHF (approximately `51.60 lakh) in Switzerland. Since it will be sold as a CBU in India, expect to pay at least double of that.


YAMAHA HAS UNVEILED the Cross Hub Concept at the Tokyo Motor Show 2017 aimed at a young, active urban audience with a recreational lifestyle. This includes Yamaha enthusiasts, and therefore it is built as a small urban pick-up truck. In markets including the US, the urban pick-up truck has been seeing an upswing, but there are barely any offerings of the sort in India.

The Yamaha Cross Hub Concept appears to be a cross between two previous Yamaha concept platforms - the 2013 Motiv and 2015 Sports Ride - both of which were developed in collaboration with the Mclaren F1 designer Gordon Murray.

The Cross Hub design features a unique three-seater diamond-shaped layout, where the driver seat is in the

centre and at front. Two passenger seats flank the driver on either side and behind and the fourth passenger sits further behind in line with the driver. This, according to Yamaha, maximises the use of available space in the cabin.

The cabin and loading bay are separated by a massive exo-skeletal frame finished in satin silver. The

loading bay itself has been built to carry two motorcycles, as Yamaha expects its active, urban customers to do. Despite all this capability, the Cross Hub measures just under 4.5 metres in length. However, the company has not revealed details about its powertrain.


Yamaha Cross Hub concept revealed

Tamo Racemo has been honoured with the German Design Award (GDA) in the gold category for international excellence in ‘exceptional product design’

THE PORSCHE 911 CARRERA T IS THE newest and most modern addition to the 911 Carrera family. It comes equipped with a twin-turbocharged, 3.0-litre flat-six cylinder engine that puts out 370PS and generates 460Nm of torque. Porsche offers a transmission choice between a

seven-speed manual or Porsche’s PDK dual-clutch, that can be mated to this motor. The company claims that the 2018 911 T can sprint to 100kmph in 4.3 seconds, making it 0.1 second quicker than the regular 911. While in the automatic, these timings further reduce

to 4 seconds, due to the quick shifting PDK unit. The manual has a claimed top speed of 292kmph whereas the automatic has a slightly lower top speed at 290kmph.

Mechanical updates include sport suspension that reduces the ride height by 0.4 inches. The 2018 Porsche 911 T has also gone through a weight management programme with the use of lightweight glass and fabric loops instead of standard door handles. All of this has makes the 1,425 kg 2018 Porsche 911 T the lightest in the 911 Carrera range.

It gets four-way electrically adjustable Sport Seats Plus with seat centers in Sport-Tex. The headrests get black 911 logos with the optional full bucket seats. The GT Sport Steering wheel with leather rim, also standard, comes fitted with a switch for driving mode selection. The Carrera T interior package comes in Racing yellow, guard’s red or GT silver.

2018 Porsche Carrera T is lighter and better than before




Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG

BMW 330i Gran Turismo M Sport

Tata Tigor AMTThe Tigor is now available with an AMT transmission at `5.75 lakh for the XTA and `6.22 lakh for the XZA variant. The 85PS/114Nm 1.2-litre Revotron petrol engine is same as in the manual transmission Tigor. The AMT also gets a ‘creep mode’ which ensures the car crawls forward slowly, when the brake is released, for ease of use in traffic or while parking.

BMW has brought the 330i Gran Turismo M Sport to India at `49.40 lakh , ex-Delhi. At `6.10 lakh more than the standard 3 Series GT, the M Sport gets a black high-gloss radiator grille, 18-inch M star-spoke alloy wheels and M badging on the side

panels. The tail pipes get a distinctive chrome finish as well. In addition,

the Gran Turismo M Sport also gets a special key

with the M stripe and M door-sill finishers too.

The 2017 CLA45 AMG is priced at `75.20 lakh and features a raft of cosmetic changes. The front bumper has been redesigned, with a large central air dam and bigger air intakes. Inside, the seat inserts are new and so are the cabin inlays. The 8-inch Command infotainment system is compatible with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. The 381PS and 745Nm, 2-litre, four cylinder petrol motor remains unchanged.

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Tata Hexa Downtown Urban edition

Mercedes-Benz GLA45 AMGThe 2017 GLA45 AMG is a cosmetic variant with a tweaked design and additional features. The new, fluro-yellow stripes on the bumpers, mirror, spoiler and rims contrasts well with the all-black paint. The aero kit below the bumpers and the roof mounted spoiler adds to the sporty character. It shares the same 2-litre, four cylinder petrol motor that’s available in the CLA45 AMG.

The Hexa Downtown Urban edition is a cosmetic variant of the Hexa MPV. Priced at `12.18lakh, ex-Delhi. Available in a new shade called Urban Bronze, it gets Downtown badging and chrome garnish on the grille, headlights, mirrors and near the running board area. Inside there are tan seat covers, a heads-up display with a tyre pressure monitoring system, wireless charging and a 10-inch rear screen. This Hexa is available in two trims, Absolute (XE,XM, XMA variant) and Indulge (XT and XTA variants).

The new Renault Captur is available at the introductory price of `9.99 lakh. The three trims for the petrol and diesel variants each are RxE, RxL and RxT, with the top Platine being exclusive to the diesel. There will be a choice of the familiar 110PS/240Nm 1.5-litre turbodiesel and the 105PS 1.5-litre petrol engine. The engines will be mated to 6-and 5-speed manual transmissions respectively.

Hyundai has launched the Creta in a new, Earth Brown shade. It’s available in the SX+ variant on both the petrol and diesel models of the Creta

WE GOT A FIRST LOOK OF THE Suzuki Alivio at the Chengdu Motor Show in China back in August 2017. The Suzuki Alivio is to the Chinese market what the Maruti Suzuki Ciaz is to India. Both the cars are almost identical except for minor region-specific

changes. The Japanese automobile maker has now revealed clear images of the new Suzuki Alivio that will arrive in India as the Maruti Suzuki Ciaz facelift sometime early next year.

From the images, it can be seen that the new Alivio or Ciaz facelift does not

look strikingly different from its present form. It gets a new single-piece radiator grille much like the one seen on the more premium Audi cars. The headlight assembly looks unchanged and continues to sport projectors and LED DRLs. The front bumper design has been tweaked to gel well with the new large grille. The silhouette of the Maruti Suzuki Ciaz facelift looks identical to the present model, except for a slight change in alloy wheel design. At the rear, the lights and the boot design have been carried forward from the present model. The rear bumper too has received a revision in styling in the form of new contours on the lower section. The only available image of the interior of the Ciaz facelift shows an updated dashboard, with a larger infotainment screen more premium trim. The Maruti Suzuki Ciaz facelift should make its debut at the 2018 Auto Expo scheduled to happen in early 2018.


Maruti Suzuki Ciaz facelift revealed

Maserati India has confirmed that paddle shifters are available as an option on the 275PS/600Nm turbodiesel Levante SUV that is sells in our market

CARS WHICH WILL BE MADE IN India after July 1, 2019 will have dual airbags, central locking manual override, speed alerts over 80kmph and seat-belt reminders. The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has approved making these features mandatory. Last year, around 74,000 deaths in the total of 1.51 lakh reported road accidents were due to over-speeding.

All the new 2019 cars will be fitted with a speed governor that will issue the first warning at 80kmph, a sharper one at 100kmph and continuous beeps after 120kmph. This is said to help with reducing road accidents in a major way.It is said that most drivers have an issue with reversing a car. For their assistance,

the rear parking sensors will come handy. There will also reportedly be less money spent on repairs, and eventually time too. Light commercial vehicles will also get airbags, ABS and rear parking sensors. ABS will be mandatory for all cars as well. Currently only higher-spec cars have all these facilities.

Airbags, rear parking sensors, speed alerts above 80kmph to be standard from 2019

OUR TAKE

Putting in all these safety features is the right step towards ensuring that nobody meets with a fatality in the event of a crash. However, the government should also educate the users on how these safety features benefit them. We’ve seen many removing the speed governors which are present on tourist vehicles, only to put them back during inspections. Also, in the unfortunate event of a crash, the primary mechanism is the seat belt which restrains the user from hitting their heads on the dashboard. However, these are highly disregarded in India. Ideally, there should be a system fitted on to the cars which will not allow the driver to drive the car unless he is buckled up. Ditto for the co-passengers.


TOYOTA SHOWCASED THE Concept-i autonomous electric vehicle (EV) at the Tokyo Motor Show 2017, which will take production form in 2020. It was first showcased at CES. Toyota has developed a special artificial intelligence programme for the Concept-i called Yui. According to the company Yui will grow and evolve with the driver. Toyota has also revealed the Concept-i Ride EV, a tiny two-seater hatchback. It is specifically designed for the specially-abled or elderly. The Concept-i Ride features gullwing doors for easy ingress and egress, while the driver’s seat slides to the door which makes getting into it from a wheelchair much easier. The door assists in the loading and unloading of the wheelchair, too. The smallest of the

Concept-i trio is the Toyota Concept-i Walk, a personal mobility vehicle for use on sidewalks. It has a variable wheelbase mechanism, a low floor, and joystick steering for simplicity of use. The compact vehicle takes up only as much space as a pedestrian does while walking and rotates on the spot says Toyota.

Toyota’s luxury arm, Lexus showcased the LS+ concept at the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show. It comes loaded with autonomous tech and also previews a new design language that we hope to

see in upcoming Lexus cars. The LS+ concept employs its prominent spindle grille to cover a large shutter that is placed behind it which is claimed to improve cooling as well as aerodynamic

performance of the concept sedan. Flowing outwards from the grille and then merging into the bonnet are laser headlights with DRLs. The side profile of the Lexus LS+ looks more relaxed than the present LS sedan and in terms of dimensions, the concept is longer, wide and lower. It gets a large tail light cluster that flows under the boot lip. Even the bumper has been redesigned receiving much sharper contours than before.

The cabin of the Lexus LS+ has not been revealed. However, the company has announced that it will come with autonomous tech. Lexus says it intends to make automated driving from entrance ramp to exit ramp on motor-vehicle-only roadways possible by using its Highway Teammate automated driving technologies, aiming to apply them to road cars by 2020.


Lexus LS+ autonomous concept unveiled at Tokyo

Ford Focus RS now comes a Drift Stick to enable users to make old-school handbrake turns just Ken Block does in his Gymkhana videos

Toyota Concept-i, Concept-i Ride, & Concept i-Walk promise autonomous connected mobility


JEEP HAS REVEALED ITS 2018Wrangler through a series of images, showcasing the two- as well as four-

door configurations of the iconic SUV. The detachable doors, roof and foldable windshield are all available

on the Wrangler Rubicon, for that essential Jeep look and feel. New LED headlamps recessed into the updated trademark grille add a clean look to the front end, while the bumper gets a vastly sleeker design, all with the intent of offering modern feel without doing away with the classic design cues that idenity the Jeep. Also interesting is that the fuel filler cap has been concealed behind a small door, thereby making it safer. The roll bar is not as close to the edge of the body now, keeping safety in mind, as also to accommodate the thicker, quieter hardtop and soft-top panels. Engine, transmission and other specifications will be revealed at the LA Auto Show. As per information leaked already, the 2018 Wrangler will make its debut with a 3.6-litre V6 petrol with manual and automatic transmission options both, apart from a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder motor that is expected to follow later.


Smarter new 2018 Jeep Wrangler unveiled

Tesla Motors’ wholly owned plant in China maybe the first such automotive industrial facility for the country - without any tie-ups with local suppliers

BMW HAS TAKEN THE WRAPS OFF THE 2018 X2, which, as the name suggests, will be positioned above the X1 and below the X3. The crossover sports a streamlined glasshouse, roof-mounted spoiler and sleek head and tail lights. The kidney grille has been tweaked, while the hood is short, allowing the windscreen to be placed further ahead to liberate more cabin space. Wheel arches have been squared off for a rugged look while wheel sizes will vary from 17-inches to 20-inches depending on the trim. Underpinning the X2 is the same UKL platform as the X1, as also the current Mini line-up.

A lot of the interior elements will also be shared with the X1. Engine options include a 190PS, front-wheel drive, 2.0-litre petrol, a 190PS, all-wheel drive 2.0-litre diesel and a 231PS, four-wheel drive diesel. The petrol motor will come mated to a 7-speed gearbox while the diesels will use an 8-speed transmission. The X2 is expected to be launched in India around mid-2018.

Sleek 2018 BMW X2 breaks cover


VOLKSWAGEN HAS SHOWCASED its all-new Virtus sedan in Brazil, that will replace the Vento internationally. Based on the sixth generation Polo hatchback’s MQB platform, the Virtus focuses on the South American market and is a part of the 20 new models the company plans to launch by 2020, of which 13 will be manufactured in Brazil.

The styling of the Virtus is similar to the new generation Polo hatchback from the front and side, though the rear looks a lot more premium than the Vento’s. The car is expected to offer a more premium feel inside as well, and will come equipped with a TFT instrument display and a large infotainment screen.

The wheelbase stands at 2,650mm,

which is 80mm longer than the Polo. The Virtus will be powered by a 128PS/200Nm 1.0-litre three-cylinder TSI motor mated to a 6-speed automatic gearbox and a 116PS/162Nm 1.6-litre petrol paired with a 5-speed manual

transmission as standard. The 1.6l will also be available with an optional 5-speed automatic transmission.

Looking at the popularity of compact sedans in India, the Virtus should come to India later next year.

LEXUS HAS SHOWCASED THE NX300h in India, its smallest offering globally. When launched next year, the NX300h crossover will be offered in two variants in India, Luxury and F-Sport. The NX300h will be the fourth model to be launched by Lexus in

India and its third hybrid here. While there are more powertrain options offered internationally, for India Lexus will launch the NX300h only with its 2.5-litre petrol engine that’s paired to an electric motor and offers 196PS and 210Nm.

The NX300h’s styling is similar to what we have seen on other models from the Lexus stable with a sharp, distinctive face, large grille and unique looking triple projector headlamps. To confirm its hybrid status, the Lexus logo on the NX300h’s grille gets a blue backlight as well. To complete the SUV look it also gets side skirts, roof rails and black plastic cladding on the wheel arches. The rear is typical of Lexus’ SUVs too with sharp, angular tail lights and bold character lines on the tail gate.

Just like the ES300h, RX450h and LX450d the NX300h will also be sold in India as CBU import, though Lexus is evaluating setting up assembly operations to be able to price its cars more competitively. For instance, the NX300h rivals German SUVs like the Audi Q5, BMW X3 and Mercedes-Benz GLC internationally but will be priced around the Rs 60 lakh mark in India since it will be imported directly unlike the others that are assembled locally.


Lexus NX300h crossover showcased in India

NASA and Uber have signed an agreement to develop a future air transport system under the Uber Elevate programme

Volkswagen Virtus to replace the Vento


SUZUKI AND TOYOTA HAVE SIGNED A memorandum of understanding (MoU) that aims at cooperation on electric vehicles (EVs) for India with 2020 set to be the launch timeline. Suzuki will produce EVs for India and Toyota will provide technical support. Toyota will have access to these EVs, and be able to re-badge and re-style them. The companies will also jointly study the Indian EV market and cooperate on charging infrastructure and other issues like the end-of-life batteries. Earlier, Suzuki announced its new lithium ion battery plant in Gujarat. The new MoU envisions local sourcing of electric motors which is also expected to help Suzuki and Toyota keep the EV prices competitive. The original business partnership was announced in February. In other news, Toyota has confirmed that it will stop working on Daihatsu as an option for most cost-effective cars in India. The EV

alliance, as well as focus on developing green cars and autonomous driving technology will be the India focus instead.

Suzuki-Toyota EVs coming in 2020!

Lexus mulling India production facilityLexus says that it is studying the possibility of setting up an assembly facility in India. Lexus president Yoshihiro Sawa told OVERDRIVE, “I do not know when it will [happen] but we are studying... Taxation is so hard so we are now studying”. Lexus imports cars into India from Japan since it entered India in March this year with the introduction of a hybrid-focused line-up featuring the ES 300h sedan, RX 450h crossover and LX 450d SUV. Lexus also just revealed the NX300h crossover in India.



Next-gen Lamborghini to be a plug-in hybridLamborghini is reportedly working on its next generation sportscar that will replace the Huracan. The car will be a plug-in hybrid and is expected to go on sale by 2022. It will use next-generation, solid-state battery technology to reduce weight and also enable an electric only mode.

Mercedes-AMG G65 Final Edition to be the last Gelandewagen Mercedes-Benz is set to bid farewell to the iconic G-Class with the G65 Final Edition, limited to, well, 65 units. The Final Edition is powered by a twin-turbo V12 producing 630PS/1,001Nm and can hit 100kmph in 5.3 seconds, despite weighing 3 tonnes.

0-100 in 1.9 seconds!Tesla claims its next-gen Roadster will hit 60mph (96.56kmph) in 1.9s, making it the fastest production car ever. It goes into production in 2020. Its all-wheel drive electric powertrain generates as much as 10,000Nm of torque. The 200kWh battery will offer a range of 620 miles (998km) on a single charge.

The Government of India has made it mandatory for all new cars to be fitted with FASTag devices from December 1, 2017 to enable cashless toll payment

RENAULT HAS SHOWCASED THE NEXT generation Duster internationally. The new Duster gets a classier looking grille along with redesigned headlights and a bigger skid plate. The sides look similar to the current Duster’s, particularly thanks to the wheel arches and roof rails. It also gets a revised cabin design. The dashboard is new and the round air-conditioning vents have made way for rectangular ones, while the housing for the infotainment display is new too. The steering wheel and instrument cluster are all-new and look more appealing. The Duster will continue to be a five-seater SUV only and we expect its new version to offer generous legroom and luggage space just like the current one. However, given that Renault

has just launched the more premium Captur in India at base prices just `1.5 lakh apart, it is unlikely that the new generation Duster will be displayed the 2018 Auto Expo or be launched in India very quickly.

Tata Motors starts testing autonomous Hexa in the UK

2018 Renault Duster breaks cover

TATA MOTORS’ SELF-DRIVING HEXA was spotted recently undergoing tests in real-world conditions in the UK. Its autonomous driving technology comes from Tata Motors European Technical Centre’s collaboration with UK Autodrive. UK Autodrive connects automobile manufacturers and the British government for development and testing of self-driving vehicles. The autonomous Hexa is part of the first such tests by UK Autodrive and also involved self-driving models of the Range Rover Sport and Ford

Mondeo. The current round of tests are being conducted at Coventry, while the next round is scheduled at Milton Keynes in 2018. Apart from autonomous technology, the Hexa is also being tested for Emergency Vehicle Warning which detects signals from emergency vehicles such as ambulances to move out of their path. The Hexa is also being tested for Intersection Collision Warning and Intersection Priority Management which will decide the order in which connected self-driving cars cross an intersection.


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Some markets will receive the new Interceptor and Continental GT 650 Twins but India might have to wait a few extra months for sale and deliveries to start

Royal Enfield 650 Twins roll out set for April 2018!

Royal Enfield took the wraps off the new Interceptor 650 Twin and the Continental GT 650 at the EICMA 2017.

The most anticipated bike of the year, the Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 Twin and Continental GT 650 Twin are a mix of neo-retro styling married to an all-new 650cc, parallel twin that was showcased just days earlier at the Royal Enfield UK Technical Centre at Bruntingthrope, UK.

The character of the engine (see box) was one of the main focus areas says Royal Enfield. The fuel injected, air/oil-cooled motor produces 47PS at 7,100rpm and 52 Nm at 4,000rpm and is mated to a six-speed gearbox.

The RE Interceptor 650 Twin draws inspiration from the yesteryears’ Royal Enfield Interceptor. The Continental GT 650 Twin, on the other hand, is an ode to the cafe racer culture that was dominant in the seventies and is a hipster staple at least outside India today. Royal Enfield

says there are no shared parts between the new Continental GT 650 and the current Continental GT with the 535cc, single cylinder engine. But the design is similar in nature and approach. Both bikes will get a suite of RE accessories that enhance utility as well as visuals like the pictured fly screen.

Both employ the same double cradle, steel frame as well as 41mm telescopic forks and preload-adjustable twin shocks. The 1,400mm wheelbase, 174mm ground clearanceand 2,122mm length is also


identical. The Continental GT 650 Twin, however, is slightly less tall. Braking duties, are handled by 320mm and 240mm discs. ABS is standard.

We spoke to Siddharth Lal, the CEO, Royal Enfield and MD, Eicher Motors and he said that the Interceptor and Continental 650s will go on sale in India post April ’18. RE aims to ensure that they have the production to service the high demand that the Indian market is expected to generate. We expect the bikes to be on sale by September.

The 650 Twin is brand new, says Royal Enfield. It was designed from the ground up and shares nothing “but a few screws” with any other RE engines. The engines were designed for modest performance while keeping the nature and character of Royal Enfields in focus.

The 650 Twin is a simple design. The 8 valve, SOHC fuel-injected - not ride-by-wire - 648cc oversquare engine will make 47PS at 7,100rpm and 52Nm at 4,000rpm. Compression is a reasonable 9.5:1. Royal Enfield says the engine needed to be fast enough to be a solid upgrade to the current product range but not so fast that it would intimidate new riders. Royal Enfield reveals that the motorcycle will cruise the British motorways at 70-80mph or 120-135kmph easily. RE tried out three difference crank configurations before settling into the 270° crank that is the final specification. The one-piece forged crank quells secondary vibration says Royal Enfield while a balancer shaft takes care of primary vibration.

THE NEW RE 650CC PARALLEL TWIN


The 650cc twin project...My understanding is that the first sketches were made in January 2014. Obviously we’d started thinking about it before that. In fact, it started life as a 600cc twin. But we weren’t confident of meeting the ton. That’s 160kmph or 100mph. So we eventually upgraded it to 650 and now it certainly crosses the ton.

The first near-final proto...I don’t look like a very emotional fellow but when I do ride bikes like this for the first time, it does touch me quite a bit. I said to myself that I don’t want to think too much. It’s really nice and it’s still three years away. The 90 per cent tooled-up bike was available nearly two years before now. That’s far! But now, our development and

validation cycles are absolutely world class. A lot of standards have now been set up not just 10-20 per cent, some of them are three times more than what some of the other people are doing!

When can we buy these?We want to serve markets which have a greater summer season. Markets like here in Europe and all that. So we will likely come to markets where there is a much more seasonal effect and serve those markets [first]. And in any case there’s no way of serving India [properly] till we ramp up our production to very high levels.

How do UKTC and Chennai work together?We basically see this facility as a centre for twins - now we can say twins finally. We see this more as a lead design and development center for twins and bigger motorcycles and the team here is taking the absolute lead in those and Chennai playing more of a support role. But think of Chennai as the lead for singles for examples. And some of the expertise and support is coming from here for that.

The target on your back...Success has it upsides - we have a strong balance sheet,

we do a lot of things we couldn’t do earlier. It also has its pitfalls which is largely that you don’t want to rock the boat too much. You don’t want to lose what you have already got. And many years ago we had nothing to lose so we could play exactly as we wanted. Now we have something to protect but I believe that the way we are playing it as if we have nothing to lose. That is how we are going for it.

Where would you go ride your new Twins? It would have to be Colombia. I have been very, very curious about Latin America since I visited Colombia. And I fell in love with that country and that would be one of my primary motivations. It will be work trip. <laughs>

What’s next after the 650s?We do have a firm five year road map. There’s a tentative plan beyond that. And they’re all middleweights - between 250-750. They’re all relatively, I wouldn’t say necessarily old-school, but they’re certainly not extreme vehicles. These are excerpts from a much longer, freewheeling interview which is online in the full at overdrive.in.

Free-wheeling

Siddhartha Lal, CEO Royal Enfield and MD Eicher Motors talks about Royal Enfields first all-new motorcycles in decades, the new 650 Twins and the smashing new UK Technical Centre

I don’t look like a very emotional fellow butriding bikes like this for the first time does touch me quite a bit...

SIDDHARTHA LAL


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RE’s new UK Technical CentreROYAL ENFIELD TOOK A BIG STEP forward after becoming the world’s most profitable motorcycle manufacturer with the all-new 648cc parallel twin engine. It was developed at the new UK Technical Centre along with a massively international team that worked closely with development staff at the new Bruntingthorpe facility as well as back in India at Chennai. Siddhartha Lal reiterated that while people like Mark Wells (head product strategy and industial design) and Simon Warburton (head product development) were based out of the UK, there is heavy traffic - knowledge, prototypes, ideas and staff between the new UK centre and the older Chennai development centre. Royal Enfield is also known to be working

on a new development facility at Old Mahabalipuram Road south of Chennai, set to come online mid-2018, to complement the new UK centre.

Royal Enfield says that the much larger group of engineers, the UKTC etc gives it the ability to handle full engine and chassis development in-house. There are also UKTC engineers working on the accessory lines for existing and new product lines.

Bruntingthorpe if you haven’t heard of it, is an old US air base that was decommissioned in the ‘50s before becoming the UK’s most famous automotive testing facility in the late ‘70s. Royal Enfield has a long lease on land right outside the facility and uses the nearly 3km long runway and other roads in the proving grounds to complete testing.

From the design office which houses superb customs like these, to test benches - this one is for electrical systems, bays to prepare prototypes and of course, the expanse of the Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground right next to the new UKTC, Royal Enfield has a full-lifecycle R&D setup. New dyno and emissions labs are being constructed behind the building



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KTM also showed off the e-Mini an electric motocross motorcycle that is widely expected to replace the entry-level kids’ dirt bike, the 50SX

790 Duke India-bound 2019-2020!AFTER TREATING US TO THE PROTOTYPE at the EICMA last year, KTM has finally taken the wraps off the new 790 Duke at EICMA 2017 featuring a 799cc, liquid-cooled parallel twin making 105PS at 9,000 rpm and 86Nm at 8,000rpm. The LC8c is KTM’s first parallel-twin and has a DOHC head with eight valves, actuated by DLC-coated finger followers. To help keep the vibrations at the minimum, KTM has employed two balancer shafts. The engine is mated to a six-speed transmission.

True to the Duke family ethos, the 790 Duke features radical styling, with minimal body panels. It does not look as edgy as the prototype, but it’s close. The 790 Duke employs a steel frame, with the engine as the stressed member, in order to save weight, which stands at 169Kg dry.

KTM has used WP suspension at the front and rear. The 43mm, split-function USD forks are adjustable while the gas- charged monoshock at the rear is adjustable for pre-load. Braking duties are handled by twin, 300mm discs at the front with four piston, radially mounted calipers and a 240mm single-disc at the rear, with a two-pot caliper.

The KTM 790 Duke is also pretty well equipped with a suite of electronics. In addition to standard Bosch ABS, the motorcycle also gets

cornering ABS. The ABS can be turned off on the rear wheel. Then there’s the lean sensitive traction control and riding modes with a special track mode that is customizable. Other features include a quick-shifter, launch control, full-colour TFT dash and WP steering damper. The KTM My Ride system is available as an optional extra. The KTM 790 Duke goes up against the likes of the Triumph Street Triple and Kawasaki Z900. KTM has confirmed that it intends for the 790 Duke to be in SKD or CKD assembly or local production in India by 2019-2020 which should lead to an impressively priced motorcycle!

KTM 790 Adventure prototype breaks cover

The Austrians also took the wraps off the 790 Adventure R prototype, billed as the bike that closes the gap between KTM’s enduro and adventure series’. The KTM 790 Adventure R gets the same, 799cc, liquid-cooled, parallel-twin as the 790 Duke.

The design is reminiscent of KTM’s Dakar racer and it looks purposeful. The idea was to create a light, performance oriented, travel enduro with a dynamism that’s only found in larger capacity motorcycles.

The production-spec 2019 790 Adventure R is expected to feature LED head lamps, a colour TFT display and advanced electronics.

KTM says that the 790 Adventure R will go into production in 2019. The adv segment has witnessed huge growth over the past few years. KTM stated that it sold 15,000 adventure motorcycles in this year alone. The 790 Adventure should also have a locally assembled future in India around the same 2019-2020 timeline as the KTM 790 Duke.



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Karnataka has banned pillion riders on sub-100cc two-wheelers. This appears to be because of poor roads which are causing crashes are harder to fix

XPulse previews return to the ImpulseHERO MOTOCORP HAS TAKEN THE wraps off its Hero XPulse Concept adventure motorcycle. The company has not confirmed a launch date for India. Our sources tell us that the XPulse could reach production between mid to late-2018 powered by the same 18PS 200cc motor as the Xtreme 200, also expected in the coming year. Sources told OVERDRIVE that the XPulse is a real product with a real strategy, but its launch could take time. It shares its underpinnings with the Hero Xtreme 200 but receives reinforcements as needed for its intended use.The Hero XPulse at is an

extension of the Impulse brand, with which the company had introduced small off-road bikes into the country. The XPulse comes kitted with long-travel suspension with body panels that deliberately seem to resemble the Impulse.

Note the LED headlamp on the Hero XPulse Concept. Hero MotoCorp has also fitted two LED auxiliary lamps on the leg guards. It also gets a flyscreen above the headlamp. The concept adventure motorcycle has a matte-finish green paint job with graphics, while the mechanicals are finished in black, with side panels, leg guards, and mudguards in white.

Hero’s new premium dealerships coming! Hero is planning to set up a separate premium two- wheeler oriented dealership network over the next few years as it expands its range of 150cc and higher displace-ment products. Hero plans six launches before April which includes premium bikes.

Husqvarna 401s to enter India in 2018!BAJAJ AND KTM WILL TAKE HUSQVARNA worldwide. This confirms that Husqvarnas will be made in Chakan and the 401 series will be sold in India. The Husqvarna 401 Svartpilen and Vitpilen (black and white arrow, respectively) are based on the KTM 390 Duke platform. In 2018, 401 production will shift to Chakan from Austria. The 401 Vitpilen is a neo-retro cafe racer based on the same platform as the KTM 390 Duke with new bodywork and instruments as well as spoked wheels, a different subframe as well as new hardware for mounting the pegs. The engine is expected to be the same 375cc single as the new KTM 390 Duke, but it would likely be in a different state of tune or have significant gearing changes.

The 701 Vitpilen!Just like it did with the 401s, the 701 Vit- and Svartpilens were shown in concept form at the show, the production bikes are expected mid-2018. The engine is a 73PS 650cc single shared with the 701 Supermoto, originally from the KTM 690 Duke.

Husqvarna 401 Svartpilen The Husqvarna 401 Svartpilen is based on the same platform as the Vitpilen. It has very similar styling but the exhaust layout, tyres and handlebars is more street-scrambler with an upright riding position.


Mahindra Two Wheelers has launched the Mahindra Gusto RS edition at `48,110 ex-Delhi with two dual-tone paint options and new graphics

Kinetic-Norton in India JV for all Asia!KINETIC GROUP FROM INDIA AND Norton Motorcycle Company, UK will jointly produce and sell Norton motorcycles in India. Kinetic Norton will bring the Norton Commando and Dominator models to India initially as CBUs from the UK in three months. Both are powered by the same 80PS 961cc parallel twin. The JV will also bring assembly of the Nortons to Kinetic MotoRoyale’s plant in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra by the end-2018. With a 51 per cent majority stake in the partnership, Kinetic will also represent the British motorcycle brand in Southeast Asia. Norton currently has three engines in its stable the 650cc, 961cc, and a 1,200cc V4. The 961cc air/oil-cooled parallel twin with currently powers the Commando and Dominator. The engine produces 80PS/90Nm on both motorcycles. The Commando Cafe Racer gets a traditional, double-cradle frame. The Dominator employs a truly unique build with the use of modern exotic carbon fiber and other materials while maintaining an air of old-school charm with its classic cafe racer styling. It is priced at around $29,000 (`18.85 lakh approx). The Dominator is a stunning looking cafe racer. The Commando is a relatively more affordable package available in two styles - Cafe Racer, and Sport. The Commando’s styling is inspired by its 1967 namesake. It is priced at around $20,000 (`13 lakh approx). India prices will likely double.

Norton’s latest model is the Norton V4 RR, a drool-worthy race-spec motorcycle developed at the Isle of TT circuit with full carbon fiber bodywork and a mad 1,200cc V4 engine that

produces 200-plus PS and 130Nm. This may come to India at a later stage as well.

Norton also announced that the 650cc parallel twin is in development and Kinetic Norton will explore the possibilty of some local sourcing and assembly for India and Asian markets. Norton CEO Stewart Garner told OVERDRIVE that the core components - the frame and the engine - will remain British made.

Yamaha R15 V3 spied The Yamaha YZF-R15 v3 will be launched in India soon. It might see light of day at the 2018 Auto Expo. Spy shots reveal the Indonesian machine’s styling but with cost-efficient details. No ABS ring suggests a pre-April launch date. Expect Yamaha to also use a simpler engine without the variable valve timing.

New 961 Commando California bowsTHE NORTON COMMANDO IS celebrating 50 years since the production of the first one began. And they’re celebrating with this, the Norton Commando California, a special edition based on the Commando 961, which went into poduction in 2010. The engine is the 961cc parallel twin, an air-cooled 79PS motor with fuel-injection that Norton makes themselves. 100kmph, says Norton, is 4.1s away. As with the other Commandos, you get ABS brakes from Brembo and Ohlins suspension. The paintwork takes the classic Commando to a even more nostalgic place rather well.

NS200 gets ABS The `1.1 lakh (ex-Delhi) Pulsar 200 NS ABS is now on sale at `10,000 more than the non-ABS version. It uses a larger 300mm disc for the single-channel front-wheel ABS. There are no mechanical changes to the motorcycle.

TVS RTR200 FI on saleTVS has launched the `1.07 lakh (ex-Delhi) Apache RTR 200 Fi4V with fuel injection. It produces 21PS and 18.1Nm, same as the carburetted RTR but is crisper in feel. Minor aesthetic tweaks include a small visor over the headlight.

Norton CEO Stewart Garner and Kinetic’s Ajinkya Firodia post with the Norton Commando Cafe Racer



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Yamaha has updated its 2018 MT-07 with rebound adjustment at the rear and an all-new design based on the well-received new MT-09 and MT-10

BMW F 750/850 GS headed to India!BMW MOTORRAD IS SERIOUSLY considering bringing the F750GS or F850GS for India. It intends to bring either of these two motorcycles to the country via the CBU route from Munich, Germany. CKD assembly or CBU imports via the Rayong, Thailand plant will be considered later, BMW Motorrad told OVERDRIVE. However, BMW Motorrad will ensure good pricing when they launch in India, the company said. The mid-segment adventure motorcycles from BMW Motorrad have been completely redesigned for 2018. The F 750 GS is designed as an all-round

travel enduro in combination with a low seat height, while the F 850 GS features a more touring-friendly personality with enhanced off-road ability. The F 750 GS and F 850 GS are powered by the same 853cc parallel twin with a 270-degree firing order, which produces 78PS/83Nm on the 750, and 96PS/92Nm on the 850. The engine is housed in a steel bridge monocoque. The motorcycles feature ABS, stability control and Rain/Road riding modes. They also feature a 6.5-inch full-colour display. Both motorcycles have been given a sharp profile for an aggressive look.

K1600 Grand America The K 1600 Grand America is based on the flagship bagger, the GTL with its 160PS 1649cc six-cylinder engine. Grand America? Yes, it has feet forward controls with floorboards! All the various electronic systems are standard equipment.

BMW C400X is a normal scooterBMW’S NEW C400X IS ONE OF THE MOST unsurprising of BMW scooters ever with a single-cylinder automatic configuration. The fuel-injected 350cc engine makes 34PS and that makes it the smallest engine apart form the G 310 R/GS. The CVT transmission is part of the swingarm as usual and traction control is standard. The C400X uses a steel frame, the bodywork is GS-reminiscent and it uses a 15-inch wheel at the front with a 14-inch rear. Top speed is 140kmph. Sounds mundane? The scooter has LED lights, a CAN bus for easily adding accessories, a colour TFT screen and BMW Motorrad’s communication system as well. There’s also storage that expands while

parked to store a full-size helmet. Prices are unknown, but many in Europe are hoping that unlike the 650s, they’re also completely normal.

All-new Lambrettas The Lambretta is back with three V-Specials designed by Kiska. Engines are 3.5PS 50cc, 10PS 125cc and 12PS 170cc, all air-cooled and Euro IV. The all-new V-Special series is to go on sale in Europe in 2018 and Lambretta’s expected to make a comeback in India by 2019.

Energica’s 200kmph electric bike!The Energica Eva EsseEsse 9 will hit 200kmph, makes more torque than the Panigale V4 and whooshes out 80Kw (107PS) - it’s electric powered. Range is 200kmph in Eco mode and it reaches 85 per cent charge in 30 minutes. Looks nice too!



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Yamaha’s new MT-09 SP blends equipment from the MT-10 with the styling of the MT-09 to create a smart 115PS three-cylinder middleweight

Yamaha Tenere World Raid Concept Designed with the Yamaha Dakar team, the Tenere World Raid concept gets the 689cc twin from the MT-07 in a chassis designed for strength and to handle rough terrain. The seat height is lower than the T7 concept. The world is still waiting for the smaller Tenere to hit production.

Honda Riding Assist eThe Riding Assist E concept from Tokyo can balance itself which cuts out the risk of falling at slow speed or when stopping. The e in the suffix suggests electric powertrain with shaft drive - which points to a configuration similar to the NC750.

Yamaha Niken wows!The Yamaha Niken is a unique, and very high-engineering take on a large-capacity, high-performace three-wheeler concept. It gets two 15-inch front wheels with tandem USD forks under a wide fairing. No idea of production plan or prospect at this stage.

Triumph Tiger 800TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES HAS launched all-new 2018 Triumph Tiger 800s and as well as the Tiger Explorer models at EICMA 2017 in Milan, Italy. The bigger Tiger is called Tiger 1200 now. Triumph Motorcycles claims to have made more than 200 upgrades to the chassis and engine. The 2018 Tiger will feature a more optimised version of the 800cc three-cylinder engine. The triple produces 95PS of power. Triumph has included a shorter first gear for enhanced acceleration, off-road traction, and low-speed maneuverability. The bodywork too has received an update and is much sharper than before. The 2018 Triumph Tiger also boasts a lighter exhaust with a sportier sound, the company said. The Tiger moniker traces its name to the Triumph Tigers built for the famous Six-Day Trials in 1936. From the front, the new Triumph Tiger’s mean headlamp design is sure to grab eyeballs. Tech upgrades on the new Triumph Tiger include full-colour 5-inch TFT display, six riding modes including a new Off-Road Pro mode, Brembo front brakes, optimised suspension configurations, handlebar-mounted backlit switch cubes, all-LED lighting, a colour dash similar to the new Street Triple RS and updated cruise control. There is now a five-step adjustable windscreen which looks better positioned to prevent

buffeting. The Tiger range will include the road-focused Tiger XR, mid-spec XRX and range-topping XRT, as well as the off-road spec Tiger XCX and fully-loaded XCA. The new Tiger 1200 has many of the same kind of features - sharper new bodywork, LED head lights with cornering lights, colour TFT instruments, backlit switches etc. More importantly, the motorcycle which boasts new wheels both spoked and alloy, is now 11kg lighter thanks to engine, chassis and exhaust work. This should be a huge bonus for an already impressive machine that we criticised for being a bit too heavy the last time around. Triumph has also reduced the seat height and the 1200 gets the same Brembos and updated semi-active suspension. India launch is confirmed but dates are still to be announced.


Honda reveals that it has now made 100 million, that’s 100,000,000 Super Cub stepthroughs at 16 factories in 15 countries since the first one in 1958

All-new Honda Goldwing. Wow!THE GOLD WING IS ALL-NEW FOR 2018 and the changes are many. What your’re looking at is the base Gold Wing (what used to be the F6B) while the flagship is the Gold Wing Tour (the formerly normal Gold Wing) which adds the top case and taller screen. The engine is an all-new 1,833cc flat six, now with a square cylinder configuration, Unicam operated four valves per cylinder and the option of a 6-speed manual or a 7-speed twin clutch gearbox.

The ‘Wing is also the first motorcycle with Apple CarPlay. Yes. Also new is double-wishbone front suspension which Honda says dramatically improves handling with credit to the Showa suspension. Ligher by over 40kg, the ‘Wing also adds electronic suspension, riding modes and more. Expect these beautiful mammoths to go on sale in India. Beautiful? Yes, it looks super sleek and attractive in the flesh although it is obviously a rather substantial machine.

CB300R is beautiful!The stylish Honda CB300R looks real, buyable, and so stunningly proportionate. It uses the 31.5PS/27Nm 286cc single from the CBR300R in a trellis frame. It looks right for India but it cannot be priced competitively with this level of componentry. Hopefully Honda India has an Indian version on the way.

All-new Honda CB1000R India boundHONDA HAS REVEALED THE 2018 CB1000R as its new litre-class naked at EICMA 2017. The new Honda CB1000R was showcased as the Honda Neo Sports Cafe at the 2017 Tokyo Show. The sweet styling is a throwback to Honda’s CBs from the early 1990s. The new Honda CB1000R shares engine architecture with the Honda CBR1000RR, and the CB1000R upgrades run deep. Power is up from the 125PS to 145PS with torque raised to 104Nm from 98Nm. The CB1000R weighs 12kg less at 212kg. Honda claims that the CB1000R has 4 per cent shorter gearing for a strong mid-range, and you can ride harder than the CBR1000RR in first to third gears. The super-naked also receives a slip-assist clutch, ride-by-wire, and four riding modes. Suspension is Showa adjustable big-piston USD forks and a Showa rear

monoshock. The CB1000R+ will get a quick shifter, heated grips and more. The CB1000R was popular the last time around. We’re hoping Honda gets this one to India soon too!

Honda InterceptorThe Interceptor is a modern cafe racer concept from Honda that made crowds stop and gawk. It features ideas like a turbine in the headlight for power and a tank top touchscreen but just look at it.

Africa Twin updated!The 2018 Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin Adventure Sport is the big dog. It gets a 24l tank (500km range!) and 20mm more ground clearance. Let’s not forget that wonderful paint scheme. Seat height rises though and the lithium battery lowers weight. The 95PS machine comes in manual and DCT, and will most certainly come to India. Hopefully with the former transmission - it’s 10kg lighter!



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Aprilia is officially off its rocker. The 2018 RSV4 pneumatic valve FW-GP loses 10kg and with the racing spec equipment makes a frankly barmy 247PS!

Suzuki SV650X is a cafe-racer!SUZUKI HAS ADDED ANOTHER motorcycle to its SV650 lineup at the EICMA 2017. Called the Suzuki SV650X, the neo-retro cafe racer is inspired by the SV650 Rally Concept showcased at the 2016 Osaka Motor Show. Suzuki says that the SV650X pays homage to the tarmac rally cars from ‘70s. Built on the Suzuki SV650 platform, the Suzuki SV650X brings in a tinted screen for the bikini fairing, clip-ons and a scooped seat. There are twin discs at the front with

a single one at the rear and needless to say, dual-channel ABS.

The Suzuki SV650X makes use of the familiar 75PS/64Nm V-twin engine as the standard SV650, and gets Suzuki’s low-rpm assist and easy-start system. There are also new, preload adjustable front forks and Suzuki says that the entire SV range will get this for 2018. Expect the Suzuki SV650X to go on sale in European markets early next year.

Suzuki GSX-R250The all-new Suzuki GSX-250R derives design cues from its elder siblings. It gets a 25PS/23.4Nm 248cc parallel twin. It is essentially a sporty commuter, evident from the high set handlebars. The bike is available in black, white or this lovely MotoGP inspired scheme.

2018 Vespa Elettrica promises 100km on a single charge!PIAGGIO HAS SHOWCASED ITS FUTURE electric model, the Vespa Elettrica with old-school body panels in a fetching gloss silver hiding an elecric power unit. Vespa says peak power is 4kW but it can deliver half that continously. The scooter can run up to 100km on a charge says Vespa. We believe this will be true even if a certain toneless ‘singer’ were to ride it. Full charge takes four hours. The Elettrica X version adds a small generator that doubles the range. Vespa also talks about a colour screen that hosts connectivity functions. Oh and this isn’t a concept, it’s on sale next year in some markets. We wish we could export a certain toneless ‘singer’ to those markets.

Guzzi V85 Concept - retro enduro!Stelvio? Guzzi are taking a new look at the adv market with the retro-style V85 Concept. The Stelvio didn’t make it through the Euro IV regs. The V85 gets a 80PS 850cc V-twin and is billed as a retro-enduro. Looks neat, yes?

2018 R1/M updateThe 2018 Yamaha YZF-R1 gets clutchless downshifts on the quickshifter while the R1M also switches to IMU-equipped Ohlins Electronic Racing Suspension with smartphone-based tuneability. Expect India launch and prices around April next year.



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Kawasaki India is now offering the 2017 KRT Edition Ninja 650 with the Kawasaki Racing Team inspired paint job at `5.69 lakh ex-Delhi

Kawasaki unveils the Z900RS cafeKAWASAKI SURPRISED SHOWGOERS at the EICMA 2017 when it unveiled the Z900RS Café, which is based on the Z900RS that was showcased at the 2017 Tokyo Show. Kawasaki has lowered the handlebar as well as added a café racer fairing. Other bits that add to the theme is the humped seat and the ultra loud, green colour that’s exclusive to the Kawasaki Z900RS Café. Both Z900RS and Café are inspired by the 1970’s Kawasaki

Z1 and based on the Z900 street bike. The Kawasaki Z900 RS Café shares the same Z900 inline-four powers the Z900 RS but it makes 111PS not 125. Traction control is standard. The three also share the same frame, albeit with a few revisions to the upper part to accommodate the Z900RS Café’s tank. The triple clamps have also been revised to shorten the trail. Oh India Kawasaki, just take our money.

Ninja 400 looks very promising!The 2018 Ninja 400 is set to replace the 300, including in India. The 399cc twin improves low-end trque, adds a slip-assist clutch, gets new styling and is 6kg lighter to boot. The 45.6PS/38Nm, ABS-equipped bike will come to India - we’re hoping India Kawasaki can find a way to price it as sweet as it looks.

Ninja H2 SX is a supercharged tourer!

KAWASAKI’S NEXT SALVO IN THE SUPER- charged range is the H2SX and SE models which feature the same supercharged 998cc inline four. Power is now 210PS with ram-air and 136Nm but the engine is tued for efficiency and smoothness. The top flight SE model gets all the bells and whistles -

semi-active suspension, IMU-equipped electronics, launch control, TFT colour dash and more. The SX is the base model which features less equipment

but the same (new) chassis and engine. It looks wonderful if you like the H2 design book in the flesh and

we do expect to see India Kawasaki sell this in India.

Kawasaki ZX-10R SEThe SE model of the ZX-10R sits between the homologation special, the RR and the base. The engine is the same but it gains the ZX-10RR’s auto- blipper, and semi-active suspension - a Kawasaki first. Developed with Showa, the Kawasaki Electronic Control Suspension (KECS) adjusts damping as per the road and riding conditions. The reaction time is 1 millisecond which is quicker than other systems. KECS uses solenoids to adjust the damper settings instead of stepper motors. The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10 SE also gets lightweight 7-spoke Marchesini forged wheels, however, it weighs 2kg more than the standard model, thanks to the semi-active suspension setup.The SE is only available in this pure-stealth Metallic Flat Spark Black and Metallic Matte Graphite Gray colours.


Yamaha has finally unveiled the BSIV 2018 YZF-R3 and it should go on sale shortly. ABS will still not be standard but we do expect better OE tyres

Panigale V4 makes 226PS in race trim!WITH 214PS ON TAP, 226PS WITH THE race exhaust, the Ducati Panigale V4 takes a big step into the top-flight sportsbike category. The kerb weight has gone up - remember this is a V4 motorcycle, just 5.5kg in the bargain. Peak torque is 119Nm from 8,750 to 12,250rpm. The Desmosedici Stradale is housed in a new ‘box’ front frame that mounts to the two cylinder banks. The swingarm mounts to the engine, as does the subframe. The top fairing subframe is magnesium. Suspension is Showa Big

Piston Forks and a Sachs shock at the back, The S and Speciale models gets Ohlins semi-active suspension. Brakes are the new Brembo Stylema monoblocs. The Panigale V4 also gets the latest cornering ABS from Bosch, three-level launch control, engine brake control, updated wheelie control, updated slide control plus riding modes. The S model also adds a lighter battery and forged wheels while the Speciale has carbon fibre, adjustable footpegs, and the Ducati datalogger. Expect all to come to India.

Multi’ 1260 is all-newThe 2018 Multistrada 1260 gets a 1,262cc engine and it makes 18 per cent more torque at 4,000rpm. The swingarm is 48mm longer. The longer wheelbase and retuned suspension makes it more responsive and controlled says Ducati. Plus the full electronics suite and semi-active suspension on the S, naturally.

Scrambler 1100 unveiledDUCATI’S NEW SCRAMBLER 1100 IS THE biggest Scrambler yet. It is powered by an oil and air cooled, 1079cc, L-twin motor that also powered the Monster 1100. The 86PS and 88Nm engine also bringing with it the raised twin underseat exhausts similar to the Monster. There are three variants on offer, with the top-spec Sport variant sporting Ohlins suspension and a different handlebar design. The Ducati Scrambler 1100 also receives some minor tweaks to the original Scrambler’s design to distinguish it from its smaller sibling.

959 for the racetrack!The Ducati 959 Panigale Corse is more than this paint job. It’s a track-ready 959 with the 150PS engine now supported by 43mm Ohlins NIX30 forks, TTX46 rear monoshock - fully adjustable. Ohlins also supply the steering damper. The lithium battery is part of the 2.26kg weight loss and the titanium Akrapovic is standard.

Monster 821 bowsThe new 821 marks 25 years of the Monster. It gets a new head lamp, tank and tail section and a new colour dash. The yellow colour is new and exclusive to the 821. the 110PS 821cc engine, the full complement of electronics round out a solid package.



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Benelli’s new 750cc street naked has a parallel twin that develops 82PS and 67Nm. No confirmations yet but this one will definitely come to India

Benelli Imperiale 400 Cruiser debutsBENELLI ‘S NEW IMPERIALE 400 APPEARS set to take on the likes of Royal Enfield Classic series and is expected to go on sale in India soon. The Imperiale 400’s retro-themed styling looks good and it will appeal to those who want to stand out from the sea of Royal Enfields that dot the Indian roads. The motorcycle employs a double cradle, steel tubular frame.The tear drop shaped tank, with a rubber grip, split seats and chrome bits add to the retro cruiser flavour of the Benelli Imperiale 400. The twin pod instrument cluster looks quite like a mix of modern and retro thanks to the digital screen in between the pods. The Imperiale 400 is powered by an air-cooled, single-cylinder,

fuel-injected motor that displaces 373cc. The motor produces 20PS at 5500rpm and 28Nm at 3500rpm and is mated to a five-speed gearbox. It does weigh around 200kg which is a bit odd. There are disc brakes at the front and rear and ABS is standard. The front is a single 300mm disc with 2-piston floating calipers, and a 240mm disc at the rear. Benelli has been working on this motorcycle for quite some time and it will be interesting to see how the new Imperiale 400 performs in India.

Benelli TRK250That’s not the TRK502. It’s the new TRK251 that Benelli quietly showed off at EICMA 2017. It features a trellis and a 17l fuel tank and has 41mm USD forks and a rear monoshock. The engine is a 26PS 250cc single which should make it easy for DSK-Benelli to localise.

Production Benelli Leoncino unveiledBENELLI HAVE A SCRAMBLER READY. THE Chinese-owned Italian company ‘s Leoncino boasts a liquid -cooled 499.6cc parallel twin which makes 47.6PS and 45Nm . Benelli says that the engine meets Euro 4 norms. Built on a trellis frame, the Benelli Leoncino has USD forks with 150mm travel, and a monoshock with preload adjustment at the rear. Twin 320mm discs with 4-piston radial calipers at the front and a single 260mm disc at the rear handle braking. ABS is standard. The Benelli Leoncino has knobby tyres with the front ones being 110/80- R19 in size while the rear is a fatter 150/70 - R17. Benelli also showed a 250cc version of the Leoncino at EICMA 2017. On the style front, there is a LED headlamp and a lion of Pesaro badge on the front fender. Then there are the flat handlebars and a flat seat. The single

exhaust pipe has twin outlets though. Benelli says that the motorcycle goes into production from the second half of 2018 and on sale soon thereafter. We expect the Leoncino to make an appearance at the 2018 Auto Expo.

Benelli ‘Diavel’The Benelli 402S is the Italian company’s new ‘powercruiser’ powered by a 40PS liquid-cooled, 400cc parallel-twin engine mated to a 6-speed transmission. The bike has a road-ready weight of 160kg and comes with a 16-litre fuel tank.

UM electric RenegadeThe UM Renegade Electric concept has a water-cooled electric motor with a claimed power output equivalent to a 600cc motorcycle. It’ll be available with three battery options with a real world range of 100 to 260km. All variants get a fast charging option.



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Royal Enfield is gearing up to launch its adventure offering, the Himalayan in the US market soon and has filed for US certification of the bike

Dragster 800 RC is bonkers!REVEALED AT THE EICMA 2017, THE updated MV Agusta Dragster 800 RR receives a few styling tweaks that make the motorcycle look a lot more focused. The tail section is completely new and MV Agusta has ditched the previous twin LED tail lamp for a single piece LED strip. The number plate holder is also new and keeps the tail section, clutter free. The single sided swingarm puts the lovely, wire spoke wheels on full display. MV Agusta’s attention to detail is also visible in the way the new pillion footrest is crafted. A bracket keeps the footrest concealed, when not in use, which improves the aesthetics of the motorcycle. The Dragster 800 RR also gets an adjustable handlebar, allowing the rider to set up a comfortable riding position.

The 798cc, three-cylinder engine has been mounted on new points to improve the torsional rigidity of the frame. The engine has been tweaked to comply with the latest emission norms. Changes have been made to the profile of the intake cams. The engine casing has been redesigned to offer better impact protection, in the event of a fall. The gearbox is all new and is said to offer smoother and more precise shifts.

For 2018, the electronics have also been updated and MV Agusta says that they’ve made major improvements to the ride-by-wire system as well as to the 8-level traction control system. The MV Agusta Dragster 800 RR will be available in two colours- grey with fluorescent yellow and white with a mix of grey and fluorescent red.

Grazia is Honda’s 125 The `57,987 (ex-Delhi) 8.25PS/10.54Nm Honda Grazia is a snazzily reskinned Honda Activa 125 and it looks fresh. The massive LED head light and the sharp plastics cut quite the figure. It will be available in 35 cities, all-India coverage comes by December. See the full story on page 134.

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Intruder 150 on saleThe Suzuki Intruder 150 is priced at `98,340 ex-Delhi and offers extroverted cruiser styling that sits on the 14.8PS/14Nm engine and frame from the Gixxer - with only minor changes. Check it out on page 128.

Avantura Choppers launched in IndiaAvantura Choppers, an all-new, brand launches made-to-order Rudra and Praveg choppers priced at `23.90 lakh and `21.40 lakh (ex-Mumbai) respectively. Both are powered by a 2,000cc, air-cooled, fuel injected S&S V-twin. Many bits are sourced from international manufacturers while all fabrication is handled in India.

THE NEW MOTO MORINI MILANO IS REGARDED as the modern day 3 ½ , echoing the style of the iconic machine. The new model is powered by the Bialbero Corsa Corta 1,187cc V-twin designed by Franco Lambertini, who also designed the 344cc V-twin for the 31/2 in 1969.The motor produces 110PS and housed in a steel-trellis frame. The front forks are fully adjustable while the rear monoshock has been specifically built for Moto Morini by Mupo. The 17-inch forged aluminium wheels are shod with Pirelli Angel GT tyres. The Milano has a pair 320mm discs up front with radially mounted Brembo calipers. The Brembo 9.1 MP ABS can be switched off via a button on the bars.



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Norton’s Stuart Garner is an extremely likeable man. He’s optimistic and positive and he’s brought his company through a hard phase to

a place which many naysayers said nay to. In that sense he’s similar to Royal Enfield CEO Siddartha Lal, right?

So I couldn’t believe my luck when I got to be the fly on the wall. We were at the EICMA show and Garner and Arun Firodia, chairman Kinetic Group, had just announced the bones of the new joint venture between Norton and Kinetic. As the press melted back into the halls, Siddartha ‘Sid’ Lal walks in - he knows Stuart well and there’s obviously a lot of common ground, both professionally and personally.

The conversation was interesting enough but something Stuart said struck me. I think it was, and I paraphrase, “It’s the rise of the British Motorcycle.” referring to his company, Sid’s baby, Brough Superior and so on. That got me thinking.

See back in the day, the British motorcycle was the one to have. The Italians were sexy but they broke, and the Americans were large and heavy. And the Japanese had just started out - they were very far away indeed. It was the British bike that found the best balance and there were many coveted brands and what a vibrant industry this was.

The first Japanese bikes were laughable, at least to the established British world. They looked misshapen and they were meek. Not that the Americans took them any more seriously. Or for that matter, the Italians.

But we know what happened next. The meek Japanese motorcycles slowly took over the world, selling their accessibility, their reliability and their prices as the increasingly desperate British attempts to compete came to nought.

Now let’s look at the Stuart-Lal British motorcycle resurrection, shall we?

Our motorcycle has gotten complicated. The role goals for them are ever narrower and we generally look down upon the general purpose motorcycle. Some gloriously capable machines have disappeared in our race to purchase ever more focus in our machines.

This race has also made motorcycles harder to ride and enjoy - you need more skill. And I’ll be the first one to say that many of us relish that challenge every single day. But it has also made our motorcycles suited

to specific environments where they truly shine. You have to take that Daytona or 959 to a racetrack to really feel their glory, for example. And then there is the expense. Of buying them, of keeping them running, of fixing what’s broken. 200PS challenges your sanity. 200PS with electronannies challenges your banker.

Stuart and Sid’s bikes offer an alternative proposition. And it’s easy to dismiss as a cunning, irritatingly low-hanging fruit idea. Sid says, in essence, that not everyone wants the latest, greatest and sharpest. Most riders just want an easy, fun bike at a reasonable price. And we who love our 160PS missiles

I do have Feroci. But my Ducati is the result of an exceptional set of circumstances. If I had a more normal life, I’d still have my Triumph around. Or Feraci, my 14-year old Yamaha would’ve been my big bike.

The point I am making is this. Just like with the Brit bikes back then, something might be stirring deep in the bosom of the motorcycle industry. Our premium bikes are complex and no one is offering the simple-cheap motorcycle proposition.

Stuart doesn’t make cheap motorcycles, but he knows what he’s up to. He’s offering you the luxury of simplicity while offering you top flight suspension and brakes. Which means you’ll rumble down the straight at a decent clip but you can corner as hard as you like without worrying that the enormous power output will overcome your modest skills. A bike that goes fast enough for you.

Sid Lal works the other side of the coin. Or intends to. He wants to make simple motorcycles with modest performance that speak eloquently to his customers. They strike up conversations of unstressed rides and reasonably fast progress.

This sounds silly, I know. Which serious motorcyclist wants this slow-going nonsense, right?

That’s what the British said the last time around, I think.

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scoff at the idea of a large engine making small power and reaching ‘just’ 160kmph. Stuart’s machines aren’t different. He does have a 200PS V4, but his core bike is a 961cc twin that makes just about 80PS. That’s not very fast, mate. We have 650s with exhausts and mods that make more, right?

But I have a niggling feeling that they see a world we cannot, blinded as we are by the flash and glamour of the fast-expensive machine. And that it isn’t a mirage. The Suzuki GSX-R1000R, for instance, is truly one of the greatest 1,000cc sportsbikes I have ever tested. It felt shockingly easy and startlingly fast. Both those attributes are easy to engineer. In one motorcycle, however, it is rock hard engineering. But in the same breath that I desired it, I couldn’t afford it.

Stuart Garner and Siddartha Lal, CEOs Norton Motorcycles and Royal Enfield, respectively, make sure I cannot climb off the Commando Cafe Racer without listening to their tales of derring do. Or that’s what I’d have you believe


Recently when some friends came over the conversation veered to how things were before Maruti started making and selling cars in India.

Some of the younger lot was not really aware about how different things were in our country before Maruti came along.

Back then even those who could afford to buy a new automobile – essentially the very rich – had to wait for years before they got their turn at getting their allotted vehicle, as production itself was restricted by the government. And as demand far exceeded supply, the makers of cars like the Ambassador and Fiat didn’t see any need to improve or modernize their products. Thus the running and the maintenance of the cars was far from easy. Every time you had to take a long trip out of town, it called for considerable preparations. The car needed to be go to a good mechanic to get properly checked and serviced. The radiator, tyres and oil level would be checked and topped up as after running a few thousand kilometres most cars started consuming oil. All nuts and bolts would be tightened, and the engine given a full tune-up with checking and cleaning of sparks plugs, the carburetor, the distributor, ignition coil, fuel pump, etc. You needed to do all this even if you were just going from Bombay to Pune!

Yes back then every road journey was an adventure. The roads were narrow and in most cases in very bad shape. Facilities along the highway were also limited with very few decent places to stay in case you got delayed or your car broke down, something which happened quite often. Most seasoned motorists stayed at Dak Bungalows or government guest houses which the British had built along the major routes. They were primarily for the government officials but also entertained tourists and civilians if the rooms were available. These Dak Bungalows, many of which are still operational, had a Khansamah or male cook-cum-steward who would prepare delicious meals for you at a nominal charge. But you had to provide him the ingredients. So experienced travellers packed and kept in their cars rations like rice, flour, dal, tea, sugar, spices, etc and purchased fresh vegetables, eggs, meat and milk from

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The Maruti 800 is a car that actually changed a country. Yes, there is an India before and after the Maruti 800 arrived.

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nearby towns. Fuel stations were also far and few and carrying a jerry can with petrol and a funnel was normal. You always carried a big flask of boiled drinking water from home, because bottled water was not available. You needed to have spares like fan belts, hose pipes, fuses, spark plugs, contact point, etc, because finding a mechanic was not that difficult but getting correct spares could be .This despite the fact, that you had all of some four models being sold in the country. The quality of parts was also inferior and regular replacement was normal. If you did a journey of over 500 km without a breakdown, it was a big achievement!

All this also meant that you had fewer people doing inter-city travel in cars. And those that did it always had in their employ an experienced chauffeur who could also double up as a roadside mechanic. The good thing is that traffic was very light and despite the narrow roads you really enjoyed the ‘road trip’. The road passed through scenic forests and fields and the air was crisp and free of pollution. You saw lot of birds and if

Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi fulfilled her son’s dream by ceremoniously handing over the key of the very first Maruti 800 to a certain Harpal Singh from Delhi. India’s first modern car had arrived and the people of India simply loved it. In just a few weeks, some 1.5 lakh Maruti 800s were booked and there was a waiting list.

In no time, the Maruti 800 became a status symbol. As it was much was easier to drive and park than cars like the Fiat and Ambassador, small wasn’t puny any more, and lightweight wasn’t weak and many preconceived notions of the Maruti soon vanished. The Maruti 800 became the harbinger of a new India. It rarely ever broke down and the reliability was a shock to many. I got delivery of my red Maruti 800 in early 1984 and soon after drove non-stop from Bombay to Delhi, stopping only for petrol and meals. Nobody believed this was possible. In fact when I stopped to refuel at Gwalior late in the evening, the attendant asked me where I had started from. When I told him I left my home in Bombay at 4.00 am, he started laughing and refused to believe it!

lucky, also some wildlife. Fellow road travelers were happy to lend a helping hand or share information on places to see or good places to stay at or eat at. There was a kind of camaraderie amongst road trippers that is difficult to imagine today. At the top of nearly all ghat (hill) roads you had a temple with a watering point where motorists broke journey and let their cars cool. The pujari (priest) would survive on their donations and hand out ‘prasad’ and blessings to everyone. If you had a breakdown, the pujari would happily let you share his living space.

All this changed after December 14, 1983, the 37th birth anniversary of the late Sanjay Gandhi whose dream of building a modern car led to the birth of Maruti Suzuki. On that day, the then

Does December terrify you? It does me. Okay, perhaps terrify is a strong word. But December has a way of giving me a little bit

of a fright. After all, the last month of the year marks, in some ways, the beginning of the end. It signals the fact that another year is about to come to a close. It marks another significant period of life gone by, swept up in a haze of to-do lists, seemingly mundane tasks, and deadlines that must be met. All the while the pages of the calendar flip rapidly forward. And then suddenly there it is - December, eyes narrowed, staring you in the face, tapping its foot impatiently, asking what you’ve done with all your time and whether you’ve accomplished everything that you had set out to. Yes, December certainly does give me a bit of a fright.

But there’s another reason that I find myself getting a little restless around December. After all, like so many other Formula 1 fans, and motorsport fans, I find myself thinking back to one December day, not too many years ago, when the news filtered through that my childhood motorsport hero had been in a near-fatal skiing accident. This December, the 29th to be precise, will mark four years since that dreadful day. And in these four years, there’s been very little positive information that has trickled out into the world from within the Schumacher camp. Every single time I think of the almost surreal fate that one of the most accomplished racers in the world has suffered, it terrifies me even more. And it makes me realise that there’s more than just a year to take stock of. December makes me take stock of life itself.

This year I probably wouldn’t have sat and dwelt on Schumacher’s accident as much as I ended up doing, had it not been for the fact that Facebook, in a never-ending attempt to dredge up the past, brought forth an old interview of mine from back in 2011. And things all came flooding back. It was at the first Indian Grand Prix that I’d managed to wrangle a one-on-one interview slot with him, after haranguing his manager Sabine Kehm rather a lot. I can no longer remember every single detail vividly, I think my nerves got the better of me.

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“I believe in fate,” Schumacher had said. “Sometimes fate can be positive, or negative.”

But there are a few things that stand out from those 20-odd minutes. The first was that Michael Schumacher ended up being a lot nicer than I expected. I don’t really know what I’d expected, but niceness somehow hadn’t figured on that list. The second was that Schumacher turned out to be a fairly philosophical chap. Amongst the many things he’d said about the situation he was in at that time while racing for Mercedes, and his recollections of his many motorsport memories with Ferrari, were a few thoughts that really stood out. But perhaps the one that sticks out the most today is his response to the first question I’d asked him.

“I believe in fate,” Schumacher had said. “Sometimes fate can be positive, or negative.”

As I type this out today, I have goosebumps. For Michael Schumacher, even back then, had been aware of the fact that no matter what you do, no matter how many trophies you take home, no matter what your score is in life, everything is somehow already accounted for. There’s the invisible hand of fate that guides you along the path of life, pushing you towards those bends in

contrast between the two sentences - the “limited amount of time” juxtaposing with the “many years ahead”. It’s fate having a bit of a laugh I suppose, because, well, that’s what fate does.

So, as we approach the end of another year, I have this to say to you. Very often, we tend to put life into context only when we think of debilitating injuries, near death experiences, or when we think of death - or Death - itself. But maybe it’s important to think of life and its finiteness a little more often. Because only when we acknowledge that our days are limited, and that we aren’t here forever, do we truly start to take stock of life.

And taking stock of life can be a humbling and liberating exercise all at once. It makes us realise how utterly insignificant we are in the larger scheme of things. But at the same time, it forces us to live as much as we can and as well as we can, making the most use of the time that we have and the talents that we’ve been blessed with. And it brings us to that most important realisation of all - that all we truly have is here and now. And we’ve got to make it count.

the road. Every once in awhile what lies beyond the bend in the road is positive, and every once in awhile, it’s negative.

There are a couple of other things that stand out from what he said. One was, “We’re all human, we all make mistakes, although I don’t want to make mistakes,” a sentiment that I’m sure we’ve all felt at some point in our lives. And the other was when he spoke about how he could achieve the goals he hoped to achieve with the Mercedes team, and the time frame within which he hoped to do it, “There is a limited amount of time and I have to see how I can deal with this one. There are still many years ahead for living my private life after.”

Once again, I have goosebumps. Because it’s only today that I see the stark


Back with a

bangThe EcoSport is back in a refreshed avatar, hoping to reclaim its title in

the sub 4-metre SUV space

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It wouldn’t be wrong to say the EcoSport charted new territory for Ford in India. Back in 2013, the compact SUV segment was barely in existence and the EcoSport was quick to gain immense popularity. It wasn’t

the first sub 4-metre SUV in the country but it kickstarted the craze for compact SUVs and made every other manufacturer sit up and take notice of the potential the segment held. Several car makers have attempted to dethrone the Ford since, though it’s only in the recent past that the Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza and now the Tata Nexon have truly managed to challenge it.

Of course, five years (the EcoSport was launched in 2013) is a long time and the EcoSport was feeling dated. Which is why Ford is back with a thoroughly refreshed version. The good news is that changes aren’t limited to a redesigned face or spruced up interiors. The refreshed EcoSport does boast all that but the bigger news is the all-new petrol engine under its hood. We spent the better part of a day driving it around Goa to see what the EcoSport feels like in its refreshed avatar.

DESIGNThe EcoSport’s front end has been revised thoroughly as part of the latest update. The grille has been moved up, is a lot bigger and bolder and Ford’s iconic blue oval takes its place of pride right in the centre now. The headlamp unit houses projector beams and redesigned LED daytime running lamps. The round fog lamps have made way for bigger units that add more visual mass and

on the whole the changes make for a fresh, more SUV-esque stance and look.

Changes to the sides are limited to new, 17-inch alloy wheels, on offer only on the Titanium and Titanium+ variants. Move to the rear and you’ll notice the spare wheel still mounted onto the tail gate. Ford tells us its research showed that customers prefer having the spare wheel on the rear door as it adds to the SUV-like feel, so the wheel hasn’t been moved. That said there’s absolutely no changes to the rear end and you could very well confuse the new version with the older one as they look the exactly the same from the rear. But the spare wheel on the back is something we like too.

INTERIORSThe biggest highlight inside is the new 8-inch touchscreen. It has a crisp resolution and bright colours, and touch sensitivity is excellent which makes using it on the go a breeze. The EcoSport now gets Ford’s SYNC 3 that brings with it Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity. The revised centre console houses two USB slots apart from the controls for air-conditioning. As has been the case with most Fords, climate control does an excellent job of cooling the cabin quickly. The revised clocks and steering mounted controls look classier and make for a richer feel from behind the wheel. The driver now gets a full-sized, fixed arm rest that also has a really deep cubby hole underneath. The rear seat has a folding arm rest with cup holders as well.

Interiors are all-black like before, and look sporty. Beige interiors would have

made for an airy feel, but their lighter shade tends to look old and dirty very quickly, making the black theme the better bet here. We were hoping Ford would equip the EcoSport with a sunroof this time but it has chosen not to, which is a bit of a disappointment. Exterior dimensions or the wheelbase haven’t changed which means interior space is the same. Sitting behind taller drivers thus continues to be a squeeze and boot space is the same at 352 litres too. Flip the second row down and you get over 1100 litres of space though.

ENGINES AND PERFORMANCEHeadlining the refreshed EcoSport is Ford’s new, 1.5-litre, three-cylinder, naturally aspirated petrol engine. It replaces the older 1.5-litre petrol engine and offers 123PS and 150Nm and comes mated to either a 5-speed manual or a 6-speed automatic gearbox. We drove the latter, a torque converter unit. The new engine’s refinement is its biggest highlight and Ford tells us a lot of hard work has gone into eliminating the typical gruffness and vibration associated with three-cylinder engines.

Being naturally aspirated the engine is quick to respond to throttle inputs. The gearbox isn’t as quick as a twin clutch unit but feels adept at handling gear shifting duties. It makes light of city driving and gear changes are smooth and seamless. The new EcoSport also has paddle shifters, a segment first. The paddles work well though there is a slight delay before the gearbox shifts a gear when using the paddles. ARAI certified fuel efficiency for

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From the sides, the EcoSport looks exactly the same as before. The new touchscreen

is the highlight of the EcoSport’s refreshed cabin, the steering wheel has a more

premium design now. The grille has been moved up, and houses Ford’s blue oval right in the centre now. SYNC3 brings

Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity.


FORD ECOSPORT 1.5 PETROL TITANIUM+ ATType 1.5-litre, 3-cylinder petrol

Max power 123PS@6,500rpm

Max torque 150Nm@4,500rpm

LxWxH(mm) 3,998x1,765x1,647

Price `9.85 lakh (ex-India)

+ Refreshed design, interiors

- Interior space

the new petrol engine stands at 17kmpl. We also drove the diesel version briefly,

but it has not received any changes. The engine is the same 1.5-litre, four-cylinder unit as before offering 100PS and comes mated to a five-speed manual gearbox only. It feels just as refined and the gearbox offers precise shifts, though the clutch still feels slightly heavy.

RIDE AND HANDLINGFord has tweaked the suspension slightly to improve ride quality and the difference is noticeable. I remember the EcoSport’s suspension bottoming out going through potholes, but the refreshed version does a better job of soaking them up. The Titanium and Titanium+ petrol versions get 17-inch wheels for aesthetics as well as better handling while lower variants use 16-inch wheels just like before. The steering setup is slightly different and isn’t as sharp as before. Ford tells us the response has been dulled slightly due to customer feedback, and the effect is a more linear feel when turning into corners. Feedback from the steering is as good as before though, with lots of communication. On the whole, the

EcoSport continues with Ford’s tradition of making cars that handle well.

FINAL WORDSThe EcoSport was beginning to feel dated as a package, especially in the company of newer competitors like the Maruti Vitara Brezza and Tata Nexon. Its styling was getting long in the tooth and the feature list wasn’t up to date either. The refreshed version takes care of all that and feels a lot more competent and modern. The new 1.5-litre petrol engine feels nice, and the automatic gearbox should make driving in city traffic more convenient. The suspension setup offers a better balance now, making the EcoSport even more likeable as an urban SUV.

Its facelift is a much needed shot in the arm for the EcoSport, and Ford is clearly aiming at winning back its crown in the compact SUV segment. Interestingly Ford has not increased prices, and the new EcoSport retails at the exact same price as the outgoing version. Prices range from `7.31 lakh to 10.99 lakh ex-showroom, which to us is good value for money, and with the updates and unchanged pricing the new EcoSport looks ready to put up a serious fight to its competitors.

WITH THE ECOSPORT FORD CONTINUES WITH ITS

TRADITION OF MAKING VEHICLES THAT HANDLE WELL

With no change to the wheelbase or exterior dimensions, the EcoSport’s boot space is the same as before.









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Is the new generation Passat a good

judgement call by Volkswagen India? T

here was a time when the Volkswagen Passat was a forerunner in the executive sedan segment. It enjoyed immense popularity despite stiff competition

from rivals like the Skoda Superb, Toyota Camry, Honda Accord and even the Nissan Teana. The segment withered away to nothingness over the years though, with buyers moving towards similarly priced SUVs. Most manufacturers thus pulled out of the segment, including Volkswagen, who discontinued the Passat in India.

Volkswagen has now relaunched the Passat, in an all-new avatar. It believes the segment may have become smaller but

still holds potential, and there’s a sizeable chunk of buyers who prefer the comfort of a sedan to the muscular appeal of an SUV even today. So what’s the new Passat like? We spent a day driving it from Jaipur to Udaipur in Rajasthan, a distance of over 400km to find out.

DESIGNThe new Passat looks as stylish and elegant as always, but wears a more understated look this time. It is identifiable instantly as a Volkswagen, though the design is more futuristic than the other sedans Volkswagen sells in India. And that’s especially thanks to the chromed, three-slat grille. The headlamps are the exact same height as the grille and have

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a chrome strip at the top, making the grille look as if it extends from end to end when viewed head on. From a distance the headlamps look simple but look closely and you realise how detailed the design of the LED projector beams and LED daytime running lamps is.

Prominent chrome strips in the lower half of the bumper add more elegance to the front end. The sides are where the new Passat reminds one of the older car, particularly thanks to the chrome strips lining the windows and also the way the window line tapers towards the C-pillar. The higher-specced Highline variant you see here runs on 17-inch alloy wheels, and their design is in keeping with the car’s understated look. The rear-end looks simple with its minimalistic design with just a large VW logo, angular tail lights and badging.

INTERIORSThe understated elegance is carried over inside too. The dashboard is flat and simple looking but uses high quality materials to offer a rich, premium feel. The dash is split horizontally across its length by a matte-finished strip of wood, at the centre of which sits an analogue clock. Above the wooden strip are air-conditioning vents which look like the

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The cabin is a standard Volkswagen affair, so are the clocks with their clean, functional design. The infotainment system includes a ‘Think Blue Monitor’ to tell you how efficient your driving is. 6-speed DSG is as quick and efficient as ever.



ones on the Audi Q7, with faux vents that connect them from end to end. The flat-bottomed steering wheel is the same as the Tiguan’s and so are the clocks and the Passat offers a familiar feel from behind the wheel. Interiors are finished in black including the leather seats to offer a sporty feel, while the roof is beige-hued and provides a sense of airiness.

The Passat is no match for the limousine-like space offered by the Skoda Superb, but there’s plenty of space at the rear and I cannot possibly imagine anyone complaining about lack of legroom. The seats are plush, particularly the rear bench, which also gets a wide arm-rest with cup holders.

EQUIPMENTThe Passat’s feature and equipment list is extensive. It comes with a 12.3-inch TFT display that integrates Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. The infotainment system also offers staggering amounts of information about the car, like the ‘Think Blue Trainer’ we first saw in the Tiguan. It rates your driving style, giving you marks out of 100 depending on how efficiently you drive. The Passat also gets five driving modes, and apart from customising the

engine and gearbox responses the modes alter the suspension setup too, a segment first. The new Passat has semi-auto park assist and a 360 degree view camera too. Then there’s the easy open and close boot – a wave of your foot under it will open the boot, pressing a button will shut it.

Boot space is massive at 586 litres, and should you ever feel the need for more space, you can drop the rear seatbacks by pulling the levers placed conveniently in the boot. Both front seats can be adjusted electrically, and the driver’s seat gets memory and massage functions too. Front seats are heated, though we would have preferred cooled seats given our warm conditions. There’s three-zone climate control on offer as well, but oddly the rear controls only let you adjust the temperature and not the blower speed. On the safety front the Passat is equipped with nine airbags, while ABS, EBD, ESP are of course part of standard equipment.

ENGINE AND PERFORMANCEThe Passat is being offered with Volkswagen’s tried and tested 2.0-litre diesel engine only, that makes 177PS and 350Nm here. It feels as refined as ever, and with peak torque available from just 1500rpm,

Rear seat passengers get individual temperature control, but oddly, they

cannot adjust the blower speed. A 230V plug socket is standard along

with the regular 12V socket for charging for rear seat occupants.



VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT HIGHLINEType 1968cc, inline 4-cylinder diesel

Max power 177PS@3600-4000rpm

Max torque 350Nm@1500-3500rpm

LxWxH(mm) 4,767x1,832x1,456

Price `32.99 lakh ex-showroom

+ Refinement, performance, handling

- May not appeal to everyone

acceleration is quick and linear. The strong surge continues almost all the way to the 5,400rpm redline and as revs go up the engine even manages to sound sporty despite being a diesel. The Passat is quick to get to speed, also thanks to the 6-speed DSG the engine is mated to. The paddle shifters are engaging to use and offer quick responses, but what truly makes the Passat enjoyable to drive is the torquey feel from the engine, irrespective of the revs.

The gearbox is extremely quick to respond to throttle inputs and shifts gear intuitively. It worked flawlessly even at crawling speeds in city traffic, gauging my right foot movements well to downshift or upshift. The DSG gearbox thus contributes to the Passat’s efficient manners as well, and its ARAI certified fuel efficiency stands at 17.42kmpl, which is commendable given the strong engine performance. I was in fact surprised to see the onboard trip computer display a range of over 800km on a tankful! Very impressive.

RIDE AND HANDLINGThe arrow-straight, smooth highways in Rajasthan allowed us to enjoy sustained speeds, helping cover the 400km distance in a lot less time than expected. Apart from

the engine and gearbox, credit also goes to the car’s confident, sporty handling. The suspension setup is firm which is typical of Volkswagens, and makes for a planted feel. The steering wheel is communicative, offering ample feel and feedback along with a weighted feel especially around fast corners. The Passat’s handling prowess in fact isn’t surprising at all when you consider that Volkswagens are acclaimed globally for their handling.

The 215-section Hankook tyres offer a lot of grip and help in boosting confidence levels around fast corners. The ride quality is equally commendable. Despite the sportiness and the firm feel the Passat does not unsettle its occupants, and soaks up bumps and potholes with aplomb. I did hear a few thuds going over bigger potholes but even then the car did not lose composure, which is impressive. On the whole, the Passat feels properly European in terms of its ride and handling – firm and confident – but at the same time it will be appreciated by drivers and the chauffeur-driven types equally for its comfort.

FINAL WORDSLet’s address the elephant in the room first, which is the fact that the Passat belongs

to a segment that is not doing well. In fact the segment is a lot slower currently than it was the last time the Passat was around. Volkswagen though believes there still exists a demand for cars like the Passat. It is confident that with its simple, elegant design and the tried and tested powertrain the Passat has what it takes to perform well in its segment, despite the segment’s diminutive size. The car has been priced at `29.99 lakh for the Comfortline while the Highline version we drove retails at `32.99 lakh ex-showroom, which is excellent value for what the car offers. It may be late to the party but the Passat is sure to appeal to those wanting a well-built, feature-rich German car that is more about understated elegance rather than showing off or being loud and pompous.


Stinging harderWords Abhay Verma Photography Akshay Jadhav

Mahindra’s most popular SUV gets more firepower

Fifteen years is a long time but the Scorpio continues to be Mahindra’s most popular SUV since its 2002 launch. Its biggest appeal lies in the fact that

in a world where crossovers are jostling for space the Scorpio is still a hard-core, old-school SUV. The second generation Scorpio that was launched in 2014 has come across as a more comfortable, plush family vehicle while retaining the butch

feel. I didn’t think it was beginning to look dated yet, though the Scorpio could have done with some more power. Mahindra has now addressed the issue while also sprucing up the SUV’s looks.

The fangs on the grille are gone, replaced by a 7-slat grille. The headlights, front bumper, fog lamps and skid plate all get mild design changes. Changes to the rear include a redesigned tail gate and tail light housing. Changes inside are limited to revised upholstery and a leather wrapped

steering wheel and gear lever. I would have liked a bigger touchscreen unit though. The Scorpio now gets a reverse parking camera and while the camera offers a clear view, using the display is a task, especially in harsh light, as it is placed low.

The biggest changes are under the hood though. The Scorpio’s 2.2-litre, inline four cylinder, mHawk engine gets a new BorgWarner turbocharger to offer 140PS at 3,750rpm as opposed to 120PS produced at 4,000rpm earlier. Peak

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torque produced stands at 320Nm offered from just 1,500rpm as compared to the 280Nm produced 1,800rpm onwards earlier. Variants have also been changed, and engines and performance will vary variant wise.

The base S3 variant will use the 2.5-litre m2DICR engine producing 75PS, while the S5 and S7 variants will get the mHawk offering 120PS and 280Nm. The S7 will also be offered in the 140PS trim, along with the new top of the line S11 variant. The S7 and the S11 also get the new 6-speed gearbox. The new gearbox comes with a self-adjusting clutch that Mahindra claims will offer consistent feel without calling for more effort over time. The clutch pedal indeed felt very light while gear changes were more positive.

The engine offers a stronger punch now, while power delivery is more linear. The engine also feels calmer with lesser vibration, while NVH levels are better, making for a quieter in-cabin experience even at above 100kmph. Of course, having an additional gear helps matters, as the engine is revving lower now 100kmph, which should also improve fuel efficiency.

The six-speed gearbox uses a new shift pattern, and to slot into reverse you now need to push the lever further to the left, beyond first. This is slightly confusing and will take some getting used to, as I ended up engaging reverse instead of first several times, though every time you engage reverse there is a loud beep to let you know.

The suspension has also been tweaked to handle the additional power and brakes beefed up. Updates to the brakes include new brake pads and boosters to reduce braking distances.

On the whole, the Scorpio retains its old-school feel while feeling more modern and car-like with its higher performance and new, vastly improved transmission. Better brakes are a welcome change too. The reverse camera is a value addition though Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are not on offer just yet. Mahindra tells us it is working on offering the connectivity though. Prices for the revised Scorpio begin at `9.97 lakh for the base, S3 variant and go up to `14.78 lakh for the top of the line S11 variant. The Scorpio has always been billed as one of the original Indian SUVs, and with the latest set of updates it offers an even better blend of the charm old-school SUVs are known for, in an even more modern and more powerful package.

Cabin layout hasn’t changed and seating is tall, typical of traditional SUVs. The touchscreen display is positioned low, making it cumbersome to use in harsh light.

MAHINDRA SCORPIO S11Type 2,179cc, inline four, diesel

Max power 140PS@3750rpm

Max torque 320Nm@1,500-2,800rpm

LxWxH(mm) 4,456x1,820x1,995

Price `11.78 lakh (ex-showroom New Delhi)

+ Old-school SUV feel. performance

- Interiors still feel dated


AutopilotWords Lijo MathaiTechnology and level 2 autonomy

define the new Lexus flagship


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Autonomous tech is the way forward. It will reduce the number of accidents and drivers can instead utilise the time

for more creative work. Blah, blah, blah. The 2017 Tokyo Motor Show as well as the following presentations were full of information on how autonomous tech will change our lives and also the fact that there is a lot of research going on behind the scenes. While the 2018 Audi A8L might just be the ultimate word right now with respect to autonomous technology, boasting level 3 intelligence, Toyota says they aren’t far behind. Proof? The new Lexus LS. We got to sample this car with a quick drive in Yokohama, Japan.

AUTONOMOUS TECHWhile there are a host of new features with this 2017 model, the two technologies we got to experience on our short drive were the Lane Change Assist and Adaptive Cruise Control. The Lane Change Assist uses radar as well as cameras to ensure that you make a safe lane change maneuver. When the car is ready for a lane change, a blue guideline appears on the meter console. One has to then softly tap the turn indicator stalk and then keep it held for a couple of seconds. Remove your hand from the steering wheel and the car executes the lane change all by itself. Simple, isn’t it? There is a catch though. The radar doesn’t account the fact that there may be a fast car approaching from behind and it could crash into you. Neither does the car pull back into its lane if it detects that the car behind has also shifted positions for a fast overtake. All this on Japan’s organised road traffic. Imagine this in India. Also, of course much of this will work beautifully if the car is fully autonomous.

The Adaptive Cruise Control works above speeds of 60kmph and keeps track of the car ahead. If the car ahead accelerates, the Lexus LS will too. If it slows down, the Lexus will also do this and additionally, if there is no input from

the driver, the car will automatically brake as well. The ACC works brilliantly. It doesn’t require the driver to hold the steering or even use the brakes or accelerator. Other technologies that will make their way to future Lexus cars, including the 2018 flagship LS will be Parking Support Brakes. The system works in conjunction with the existing mechanism that can detect obstacles like a wall or other passing vehicles. Parking Support Brakes, Lexus claims, is a world first that also detects a pedestrian at the rear. The system will first give a warning alert and then automatically brake if no action is taken by the driver.

Lexus officials we spoke to during the drive confirmed that Level 3 autonomy is on its way, however, there is still the debate on who will be responsible for accidents which occur with an autonomous car and various regulations which are yet to be cleared. One official also said that while many companies may be jumping from level two to four, it will be specific to a region and not for the world, something which Toyota intends to do.

ENGINE, RIDE AND HANDLINGThe new Lexus LS 500h has a 3.5-litre V6 engine coupled to a multi stage hybrid system which includes two electric motors. The engine makes 356PS of power but more importantly Lexus now uses a lighter lithium-ion battery. On electric power alone, the Lexus LS 500h can attain a speed of 140kmph. Since the new battery is lighter than before, the boot space too has grown marginally. Lexus uses an all-new 10-speed automatic transmission for the LS 500h. The transmission lives to shift to a higher gear as soon as possible. I used the paddle shifters and realised that the car was in 8th gear at a ridiculously low 40kmph. Even on our short drive, it was apparent that the transmission is slow to downshift. Lexus says that it was customer demand that the LS be equipped with a higher ratio gearbox and hence the 10-speed unit. Also, it’s more fuel efficient than the outgoing car. The start-up is very silent and even during those city jaunts,


the car remained ultra-refined. I did switch to pure EV mode and the change was barely perceptible.

While the drives were arranged in batches by Lexus, we were allowed to sit shotgun and this allowed me sometime to experience the car from the back seat. The cabin of the new Lexus LS 500h is swathed in leather and boasts premium materials. While Lexus did earlier offer the option of a long wheelbase LS, the new car comes in a standard guise. For a tall passenger like me, the leg room falls a tad short. However, making up for the leg room is the massage system - a very senior journalist tells me that this is one of the best systems he has experienced in a premium car. The Lexus LS 500h competes with the Audi A8, Mercedes-Benz S-Class and BMW 7 Series.

This Lexus can be optioned with a rear-wheel or all-wheel drive system. Our test unit was the all-wheel drive. While it’s too

early to comment on the handling and ride quality, thanks to Japan’s smooth flowing roads, Lexus officials tell us that this car has a greater bias towards ride quality than outright agility.

LOOKS AND INTERIORLexus cars have always known to be radical especially with that arresting spindle grille up front and use of body kit. The adaptive LED lights and the lightning bolt-shaped headlamps look the part. The use of aerodynamic bits show in the way the mirrors have been designed as well as the shape of the alloy wheels. The sloping roofline, looks quite smart and doesn’t eat into the passenger headroom either. The boot space is good and should be able to swallow 4-5 suitcases.

Cabin quality as I’ve discussed earlier is very high and there are a lot of gizmos to play around with. Auto parking, infotainment system complete with Apple

CarPlay, powered seats with memory function and much more. What I especially liked with the cabin is the ease of use. There was not a single button which felt out of place or I wasn’t sure of its function. Neat!

CONCLUSIONThe Lexus LS isn’t coming down to India anytime soon. It’s got more to do with duty structure than finding buyers here. The car will cost around `4 crore with GST as well as the general apathy with respect to hybrid vehicles in India. As a halo product for the company though, it should do well. However, given that radar-based technologies require pre-government approval as well as other regulatory clearances could be another hindrance for the Lexus LS 500h in India. Oh and before I forget, all these technologies are expected to be further refined when this model goes on sale sometime early next year.

This Lexus interior is bespoke. After all, it competes with the Merc S-Class and BMW 7 Series. The hybrid meter shows all the vital information needed including the charge left. You key in your inputs through the touch pad

DR I V E2018 LEXUS LS 500H


LEXUS LS 500HType V6, 3456cc, petrol and twin electric motors



LxWxH(mm) 5,235x1,900x1,450

Kerb weight 2,390kg

Price `3.5 crore (ex-showroom estd)

+ Luxurious, tech-laden

- Slow gearbox, Indian price


Petrolpower

Words Aditya Chatterjee Photography Anis Shaikh

The Jeep Compass now also comes with a petrol motor and an automatic gearbox

Jeep made its entry into India with its premium brands like the Wrangler and Grand Cherokee SRT. But the steep pricing meant that only a few hardcore, very rich fans could get their hands on a

Jeep. Earlier this year, when Jeep launched the far more attractively priced Compass, it ignited a lot of interest and attracted a fair number of buyers. Of course this was the diesel powered version, and now that Jeep have introduced a petrol variant of the Compass, we expect to see the sales volume grow even more.

DESIGNThe Jeep Compass is a handsome SUV that comes with just the right amount of


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muscle. It is the front end that scores highly especially with the iconic seven-slat radiator grille and the sleek headlights, both of which remind one closely of its elder and more expensive sibling, the Grand Cherokee. While the front profile is packed with aggression, the side and the rear profiles are comparatively mild in design. The squared wheel arches, which are a Jeep trait, not only look muscular but are practical too as they aid wheel travel . The Jeep Compass petrol, like the diesel, comes with 225/60 R17 tyres on the top-spec Limited variant. Overall, the styling of the Jeep Compass is one of its strongest features.

The cabin of the Jeep Compass might look compact, but is actually quite spacious. The knee room, for both rows is generous. It is the headroom and the shoulder room, which could have been better, especially for taller occupants. The Limited variant comes with 7-inch touchscreen infotainment system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity. While the interface of this unit is simple, it has a slight lag which can be felt during shuffling through different options. However, the look and feel of the plastics and other bits in the cabin are truly upmarket and premium. The leather steering wheel with brushed aluminium detailing, piano black surround around the AC vents and the central unit and the soft touch buttons, also have a high quality feel.

ENGINE AND PERFORMANCEThe Jeep Compass petrol engine is a 1.4-litre Multiair unit that makes 163PS at 5,500rpm and generates 250Nm between 2,500 to 4,000 rpm. The power and torque output in particular, is much lower than the 2.0-litre diesel that produces 173PS and 350Nm of torque. The Compass petrol comes with a 6-speed manual transmission as standard and a 7-speed automatic is optional. The petrol unit sounds fairly sporty and is a free-revving one too. It may not be very quick to get off the mark, but as its crosses 2,000rpm, the urgency in response increases and this small petrol engine is in its true element in the mid- range . Even the exhaust note gets a tad sportier as the engine revs rise. On the highway, it doesn’t take much effort to reach higher speeds and the petrol Compass can effortlessly cruise all day at three figure speeds. The Jeep Compass petrol also managed to do a 0 to 100kmph run in 10.5seconds

The seven-speed dual clutch transmission in the Jeep Compass is a nice one. Had Jeep offered paddle shifters, the shift experience could have been even better. The 7-speed unit is not too eager to downshift at lower speeds; however the kick down at higher speeds is instantaneous. This, we believe, has been done to offer better fuel efficiency at lower speeds and better performance as pressure on the accelerator pedal increases. In our tests the Compass petrol delivered 8.44kmpl in the city and 13.63km on the highway.

RIDE AND HANDLINGUnlike the diesel, the Jeep Compass is only offered with front-wheel drive. And that is the reason there is a fair amount of torque steer which is not so noticeable in the all-wheel drive offering. The Compass comes equipped with MacPherson struts up front and an independent multi-link suspension set-up at the rear. The ride quality does feel a bit firm in the city but on highways the Compass has a more planted feel. Show the Compass bad and broken roads with undulations, and that is where you experience the impressively compliant suspension of this SUV. Even at higher speeds, the Compass holds on to the roads with great confidence and offers negligible body roll. The all-around disc brakes also bring the Compass to a standstill without any drama and inspire confidence.

VERDICTThe Compass petrol should appeal to those looking for a SUV to chart the city primarily along with an occasional dash on the highway. The top-spec Jeep Compass petrol prices start at `17.88 lakh and go all the way to `23.15 lakh (all prices, on-road, Mumbai). The top-spec Limited variant gets bi-xenon headlamps, dual-zone climate control, six airbags, traction control, hill-start assist, cornering and adaptive brake lights, etc. However, it misses some important features like auto headlamp and auto wipers, cruise control, etc. Jeep has already got more than 10,000 bookings for the Compass since its launch in India. The company says it will also ramp up its dealership network to 60 by the end of the year, and this should increase visibility and generate more confidence in buyers about the service network, maintenance and parts availability. The Compass, with its diesel and petrol engines could point Jeep in the right direction in our country

Road Test 1697OD Rating Price `23.15 lakh on-road, Mumbai

+ Design, built quality, ride and handling

- Price

JEEP COMPASS PETROL

DRIVETRAIN

Type 1,368cc inline 4-cylinder

Power 163PS@5,500rpm

Torque 250Nm@2,500-4,000rpm

Transmission 7-speed automatic

Valvetrain 4-valves/cylinder

Power to weight 104.35PS/tonne

CHASSIS & DIMENSIONS

Suspension F/R MacPherson struts/multi-link

Brakes F/R Disc/Disc

Tyres(F&R) 225/16 R17

Kerb weight 1,562kg

Fuel tank capacity 60litres

LxWxH(mm) 4,395x 1,818x 1,640

PERFORMANCE & EFFICIENCY

0-100kmph 10.5s

Top speed 200kmph (claimed)

Fuel efficiency* 14.1kmpl

PRICE: `23.15 LAKH, ON-ROAD MUMBAI

The Compass maintains the typical Jeep design traits as seen from the headlights and the squarish wheel arches. The 1.4l petrol motor is a free revving unit that is at its best in the mid-range

*AS PER ARAI CERTIFICATION


Smaller wonderWords Aditya Chatterjee

Photography Donald D’Souza

Yes, the new BMW 530i may have a 2 litre

petrol engine, but it still packs quite a punch T

he new BMW 5 Series was launched earlier this year and generated a lot of positive response. Initially only the petrol variants were available,

but recently BMW also introduced the petrol powered 530i, with a 1998 cc, four cylinder, turbo charged engine.

DESIGNThe new BMW 5 Series looks somewhat similiar as it features the familiar family face and it also has some of the signature

design traits. But it’s a lot sharper looking than its predecessor with several styling elements that are similiar to the flagship 7 Series. The larger kidney grille and the sleeker headlights make it look wider too. There is a 30mm increase in length and this has resulted in more space inside. The BMW 530i rides on 245/45 R18, classy double spoke alloy wheels and the overall profile looks sleeker than the earlier 5 Series.

The plush cabin of the new BMW 5 Series might look familiar if you have

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+ Design

+ Ride and handling

- Features

2017 BMW 530I

DRIVETRAIN

Type 1,998cc, inline-four,turbo-petrol


Torque 350Nm@1450-4,800rpm

Transmission 8-speed

Valvetrain 4 valves/cylinder

Power to weight NA


Suspension F/R Adaptive air suspension

Brakes F/R Disc/disc

Tyres(F&R) 245/45 R18 / 275/40 R18


LxWxH(mm) 4,936x2,126x1,456


0-100kmph 6.2s


Fuel efficiency (ARAI) 15.6kmpl

PRICE: `63.11 LAKH ON-ROAD MUMBAI

The 2-litre petrol offers the right combination of performance and efficiency. The 7 Series inspired theme makes the new 5er look more elegant than before

just swapped seats from the 7 Series. The instrument cluster, dashboard and the other detailing has further increased the appeal. Taking centre stage is the new 10.25-inch touchscreen infotainment screen with CarPlay connectivity, which can be controlled by BMW’s iDrive knob. Other than that, there is the gesture control to change audio tracks and adjust volume. The leather seats offer great comfort on longer journeys as well. Thanks to the increase in length, the rear occupants get comparatively more room to stretch their legs. Even in terms of practicality, the BMW 530i has a host of storage options along with a generous 400-litre boot capacity.

ENGINE AND PERFORMANCEThe BMW 530i has an efficient 2-litre petrol motor that makes 252PS at 5,200rpm and generates 350Nm between 1,450 to 4,800rpm. This engine is mated to a ZF sourced eight-speed automatic transmission. There is the almost negligible turbo lag even at lower engine speeds and this demonstrates how well the engine and gearbox have been matched. This lack of lag is indeed helpful while tackling bumper to bumper traffic. There is enough punch in the motor from as low as 1,200rpm all the way to past 6,000rpm. We managed to get fuel efficiency figures of 10.93kmpl in the city and 15.46kmpl on the highway.

The BMW 530i comes with various drive modes, Eco Pro, Comfort, Sport and Sport Plus which alter the throttle sensitivity as well as shift points of the transmission. Fuel efficiency is the primary purpose of the Eco Pro mode and the throttle response and the air-conditioning of the cabin are adjusted to extract the most from every drop of petrol. Even the displays on the instrument cluster change colours according to the different modes. The Eco Pro mode is ideal while driving in congested conditions. Then there is the Comfort mode which strikes a balance between performance and fuel efficiency, with the throttle response being comparatively quicker. However, if you really want to enjoy the performance of the BMW 530i, select the Sport mode. The display turns red to emphasize performance, and the display only shows the gear engaged along with speed. The aggressive throttle response along with the engine revving all the way to 7,000rpm

in every gear, makes the BMW 530i quite enjoyable. The paddle shifters enhance the sense of sporty driving that increases as you go into Sport+ mode, which switches off the ESP and activates the Dynamic Traction Control. Pure bliss!

RIDE AND HANDLINGI have always had a sweet spot for BMWs because of their agility and handling. And the BMW 530i too impresses with its overall dynamics. The 530i like the other new 5 Series models has all-new double wishbones in the front and a multi-link suspension set-up at the rear, with 50:50 weight distribution. The suspension setup is still on the stiffer side but the ride is not as uncomfortable as before. In fact it’s actually quite good and the suspension manages to iron out road imperfection so well that driving over broken sections is no longer a matter of concern. The grips levels even at high speeds are really impressive and the 530i loves going around corners. The BMW 530i also comes with adaptive suspension that automatically adjusts to stiff or soft according to the condition of the terrain. The electronic steering feels nice both at low and higher speed.

VERDICTThe BMW 530i, priced at `63.11 lakh (on-road, Mumbai), is only offered in the Sport Line trim which means it misses out on features like full-LED adaptive lights, 360-degree camera, keyless entry, wireless phone charging and remote parking through display key fob. The 530i’s 2-litre unit is no match for the 3-litre naturally aspirated six-cylinder of the E60, but then this is the best that you can get until the monster BMW M5 lands in our country.


Road Test 1699OD Rating Price `86 lakh on-road Mumbai

+ Engine

+ Handling

+ Driving experience

- Practicality

- No petrol option yet

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Road Test 1700OD Rating Price `70 lakh on road Mumbai

+ Engine

+ Performance

+ Styling

- Not for the chauffer driven

Attention

please!Words Rishabh Bhaskar Photography Anis Shaikh

The head turning Audi A5 Sportback and Cabriolet are here


One of the best ways to grab attention is to stand out, isn’t it? In a sea of cars that dot the Indian roads, there are only a few that manage to draw

attention and hold it. Most Audis to my eye have begun to look way too similiar and I can’t really recollect a time when I stopped in my tracks to look at one, except for the TT and R8. But, when I saw Audi’s new A5 Sportback in the flesh for the first time, I couldn’t help but stare. If one was not enough, we also got the A5 Cabriolet along for this drive to see if they have the go to match the show.

DESIGN AND FEATURESThere’s no arguing about the fact that both these two cars look absolutely stunning. The Audi A5 Sportback, as the name suggests, has a roofline that dives towards the boot, forming a rather stunning profile. The double crease lines on the bonnet, merging into the traditional Audi grille adds character to the face. I also like the shape of the grille and the LED headlamps that add a dose of aggression. The side profile, as mentioned before, is the USP of the car and probably the best angle to view the A5 Sportback, with the rear section being equally good looking. Whichever way you look at it, the A5 Sportback will hold your attention and its stying is truly a welcome departure from the traditional three-box designs.

Talking about standing out, the Audi A5 Cabriolet takes the cake here. The front and rear ends as well as most of the side

profile is identical to the sedan, save for the foldable fabric roof instead of the hard top. Finished in a contrasting brick red colour, the roof can automatically be stowed away in 18 seconds even when on the move, as long as the speeds are below 50kmph. The charm of a Cabriolet is obviously with the roof folded away, and this is when the A5 Cabriolet looks its best. The aluminum finish on the windscreen frame is another neat touch and as far as looks are concerned, the A5 Cabriolet is bound to draw more eyeballs than the A5 Sportback. Together both are a visually treat.

Both the Audi Sportback and the Cabriolet have identical interiors, other than the use of the beige colour in the Sportback. The dull grey of the A5 Cabriolet, on the other hand may not seem very appealing at first, but it has a functional benefit, as it’ll be easier to keep clean in our dusty conditions. The electrically adjustable seats are firm and supportive, and given the touring credentials of both cars, quite comfortable too. Space at the back in the Sportback is adequate and the sloping roofline does not compromise headroom as much as you’d expect. The Cabriolet, though, is a strict four seater and knee room at the rear is just enough to accommodate a 5ft10inch person. With the roof up, headroom at the rear is just about enough.

Cruising at triple digit speeds with the roof down and window up is easier than you might think. The Audi virtual cockpit is a nifty feature. The cabin oozes quality, and fit and finish is as expected of a German luxury car. A5 Sportback’s side profile is breathtaking to look at

The dashboard layout is simple and sensible and the placement of all switches is intuitive. The Audi A5 has a crisp, 8-inch infotainment system and the display is legible, even in broad daylight. This makes it usable, even when you’re driving around with the A5 Cabriolet’s roof down on a sunny day.

Audi has made clever use of materials around the cabin and the dark non-veneered wood and aluminum switches add to the sense of luxury inside the cabin. Both cars get Audi’s virtual cockpit as standard and it’s quite a nifty feature, since all the necessary information, including navigation info, is in the driver’s line of sight.

The flat bottomed steering wheel feels good to hold and I particularly like the



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tiny kink towards the base that acts as a support for your little finger, when you grip the wheel. This kind of attention to detail makes the overall feeling inside the cabin quite special. That said, some of equipment you see here, like the lovely 755W Bang and Olufsen music system is an optional extra.

ENGINE AND PERFORMANCE Both cars here employ the same 2-litre diesel engine that develops 190PS between 3,800rpm-4,200rpm and 400Nm between 1,750rpm-3,000 rpm. Fire up the engine and you hear a typical diesel clatter, especially when you are standing on the outside. The engine settles into a smooth idle after a few minutes as it warms up and from then on, you begin to appreciate the stellar work that Audi’s engineers have done with this engine.

This is easily one of the most refined diesel engines we’ve come across and I love its free revving nature, which is akin to a petrol motor. The engine is mated to Audi’s 7-speed DSG gearbox that does a brilliant job of laying all the power down. Audi’s Drive Select modes allow you to alter the engine mapping and steering response. Comfort mode is the best option for our busy roads. The throttle response is gentle in this mode and the engine runs at the most fuel efficient rpm. The gearbox also up shifts quickly and you barely hear the engine inside the cabin of the Sportback. The sound insulation inside the Cabriolet is also surprisingly good, just a notch below the Sportback’s.

Slotting the gearstick into Sport and shifting to Dynamic mode alters the car’s

character in an instant. The engine feels a lot more eager and throttle inputs sharpen as well. If you are in the mood for some fun, this is the mode I’d recommend, especially for fast highway runs.

In our tests the A5 Sportback dispatched the 0-100kmph dash in 7.7s while the additional weight of the Cabriolet, thanks to the extra structural bracing, meant it could cross the ton mark in 8.4s only. That said, these are pretty impressive figures, when you consider the fact that both cars are quite large and heavy.

RIDE AND HANDLINGThe A5 Sportback and Cabriolet have a similar suspension setup. Firm, yet pliant, the A5 rides pretty well over our broken and uneven surfaces. Even the odd pothole does little to disturb the car’s composure. Both cars have multi-link suspension set ups, but the difference in handing is made apparent, not only because of their body styles but also because of the inclusion of Audi’s Quattro system in the A5 Cabriolet.

Chuck the A5 Sportback into a bend and front end turns in eagerly. There is a very slight hint of body roll when you do that and a little more aggressive pushing will have the car understeer. It, however, is predictable and actually a lot of fun once you get used to the driving dynamics. The A5 Cabriolet’s party piece is the Quattro all-wheel-drive system that ensures endless grip around corners making it feel like the A5 Cabriolet is running on rails. In fact the handling is so confidence inspiring that you wish the Cabriolet had the Audi S5’s mad

petrol motor to further complement its handling prowess.

What makes driving the cars even more enjoyable is the steering. This is possibly one of the best steering systems I’ve come across in an Audi. The steering wheel weighs up beautifully as speeds increase and there’s a generous amount of feedback.

Braking performance is another highlight of the A5 and I absolutely love the sharp and confident braking on both cars. The A5 Sportback came to a dead halt from 100 kmph in 2.9 seconds covering 41.2m. The heavier, A5 Cabriolet took 3.2s to come to a stop, covering 43.8m in the process.

CONCLUSIONThe Audi A5 Sportback is clearly for those who want something that looks distinct without having to compromise on space, features or practicality. If you are among those who prefer to drive rather than be chauffeured around, the A5 Sportback makes for an interesting proposition.

The Audi A5 Cabriolet, on the other hand, is purely a lifestyle defining choice. Barring the spring or winter seasons, there won’t be any other time when you’ll be driving with the roof down, which is why you’d buy a convertible in the first place. That said, driving the A5 Cabriolet is indeed a special experience. The feeling of driving with the wind in your hair, down a nice, winding road could probably be the ultimate way to unwind and relax. The choice is up to you then, a stylish and practical sedan or an exhilarating open-top driving experience. Decisions, decisions...



SPECIFICATIONS

DRIVETRAIN AUDI A5 SPORTBACK AUDI A5 CABRIOLET

Type 1968cc inline 4-cylinder 1968cc inline 4-cylinder

Power 190PS@3800-4200rpm 190PS@3800-4200rpm

Torque 400Nm@1750-3000rpm 400Nm@1750-3000rpm

Transmission 7-speed DSG 7-speed DSG

Valvetrain 4-valves/cylinder 4-valves/cylinder

Power to weight 125.00PS/tonne 107.64PS/tonne


Suspension F/R

Independent-wheel suspension, five-link axle with front track rod, aluminum transverse link/ Independent-wheel suspension, five-link axle with rear track rod

Independent-wheel suspension, five-link axle with front track rod, aluminum transverse link/ Independent-wheel suspension, five-link axle with rear track rod

Brakes F/R Ventilated disc/ disc Ventilated disc/disc

Tyres(F&R) 245/40 ZR18 245/40 ZR18

Kerb weight 1,520kg 1,765kg

Fuel tank capacity 54 litres 54 litres

LxWxH(mm) 4,733x1,843 x1,386 4,673x 1,846 x 1,383


0-100kmph 7.7s 8.4s

Top speed 235kmph (claimed) 235kmph (claimed)

Fuel efficiency (ARAI) 19.2kmpl 17.2kmpl

PRICE (on-road mumbai) `70 lakh `86 lakh

The wide rear haunches look great and so do the 10-spoke alloy wheels. Cavernous 480 litre boot space is adequate for weekend

trips. A5 Cabriolet is a strict four seater and that contrast coloured roof really looks smashing. The 380litre boot in the

Cabriolet is surprisingly useable. A cabriolet is best enjoyed when you’ve go tthe roof folded away


Brit Force

Words Adiya Chatterjee Photography Akshay Jadhav

2-tonne 7-seater SUV. Fun?

When it comes to making SUVs that are capable of taking on almost any terrain, Land Rover is a brand

that features on the top of that list. The new age Land Rovers might look radically different from the earlier gen models, however, they do carry the characteristic traits of being purpose built SUVs. The British brand recently added the fifth generation Discovery to its sprawling portfolio of SUVs. In addition to the all-new design and feature rich interiors, the new-gen Land Rover Discovery is built on the brand’s lightweight architecture that makes it more capable than ever before.

We put all those claims to a test in our road test report.

OUT OF THE BOXI am a big fan of the boxy design of the LR4 for it had a unique appeal. The new-age Land Rover Discovery ditches that for a more sleeker design, drawing inspiration from the new Range Rover. While the traditional might not like that, one must understand that the new design has made the Discovery more aerodynamic than before, which means better dynamics and higher fuel efficiency. The sleek twin-slat grille flows in line with the sleek LED wrap around headlights. The bumper gets a busier profile with vertical air intakes and a

large central air dam. The clamshell bonnet, stepped roof and the inclined C-pillars are some of the design elements taken from the previous model. The same can be seen with the the off-centre number plate plinth. Dimensionally, the new Discovery is longer, wider and has a longer wheelbase of 2923mm as compared to the LR4. Even the ground clearance has been increased to 283mm while the water wading depth too has been increased to 900mm.

The cabin of the new Discovery is as plush and premium as you’d expect from a typical Land Rover SUV. Be it the leather-wrapped steering wheel with brushed aluminium inserts, the soft touch dashboard trims, the knurled gear shifter or the twin

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+ Imposing design

+ Amazing performance

+ Sweet V6 exhaust note

- Lacks the latest connectivity options


panoramic sunroof, all of that makes the Discovery more upmarket and premium than the LR4. The HSE variant comes equipped with a large 10-inch infotainment screen with a host of entertainment, navigation as well as seat comfort options. Presently, the system doesn’t come with CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity options in India. One can also opt for the 14-speaker Meridian surround sound system on the HSE variant which makes the overall cabin experience even better.

The throne like front seats give a commanding view of the surroundings. The front row occupants will enjoy the generous headroom, legroom and the shoulder room along with the supportive and comfortable seats. While the same is the case with the second row seats, they are positioned comparatively lower. Also, the front seats get entertainment screens on the back of the headrest, that combined with the lower position of the seats might hamper the front visibility of the second row occupants. The third row seats are reasonably spacious, though it is best reserved for kids or additional luggage. In terms of convenience, the first row seats are

power adjustable, while the second row gets an electrically adjustable backrest. It can be physically pushed ahead for additional space for the third row occupants. The second and the third row seats can also be folded completely with the help of master switches placed in the boot.

One particular aspect of the new Discovery that you cannot possibly ignore is the number of clever storage options. There is a dual-compartment glove box, a cubby with an optional chiller unit that can hold a 1-litre container, cup holders with additional storage beneath and a smart storage pocket behind the climate control unit. This is in addition to the regular pockets and provisions on the door trims and the rear armrest. The boot space can be extended to a maximum of 2500 litres with only the front seats up.

BRAVE-HEARTThe Land Rover Discovery comes with a 3-litre turbo diesel that makes 260PS/600Nm. However, if you want more power, there is the 3-litre V6 supercharged petrol that makes 340PS at 6,500rpm and generates 450Nm at 3,500 - 5,000rpm.

The Land Rover Discovery, even with its large dimensions, does

look elegant from all angles. The sleek all-LED headlights do

bear some resemblanece to the Range Rover Sport



The cabin layout is unmistakably Land Rover. However, the panaromic sunroof gives the cabin an airy feel. An array of buttons allow you to fold the second and third row seats, adjust the ride height and also operate the retractable shelf in the boot. The third row seat is reasonably spacious but the second row is the place to be in. Various drive modes help the Discovery tackle different tarmac conditions. The large infotainment screen offers a host of options.

Both the units are mated to a ZF 8-speed automatic transmission. The Land Rover guys sent the petrol Disco’ for this test, and we weren’t complaining. Get the motor to a boil and you would instantly fall in love with the note it makes and would end up being addicted to it. The petrol motor in the Discovery is the same that does duty in the Jaguar F-Type V6, except that the state of tune is different. Step on the throttle and the way this two-storey SUV starts moving linearly is impressive. Move past the lower revs and cross 4,500rpm, the exhaust note gets a lot sweeter. All the Discovery craves for is an empty patch where you can truly experience the full potential of the motor with the V6 screaming all the way to 6,500rpm. On the expressway, the Disco’ can effortlessly cruise at higher than usual triple digit speeds. We managed to make the Discovery reach the 100kmph mark in 8.1s. The kickdown at higher speeds is truly impressive and does come in handy during overtaking maneuvers. Supporting the motor is the lightweight 8-speed automatic transmission which helps unleash the maximum out of the motor with extremely precise and quick shifts.


2017 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY

DRIVETRAIN

Type 2,995cc supercharged V6



Transmission 8-speed automatic


Power to weight 152.95PS/tonne


Suspension F/R Double wishbone / multi-link

Brakes F/R 360mm/350mm discs

Tyres(F&R) 255/55 R20

Kerb weight 2,223kg


LxWxH(mm) 4,988x2,220x1,846


0-100kmph 8.1s


Fuel efficiency NA

PRICE: `1.08 CRORE ON ROAD-MUMBAI

LIKE TO MOVE ITWherever I took the Disco in Mumbai, everyone just made way for me making me feel like the Pope. The giant dimensions of the Discovery is truly intimidating and makes you wonder about its handling. However, get inside and the story changes. The new Disco’ has chucked the steel ladder frame for a modern aluminium monocoque body, making it lighter by 480kg, roughly the weight of five adults. This also played a big role in improving the efficiency of the SUV. Additionally, the components of the suspension are made from lightweight aluminium. The Discovery employs double wishbone at front and a multi-link at the rear. The SUV literally glides over the undulations and uneven surfaces, keeping the cabin inert from the disturbances caused by the surface. And that is because of the new Terrain Response system that automatically selects the driving mode according to the surface the SUV is driven on. Even at higher speeds, in spite of the Discovery being a tall SUV, the firm setup holds onto the tarmac while cornering at high speeds with negligible body roll. This can be credited to DSC that reduces the

engine torque and selectively applies brakes to counteract understeer or oversteer. Bringing the giant to a standstill isn’t much of a task either with the 360mm front and 350mm rear disc brakes - 100-0kmph in 3.5s. The Disco gets different drive modes that basically alters the transmission, suspension and the traction settings. Also, there is a dedicated low range mode to maneuver over low-traction surfaces. We did decent levels of off-roading in the Disco and the amount of confidence that the SUV offers is really impressive. It just doesn’t stop and keeps crawling over anything that comes in its way.

FINAL SCOREWhat really impressed us about the new Discovery that it is not just an improved iteration but is now closer to the flagship Range Rover. The new-age Discovery comes loaded with tech to spoil you with convenience as well as keep you safe with features like adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist and driver condition monitoring. However, it is the supercharged V6 that keeps you going. And that is what I am going to do till Land Rover guys come and snatch the keys away from me.

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Tears

JOY… Words Lijo Mathai Photography Anis Shaikh

..will stream down your cheeks every time you drive the Cooper S JCW

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Umm, you okay? You don’t sound right”. I, err, am okay. Let me call you back.” That’s not the usual dialogue between me and the wife.

Okay, to be honest, the last part is what normally happens when I am at work but otherwise I am always coherent with her. Well, sorry I don’t have the time for you right now. Rishabh’s call pops up on the second line. I cut that too. Don’t have time for helping others when I am busy helping myself. The car I am driving today is my all

time favourite the Mini Cooper S JCW, but with a Pro Edition tag to it. Need I say more?

LOOKS AND INTERIORThe JCW editions of the Mini Cooper S have always come with aggressive body kit, in this case exclusively with Midnight Black/Racing Green colour palettes, red roof and mirror caps, exterior mirror package that brings in puddle lighting, red upholstery, LED headlamps, JCW embossed carbon fibre tail pipes, JCW aerodynamic kit and 17-inch black alloy wheels. Remember that this is a limited edition model - only 20 are available to be booked through Amazon.in

and all units have already been accounted for. The Mini Cooper S JCW Pro Edition attracts all the right attention. Kids wave out to you, wives cast that loving look while their husbands go green in envy. Such is the respect that people mostly give you way. This despite the Mini Cooper S JCW Pro Edition being just a hatchback. Love the feeling, don’t you?

The cabin looks like a mix of green and red, especially in the night when the seven different ambient mood lighting options come to the fore. Settle into the Alcantara seats and you notice the circular-shaped dials with all the information regarding

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the different modes, music and telephone thrown in. The JCW kit also brings in the head-up display that shows the same information without obstructing the line of sight of the driver. Harman Kardon supplies the music system and trust me, I didn’t pay much attention to it - the exhaust system more than makes up for any kind of music.

ENGINE, TRANSMISSION AND PERFORMANCEI’ve sampled this car with our Living With A Supercar series. It’s a lovely 2,000cc turbo engine that makes 192PS/280Nm. However, with the optional JCW tuning kit, the Mini Cooper S Pro Edition makes 210PS/300Nm. Coupled with a 6-speed automatic, paddle shifters and that offensively loud JCW twin exhausts, its a hoot to drive. Never has a car made me cry out in sheer joy except for the Mini Cooper S JCW. After spending a couple of minutes experiencing the car, the wife too seems to agree on why its one of the best cars I have ever brought home. The Bluetooth-controlled ‘detonator’ as I call it, rests in one of the cup holders and a double tap on it, opens the flaps of one exhaust leading to that glorious soundtrack. Lift off the accelerator and the pops and crackles are enough to thrill the boy racer in you. Just for the numbers, 0-100kmph comes up in 6.9s, with the claim being 6.5s. Mini claims 17.05kmpl - we got a combined mileage of 6.45kmpl with frenetic red line shifts. Drive sanely and the Mini JCW Pro will give you around 9kmpl, 1kmpl less than the standard Cooper S.

RIDE AND HANDLINGThe car isn’t bone-jarringly stiff but if you go fast over bumps, you still feel them. The optional adjustable dampers mean that depending on the modes, the ride quality becomes soft or stiff. I like the fact that with 124mm of ground clearance calculated by the kerb weight method, the Mini still didn’t scrape over any speedbreakers except once over a particularly tall one when my family of four was on board. Speaking of which, the 2-door Mini Cooper can seat four in just a pinch. The telepathic steering and chassis make it one of the best handlers I have experienced. What I and others often have complained are the brakes - you really have to step on them to stop the car or use the paddle shifters to get in some engine braking. Mini is happy to provide you uprated brakes but at an additional cost. I will recommend you tick them on the options list if you are thinking of buying this pocket rocket.

VERDICTIf I had the moolah, I will not think twice before investing in the Cooper S JCW. I rue the fact that car is already sold out. However, if you want, Mini will be happy to spec a regular Cooper S with the JCW kit. A full-blown Cooper JCW will cost you around `10 lakh (`53 lakh on-road Mumbai) more than the bog standard car but trust me, it will be money well invested. You will be giggling silly most of the times or crying tears of joy like me, every time you drive the car.

MINI COOPER S JCW PRO

DRIVETRAIN

Type 1,998cc inline 4-cylinder

Power 210PS@4,700-6,000rpm


Transmission 6-speed


Power to weight 168PS/tonne


Suspension F/R MacPherson spring/ Multi-link axle

Brakes F/R Disc/disc

Tyres(F&R) 205/45 R17

Kerb weight 1,250kg


LxWxH(mm) 3,850x1,727x1,414


0-100kmph 6.9s


City/highway/overall 8.8/13.2/9.9kmpl

PRICE: `53 LAKH, ON-ROAD MUMBAI

The high quality cabin exudes a premium feel, however, most of the equipment you see here is optional. Those exhausts are the gateway to heaven. Love the way the entire set up is executed!

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+ Nimble

+ That exhaust note

+ Can’t get enough of that exhaust note

- Price, nearly everything is optional


COM PA ROSKODA KODIAQ vs TOYOTA FORTUNER vs FORD ENDEAVOUR


BEAUTY BEASTS

Words Rohit Paradkar Photography Anis Shaikh

The beautiful Škoda Kodiaq has walked into the path of two stampeding beasts. Will it live to tell the tale?

AND THE


Škoda doesn’t make SUVs very often, but their maiden attempt - the Yeti - was easily one of the most capable cars to buy in its segment. The polarising

design, however, estranged many in our otherwise SUV loving market, pushing the car to the uninspiring end of the sales charts. Therefore, for Škoda’s second take at the SUV genre, designer Jozef Kaban has penned a new design direction that could only take the sales charts upward. Replacing the Yeti will be the Karoq that arrives in 2018, but setting the benchmarks for Škoda’s SUV ambitions is the Kodiaq. It is also the first SUV flagship for the brand, which means it not only pips the Superb on pricing, but also on kit and design sophistication. While that makes it quite a tempting offering in the premium space, it also puts the Kodiaq in the path of the Toyota Fortuner and the Ford Endeavour - two brutes that have virtually trounced over all competition that ever dared to spawn in their territory. Will the Kodiaq meet a similar fate too?

DESIGNThe design approach of the three SUVs is quite diverse and there is something for everyone. For those looking at a classic boxy silhouette and an imposing face, the Ford Endeavour does it right and neatly combines burly retro styling cues with new age equipment. The Toyota Fortuner did the same in its previous generation, but now presents itself as a SUV that is more stylish, lean and one that mimics the design and form of the Lexus models from the pricey end of Toyota’s portfolio. The Kodiaq is futuristic and premium in its design and looks fit for modern cityscapes, club visits and four digit valet tips. The sharper lines and the bohemian crystal-work inspiration for the LED lighting elements is one of the best that we have seen from the Czech carmaker. With its polished stance, it even outshines some of its German siblings in appearance and premium feel.

I personally prefer the design of the Endeavour though - it’s got the stance of a typical full-size SUV and fits nicely into the urban and natural jungles. The other two seem a bit too sophisticated

to get their knees dirty or their skin scratched and in that sense they don’t feel as rugged as I would like my SUV to be. If dimensions matter to you, the Endeavour is the largest and the Kodiaq is dwarfed by the brutes when they stand together.

CABIN AND PRACTICALITY The dimensions become even more evident when you step inside the cabins as the Endeavour and the Fortuner offer significantly more room. Getting in and out of the Kodiaq is as easy as a compact crossover and once inside, you are greeted by the plush materials and millimeter perfect fit and finish that is typical to newer Škoda cars. The sheen of the dashboard inlays, the crispness of the displays and the slick behavior of the digital interfaces is on par with what the iPhone X generation would expect. It’s even got the best sound system of this test. All controls fall easily at hand and are exactly where you expect them to be. 12-way electrical adjustment for both the front seats lets their occupants fine tune the lumbar support a little bit better



The Kodiaq’s cabin is the most welcoming and posh of the lot but the bright upholstery is prone to getting soiled. No roof mounted

seatbelt anymore. All controls and switches are exactly where you

would expect them to be


The Fortuner’s infotainment and the instrumentation looks dated and the fonts and knobs used in the forty lakh rupee cabin lack uniformity of design. The seats are comfortable, but headroom is less than both of its rivals



than their rivals. Visibility is decent, but the Kodiaq’s driving position is more car like in comparison to the other two. Take your pick. Typical to Škoda, there are nifty little features that give it a juicier sales brochure, for example the umbrellas stowed in the front doors, the clever door edge protectors that pop out when you open the door, or a removable boot illumination lamp that doubles up as a LED flashlight. Like its corporate sibling, the VW Tiguan, there is certainly a better feel good factor in the Kodiaq’s cabin as compared to its rivals, but there is no denying that the Fortuner and the Endeavour are a size larger. That not only gives them a roomier third row, but also puts the cabin size in line with the expectations of this price bracket.

The cabins of the Endeavour and the Fortuner need the users to climb into them like a typical SUV. The design of their

interiors though, feels 2015 in comparison to the Kodiaq’s new-age appointments. The Endeavour’s cabin has a welcoming and airy feel to it with its bright leather upholstery. The infotainment with its three pot layout looks good, but the controls for it, mounted on either ends of the steering wheel, need getting used to. Despite having the largest cabin of the lot, the cooling efficiency of the air-conditioning was the best in the test for all three rows. The blowers in the second row were a bit noisy for our liking, but we will give the Ford a benefit of doubt, given the age of our test car. That also explains why we didn’t like the sluggish infotainment system, which has now been replaced by a slicker SYNC 3 system in 2017 model year Endeavours.

If infotainment systems were deal breakers, the Fortuner would have to go home right away. But there is much more

to these SUVs than just that - two of which are space and comfort. The Fortuner offers ample space and comfortable seating though it could have done with better headroom. We don’t like the hanging mechanism for the third row seats as they often kept popping out of their hooks and landing on the luggage underneath. The flush-folding mechanism for the third row seats in the Kodiaq and the Endeavour is far better by design, is more versatile and liberates more cargo space too. The Fortuner drops points further as the dark upholstery, high window line and the lack of a sunroof prevent the cabin from feeling as airy as the Endeavour or the Kodiaq.

Of the three cars, the Endeavour edges ahead for providing more accommodating seats with better cushioning and contouring, clearer visibility of the road, a roomier feel in the cabin and better space management overall.


SAFETYAll the three cars are very closely matched on the safety front. All offer traction control, vehicle stability control, antilock brakes and front, side, and knee (driver) airbags. While the Kodiaq has bagged a five star safety rating at the Euro NCAP tests, the Fortuner and the Endeavour claim five star ratings at the Australian NCAP tests. The scoring is closely matched, but the Ford’s imposing face isn’t as friendly with the pedestrians as the Kodiaq or the Fortuner.

DRIVETRAIN, RIDE AND HANDLINGThis is the part where the brochure claims go out of the window. The Škoda Kodiaq’s on-paper figures suggest that the 150PS/340Nm output from its 2.0l four-cylinder diesel engine make it the least powerful SUV of this test. Those figures could also have you believe that the Kodiaq feels underpowered compared to the brutes. But the good

news is, that it is in fact quicker to the ton than the Fortuner and the Endeavour, despite their larger engines. The power band lies between the 2,500-4,000rpm mark and the Kodiaq cruises at 100kmph in top gear at a relaxed 1,600rpm. Where it loses out to the other two is in the in-gear acceleration under full load. In a nutshell, the Fortuner or the Endeavour offer better drivability, overtaking and load bearing abilities than the Kodiaq - a classic example of displacement advantage. Surprisingly however, the Kodiaq doesn’t pip its rivals on fuel economy despite being lighter and better ARAI figures. It’s numbers are just a smidge lower than the Fortuner, in fact.

The Fortuner was the most fuel efficient in that regard though it needs a relatively higher engine speed of 1,900rpm to cruise at 100kmph. The engine isn’t as refined as the Kodiaq’s motor, nor is it as punchy as the 3.2l unit in the Endeavour. Its gearbox isn’t as quick as the DSG box in the Kodiaq

either. But the drivetrain and the gearbox are hard to find faults with and reward the driver with on tap power for all the common driving scenarios you will put this SUV through. It feels quite involving to drive too. The automatic transmission seldom needs you make a manual selection and for the more serious off-road enthusiasts, there is an optional manual transmission as well. The 4WD system won’t break a sweat even if you were to make an off-season trip to Ladakh and that go-anywhere capability is what gives the Fortuner its cult following.

The Endeavour’s motor delivers the hardest punch of the trio with best outright and in-gear acceleration. Fuel economy takes a hit in the bargain, but the option of a 2.2l motor should take care of the economy conscious buyer. The engine is also surprisingly refined and becomes vocal in its gravelly tone only past the 3,000rpm mark, which is a zone you won’t visit often given the meaty torque it offers



The Endeavour’s cabin is the roomiest and the most comfortable even for long distance journeys. The controls, however, are nonintuitive and will need getting used to. It also

offers more driving presets than it rivals to tackle various conditions and driving scenarios

low down. The gearbox works as intended too, be it city, highway or off-road use. The Endeavour’s 30° approach and 25° departure angles are on par with that of the Fortuner, but the Ford has marginally better ground clearance and water-wading capabilities.

Last year we had driven the Fortuner and the Endeavour to the snowy regions up north to find out which one was the better of the two when the going gets tough and Fortuner edged ahead on the merit of the its manual transmission. Will the Kodiaq do all of that? We don’t know yet. Remembering our trysts with the Yeti, we have high hopes from it, but that is a story for another day. In all fairness, however, the Kodiaq doesn’t make any pretensions about being an off-roader. Even the driving modes are pretty urban don’t have a section for broken or gravelly terrain. The 4x4 badging peppered on the car then, inclines more towards a torque vectoring safety mechanism on slippery surfaces, than a feature for outright off-road use.

All three cars feel stable at highway speeds. The Fortuner has slightly better ride quality though. Typical to a body-on-frame layout, it works best under a full load and can feel relatively rigid with a lighter load. The Endeavour is on par with the Fortuner’s bump absorption, but there is a fair bit of pitch and dive in comparison, giving it second place in the ride and handling department. The Kodiaq handles curves better than the larger SUVs, feels more nimble to drive, but isn’t as supple or silent over harsh bumps, ruts or joints. In that sense it feels more station wagon than SUV. If you are upgrading from any Škoda that isn’t a Yeti, you will also be surprised to find a fair bit of body roll and an unexpectedly light steering setup. But it’s all in favour of making the Kodiaq a comfortable and convenient car to drive in the urban environment, and that it does pretty well.


ROAD TEST NO.

1728-1730Skoda Kodiaq Style

Toyota Fortuner 4X4 AT Diesel

Ford Endeavour 3.2 Automatic Titanium 4x4

ENGINE

Type Inline 4-cylinder turbo-diesel Inline 4-cylinder turbo-diesel Inline 5-cylinder tubro-diesel

Engine capacity(cc) 1,968cc 2,755cc 3,198cc

Valvetrain 4-valves/cylinder 4-valves/cylinder 4-valves/cylinder

Max power 150PS@3,500-4,000rpm 177PS@3,400rpm 200PS@3,000rpm

Max torque 340Nm@1,750-3,000 rpm 450Nm@1,600-2,400rpm 470Nm@1,750-2,500rpm

Transmission 7-speed automatic 6-speed automatic 6-speed automatic

UNDERPINNINGS

Suspension (F) McPherson Double wishbone Independent / Coil spring

Suspension (R) Multi-link Multi-link with coil spring Watts linkage with Coil Spring

Brakes (Front/Rear) Disc / Disc Disc / Disc Disc / Disc

PERFORMANCE

0-100kmph 10.1 12.3 11.03

FUEL EFFICIENCY

Highway(kmpl) 16.34 17 9.7

City (kmpl) 11.21 11.9 6.8

Overall (kmpl) 12.49 13.2 7.5

GENERAL DATA

LxWxH(mm) 4,697X1,882X1,676 4,795X1,855X1,835 4,892X1,860X1,837

Ground clearance(mm) 188 220 225

Approach Angle(degrees) 19.1 30 30

Departure Angle(degrees) 15.6 25 25

PRICE (ON ROAD-MUMBAI) `41.93 Lakh `39.36 Lakh `38.39 Lakh

WINNER

VERDICTSumming it up is pretty simple this time, despite having such closely matched vehicles at hand. The Fortuner garners big sales figures and that is courtesy of excellent packaging and Toyota’s robust after sales network and that will continue to work in its favour. It is still very capable across terrain changes, but it’s stylish new form may not want you to dirty it often. The Kodiaq is more sophisticated in that sense and if you would rather have that over bulk and muscle, then this is the car for you. It has impeccable fit and finish and is in fact a more economical alternative to the German crossovers. But, its the Ford Endeavour that has the size, the stance, the firepower and the go anywhere capabilities that you would expect from an SUV in this price bracket. And you could still arrive at a corporate or a page three party, without your vehicle looking too utilitarian. It also happens to be the best priced SUV of this lot and a longer list of variants and options means that there is a better chance of finding the right deal. So all things considered, the Ford Endeavour is the most well balanced package in this comparison and is the winner of this test.









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UNSUNG HEROES

We drive the Hyundai Creta to Wellington in Coonoor, to pay our respects at the World War II war memorial


Around the memorial are many decommissioned machines like this MiG-21, the Russian 8x8 amphibious

vehicle and an anti-aircraft gun. Thambi Soldiers Park, less than a kilometre from

the memorial, is a neatly kept garden across the road from the barracks



Our journey began in Bangalore, Karnataka quite early in the morning to avoid the horrid Bangalore traffic, and we made our way to Shoolagiri which is just on the other side of the Tamil Nadu border for a quick breakfast. Our next stop, which we were eagerly waiting for since it involved lunch, was Salem. But the super smooth highways were gobbled up by the Creta thanks to the super smooth 1.6-litre diesel engine, and we were covered the 140km to Salem in no time. We ate at the popular Selvi Mess, a house-turned-hotel, which serves some of the most delicious Tamil food you’ll find. Once we realised we had overeaten, we were back on the road, and en route to Ooty. The road up to Avinashi was a four-lane highway, but after that, when you turn off towards Annur, the road narrows down to two lanes for 40km till Mettupalayam. From there, the climb up the Nilgiri Mountains starts. There are two ways to get to Ooty -- one is via Coonoor, and the other, via Kotagiri. While the Coonoor route is shorter,

A lot of people talk about the sacrifices they’ve had to make in their lives, like it’s the ultimate sacrifice. More often than not, they make these sacrifices for themselves. But what about

sacrificing everything — your life — for someone else’s future and safety, expecting nothing in return? That is the ultimate act of selflessness and sacrifice. That is the Indian Armed Forces. At OVERDRIVE, we make it a point to give these brave souls our utmost respect, and pay homage to the men and women that haven fallen in the battlefield. This month, we make our way to Wellington near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, which hosts the Madras Regiment of the Indian Army and the Defence Services Staff College. Over there, is a memorial dedicated to the Indian soldiers who fought in war that a lot of people don’t realise India played an important role in — World War II.


The lush green tea estates make for spectacular views along the way. There was also more green in the plains thanks you to the paddy fields beside the highway. This season is particularly misty in the Nilgiris, with just a hint of rain



it also has a lot more traffic whereas the other route has significantly less traffic and lovely roads. And once again, the Creta, thanks to its sharp handling, ate up the miles like they were delicious dosas, and we were in Ooty by the evening. Event the slight rain which made the roads quite slippery, couldn’t stop the car thanks to its traction control system.

The next day we drove the 20km to Wellington, and made our way to the war memorial. It’s placed right in the middle of a round about next to the Defence Services Staff College, and on that particular day, it was decorated with flowers to celebrate Infantry Day. We had just missed the celebrations, but not too late to catch the spirit of enthusiasm among the soldiers who were packing up the event setup. The memorial, which primarily pays tribute to the soldiers who fought in World War II, also has a plaques with the names of soldiers belonging to the Madras Regiment, who died in the Indo-Pakistan and Indo-China wars. The feeling of pride and gratitude we felt towards the Indian Army was overwhelming, especially when we read the words, “When you go home, tell them of us and say, for their tomorrow, we gave our today.” On our way out, we also saw the Thambi Soldiers Park, a dedication to the fighting spirit of the Madras Regiment. It’s a tiny, well-maintained park right across from the barracks, with bronze busts of soldiers in action.

Our visit to Wellington, made us so proud of our country and our soldiers. It reminded us that out there, facing the biting cold and the blistering heat, are our brave men and women watching over us selflessly, asking nothing in return. It also reminds us of the harsh reality of war, and the horrible price it brings along with it. So while the Indian Army is out there, always ready for war, they’re also constantly trying to maintain peace.


This year’s SIAM convention had the Government ‘bulldoze’ the need to electrify cars. As much as we all would hate it, we are indeed

going to run out of our beloved gasoline someday and the switch to electric or alternate means of propulsion is inevitable, whether we like it or not. In fact, the theme for this year’s Tokyo Motor Show was ‘Beyond the Motor’, a clear hint at what the future holds for us. As a manufacturer Honda, has been at the forefront when it comes to offering tomorrow’s technology today. The carmaker gave us a chance to get up, close and personal with its Clarity

series of future-ready cars at its own home ground, the Twin Ring Motegi Circuit in Japan. And the future, if may I say so, looks electric!

Honda had lined up the Clarity FCV (Fuel Cell Vehicle) and the Clarity PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) for us, though there is a Clarity EV (Electric Vehicle) too. Design-wise both look identical and the styling of course is as futuristic as it gets. The car is generously proportioned and Honda says the Clarity is the world’s first five-seater FCV sedan. It has a wide, low slung stance with sharp lines that are designed to help it cut through air as smoothly as possible. The design of the headlights, daytime running

lamps and grille are a bit quirky, typical of EVs, though the car is instantly identifiable as a Honda.

The interior design reminded me of spaceships I’ve seen in sci-fi movies, particularly the centre console with its floating design and the placement of switches. The gear/drive selector lever has been replaced with switches for P, R, N and D modes. Underneath it is a massive storage space that also houses connectivity and charging options. The Clarity gets a HUD as well. The car’s large dimensions translate to an abundance of space, be it for passengers or luggage and that’s despite the fact that the floorboard holds the large lithium-ion battery pack.

Plugging into the futureThe Honda Clarity is a peek into what cars could look and feel like, circa 2030

Words Abhay Verma


F E AT U R EHONDA CLARITY

The hydrogen fuel cell powered Clarity FCV uses an AC synchronous motor to power the wheels, producing 177PS and an impressive 300Nm. Honda claims the car will do 750km on a tankful of ‘gas’, and the tank can store 141 litres of highly compressed hydrogen. The tank takes a mere 3 minutes to fill and unlike petrol-engined cars the Clarity FCV only emits H2O, or water! Oh, and a tankful of the hydrogen can power a regular house for up to a week! Massive electricity bills savings? You bet!

The PHEV on the other hand gets a 1.5-litre, four-cylinder Atkinson Cycle petrol engine , just like the Accord Hybrid

sold in India. But on the Clarity the engine does not power the wheels directly and works as a power generator for the electric motor which actually propel the wheels. Honda says the battery pack will let you drive for up to 100km in EV mode.

The Clarity is a good example of how much more potential alternate means of propulsion hold than the average car buyer can imagine. And if you think EVs and the like are boring, think again. Honda also has a ‘race’ version of the Clarity FCV. With lots of weight reduction (300kg less than the standard Clarity FCV’s 1,890kg weight), a lowered height and tweaked performance parameters the Clarity FCV

Racing gave us an insight into what future race cars could be like, while not polluting the air at all.

Honda is clear that it wants two-thirds of its global car sales to be electrified by 2030, and like several other manufacturers, is pursuing development of fuel-cell and plug-in hybrids furiously. As much as we love our petrol-engined cars, manufacturers are attempting to make cars that are far more environment-friendly, alternately propelled and will be appreciated by enthusiasts too. Cars like the Honda Clarity are still some time away for our country though, and we can surely let the VTEC kick in until then!

That’s not a hose filling fuel into the Clarity PHEV! The design of the centre console is quirky, innovative and futuristic at the same time, houses most controls and connectivity options. The dashboard design is conventional but flat sans any curves or contours. Many exterior styling features serve to make the Clarity more aerodynamic


SPECIAL FEATUREWEEKEND ESCAPADES IN THE HONDA BR-V


Wild encounterWe take the Honda BR-V and getaway to the village of Masinagudi

located just outside the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve


just make sure you’re there past 6.00am because the roads inside are shut till then from 9.00pm due to animal movement. The drive through the forest is stunning and while the roads are well paved, the frequency of speed breakers won’t let you go past 50-60kmph. But hey, it’s a forest and you should be driving slowly and keeping your eyes peeled for animals! We did and we spotted a whole lot of deer and a young elephant right by the road. But what also helped make the drive so comfortable for us despite the 101 speed breakers was the BR-V’s supple suspension and that brilliant music system complete with a digi-pad for inputs.

Halfway into the forest, we crossed over into Tamil Nadu, where it becomes the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, and 12km later we reached Masinagudi. We went straight to one of the oldest and most renowned resorts there, The Jungle Hut. It’s been around since

Everyone loves running away and breaking free from the mundane everyday routine, and over the past two months, we’ve been taking you to some exotic and off-the-grid places. This month, we’re taking you to the jungle. We drove the

petrol Honda BR-V from Bangalore to a village called Masinagudi, located on the foothills of the Nilgiri mountain range.

Masinagudi is approximately a five-hour drive from Bangalore, via Mysore and the road is best tackled early in the morning. If you’re worried about finding a clean place to eat and freshen up on the way, there are plenty of 24-hour cafes en route. Starting early means you won’t have to deal with the infamous Bangalore traffic while getting out of the city, and all the traffic on the busy highway going to Mysore. The four-lane highway is pretty smooth for the most part, but one must keep an eye out for unmarked speed breakers. Past Mysore and towards Gundlupet, the road narrows a bit and by this point, there is a fair bit of movement from the locals too.

Just past Gundlupet is the beautiful Bandipur Tiger Reserve that you’ll have to drive through. However

The roads within the Bandipur and Mudumalai Tiger Reserves are well paved, but narrow and have plenty of speed breakers. But that allows you to keep an eye out for wildlife like elephants, deer and bison. The Jungle Hut is one of the oldest and nicest properties in Masinagudi. It has a very homely and welcoming vibe to it. Keeping us entertained throughout was the BR-V’s Digipad infotaiment system


Ooty has several back roads that a lot of people don’t know about which are quite empty. St Stephen’s Church, which was built in the 1830s has been maintained very well. The view from Murugan Hill in Masinagudi should not be missed

1986 and is quite literally at the end of the road. Beyond it is the forest. The resort is run by former rally driver, Vikram Mathias and his wife Anushri. What makes the Jungle Hut particularly unique is the fact that it is just outside the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve and there are no fences separating it from the wild. As a result you’ll find deer wandering about the property in the daytime, and elephants and leopards waltzing about at night. The resort has very homely and welcoming vibe and the lovely hospitality of the hosts only made the experience that much better.

In Masinagudi there are bunch of things to do especially if you’re the outdoorsy type. There are plenty of places to trek to and also go for a wildlife safari and hopefully spot a tiger. An especially nice place to head to is Murugan Hill, which gets its name for a small Murugan temple located at the top. You



valley is something worth stopping for. The rest of the climb up to Ooty was super fun thanks to the super responsive, high revving 1.5-litre i-VTEC engine coupled to the sharp dynamics of the car.

Ooty, as you’d expect has several heritage sites to visit, but one of the less popular ones is St Stephen’s Church. It was built there by the British in the 1830s, under John James Underwood, a captain in the Madras Regiment. The church has been preserved very well and the intricate woodwork and stained glass windows are simply astonishing. The calm and quiet of the church proved to be the perfect ending to our getaway.

It was so perfect in fact, that we really didn’t want to leave the gorgeous Nilgiri Mountains. After the Himalayas, people so often tend to forget how beautiful the places elsewhere in India are too. And we were more than glad that we got to refresh our memory.

can either walk up there or drive up. But be warned, driving up there is quite tricky if you’re not in the right vehicle. Fortunately we were. The spacious BR-V, thanks to its high ground clearance, and excellent suspension, handled the broken roads leading up the hill without breaking a sweat. And the view from the hill is absolutely stunning! You get a 360 degree view of the valley all the way up to Wayanad in Kerala.

Once we were done exploring Masinagudi in the Honda BR-V, we decided to head up to Ooty, which is just one hour away. As soon as you get out of Masinagudi, the road gets very narrow and climbs up a very steep ghat section that required all our attention. But every once in awhile we can found a spot to pull over and take in the sights, and one of them was called Bison Point. We’re not sure why it’s called that, but the view of the mountains and the


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We explore the unseen side of the coastal route between Goa to Ratnagiri

in the new-age Maruti Suzuki Dzire


SPECIAL FEATURETHE COASTAL DRIVE WITH MARUTI SUZUKI DZIRE

The strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen is a desire. For some, it’s a materialistic thing that gives happiness. But for me, it’s about taking a trip to a place where you can escape the daily

monotonous life. Among the many destinations in India, there are very few that can charm you like Goa - an exotic getaway for many national and international tourists. To experience the relaxed lifestyle and get a flavour of the local culture, we drove down to Ratnagiri, a laid back port city on the Arabian Sea coast.

When it comes to choosing an ideal vehicle for a road trip like this, the generic options that come to one’s mind is an SUV or an MPV, that is durable, practical and efficient. How about doing it in a sedan instead? And we are not talking of just any other sedan but the one that has amassed immense popularity over the years among the Indian audiences. The Maruti Suzuki Dzire’s bold design, lots of convenience options, spacious and comfortable seats and lastly an efficient heart, made it our best bet for this coastal trip.

Food always plays an important role in our trips and this one was no exception either. We ventured into a local eatery in Bastora, a village in North Goa, early in the morning hoping to get a quick bite. To our surprise, it was serving everything that was on the menu unlike some restaurants that start serving certain items later in the day. We ordered Kaju curry and Poee bread, both traditional Goan preparations. The local delicacies served here have a unique flavour that you don’t find anywhere else in the country.

The fact that Goa is not as densely populated as, say, the Indian metros makes it one of my absolute favourites. It has a wide spread of greenery almost everywhere making it extremely soothing to the eyes. The only bit that worried me were the narrow single lane roads, which were handily taken care of by our Maruti Suzuki Dzire. After getting some beautiful morning shots with the sun and the greens in the background, we then headed to Betim to see the Mandovi fishermen market. There were a fleet of trucks lined up to transport fresh stock into different parts of the country, an army of men helping anchor different boats and fishermen getting ready for their next sail, a typical, busy working day looks like at the Mandovi fishermen’s market.

Old school architecture inspired by the early years can be seen everywhere in Goa. Even though the state has evolved with time, it has still managed to maintain its charm with the vintage construction. And to witness that, we drove down to Fontainhas, an classic Latin quarter located in the capital city of Goa, Panjim. The classic villas and buildings here feature vibrant shades of blue, yellow and green, that make them look distinctive, acting as the perfect

Fishermen getting their trawlers ready for the next sail from the Mandovi market, one of the busiest places in Goa. Tons

of fresh stock is transported to different parts of the country from this market.


The new age styling of the Maruti Suzuki Dzire offers an interesting contrast to the classic villas and buildings, making the past meet the present



Traditional Goan delicacies, Kaju curry, Poee bread and a host of non-vegetarian servings kept the foodie in us happy throughout the journey. The vintage architecture, seenalmost everywhere in Goa, is truly a delight. The Maruti Suzuki Dzire on board a ferry from Ribandar to reach the popular Chorao island, one of the largest islands in Goa


The route from Goa to Ratnagiri offers a series of straights and bends and

has a scenic backdrop with luscious green trees on both sides.

THE VIBRANT COLOURS, FOUND EVERYWHERE IN GOA, MAKES IT LIVELY AND DISTINCT



backdrop to shoot our Oxford Blue Dzire. Since we were in Fontainhas and it was time for

lunch, we headed to the Verandah restaurant, highly recommended by the locals. With its roots dating past 140 years, the Verandah Hotel is almost 40 years old, said one of the managers there with a proud smile. The vintage furniture, photographs and the ambience takes you on a yesteryear trip. To add to that, the food served here is a total treat for food connoisseurs. Be it vegetarian or non-vegeterian, name any preparation and they will make it for you in the best possible way. After polishing off all the delicacies, it was time for us to resume our journey.

However, this time around, we chose to ditch the road and take a different mode to head to the Chorao Island situated in North Goa. And to do that, we took our Dzire on a jetty across the Mandovi river. The 15-min jetty ride was extremely scenic with small colourful boats anchored along the coast. As the sun began to set, we too decided to call it a day at one of the old churches in Chorao Island. It felt nice to get away from the buzzing concrete jungle into the calm and quiet nature.

The plan for the second day was to reach Ratnagiri, which is about 300km from Goa. It was not the distance but the single lane highway with bad sections, that seemed challenging to deal with. The suspension of our Dzire worked overtime to make sure the disturbances caused by the surfaces were as muted


as possible. Keeping us entertained throughout the journey was the Dzire’s smart infotainment system. Along the route lies the serene Vengurla beach, that was our stopover point for a small break. The vast Arabian sea and the beautiful boats made us just wonder about how simplicity can also be so beautiful. We didn’t wish to leave this location but then had to reach Ratnagiri at sunset. The intensity of traffic increased as we entered Ratnagiri and it is here that we experienced the convenience of the AGS - auto gear shift, reaching our destination just in time. Such trips makes one believe that we don’t need to visit exotic destinations, for happiness. All of that can be felt anywhere as long as you have the desire to step out of your comfort zone and indulge in what nature has to offer.

EVEN THOUGH GOA HAS EVOLVED WITH TIME, IT HAS AN UNIQUE OLD SCHOOL APPEAL THAT CAN CHARM EVERYONE





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Suzuki invokes the name of its global cruiser line for its Gixxer-based 155cc cruiser

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Suzuki Motorcycles India has decided that it will only play the 150cc motorcycle and above, and the scooter game in India. Its commuters, the Heat, Zeus, Hayate and

Slingshot did little for its business. It really hit gold with the Gixxer and its variants and the Access scooter, especially in the new 125cc form, has done well too. This along with the rapidly changing tastes and trends in the Indian premium market brings us the first derivative off the bones of the Gixxer, a cruiser. It is called the Intruder 150 and it is on sale now at a price of `94,800 ex-showroom, roughly the same as the Gixxer SF ABS. Let’s look a little bit closer.

THE INTRUDER ENGINEThe Suzuki Intruder 150 uses the same 155cc engine that does duty so well in the Gixxer. It was, in fact, the combination of enthusiastic performance, excellent refinement and good economy that elevated the Suzuki Gixxer to

the top of OVERDRIVE’s 150cc commuter motorcycle table. And that’s the engine the Intruder gets.

But it isn’t exactly identical. Peak power and torque are identical at 14.8PS at 8,000rpm and 14Nm at 6,000rpm. However, a larger airbox and a completely new exhaust design - and we don’t the mean the overt styling of the exhaust - have a role to play. You see, the Intruder 150 is 8kg heavier and these changes help offset any corresponding loss of performance, says Suzuki. Helping the performance is a larger rear sprocket - up one tooth - which should restore acceleration at the expense of a slight loss of top speed.

THE SUZUKI INTRUDER CHASSISThe engine sits in a frame which again is similar to the Gixxer but not identical. Suzuki officials revealed that a slightly shorter fork extends the trail while the rake angle remains the same as the Gixxer for the Intruder. This allows Suzuki to run the same head stock but the rear of the frame features

a new pivot point as well as a longer, box-section swingarm. This and some chassis reinforcements, say Suzuki, is responsible for the lion’s chunk of weight gain. The rear monoshock is new and a slightly shorter unit with seven-step adjustable preload. 1kg additional is attributed to the single-channel ABS unit for the front disc. Everything else remains the same as the Gixxer - wheels, MRF tyres and brakes.

RIDING THE SUZUKI INTRUDER 150The Suzuki Intruder 150 proved to a fun motorcycle to ride. It reminds you strongly of the Gixxer 150 and that is a good thing in my book. Translation? The engine feels torquey and ultra-refined and progress is easy without needing too many gear changes. What really impressed is the handling and ride quality, though. The ride is pliant and absorbent and only the bigger bumps disturb. But I got a chance to take a quick spin on a Gixxer back to back and I’d say the ride quality is overall, slightly better









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on the Intruder though the Gixxer allows you more ways to help yourself - like you could stand up for a really bad one.

The Intruder also likes the corners. It is a longer wheelbase and therefore, it won’t turn as sharply as a Gixxer but it does rather well for itself. Even direction changes are handled smoothly and I am honestly surprised at the pace the Intruder could manage on the mountain roads we shot this story on.

The brakes are excellent too but to me these single-channel ABS systems, though cost-effective to be sure, do not help Indian riders. Most of the them default to the rear brake which still won’t have ABS. Problem not solved - Bajaj and Suzuki please note.

Niggles? Our test Intruders were wearing chrome mirrors that are

accessories (`1,000 a pair) which proved hard to adjust tool-free and that is not nice. They don’t vibrate or anything but not having a ball-socket type mirror in today’s age is a bit of a surprise.

FEATURES AND ACCESSORIESThe Suzuki Intruder gets almost no new aggregates to be honest. It uses the same all-digital Gixxer dash right down to the shift light. This is a cramped, heavily marked unit and it takes a moment for you to figure out what is displayed how and you will never think about it again. So it works but it could easily be simplified, in my opinion.

The Intruder also gets new forward controls and hiding that subframe (another weight element) is a small belly pan, and

on the right side, a rather prominent foot guard, the only chrome element in the whole picture.

Suzuki are selling some accessories for the motorcycle. This includes a 1,500 grab rail replacement which integrates a small back rest, pattern decals and a tank protector.

VERDICTAh, you noticed that we haven’t even touched the styling, eh? So let’s address the elephant in the room. The Intruder 150 takes design elements from the big Intruders and re-adapts them to the small cruiser role. And that’s leads to a challenging design for those of us who know what classically good-looking cruisers look like. So I could criticise the Intruder for having overtly large



2018 Suzuki Intruder 150 ABSType 2v SOHC 155cc single cylinder

Max power 14.8PS@8,000rpm


Kerb weight 148kg

Wheelbase 1,405mm

Price `98,340 ex-Delhi

+ Ride, handling, refinement

- Design will polarise opinion

bodywork, fenders that seem too wide for the tyres, a head light that is not only odd but it sticks out too far as well.

But when we started riding the Intruder, I met the real potential buyers in the real world. They knew nothing of what is a good looking cruiser. They just says pay dirt, a very large and impressive looking motorcycle whose price seemed to be rather good for its size.

So the verdict is simplicity itself. If you can live with the design, the Intruder is an extremely efficient urban commuter-cruiser. It’s comfortable, swift and knows what to do in the turns too. If you cannot, however, you have to look at the only other 150cc cruiser on the market, the Bajaj Avenger 150.

The Suzuki Intruder is a large-looking motorcycle on the Gixxer’s platform so it can look a bit disproportionate. The console around the crowded all-digital dash can look a bit too much like a scooter though


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Honda is looking to take the lead in the 125cc scooter segment with its new flagship. Are better-executed features and sportier styling than the Activa 125 enough of an upgrade?


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Honda enjoys a 57 per cent market share in the 110cc scooter segment with its Activa 4G, but the larger Activa 125 has not been

able to cut the same margin against segment leader Suzuki Access 125. With this in mind, Honda has launched the Grazia.

It believes that the segment primarily comprises ‘family scooters’ with no product for a younger audience. To cater to this target user in the 18-30 years age category, Grazia brings fresh styling and features to the table. How far it gets in its quest to usurp the Suzuki is what we will find out.

The Honda Grazia easily distinguishes itself from the unadventurous styling of its sibling, the Activa 125, with a muscular look. The wide all-LED headlamp with big turn indicators takes up a third of the front apron. Creased panels and matte black plastic garnish are seen on the front as well as sides. The cowl surrounding the instrumentation appears busy.

From the sides, its shark nose stands out. One can’t help but note some resemblance to the smaller Honda Dio. On the top DLX variant, you get black alloy wheels in 12-inch front and 10-inch rear sizes shod with tubeless tyres as well as a 190mm front disc brake. The 3D Grazia logo on the side panels is finished in chrome.

Chunky split rear grab handles look good. The foldable aluminium pillion footrests as well as perforated seat trim feel premium. The rear is not as arresting. Overall, the design definitely shouts, if not screams, to be looked at.

Honda has retained the same 124.9cc petrol engine with Honda Eco Technology (HET) from the Activa 125 on the Grazia. It is lighter than the Activa by 1kg at 107kg and is 2mm smaller in length, but has the same wheelbase at 1,260mm. So no major changes here. Hence, we do not expect performance or efficiency to be vastly different from the Activa 125.

With the Grazia there is, however, a better execution of some features. The all-digital instrumentation which includes a tachometer is novel. There is also a three-step eco indicator to help optimise fuel efficiency. You get a small mobile phone storage box within hand’s reach in the front apron with an optional charging socket. The seat is now unlocked through a release

switch next to the keyhole.The Grazia’s all-LED headlamp is a big

step-up. A consistent, bright beam offers good spread and throw over standard halogen illumination. It helped me ride with confidence at night. The Grazia made no drama through the city just like its sibling owing to the smooth engine. The seat is comfortable even on extended commutes.

With similar performance as the Activa 125, we feel the Grazia too may not be able to outdo the Access 125 in this aspect, but we will only know that for certain after a road test.

The telescopic front and monoshock rear suspension setup works without worry over smooth surfaces and minor potholes, but the Grazia does not take kindly to bigger bumps, especially at speeds over 45kmph. You will hear thuds at that point. Braking with the combined braking system (CBS) was reassuring at city traffic speeds.

So with this top-end Honda Grazia DLX variant, you get a more attractive package and that practical LED headlamp for `62,269, just `400 more than the Activa 125 DLX. That sounds like a great value proposition until you realise, as I did after my Editor pointed out, that the Suzuki Access 125 will cost you almost `3,000 less. If you feel the styling and headlamp upgrade is worth your extra dime, you will have Honda’s reliability to back you up.

Honda GraziaType 124.9cc single- cylinder petrol

Max power 8.6PS@6,500rpm

Max torque 10.54Nm@5,000rpm

LxWxH(mm) 1,812x697x766

Kerb weight 107kg (DLX)

Price `57,897 - 62,269 (ex-Delhi)

+ LED headlamp, comfortable, nimble

- Ride quality over bad roads

The Grazia features a wide all-LED headlamp, all-digital instrumentation with a tachometer and a three-step eco meter


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Shumi gets a taste of the ultra exotic RC213V-S, Honda’s MotoGP race-rep anyone, ahem, can buy

Melaka International is a most annoying circuit. Especially on something as potent as the Honda RC213V-S. And

trying to make the exit of turn 2 as elegant as possible seems impossible. The smooth Honda suddenly feels like all the frenzy of an energetic six-year old on coffee stuck in a very small room with no toys. And even in that you’re conscious of three things.

First, despite what it looks like in the photos - which is unsharp, slightly longish and sort of, er, oblong - it’s a compact, velvety smooth shape. Unlike all the sportsbikes that come to the moto-festivals, chase their own redlines and lunch their valves, the RC213V-S looks longer and lower, rather that sharp and tipped on its nose. You get the clear sense that the RC responds in shape to its function far more closely than the average sportsbike. Those need to look good. This one just needs go as fast as humanly possible.

Second, this is a very small motorcycle. Not that the new 2017 Honda Fireblade is a very large motorcycle anymore, but the RC213V-S has all its violence contained in a very compact space. It’s hard to imagine that this pinnacle of performance motorcycling, aeons faster than the ‘Blade, is this much lighter and a bit smaller than the top production Honda sportsbike. The Honda technical briefing document, in

fact, notes that the yaw inertia - how the bike turns - is less than both 1,000cc and 600cc supersport machines! But the riding position is even more telling. The clip-ons are set close, most of the fuel tank is actually under the seat and you’re gripping a narrow ‘tank’ designed for its volumetric needs as well as for the knees to find secure, steady purchase for cornering. I was surprised at how uncramped the riding position felt. But then again, it was a short time on the bike and maybe I am embellishing my own memories of the RCV. It’s either that or I’m younger and bendier than I look.

Third, and this is the important thing, it’s so freakishly light! And that’s the real story. As you know already, the Honda RC213V-S was designed to be as close as possible to the race-going MotoGP bike that Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa race 18 Sundays a year. The RCV-S in stock form aims to replicate the handling feel and capability but not the engine or performance. Which is why a surprising number of parts are actually interchangeable with the race RC-V.

So your $188,000 (Rs 1.2 crores, approximately) buys 17-inch Marchesini magnesium wheels. That’s the lightest you will get. The suspension is the same Ohlins TTX25 forks and the Ohlins TTX36 rear suspension that the racebike gets. You also get the same adjustable rearsets and foot controls. The Brembos are the same exact spec. Also identical are the throttle-by-wire systems, the power modes, engine-


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brake control and the position-aware traction control system. Indeed, as a Kevin Cameron’s report (in Cycle World) from the RCV-S launch said, the only things that his magnet stuck to were the brakes. The rest is titanium. The fairing, again, is CFRP, or carbon fibre reinforced plastic, virtually identical to the ones that wear the orange paint on race Sundays.

All this adds up. When you turn the Honda RC213V-S into a corner, the sense you get isn’t of you riding a big machine with big power. You get the sense of an ultra-smooth, ultra-friendly (yes, I was shocked too) machine that responds to the inputs with a level of telepathy, feedback and reserve that you didn’t think was possible. It’s a familiar manner that you’d think unworthy of comment until you realise that it’s the first lap post the sighting lap and that in the excitement of riding the Honda, you’ve forgotten whether it’s running street tyres (it is) or slicks.

But the Honda uncoils smoothly through the long Turn 3 before ducking into the kink that is Turn 4 easily. It’s a narrow, tight place with iffy tarmac, no run off at all, and this is a very, very, very expensive motorcycle. No pressure. No really, the

RCV-S seems to have leagues of grip left and the patience of Mother Nature itself for my fumbling stabs at establishing control.

But some of this is also shrewd event design on HRC’s part. You see, the RC213V-S experience was the kick-off for the Honda Asian Journey 2017 and riders of all kinds of skill levels from rudimentary to ridiculous were likely to hop into the RCV-S saddles and put a few laps behind a local racer who would set the pace.

To that end, the engine, already a strangled version for street legality was throttled back further. To wit, the $12,000 power kit really unlocks the full power - over 212PS says Honda - of the RCV-S and renders it street illegal. In the power kit is a new ECU, ram-air ducts, reverse-pattern shifter drum, new brake pads, quickshifter, datalogger, exhaust and more. But the European bike revs to 12,000rpm as stock and makes around 160PS. The American bike - tighter norms - revs to below 10,000rpm as stock. But here, HRC took the redline down to 7,000rpm. Then again, the Japanese-spec V-S is 68PS at 6,000rpm. Epic.

So the RCV-S felt like it had 80-90PS of play time before you ran into the ultra-soft limiter. The limiter is so soft that the first

time I thought the engine was bogging down and unable to rev. It also meant that the short straight is flat out in fourth gear, I even got into fifth on one lap. Any racer in the world would hear that and think you’re Marc and Dani’s lost brother. The truth is that’s nowhere close to how fast the RCV-S will go even in stock form and it felt sometimes like I was just shifting, shifting, shifting all the time. Because the limiter was so low and at other times because the revs had dropped a bit too much. Then again, all kinds of riders, tight track, no run-off... I would hardly have done any different if I were the HRC.

Which is why I don’t know how the electronics work, or don’t. The bike felt good but I don’t know what settings it came with and what difference messing with them would make. So let’s get back to what we do know.

Turn 4 leads to another set of turns that cascade into each other until you exit on to the back straight. This exit is a left-hander which throws you into a shallow curve left and right before you get a moment of full throttle before you start shedding speed and gears for a first or second gear hairpin on to the main straight.

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Honda RC213V-SType 90° V4 1,000cc

Max power 157PS@11,000rpm (Europe, stock) Over 212PS@13,000rpm (Performance kit,

not street legal)

101PS@8,000rpm (Our test bike, estimated)

LxWxH(mm) 2,100x770x1,120

Wheelbase 1,465mm

Dry weight 175kg

+ So smooth, so confident, so exotic!

- Unobtanium! Severely restricted for our ride

The RC213V-S is a proper exotic from the serial number on the top clamp to the amazing level of finish to the all-pervading carbon fibre. Note the gorgeous top-spec Ohlins suspension and the sweet lever guard mounted mirrors.

Honda Asian Journey 2017

Honda Asia organised their first Asian Journey event last year and this year they expanded the event to include Indian media and riders from Vietnam. The riders from these two countries joined a mixed group of owners and media from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines for a 600km ride in Malaysia culminating in the qualifying and race sessions for the Malaysian Grand Prix. It was our chance to sample a selection of Hondas that may or may not be relevant to India in terms of future (undisclosed) India products. But it gives us a chance to see what Honda is up to in terms of technology or product design. These stories are a selection of the motorcycles OVERDRIVE got to ride. We rode mostly the big highways in a fairly regulated convoy because of the range of rider skill and experience in this 46-motorcycle group. So the riding impressions are less detailed than usual.

Through all this turning and direction changes, the Honda feels effortlessly light and confident. Every time the bike feels like the tightness of the circuit is winding it up, it sort of uncoils and unclenches and it’s a beautiful feeling. My ultimate takeaway from the experience was that even the severely restricted RC213V-S revealed how easily the Honda gives you the confidence to trust it and try to ride it harder. Unknown track, expensive motorcycle and a legion of HRC and Honda staffers in the pit lane with their hearts in their mouths. And yet, a lap later, you’ve nailed the gas out of three corners (for what its worth) with full confidence. Never before have I ridden a motorcycle with this level of latent performance that felt so easy, so calm, so smooth and so in sync with what I wanted to do.

My eight-odd laps came to an end rather too quickly and the impression I have of what the Honda RC213V-S is. and can be. is faint and fleeting. But the Honda is unmistakably an achievement. It’s like looking at a really bright light through a fog. You sense the brightness of it but can’t really make out the details. But if it weren’t the fog, the light would blind you and you’d see nothing at all.


The new 2017 Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade is so easy to ride. Just like always then!

Easy rider

Words Shubhabrata Marmar

The 2017 Honda Fireblade is all-new and it arrived last year after a long, long run for the previous Fireblade. Now the previous Honda flagship

sportsbike was already known to be a non-electronic model that was so sweet and so smooth that it didn’t need electronics. Honda, in fact, made a huge deal how it designed the throttle to rear tyre connection so that a crystal clear feedback loop would be all the traction control you would need. But the game moved on. The Suzuki GSX-R1000R, for example, reveals how an extremely complex and effective electronics system can be made nearly invisible to the rider and unlock a level of performance previously impossible without a lot of hard work at perfecting


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riding skills. Well, challenge accepted says the new Honda Fireblade.

My first laps on the Honda were difficult laps for me. I didn’t have much time for acclimatisation and the track layout was unfamiliar to me. I would, ideally, have asked for something smaller and friendlier to learn the layout with. Like, say, the Honda CBR500R, a vastly less stressful sportsbike to ride by design. But there’s two things I have learnt about this new generation of electronics.

First, no matter how macho or skilled you think you are, they work and they’re on your side. Most current generation systems today are invisible until they are needed. Second, the mental safety net is very much worth having around.

Because when I open the gas too early in turn 5 - optimistic Shumi - I panic only for a moment befor grabbing the brakes much harder than needed while applying a steering input to guide me towards where the tarmac is going rather than into the tyre wall that’s looming. I guess some lights must have flashed on the fancy all-colour display. But my eyes have already survived the panic and moved to the next turn’s entry and the gas is back on.

The new Fireblade is astonishingly easy to ride. I never got to ride it outside the tight confines of the Melaka International Circuit but other journalists did. One noted while describing a particularly slow convoy stretch, “I did the whole of the last stretch in frikkin’ sixth gear!” He didn’t used the word frikkin’, he used a far stronger word. Another noted that the ability of this 200PS missile to accelerate smoothly and easily

from 30kmph in sixth gear to the over 300kmph top speed is hard to comprehend. That’s how good the new Fireblade is.

I loved the brakes - so strong, so easy to modulate as well as the ride quality. Hard to say how it will be in the real world but it certainly didn’t feel stupidly stiff or unnecessarily harsh. It’s as if Honda has a virtuoso engineer who sits with fine sand paper and polishes every single rough edge away. Handling is light and agile without any hint of nervousness or hesitation. Direction changes are lightning quick and I suspect they will get quicker still with time and familiarity.

In short, we had just enough time to get a glimpse into the nature of the new Fireblade. And as usual, Honda seems to have an unusual knack for knowing how to balance

the needs of a street-going sportsbike that also happens to be their flagship performance motorcycle. Now we hope for a road test unit to arrive for the real test.

2017 Honda CBR1000RR FirebladeType Liquid-cooled 16v DOHC 999cc Inline-4



LxWxH(mm) 2,065x720x1,125

Wheelbase 1,405mm

Kerb weight 196kg

Price Rs 16.8 lakh ex-Delhi

+ Feels light, compact and easy to ride

- Engine heat in traffic, no test bike in India yet

The Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade’s colour dash seems tiny at first glance but give it time - it’s easily readable and clear. See this striped colour pattern? It’s coming to India!


The thing about convoys regulated by the police is that when it splits up, the police and road marshals work hard to reform the convoy. And that

means some cars are blocked or slowed and you’re encouraged to re-join the convoy as rapidly as possible.

So when I took off from the toll booth, the convoy was already climbing the next flyover which curves to the left as it rises sharply. When I nailed the throttle to the stop, I wasn’t expecting the urgency from the sub-100PS parallel twin, to be honest. The Africa Twin DCT is a mild-mannered big trailie in nature and it’s quick but not urgent. The manual seems to squat on its suspension a bit more, the front feels lighter on tarmac and the

engine seems to be able to transmit more torque to the ground and the acceleration felt much harder. It could be an illusion - the Malay roads are cleaner and better than ours. But in a straight run to 170kmph and then steady cruising in the 90-140kmph region, I came to a firm conclusion that I’d definitely want the manual Africa Twin - it would also be less expensive - the automatic felt like the option. And not the other way round.

Which again, leads us back to the same conclusion. Honda’s DCT-equipped Indian Africa Twin is an awesome all-rounder and a class-beating off-roader once you change the tyres. But the Manual version feels more alive and crisp. It really should be the default Africa Twin on sale with the DCT reserved for the technophiles and early adopters.

2017 Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin MT

Type 998cc liquid-cooled Uni-Cam 8v parallel twin

Max power 95PS@7,500rpm (UK spec)


LxWxH(mm) 2,335 x 930 x 1,475

Wheelbase 1,575mm

Ground clearance 250mm

Saddle height 870/850mm

+ Feels more urgent than DCT, ride quality

- Not on sale in India!

The manual Africa Twin feels more energetic and sprightly than the automatic India gets. Come on, Honda - bring this too!

Shift up!Words Shubhabrata Marmar

R I DEHONDA AFRICA TWIN MANUAL


TheA return to the Honda CB500X’s saddle

confirms that the Honda road adv is a really, really special motorcycle. It’s

a mystery why it isn’t already on CKD-sale in India already

filesXWords Shubhabrata Marmar


R I DE2017 HONDA CB500X

When I went to New Zealand about four years ago, I was told it was a country made for motorcycles

and among the motorcycles I rode was a Honda CB500X that Honda NZ so happily handed over to me. And It left a deep, deep impression - so many of you wrote in asking when you’d get to buy it. Well, no dice so far. At least a couple of you have also tasted this gloriously simple but evocative motorcycle outside India and your comments suggest you feel the same way too. So what’s so damn special?

You know, to be honest, it’s really hard to pinpoint. It isn’t the instruments - the yellow-lit LCD screen now looks old. It isn’t the design either - it’s striking and well-made and the new head light design with the minibeak is actually very nice looking. But a design classic this isn’t. But there’s something very appealing and comforting about the CB500X.

It begins as soon as you roll forward. You get this sense of familiarity almost. As if you’re riding with your closest friend. There is also a sense of peace at all speeds. As if speeding up or slowing down is entirely up to you. 160kmph in top gear with high revs, to be honest, is when the CB500X finally feels likes working up a tiny, tiny bit of sweat.

But throw the tall-ish CB500X into a corner and you’ll going to break into a grin. Because it corners, more or less, like a regular competent naked bike and the Dunlops it runs suit the frame and geometry ever so sweetly. It’s a stable, stable motorcycle and it responds with a measured grace to all your inputs.

But the beauty of the CB500X isn’t the physical world. It steals your heart and that’s why it’s such a powerful motorcycle to ride. In the 50-60km I rode it, it underlined all the good feelings I had about it from four years ago. I imagined it fitting into my commuting, my highway runs and even my racetrack work without a hitch. Heck I’d take it to Ladakh and return laughing too though it isn’t per se an off-roader.

Why this brilliant Honda isn’t assembled in India and on sale I don’t know. I know for a fact that an affordable adv-style 500 twin of this nature and size will go down well with our riders. CKD assembled, the price should fall under the `5 lakh ex-showroom mark, perhaps even dangerously close to the 300cc twin-cylinder space. And Honda would have a winner. And you, dear reader, would have a keeper.

CBR500R

The Honda CBR500R is designed to be a mild-sportsbike just like the CBR650R. It’s got the same 500cc twin as the 500X and the Rebel 500 but it’s a sporty — but not uncomfortable — riding position as well as a sharp little fairing. But it commutes easily and feels nice in the corners too. However, compared to the fun feel of the Rebel and stunningly emotive 500X, the CBR500R is comparatively a straight forward motorcycle that gets on with its job as a sporty-commuter.

REBEL 500

The Honda Rebel 500 is a stubby, bratty looking cruiser again based around the 500cc parallel twin engine that also powers the CBR500R and the 500X. And it feels fun to ride. You can pull along the highway riding the torque at mid-revs like you expect a cruiser to do. But the 500 twin will pull easily (and with a rorty exhaust note) to redline if you ask it to and feel very together. Cornering behaviour is neutral and clean and naturally, the footpegs will eventually grind down stopping you from working it any harder. Its the fun appeal of the Rebel, the looks of the CBR500R and the profound appeal of the Honda CB500X that leads me to believe that Honda should really rush the 500cc twin-cylinder motorcycles to Indian showrooms with good pricing as locally assembled CKD products. I believe the response will surprise everyone.

2017 Honda CB500XType 471cc liquid-cooled parallel twin



LxWxH(mm) 2,095x830x1,360

Wheelbase 1,420mm

Ground clearance 170mm

Saddle height 810m

Price `4.2-4.8 lakh (est if CKD production)

Availability No confirmed plans at all. Yet.

+ Feel, handling, smoothness

- LCD meters look old. Not on sale!


How much value do you put into the sound of your motorcycle, then? On most big bikes, in fact, the aftermarket exhaust

is where customisation begins. And to me, the first thing you will notice about the Honda CB650F is the intake noise. The ever-present muted, refined but audible roar elevates the riding experience from the more indifferent feel of its faired cousin, the Honda CBR650F.

The extra leverage from the handlebar and the more upright riding position also contribute to the feel and the Honda CB650F felt like a much happier, more enthusiastic motorcycle than the CBR650F. It also feels skinnier, as nakeds

tend to, and more manageable in traffic which, again, adds to the list of reasons to add it to the Indian Honda portfolio.

Because these feel elements apart, it’s a competent Honda middleweight. The brakes are just sharp enough, the new LED head light works well, the styling is attractive in that non-specific Honda way and the engine’s refinement levels are very high too apart from a buzz at 100-110kmph in the bars. Honda really should expand the middleweight range with this. Indian riders might be fairing-fans for the moment, but I believe the CB650F will be less expensive by a small margin and in the longer run, its riders will spread its sweetly whispered words around too.

The 2017 Honda CBR650F will be out in India soon. But the new CB650F is even more fun to ride!

The cooler cousin!Words Shubhabrata Marmar Photography Akshay Jadhav

2017 Honda CB650F

Type Liquid-cooled DOHC 4v 649cc inline four

Max power 90PS@11,000rpm (UK Spec)


LxWxH(mm) 2,110x775x1,120

Wheelbase 1,450mm

Kerb weight 208kg

+ Fun feel, intake sound!


R I DE2017 HONDA CB650F


My first impression of the X-ADV at the Milan Motor Show 2016 was, “Long.” And it is. The X-ADV, in my head,

should be compact and tall. But what it is, is, a long scooter. Some of it is the visuals of the platform, for sure. The length of the double-sided swingarm, the gap from the rear tyre to the rear elements... all of this adds up to create the impression of length, which is a surprise.

When you ride it, you’ll grasp that this isn’t a false impression. My first thought when I rolled out of the hotel at the top of Genting Highlands in Malaysia and tipped the X-ADV into the first of many turns was, “Yes, very long.”

But once you settle in, you realise that despite the length, the X-ADV actually feels quite good to ride. It’s very scooter-like in the quiet refinement of the package as well in space and convenience. As behooves sporty scooters today, you feet go into shaped boards that run from below the front of the seat, all the way to the bottom of the front apron. That’s a range of rider positions to suit a whole bunch of people.

The design is a big part of the story and it looks smashing. The chunky panels with

flat planes and neat creases looks very smart. And once again, it’s a design that would be a Honda if you removed all the labels.

The X-ADV, of course, boasts a DCT transmission that dates one generation before the Africa Twin. So flicking the plus toggle on the left switch set (where the day flasher usually goes) selects drive mode and the rocker on the right switches to neutral and to sport. Long presses switch between the three sport modes. Both levers are brakes.

Riding it is easy. Select drive and go. Drive mode shifts up smoothly to a high gear, the engine is nearly silent unless you’re buzzing along at 140kmph or something. The screen is adjustable without tools so you should be able to do this all-day buffet-free.

Sport mode three is the most aggressive and you can hear the scooter pretty loud at all times as it holds on to gears, downshifts aggressively as you lose speed. It feels very good. Ultimately, I left it in Drive mode - we were convoying, remember - and used the minus button on the left switch set (where the horn button usually is) to downshift earlier than the software wanted to and maintain position with the faster motorcycles.

What I wasn’t expecting was the ride

quality. This is a firm scooter and in that sense, completely normal. None of the long travel suspension, even in feel, that I so liked on the Africa Twin has made it to the production X-ADV. So it handles small bumps and big ones normally, just like any other scooter. Inasmuch, the point of the spoked-tubeless rims appears purely visual rather than utilitarian.

When I climbed off the X-ADV, I was left in two minds. It certainly is very fast, very highway friendly and very good looking. The DCT shifts fast and the engine actually sounds nice even with the stock exhaust. But ultimately, the X-ADV is a visual play on the adv bikes and I keep wishing it was an engineering play as well.

2017 Honda X-ADVType Liquid-cooled 745cc SOHC twin



LxWxH(mm) 2,245x910x1,375

Wheelbase 1,590mm

Kerb weight 238kg

+ Looks smashing! Feels good to ride

- Stiff ride, long feel

The Honda X-ADV promises to be a big-engined scooter with the same adv roots as the Africa Twin. An off-road scooter? Has its time come?

Crossed overWords Shubhabrata Marmar


R I DE2017 HONDA X-ADV

The CB1100EX is Honda drawing inspiration from its older CBs to create a dramatically old-school big naked

The heaventiesWords Shubhabrata Marmar


R I DEHONDA CB1100EX

Honda isn’t the only one with history in this story, I bring my own to the table too. Allow me to go first. Ferox is the least

mentioned of my motorcycles, and it really isn’t fair to the huge all-black Honda CB750 K0 from the early ‘80s that I owned briefly. It was the sweetest of motorcycles and Arti sang praises of its deep humming voice and “sofa” rear seat for literally over a decade.

But it was purchased in a time when I really shouldn’t have. Ferox’s EMI tore my finances to shreds and the poor Honda suffered. I couldn’t afford to buy it the new tyres it so desperately needed. When I sold it off, I remembered it fondly but I have to admit to a deep sense of relief that it was gone. I could finally have dinner on all days of the week.

But the moment I leaned the Honda CB1100EX into the first of many corners, I was back in the early 2000s. A much younger person on a much older machine. The CB1100EX’s inline four has the same smooth, almost elegant hum that I remember Ferox having. It’s a distinctive, muted peal of delicate thunder. Hard to be comfortably numb to that, I promise.

It turns like an older machine too. The new suspension, tyres and brakes bring enormous confidence and control. This is a modern motorcycle to be sure. But the turn-in is designed to feel gentle and neutral rather than aggressive or crisp. And it works beautifully in the context of the nature of the motorcycle. I loved how Honda has balanced the role and nature of the big naked and kept one foot firmly in the present while donning all the little nuances that makes think back to the correct decade.

Only the small details, like the ABS ring on the disc, or the tightly packed but legible reverse LCD display between the twin pod instruments give away the modern technology under the old-school skin and design. Nicely done Honda, very nicely done indeed.

As a motorcycle that’s larger than 800cc, Honda should find it easily to add the beautiful CB1100EX (and its RS cousin) to the India CBU line-up if it feels there is enough demand. I would venture that the CB will find a small but loyal legion of fans and it really should pay these fans attention.

Big legends, it turns out, start small too.

Honda CB1100EX

Type 1,140cc liquid-cooled

fuel-injected inline four



LxWxH(mm) 2,200 x 830 x 1130

Wheelbase 1,490mm

Kerb weight 255kg

+ So smooth! Old school feel


The Honda CB1100EX visually recalls a powerful picture from the ‘70s when Honda’s superbikes were naked and physically massive. The CB isn’t that large anymore but it does have that smoothness and reserve. Apart from all the chrome, old-school paint jobs and well-thought out details


Words Rishabh Bhaskar Photography Anis Shaikh

Scout masterThe Indian Scout Sixty turns out to be a fun tool for riding holiday


F E AT U R EINDIAN SCOUT SIXTY

All my life, I’ve been told that saying “No” is all right. It’s not offensive and it’s a good word when you need to prioritize

yourself, before anything else, or anyone. It’s something that I have been working on, trying not to be the “Yes” man. But, one fine day, Abhay called to tell me that I’ll have to ride the Indian Scout Sixty from Bangalore to our office in Mumbai, via Goa. While I was excited to ride a motorcycle, which is always, I wasn’t exactly looking forward to riding the Indian Scout. I’m not a ‘cruiser person’, I prefer fast motorcycles with sharp handling and the ability to thrill me. But, as I discovered, there’s a certain charm about these type of motorcycles, and the Indian Scout Sixty played the temptress to the T.

It all began with me laying my eyes on the red Scout Sixty, glistening under the showroom lights at the Indian Motorcycles showroom in Bangalore. The low slung stance, big, 77PS 999cc V-Twin motor, contoured seat and the chrome exhaust pipes extending from the header to the tail left me captivated. And it wasn’t me only. Out on the streets of Bangalore, the Indian Scout Sixty had turned into an attention magnet. Every time I stopped at a traffic light, I was surrounded by faces, depicting awe, amazement and appreciation. There were also a few curious questions about the bike’s price, make and the obvious, fuel economy. The Indian Scout Sixty sure does lack the outright presence of its elder siblings, like the Chieftain or the Roadmaster, but it definitely looks special.

The following day, I set off for Goa and the plan was to ride into the adjoining state via Anmod. Getting out of Banglore was a nightmare, but I only have myself to blame. I was supposed to leave early but I ended up hitting the snooze button more often than I usually do. The morning rush on Hosur Road was enough to drop my pace to a crawl and the heat radiating off from the big V-twin wasn’t helping either. That said, the heat is not prohibitively uncomfortable and certainly not as bad as the Harley-Davidson Street Rod 750.

Once I got on to the Nice Road, the traffic thinned out and I finally got a chance to whack the throttle open. The shove from the motor is surprising and it’s quite amazing to


Lush, green forests, smooth roads and a cruiser, make for an exhilarating experience. The Scout Sixty draws

crowds every where it goes. Sunsets make motorcycle journeys special. The Scout Sixty looks classy, thanks to its

low slung stance

F E AT U R EINDIAN SCOUT SIXTY


see the speedo needle swoop from double to triple digit speeds, in a flash. The Scout Sixty gobbled up the miles and soon I joined NH48, the Banglore-Mumbai highway.

In my books, this highway is easily one of the best stretches of tarmac in the country. Smooth, flowing and with barely any traffic, I was in, what one could term as cruiser land. The Indian Scout Sixty was in its element as I settled into a steady pace, at 120kmph. At this speed, and even beyond, the Indian Scout Sixty is surprisingly devoid of any harsh vibrations and this speaks volumes of the engine’s refinement. The only problem I faced was wind blast. With your arms wide open and feet stretched ahead, you sit in an ‘embrace the wind’ position. The lack of a fly screen, above the headlamp means holding speeds in excess of 120kmph will lead to sore shoulders. But, as I said, the Scout Sixty is all about cruising and soaking in the view, and that is exactly what I did.

I turned off the highway, after Hubli and onto the Dharwad-Ramnagar toll road. The road passes through a dense forest reserve and there are numerous signposts, warning riders/ drivers to keep an eye out for wild animals crossing the road. I dialed the pace down and

reveled in the feeling that only a motorcycle can offer. The feeling that you are part of the scenery around you, the feeling of breathing in the fresh mountain air, the feeling of the engine humming along calmly.

A few kiometeres later, I arrived at the Anmod Ghat, that descends into Goa. The roads were a mix of hairpins and flowing corners, and to my surprise, the Scout Sixty felt happy. Of course the fat 130-section tyre, at the front helps boost confidence, but it really is astounding to see a long, low slung cruiser to handle so well.

After spending a few days in Goa, it was time to head back to Mumbai, and the big city life. I pretty much re-traced my way back to NH48 and turned north to head back home. It was a relaxed ride, all the way, and that’s when I realized how easy the Indian Scout Sixty is to ride. The riding position, the calm nature, the reassuring brakes go long way in ensuring that you can enjoy the ride instead of worrying about the motorcycle.

I was back home, happy and content after the ride. I never really expected a cruiser to leave such lasting memories, but the Indian Scout Sixty, is something else. I’m glad I said ‘Yes’.


Words Rishabh Bhaskar Photography Anis Shaikh

AdventureGS

The first ever BMW International GS Trophy qualifier in India proved to be a big learning experience for GS owners in the country


F E AT U R E2018 BMW GS TROPHY QUALIFIER

I have never done this before. Is this even possible? ‘ I overhear someone saying this with deep concern in his voice. In front if me and a bunch of motley gentlemen is an obstacle course, fit to be

part of an army recruitment camp. Well, a recruitment camp, it certainly was. Only, in this case, it was to choose three of the best riders in India to represent the nation at one of the toughest off-road riding events in the world, the BMW International GS Trophy. Having recently begun operations in India, BMW Motorrad had organized the first ever BMW GS Trophy qualifier in Canacona, Goa. The course that was set up was designed to not only choose the best, but also teach BMW GS owners in India the basics of riding a motorcycle off-road. And to do that BMW, flew in their best trainers, Tomm Wolf and his team.

Tomm has earned the nickname ‘Mr. GS’ and that’s because he’s been riding a BMW GS since 1980. Despite being the heir to a successful business empire in Germany, Tomm chose a life that involved motorcycles and lately he’s also set up an enduro training park, called Malelobo or big, bad wolf in Germany. To watch him and his team demonstrate the technique to ride a big, burly adventure motorcycle like the GS, was a treat in itself.


Walking the GS is all about technique and understanding the motorcycle’s

weight distribution. Lifting the giant GS may seem intimidating at first, but the simple trick is to stand a couple of feet away and lift the motorcycle using the

handlebar. Standing on the pegs to ride out of a ditch or ducking to avoid an

overhead obstacle, the participants were presented with possible scenarios they’d

encounter while riding out in the open

F E AT U R E2018 BMW GS TROPHY QUALIFIER


The Coffee Grinder exercise was one of the tricikest. Riders had to

complete a 360 circle, while holding on to the pole with the right hand,

which required excellent clucth control to maintain a steady pace. The winners, Sanket Shanbag from Satara, Winston Lee from Mumbai

and Suprej Venkat from Coimbatore

The first day was marked out for training. The participants were taught the correct way to hold the GS with their knees and position their hands on the handle bar. The next session taught them to walk the bike, using the clutch and brakes to control the bike. The emphasis here was the importance of clutch and throttle control to maintain a steady balance on the motorcycle. Some of the sessions included riding around a slalom course, riding while standing on the pegs and riding with one leg on the seat. The training session was proving to be quite challenging and for some, it was like being thrown into the deep end of a pool. Out of the 40 participants, many were riding the GS, off-road for the first time. In fact, a few of them had just bought the BMW GS to participate in the GS Trophy qualifier. That said, Tomm was very impressed by the skill level during training . ‘I’m really happy to see that these guys are quite good riders and are eager to improve their skills.’

The next day was what one one would

call phase one of the competition. The aforementioned obstacle course was designed to test whatever the riders had learnt after an intense day of training. To make matters worse, the hot and sunny climate in Goa was turning out as a test of physical endurance as well.

The exercises included slalom, parallel logs, walk the bike over stones, stop on a slope, the coffee grinder, elephant turn, tyre mamba, slow race, walk a circle, the garage as well as practical, teamwork and navigation tests around the area.

The exercises were gruelling, indeed, and there were instances when riders fell off white attempting the exercise. While the safety gear they’d worn ensured that they weren’t injured, BMW GS’ also helped. Whenever the bikes went down, the boxer engine seemed to ensure that the rider’s leg is never trapped under the bike. By the end of the day, ten riders were chosen for the second and final phase of the competition.

The final day was the toughest of all. While the course was altered slightly, the

basic test was about maintaining a cool head and understanding the motorcycle. So far, the rider’s were riding their personal motorcycles. For the final day, however, they had use a standard BMW R1200GS that was supplied by BMW Motorrad. This was done to ensure a level playing field. Stages such as the Coffee Grinder and Garage were still proving to be quite challenging.

In the end, Sanket Shanbag from Satara, Winston Lee from Mumbai and from Suprej Venkat from Coimbatore emerged victorious.

The BMW GS Trophy is not a race but a test of one’s mental and physical fortitude and the trio were the best of all. They will represent India, for the first time, at the 2018 BMW International GS Trophy that will be held in Mongolia, also the birthplace of Genghis Khan. Team India will compete against riders from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Latin America, Mexico, Russia and many more.

Fightingspirit CS Santosh and KP Aravind,

talk about their level of preparedness, their expectations, and their biggest goals ahead of Dakar 2018

Words Vaishali Dinakaran

There are ups and downs - life always shows you both sides. When you think you’re at the highest point, is when you go down,” KP Aravind says.

He’s talking about life lessons that a decade in motorsport have taught him. But it seems like a metaphor for the Dakar itself. My mind immediately turns to images of undulating sand dunes, and

rocky trails that go up steep inclines and right back down again. And of course, in my mind’s eye, as is likely in the actual Dakar, there’s a motorcycle flying over the mixed terrain.

It’s hard not to have images like this floating through one’s head given that as we approach the 2018 edition of the Dakar, our hopes rest squarely on the shoulders of two Indian entities - the Sherco TVS Factory Rally

Team and Hero MotoSports Team Rally. But perhaps slightly more importantly, our Dakar hopes rest on the shoulders of KP Aravind and CS Santosh. Two Indian riders from the south of the country. The former with one Dakar start under his belt. And the latter with three Dakar starts, and two Dakar finishes behind him. But this right now, is the moment of reckoning. This is when they have to prove themselves, if not to the world,


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then just to themselves. But the world certainly is watching. As are a bunch of Indian motorsport anoraks. And with the keen amount of attention on both riders, comes perhaps a little bit of comparison?

“No, not a little bit! There’s comparison on every level,” Aravind laughs. But he says that his first Dakar experience back in January 2017, that saw him retire on the third stage of the event, with a fractured hand and an injured shoulder, has taught him a thing or two.

“I think the first Dakar experience has taught me that I shouldn’t compete with anyone, I should just be the best version of myself, and not let anything bother me,” he says. It’s a philosophy that he’s adopted over the course of the entire season of cross country rallying this year. And it’s helped him immensely. The results began to come in - steady performances, consistent days in the saddle, and strong finishes. Culminating in a 15th position for him at the Oilibya Rally of Morocco. CS Santosh finished two spots ahead, with 13th position at the event, their last competitive outing before the Dakar Rally. Both have proved a point.

“I think this year, me and KP, we opened a lot of people’s eyes,” Santosh says. “I mean finishing 13th and 15th, that’s no small feat.” For, amidst all the admiration and adulation that has been showered on both riders, there’s been a small section of people who have dismissed their achievements. People who’ve said that the two only managed to land their seats with Hero and with TVS, because both Indian motorcycle manufacturers felt pressured to put Indian riders in the saddle. “I understand where I come from, I am an Indian, and sure Hero is an Indian company and they need to put an Indian pilot there for various reasons,” Santosh says, “But this year I think I’ve earned my place,” he continues.

The Hero Motosports rider doesn’t shy away from talking about just how good friend and rival KP Aravind is proving to be. “That guy is fast this year!” Santosh says. “I saw him ride in Morocco, and that guy is really fast in the dunes,” he repeats, with the emphasis on the really. Santosh tells me he’s had a few conversations with Aravind, and he’s learned a good deal from him too, having managed to get a lesson here and there about things that he’d overlooked

himself. “Of course I compete with him, and I want to beat him, and all of those things, right. But that’s in the back end,” he remarks. “But I also see the guy, and you have to tip your hat [off to him], because I understand the risks that we have to take to go fast while rallying,” he says.

It goes without saying, that in order to compete in a rally like the Dakar, one needs to be able to take risks. Massive risks. But risks, and the willingness to take them, form just one side of Dakar’s rapidly spinning coin. The other side of it, involves amounts of preparation in order to make sure that one is Dakar ready.

Aravind says of his first attempt at the Dakar “I wouldn’t back down from agreeing that I was unprepared for the event. But the Dakar is the Dakar! How much ever you prepare, you’re not really prepared,” he says. Which means that after his first experience at the event, he’s tried to learn as much as possible, in a very short period of time. And the learning began right after his crash. He followed the rest of the Dakar, moving from bivouac to bivouac, with the Sherco TVS team, and trying to understand how his team-mates - Frenchman Adrien Metge and Spaniard Juan Pedrero Garcia - approached the event. That’s since been supplemented by regular training on the bike and off it, in order to ensure that his second attempt at the Dakar will be a lot better than the first.

Santosh, who is set to tackle Dakar No. 4, thinks back to his first Dakar back in 2015, when he competed as a privateer. In retrospect, he thinks he was in over his head. He’s come a long way since then! “This is the most prepared that I have been. If I have to think of all the years that I did the Dakar I couldn’t even imagine how I did the Dakar, the way I did it, with the preparation that I had. It’s surprising sometimes,” he laughs. “But I guess this is the most prepared that I have been, so I am happy with that,” he continues.

And it’s rigorous training schedules that have got them to this level of preparedness. Aravind talks about how his training regimen has been amped up at present, but as the Dakar approaches, it will taper off. “As the event approaches you go into rest mode, so that you preserve yourself well and you’re energised to go to the Dakar full power,” he says. Right now though, he’s

CS Santosh en route a 13th place finish at the 2017 Oilibya Rally of Morocco


India at the 2018 Dakar


...RISKS, AND THE WILLINGNESS TO TAKE THEM, FORM JUST ONE

SIDE OF DAKAR’S RAPIDLY SPINNING COIN...

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mixing things up with high intensity interval training three times a week, a little cycling here and there, some boxing, squash and badminton too. He says he likes a variety of exercises so that he can avoid getting bored. But every now and again, he sits himself down and rests his mind. Goals cannot be achieved, he says, unless one manages to “motivate your thoughts and energise your thoughts of being the best.”

Santosh meanwhile says he’s learned the art of knowing when to do what. It’s something that’s been achieved by switching from just going right ahead and doing what he thought he ought to do, to listening to a team of professionals who have been able to tell him exactly how to get fit, what sort of diet he needs to follow, and how he needs to discipline himself and his mind. The “grinding” has been replaced with a professionally charted out schedule, where “everything is on the clock”. The physical training includes “working in the gym and training on things I should have not overlooked over the years… a lot of core work and a lot of dynamic drills.” The thing that he says has suffered, however, is actual

time on the bike. “Leading up to the Dakar, I’ll spend more time on the motorcycle,” he says to me. A couple of days after the interview, and his social media feed is already full of him training on his motorcycle in Spain. As he puts it, the gym is merely the backend office. “Ultimately the skills that really matter are the skills on the motorcycle,” he says.

Santosh has also worked on mental training in order to help him come to terms with the all-important roadbook, which he’s struggled with in the past. It’s a combination of various puzzles and games, some of which he even plays on his phone, that have helped sharpen his mental skills in order to make sure that he processes his roadbook faster. It seems to be working - not only has he started to read the roadbook better, he’s also begun to trust the roadbook, which really is important. When you’re in the middle of nowhere, with nothing but sand dunes as far as the eye can see, in a world devoid of Siri and Alexa, the roadbook is your only friend. It’s a large part of the reason he’s managed to achieve that 13th place at Morocco. “To actually compete with other riders who are

ex-world champions in various disciplines that they come from… I didn’t expect to find myself in that place,” Santosh says. But he’s realised that “it happens when you have consistent days, and don’t make a lot of mistakes. It’s possible!”

Aravind seems to have had a much steeper learning curve, compressing all of his lessons into a much shorter time frame. I ask whether he thinks he’s a fast learner. “Well, I wouldn’t disagree with you!” he says laughing. Some of it has come easily to him. “I am blessed with a good memory. I am blessed with good brains,” he says. It’s helped, he adds, that he’s also been “blessed with a good team, who help me learn what I need to learn, and help me concentrate and focus on what is important in rallying.” What’s also helped is the fact that he’s passionate about the sport that he competes in. “If you want to learn something really badly it kinda gets to you,” he says.

Aravind is quick to clarify that the results don’t just show up out of the blue. “Every day is challenging. Every roadbook is challenging. It’s not that I go there, cruise and come to that position,” he says, stating that it

KP Aravind and CS Santosh emerged from the 2017 Morocco Rally, smiling. Stark contrast to this wary look CS is giving his No. 48 motorcycle here. The two riders are neck and neck going into Dakar 2018!


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was “very, very hard initially”. Now, however, things have become easier. But there’s some learning to be done every single day. “The nature of the rally is such that they will not let you be comfortable on any day,” he says. “So there is a lot of learning every day that you have to do. You have to implement what you learn, and cope with new things, and get better every day.”

Both riders have also had to come to terms with new motorcycles. In the case of Sherco TVS, the new Dakar motorcycle isn’t a ground up change. “It’s an evolution of the last Dakar bike,” Aravind clarifies. And you can read more about the bike elsewhere in the issue, because OD’s own Abhay Verma had a go riding it. “We’ve done a lot of testing on the suspension, and we’re at a good stage,” Aravind says. Changes to the motor mean that it makes more power, and goes faster too. The new exhaust helps the bike “breathe better and sustain better,” Aravind says. But most important of all “The bike really suits my riding style,” he declares.

Over at the Hero camp, there’s been plenty of change, with everything, other than the engine, being all new. Santosh says

the new bike is more agile, safer, lighter, easier to work on. “It gives me a lot of confidence to be able to ride the motorcycle and it makes my job easier, because I don’t have to be afraid of the motorcycle and what it’s going to do, because it’s so much more predictable,” he says. One of the biggest changes is the fact that the weight distribution is now very centralised, which means the motorcycle now has a lower centre of gravity. “That itself is a huge thing, because at the Dakar, and at any rally, most of the weight comes from the fuel that we carry. So if we have that in a good place, it’s a huge change for me.”

So, there you have it. Two riders, two different approaches to learning. But both Santosh and Aravind have similar goals and aspirations ahead of the Dakar. “Finishing is my victory,” Aravind says. “Finishing, is like finishing first to me!” It shows an incredible amount of maturity and growth from someone who is, by his own admission, naturally competitive. After all, he’s already decided that the only competition that he has at the Dakar is himself. “My competition is myself. If I am better tomorrow, from today,

I’d say it’s good for me,” the rider from Mangalore declares.

Meanwhile, Bangalore’s Santosh says, “I realised that if you have goals and expectations, you just set yourself up to be miserable. So my only goal and expectation in life is to just enjoy the moments that I have.” But surely he can’t go into the Dakar with absolutely no goals. Santosh clarifies “If I can do well on the first day, I’ll be happy. Then if I can make it to the second day and do well on the second day, it’s great for me. And we’ll just go with that.”

Aravind tells me that he “has zero pressure, and no point to prove to anybody.” Instead, “My team just wants me to have fun, and that’s what my primary goal is also. I just want to get to the finish line every day. And have fun on the bike!” Santosh echoes the same thing, but helps me understand why having fun on the bike, is more important than the result itself. “Because at the end of the day, that moment when you achieve a result is really small, but the process of doing it is what you really need to enjoy.”

Onward to Dakar 2018, then. Try and come out of it smiling!

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The flyscreen appears really tall, but never obstructs vision while protecting the rider rather well from windblast and dust. The 450cc engine makes over 60PS and offers instant grunt but this is a very calm machine

Riding

highGetting to ride a Dakar racebike is achievement unlocked!

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Never have I felt this scared going around a corner at 20kmph. The corner wasn’t slippery, oily or anything, it’s just that the motorcycle I was

riding was the Sherco-TVS RTR 450 Dakar, one of the bikes the Sherco-TVS Factory Team uses in the Dakar rally. And I was one of the handful of journalists getting a chance to swing a leg over it at TVS’s test track. I was scared to death of committing the smallest of mistakes and putting the bike down – I dread even using the word crashing it.

Of course, before we were even asked if we wished to ride the Dakar machine we had a quick theory session about riding on dirt, then a couple of sessions on the RTR 450 FX, the bike TVS uses in rallies like the Raid de Himalaya, Desert Storm and


Dakar Sherco TVS RTR 450 FX

Dakshin Dare. The RTR 450 FX was light, peppy and easy to get onto and start riding fast with lots of confidence. Having a bit of off-roading experience on two-wheels helped, as I was able to get to (what I’d like to call decent) speeds, even managing a couple of small jumps.

The experience on the RTR 450 FX had me primed for the Dakar machine indeed. What added to my excitement was the fact that it was barely minutes since Sherco TVS riders KP Aravind, Joan Pedrero and Adrien Metge had stopped doing things on the Dakar bike that had us journalists in awe. They were pulling some of the most insane wheelies I’ve seen on dirt, jumping the bike several metres into the air, drifting it around corners et al. Their superhuman riding skills aside, their antics made me realise that the suspension is one of the most crucial parts on a Dakar motorcycle.

The RTR 450 Dakar uses 48mm WP suspension, adjustable for rebound and compression, with 300mm of travel upfront, while the rear uses a monoshock with 330mm of travel, which is humongous! Its half perimeter frame aside, the bike’s suspension is what gives Dakar riders the capability to take on the worst terrain in the world – it really doesn’t get worse than what the bikes endure in the Dakar, stage after stage, covering 1,000km or more each day. The torture also calls for tyres that are virtually bulletproof, and the Sherco TVS machine we rode was running rally-spec Michelin Desert Race tyres.

The bike is powered by a liquid-cooled, 450cc, single-cylinder engine. Being a competitive machine power and torque figures have not been revealed, though we believe the bike produces over 60PS of power. Add the bike’s bantam weight of 135kg to the equation and you’re looking at a lethal power to weight ratio. The engine is mated to a six-speed gearbox with a hydraulically actuated clutch. It all sounded too easy, until I swung a leg over. The RTR 450 Dakar’s saddle height is a lofty 970mm!

I’ve not had as much trouble getting onto a motorcycle ever, and I have no shame in admitting I needed help to get onto the Dakar bike, despite being just an inch under six feet tall. I could barely reach the ground and had trouble putting one

foot down to engage first gear, but I managed it somehow and got going. Once on the move I felt a lot more comfortable, as the Dakar bike felt a lot roomier and the riding position more comfortable as compared to the RTR 450 FX. Throttle response was smooth and the power delivery linear, and I was a bit surprised (and happy!) as to how easy the bike was to ride in a straight line. The joy was short lived though.

As I approached the very first hairpin turn the realisation that the corner is going to be one of the most difficult ones I’ve gone around on a motorcycle dawned on me, given the saddle height. I grabbed a handful of the front brake and as much as I was impressed with the braking prowess, I was also paranoid and told myself, I cannot drop the bike! Making it through gingerly I opened the throttle at the exit, beaming with pride. At the same time I could imagine the Sherco TVS team watching me with bated breath.

I continued going around corners at a fraction of the pace the Sherco TVS riders

were doing, with just enough confidence to open the throttle at the exits. I was utterly in awe of the way the suspension was soaking it all up, as the bike did not lose composure at all. The handlebars are wide and tall, offering excellent reach and leverage, which certainly helped matters. I liked the vigour displayed by the RTR 450 FX, as it is a machine you want to ride hard and jump around, but it is also quick to tire you out. The Dakar machine on the other hand displays a calmer demeanour, while being equally powerful, fast and a lot more composed.

I got distracted at one of the corner exits and opened the throttle too much, causing the rear to step out. I managed to stay in control and caught it back though, moving onto the series of humps, faster corners as well as the crests and dips. I was all too worried and manoeuvred the bike around with kid gloves around the last berm before getting back to the pits. I’m sure the Sherco TVS guys were far more delighted about me bringing the bike back in one piece than I was about having ridden a Dakar machine!


Here’s a pub quiz question for you all. Who is the most intelligent MotoGP rider?

Of course there is no simple answer. Or perhaps there is.

It’s whoever won the last race.I’ve followed GP racing closely for

a long time, and somewhat against the flow of conventional wisdom have always been convinced that the very best racers have an element of fierce intelligence underlying their success.

They might not necessarily be well-read, articulate or socially adept; they might be foolish with money, or profligate in other ways. But stupid? Never.

Actually, the same is true in most sports, at the highest levels. Even those which rely more on muscle memory than quick thinking and careful tactics; which depend on the unconscious rather than the conscious mind.

But bike racing especially so. Instinct and muscle memory can take care of the riding, but there is more to the competition than just going fast round corners. And modern bike racing, that of the last couple of years in particular, even more. Control tyres and one-size-fits-all electronics have put a premium on thinking power.

Clearly, much of that devolves upon the engineers, designers and electronics techies, who nowadays have to be much more – not exactly clever, but certainly more elaborately educated than the inspirational designers of the past, who might sketch out a new frame design in chalk on the workshop floor (as the respected Dutch designer of the 1970s, Nico Bakker, once explained to me).

But there’s more, and this has in turn thrown more of the mental burden onto the rider. It is the name on the side of the control tyres. Back after seven years, Michelin found they had a great deal of relearning to do. And while it might be a cheap shot to refer to their tyre performance as “rubber roulette”, it’s not far from the truth. More kindly, perhaps, it is a work in progress.

The tyres behave differently not just at every track, but with every change of temperature. Practice and qualifying now need to be devoted much less to

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tuning the suspension and working on alternative corner lines, and even lap times. The most important quest is to research thoroughly so as to achieve a precise understanding of the subtleties of the three tyre compounds available, which together add up to nine possible combinations of front and rear. Chosen from a range in which (as a befuddled Vinales recently exclaimed) “the ‘soft’ tyre works better at high temperatures than the ‘hard’.”

Thus it should be no surprise that the man posing the greatest challenge to the sublimely talented Marc Marquez should be the most thoughtful and (yes) overtly intelligent of riders, Andrea Dovizioso.

Dovi is and has long been both analytical and articulate. And adept at playing the percentages … if that’s what you call riding carefully, seldom falling because you seldom adventure beyond the limits, and as a consequence (at least until this year) winning only twice in eight years and 160 MotoGP starts. Since then, of course, he’s added another six

Instinct and muscle memory can take care of the riding, but there is more to the competition than just going fast round corners

software is also clearly a significant factor, but Lorenzo is another analytical and deep-thinking rider, and he hasn’t put it together as well as his team-mate.

But the results, and on the eve of the Australian GP also the rider, reveal a subtle difference. Talking about the black and white horses on each side of his helmet, Dovi explained one represented the irrational (or unconscious) mind, the other the rational mind. The change this year, he continued, was that he had allowed his irrational mind to have more influence during races.

Sports in general require a good unconscious mind, which doesn’t necessarily go with a high IQ. Take golf (or so I’m told). The swing needs to be automatic. As soon as you start thinking about it too much, it tends to go wrong.

Bike racing’s different. “You think about a lot of things all the time you are riding,” said Marquez after his narrow defeat at Motegi.

That day, Dovizioso clearly thought about them better.

wins in just 16 starts.The crash stats tell the story. During

the whole of last year, Dovi fell six times. Two of those were when he was knocked down by someone else: Iannone in Argentina, Pedrosa in Texas. So call it four.

During the same time period, Marquez had 17 crashes (Crutchlow 26). This year, much the same. Marquez’s total is 23 and counting. Dovi’s just four. These numbers are not to be related to a rider’s IQ, but to his approach. What Dovi calls “my mentality”.

Dovi is not the only obviously clever rider. There are quite a few who are both analytical and articulate: Bradley Smith notably so. And obviously Marquez, though clearly his mentality is greatly different from Dovi’s. Ducati’s analytical


It was perhaps the final chance to catch up with the newly turned 30-year old Estonian driver Ott Tanak still in his M-Sport attire, before he moved on to pastures new at the end of the 2017 season. Time was

short and after a heavy day driving around Wales, making his recce for Wales Rally GB we finally had a chance to establish his lasting memories of the first thirteen years of his pre-Toyota rally car life. By any account, they had been pretty roller-coaster seasons. He came from a country which was little known for rally sport but large in his career is the influence of fellow Estonian Markko Martin. “I was driving Volkswagens and Renaults in Estonia but then my sponsor said that if I wanted to progress then I need to make a deal with Markko for him to help me. I went to ask Markko if he would like to help me and he was happy to do that. That is basically what started the professional side of my career. It was a big step especially for people in my country”.

This led to selection for the international Pirelli Star Driver for a programme in the WRC in 2010. “That was a big step for me. I did not have such a big budget or sponsors to do WRC or even some lower category by myself so basically at the end of 2009 it was very important that I could find some way to get into WRC. Obviously, the PSD was the best way to progress”. Malcolm Wilson, Team Principal at M-Sport, provided Ott with a car and arranged for Markko Martin to run the team. It was a real start to Ott’s personal five-year career plan. A Super 2000 programme in 2011 culminated with second place in the FIA series behind Juho Hanninen and secured his first drives in a contemporary World Rally Car, bring sixth place (on DMack tyres) on 2011 Wales Rally GB, then third place on the asphalt Rallye du Var. 2012 however was an unhappy year. “That had been down to me” and despite showing his ability to make similar times on World Championship stages to top drivers like Seb Ogier and Thierry Neuville, Ott was out of M-Sport’s plans for 2013 being replaced by Neuville.

“I don’t know why it happened. The others managed to carry on but I was just dropped by M-Sport. That’s life but it is always difficult to start again in WRC.” Anyway, he went back to driving

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in Estonian championship rallies in 2013 in Group N Subarus. “I did not think all chance of returning to the WRC had gone as I was still not too old. I started to run different cars and then basically I started to run a company. So, in a way that was much more important. I think driving this Group N car was just for hobby, for fun. For 2014 I was back at M-Sport and in the WRC, mostly with R5 cars with DMack tyres in WRC2 and some events in WRC cars. The arrival of DMack in my career was very important, really important. It was a key factor in getting back to the WRC. I knew that I would be back in WRC, it was definitely going to happen. Then at the end of 2014 Mikko Hirvonen announced his retirement and opened up an unexpected vacancy at M-Sport. 2015 provided a full year in World Rally Cars with Michelins but also a seriously worrying episode in Mexico (popularly known as the Titanak incident) when his car slid off the road into a lake, but again he achieved no convincing results. He was retained by M-Sport for 2016 but demoted, once again, to running on DMack tyres.

Finally in 2016 things were going in the right way for Ott. His second place in

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“I had been waiting for our first win for a long time. Let’s say I was expecting to see it happening a bit earlier in the year than Sardinia”

Poland that year after leading, for over half the distance before a puncture was frustrating but then there were more changes in store for 2017. He changed co-drivers, taking on Martin Jarveoja. It was for family reasons. Raigo Molder had competed with Ott on and off since 2008. He had been a long-time friend, both came from the Saaermaa island region of the country and are still friends. In Sardinia Ott and Martin scored their first WRC win, quickly followed by their second, in Germany. “I had been waiting for our first win for a long time. Let’s say I was expecting to see it happening a bit earlier in the year than Sardinia. Things were working really well at the beginning of the year. I had a good feeling with the car and three times on the podium but we

never could win. So, Sardinia was the first event where we could put all the things together and win the rally, but obviously, we were also expecting strong rallies from Poland and Finland, which are my favourites. Actually, I had some of my worst results of the season there! That’s how it is but then a good win in Germany on tarmac and then good place and points from Spain looks a good season so far”.

Leaving M-Sport will be a wrench. “For sure it will be tough. I’ve been basically all my competitive life together with M-Sport, and never been in any other team. Malcolm supported me a lot, but it wasn’t just him but the whole team. He has allowed me to work inside M-Sport on a permanent basis, preparing my own car for the next rally and so on. I’ve been doing lots of different jobs but I like to do the mechanic work as well. Looking back on my life so far, my biggest supporter has been my wife Janika. She made me who I am now. She is a good person. As for our young family (daughter Mia and son Ron), I have been a rally driver all their lives so I don’t think they can imagine me to be anyone else than a rally driver!”


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Alonso’s next step towards winning the triple will be competing in the Daytona 24 Hours, which will provide him with valuable endurance car racing experience for Le Mans

Fernando Alonso had nowhere else to go but McLaren if he wanted to stay in Formula 1 in 2018. So it came as no real surprise when the team announced he will be back for a

fourth consecutive season next year. The revelation that it was a “multi-year deal” did come as a surprise at first because surely Alonso wanted a one-year contract so as to be free to go to a better team in 2019. But in fact those opportunities are drying up now that Ferrari and Red Bull have signed Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen respectively to long-term deals. Plus, Lewis Hamilton is perfectly happy at Mercedes and has no intention of retiring, so no doubt he will stay on after his current contract expires at the end of next year.

So, it was McLaren or nothing for Alonso in F1. I am sure, however, he has plenty of performance clauses in his new contract that will allow him to leave if the team does not provide a competitive car. Another major factor Alonso took into consideration was that McLaren will provide him the freedom to compete in other series as he continues his quest for the Triple Crown by adding victories in the Indianapolis 500 and the Le Mans 24 Hours to his Formula 1 conquests in Monaco. I am not sure Mercedes and especially Ferrari would be so accommodating.

He maintained all along that he would make up his mind after F1’s August break.

“After Indianapolis (in May) when I came back to F1 I had doubts if I could continue in Formula 1,” Alonso said.

He then looked at other series and his options in F1.

“I had a few conversations with other teams just to know their projects, their situations and some of them are winning teams this year,” he said. “Something inside told me to stay at McLaren. This year we have proved the chassis is capable of fighting at the front. We saw a lot of progress and I think the organization is much more logical in terms of winning in the short-term in Formula 1.”

The handshake agreement between Alonso and McLaren was done quite a while ago, but the paperwork took a long time to be sorted out and agreed upon. And it was not dependent on McLaren dropping Honda. That’s what McLaren’s Executive Director Zak Brown revealed when he sat down with a small group of journalists

including yours truly in the paddock on the Friday of the United States Grand Prix.

“It was not Honda or no Honda for him,” Brown told us. “It was whoever is in the back of the car, what is the plan for next year?”

Alonso was ready to extend his contract back in very early September, but at that time McLaren was busy finalizing its switch to Renault in 2018.

“The first priority was to finalise the F1 deal, and now that is done I will look at other options,” he said. “As I said many times, the Triple Crown is the main thing.”

His next step towards winning the triple will be competing in the Daytona 24 Hours, which will provide him with valuable endurance car racing experience for Le Mans. He will drive for United Autosports, which is co-owned by Brown.

At age 36 Alonso is F1’s hottest “old” star. The youngest, Verstappen, who recently turned 20, is so hot that Red Bull worked quickly to extend his contract by another year so that he will remain with the squad until the end of 2020. It’s a clear “hands off” message to rival teams. Verstappen has mixed feelings about Red Bull. It gave him his break in F1, but while the car has been

fast at times – but rarely quicker than Mercedes or Ferrari – it has also given him more than his fair share of unreliability. Plus there is the engine unknown for 2019 onwards as Renault’s deal with the team concludes at the end of 2018.

Verstappen’s annual salary will increase to Alonso superstar levels – around 30 million euros a year.

Alonso will not compete in the 2018 Indy 500, but insists he will race again at the Brickyard in the coming years. And for at least one more of those years, and likely more, he will race for McLaren in Formula 1.

“My plans in motorsport are much greater than anyone can think,” Alonso said. “I want to be the best racing driver in the world, and to do that you need to compete in different series and win in different cars. Sometimes you need to get out of the small world of F1; motorsport is more than F1.”

While Alonso’s only option in F1 was McLaren, Verstappen will have plenty of options with Red Bull and other teams in the years to come. And while Alonso will be competing in a wide spectrum of motor sports, Verstappen will be in F1 for years to come.








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Tightening the nooseVictory in Australia ensures that the 2017 title is within Marquez’s grasp

Words Michael Scott

Love hurts. So can racing, when it’s this close. The protagonists and their motorcycles will wake up tomorrow covered with the MotoGP version of love bites.

The MotoGP race was brutally, even scarily, close and hard-fought.

Regrets?None. As winner Marc Marquez said later:

“It was a bit dangerous. But it is racing. If we go down with our limit, it will become like Formula One. But this is MotoGP.”

And from Rossi: “It was a great, great race – I enjoyed it very much. All the riders at the front were very aggressive, so you

needed to be more stupid than them. To be more aggressive.”

Brave words, in the absence of disaster. And a celebration of what second-placed Rossi (almost robbed on the line by Movistar Yamaha team-mate Maverick Vinales) described as “the best race of the year”.

In a very good year, that is high praise. With a lead pack of eight separated by barely a second for much of the distance, and with constant overtaking, nobody would dispute his assessment.

Good racing is always expected at the magnificent 4.448-km Phillip Island circuit. So too bad weather, and 36,200 race-day

fans got plenty of that, after a sodden start, and a Moto3 race cut short by further showers … although by then Joan Mir had done enough to become the year’s first World Champion.

By a happy quirk the day turned warm and sunny, and fears of a tyre-teasing temperature drop once again spoiling the late-starting 4pm MotoGP race happily came to naught.

Tyre choice remained a vexed question, with Marquez, Vinales and Crutchlow switching to the soft rear on the grid; Dovizioso only pretending to do the same. This left him one of only four on the medium


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rear, with Rossi, Petrucci and Parkes. Zarco was the only one on the soft front.

The race was 27 superb laps of swapping and squabbling, rubbing and shoving worthy of a Moto3 brawl, with a group of eight remained not just within touching distance but (as tyre marks and broken bodywork attested) closer than that.

Only in the closing laps did Marquez decide that he’d spent enough time running the risks while saving his tyres, and he escaped. “Today was really important. At the start I wanted to manage my tyres, but then Zarco hit me and I realised it was going to be a battle. I was in a group of fighters.”

The Repsol Honda rider was less than two seconds clear over the line, but it was a massive victory , for his title rival Andrea Dovizioso had a dreadful afternoon. Starting from the fourth row, he ran wide on lap two, dropping from 11th to 20th, and was left battling two other riders for an eventual eleventh place, A battle the Ducati team leader lost, mugged by independent Ducati rider Scott Redding and second Repsol Honda man Dani Pedrosa.

To the crowd’s delight, Jack Miller led off the line, surging through from the second row to lead pole man Marquez and front-row companion Vinales on the first lap, ahead of Rossi, Andrea Iannone’s Ecstar Suzuki; then fast-starting Pol Espargaro’s Red Bull KTM briefly ahead of the third front-row starter Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha).

Miller stayed up front for five laps, Espargaro would drop back, while his elder brother Aleix would push his Aprilia into the big lead gang, only to fall on lap eight, just after Cal Crutchlow had got ahead on the LCR Honda.

Now there were eight; and while Alex Rins (Ecstar Suzuki) was merely a close spectator, the other seven were all over one another, changing places constantly. Rossi led over the line from laps five to eight and 14 to 16; Zarco had it from nine to 13, and again on 17 and 18, before Vinales took over for two laps.

But it was all a matter of inches, and they’d shuffle again braking into the fast first corner, sometimes three abreast, then again round the Southern Loop, and again into the Turn 4 and Turn 10 hairpins.

On lap 14, just after half distance, the order was Rossi, Zarco, Marquez, Vinales,

Miller, Iannone, Crutchlow, Rins, all inside 1.075 seconds.

There were collisions and lucky escapes galore; Marquez into Rossi at the Southern Loop; Rossi into Zarco at the hairpin; Zarco and Iannone (both notably aggressive) into too many others to count. The level of aggression escalated; and tactical plans were put to the test.

Consider cool-headed Vinales’s story. He’d been saving his tyres, and as Marquez moved clear he was poised in third to follow him. But Iannone clattered into him at the hairpin and he dropped to seventh, and had to do it all again.

Self-styled “The Maniac”, Iannone did the same to Rossi, who said: “I think I could have gone with Marquez, then Iannone arrived at the hairpin like crazy. But still it would be hard to win.”

Iannone was third with two laps to go, but he wasn’t the only one ready to push and shove.

Vinales was coming back, and his run out of the last corner showed the strength of his tactics as he surged past Zarco and almost alongside Rossi.

The three Yamahas were over the line within 0.043 of a second.

Crutchlow got the better of the pursuit, barely two seconds away, and mere hundredths clear of Iannone; Miller was less than two seconds behind, having chewed his tyres with his early glory run. Then Rins, by now six seconds away.

Phew!This absorbing group overshadowed an

interesting pursuit race.

Pol Espargaro had dropped away behind team-mate Bradley Smith, but closed up again, and got ahead with four to go. The pair were one hundredth of a second apart over the line, for the ever-improving KTM’s first double top ten finish.

Some five seconds behind, Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati), riding with a fresh ankle injury, had got ahead of independent Pull&Bear Ducati rider Karel Abraham by lap five; and soon after Dovizioso was past the pair. But he had company – slow-starting Pedrosa, who was well-placed to assist team-mate Marquez. They were to-and-fro for much of the race.

At the same time, Redding was coming through. With some ten laps to go he was ahead of Lorenzo, and chewing away at the gap. He was on Pedrosa’s heels as they started the last lap, and on the run to the line both passed Dovizioso, struggling with increasingly severe wheelspin, and watching his title challenge dwindle to almost nothing.

“A big disappointment,” he said. “My mistake early on complicated things, and maybe the rear tyre choice was not the best, but on long fast corners our bike is still struggling a lot.”

Abraham regained 14th from Lorenzo on the final lap for the last points, with Tito Rabat (VDS Honda) missing out by less than a tenth. The Ducatis of Bautista and Baz were spaced out behind, with Lowes (Aprilia) right up close; then Barbera, the strangely off-form Petrucci, and finally Folger’s one-race Monster Yamaha substitute Broc Parkes. Aleix Espargaro was the only crasher.

Indomitable Rossi, unstoppable Marquez, and steadfast Vinales - it was quite a podium at Phillip Island


Dovi’s sixth victory of the season leaves him with a fighting chance at the title

Words Michael Scott

Two down, one to go. And the single unresolved championship is, thanks to a weather-hit Malaysian GP of unrelenting tension, the one that matters most.

Andrea Dovizioso’s sixth win of the year, with Marquez a safe but downbeat fourth, meant that the 2017 MotoGP title would go down to a final-round showdown in Valencia for only the fourth time in 17 years of four-stroke MotoGP history.

With Moto3 decided in Australia, Franco Morbidelli was confirmed as Moto2 champion without a shot being fired in anger, when his last rival Tom Luthi was ruled unfit on race morning after a crash on Saturday.

It left just MotoGP, and with Marquez a yawning 33 points clear after Dovi’s disaster in Australia, there was every reason to expect that he would tie up his fourth premier-class crown at Sepang.

The heavens opened less than an hour before a race that factory Ducati rider Dovi simply had to win. Even then, he needed Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez to finish third or worse.


MotoGP Sepang

The omens were good for Dovi. Marquez crashed in qualifying, and was on the third row of the grid; and the Ducati rider had won a wet race here last year. But it was still a tall order.

Last weekend, somebody with time on his hands (and lots of fingers) counted more than 70 overtakes at Phillip Island. The Sepang race was, by comparison, an austere parade, in very trying conditions. But given the circumstance, hardly less absorbing. Not least because of the tantalising but disturbing prospect that Ducati might have to issue team orders to help Dovi. In the end, they weren’t required.

The tactics were changing even on the grid, with a handful of riders switching to Michelin’s soft rear wet tyre, gambling that with the rain having eased they might be switching bikes before the 20 laps were done. The move was led by Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda), on pole for the third time this season. Six other riders started on the soft: fellow front-row starter Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha), as well as independent Ducati riders Alvaro Bautista, Scott Redding and Loris Baz; plus both Red Bull KTM riders Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro.

Wet specialist Danilo Petrucci was, like all the rest, on medium tyres front and rear – but a mechanical failure on the sighting lap meant he had to switch to his second Octo Ducati and start from the back of the grid.

Marquez took a flyer and led into the first corner – only to run wide. This let Zarco into the lead, and by the end of the lap he was already 1.8 seconds clear of Jorge Lorenzo’s Ducati, with Marquez third and Dovi heading Pedrosa close behind.

Zarco’s lead lasted eight laps; Lorenzo hunting him down by a matter of tenths each time round.

“He was really pushing,” said the Spaniard. “But I knew his soft tyre would drop; and I was saving my rear.”

Zarco in turn wouldn’t admit that his tyre choice had let him down. In the wet on Friday he’d been off the pace, and that had forced him onto the soft. “I was thinking I could win; and when he caught me that maybe I could fight. But I was losing a lot in acceleration.”

Early on the front four had escaped on a track left treacherously slippery by rubber

from the earlier races. Dovi followed Marquez for three laps, “taking time to come smooth. Fortunately, there was nobody pushing me.”

His first attack was promptly repulsed, but on lap five he got ahead for keeps. He was more than a second behind Lorenzo, but closer by the time he followed him past Zarco, a couple of corners later. But while he did gradually close, it was by no means certain that he would be able to get past.

As the laps counted down, the tension was high. Lorenzo had the chance of a first win on a Ducati; but would take five points off his team-mate. The team would surely to signal him to give way – but would then be condemned for being unsporting. On the other hand, if they did not, they’d be condemned for giving the title away.

They did send a signal to his dashboard, telling him to change the electronic map. Was this a coded signal?

Then at the end of lap 15 Lorenzo ran wide at the last hairpin, and Dovizioso pounced for a lead he would hold to the end. But TV footage clearly showed Lorenzo hadn’t given way voluntarily. In fact he’d lost the front under braking, and was saving himself from crashing.

Quizzed later, he protested innocence. He hadn’t even seen the “change maps” signal. “I didn’t see completely my pit board, or see any message. They told me later in parc ferme … but I didn’t notice. It was very slippery, you had to keep focus, and I was only looking at the revs to change gear. In Misano I lost concentration changing maps, and crashed.”

In any case: “I already knew [the situation]. I didn’t need anybody to tell me what to do.

“I wanted to win, but to stay with Dovi to the end was too much on the limit. It would be easy to lose the front braking, and we would both crash.”

Dovi crossed the line for 25 crucial points three-quarters of a second ahead, and was as calm as ever after the race. The win

hadn’t been as pleasurable as the other five, but his and the team’s

work had been faultless. “We were fast in all conditions; we improved practice by practice. We were relaxed this weekend,

and we worked very well, so I am so happy about that.” As for the prospects for Valencia: “to recover 21 points, something must happen.

I will do the same as every weekend.”Zarco looked as he might fall back into

the hands of Marquez, but was able to kick again. Nine seconds behind the Ducatis at the flag, he was by now eight ahead of the fading Honda.

Marquez explained: “Today was the most difficult it could have been for the championship. I decided not to take too many risks, and get good points. I thought about passing Zarco, but the risk was too big to have a 24-point advantage rather than 21. This wasn’t a race to win the title, but to get closer to it.”

A long way behind, Pedrosa had held fifth throughout, with all sorts of chopping and changing in his wake. Up to half distance, Redding (Octo Ducati) had come close but was now dropping away; while Petrucci was picking his way from the back and through a pursuit group led for a spell by Pol Espargaro.

By the time Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha) got to the front of it on lap 13, Petrucci was already through and away, barely a second behind Pedrosa at the flag.

Jack Miller (VDS Honda) came through to eighth by the finish; the rest spaced out by now and Maverick Vinales (Movistar Yamaha) through to ninth. Then came Espargaro, with erstwhile challenger Alvaro Bautista (Pull&Bear Ducati) now dropping away. Smith was back to 13th ahead of the fading Redding, who just managed to save 14th from the closing Barbera (Avintia Ducati) and Crutchlow (LCR Honda).

First-timer Michael van der Mark (Monster Yamaha) had been consigned to 16th by this pair, but still ahead of Iannone (Suzuki) and last finisher Rabat (Honda).

(Aprilia), Abraham and Baz (both Ducati) crashed out, the last-named from a challenging top-ten position; Rins (Suzuki) was disqualified, after taking the track short-cut to swap bikes after his second tumble.


Title or not, Dovi's earned the right to celebrate his best MotoGP season thus far

As the sun sets on another Sunday, we face heavy but orderly traffic back into Kuala Lumpur. Visible in the distance is the striking shape of the Kuala

Lumpur International Airport.

Words & Photography Shubhabrata Marmar

Not on TV!A lot goes into the three hours of racing you see every Sunday. Shumi takes us behind the scenes at the 2017 Malaysian GP

The long walk back to the car park at Sepang begins with the quiet and cool tunnel that

leads from the paddock to the grandstand

side. Me and another journalist are literally

below the main straight in this picture.

About an hour after the race, these boxes dot the paddock. The teams and staff is all packed up and

ready to head to their next destination.

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Behind the scenes at the 2017 Malaysian GP

OVERDRIVE DEC 2017

What you never see. Miguel Oliveira and Brad Binder walk back with their trophies while the MotoGP grid forms up behind them.

This is how the promo shots you see get made.

A sea of fans wearing their colours enters the Sepang MotoGP circuit as Sunday dawns. What a wonderful sight!

In the MotoGP media Center. This photographer’s camera has definitely chosen sides. We are driven by our passions. And I think it’s for the best, no?

Vale walks back to his pit after watching the Moto3 start. As is usual with Motogp’s biggest star, a warm applause breaks out. Makes you

wonder what will happen when VR decides he’s broken enough records, eh?

Now that Moto2 is done, the gods have turned

the taps on. Brace for a super exciting MotoGP race at Sepang then!

Some people are just getting through another day of work.

This lovely lady sat inside one of the

lockers of the media center to grab a

quick lunch!

Was surprised to see everyone turn to the screen - see the top balcony - while the man they’re watching, Marc Marquez is actually hard on the gas right below them!

Ducati’s genius Gigi Dall’igna steps out into pit lane to take a look at the sky. The weather’s on the move here at Malaysian GP. Finger crossed.

What goes through your head as you pull on a VR46 tee knowing you’re headed to the Marc Marquez Fanclub’s grandstand section? I really want to know


Behind the scenes at the 2017 Malaysian GP

In the breaks between racing, you could shop,

you could grab a beer or a snack. But this one just

nodded off until his friends woke him up with a beer

It is a show. At the HRC Repso team dinner Saturday night, this sporting lady wore a table-skirt and warned me that the peanuts were to be eaten standing up. I understood squat, clearly.

Not sure why a spectacle like #MotoGP needs models but they’re certainly up for a prank or two.

“Hey Brad, I don’t want a selfie. Just ignore my existence ok? I’m

shooting candid paddock/pit lane pictures” Oh, wait...

And it ends with a track invasion that floods the main straight with yellow and red. Congratulations Andrea Dovisioso! And best of luck Dovi and Marc for Valencia!

Between the stands at Sepang is a display area where you fight with the crowds of selfie-takers to see the bikes. Only to discover scantily-clad models draped over them like bike covers. Sigh.


Marc, Marc,

Marc, Marc!

Yes, we just said his name four times. Yes, that’s the number of

MotoGP titles he now has

Words Michael Scott

Marc Marquez could have taken his fourth MotoGP title the easy way. Even if Andrea Dovizioso’s Ducati did win, the Repsol

Honda rider could have cruised around safely. He only needed to finish 11th in the last race of the year.

That is not Marquez’s way. Starting from pole position after two crashes in practice and qualifying, he did try to play it safe – or

a bit safe. But then temptation got the better of him, and the high drama began.

He’d led away in front of a capacity crowd of more than 110,000 at the compact stadium Ricardo Tormo circuit outside Valencia. Then after three of 30 laps he ceded the lead to second qualifier Johann Zarco’s Monster Yamaha. With his team-mate Dani Pedrosa in third, acting as impromptu bodyguard, and fourth-placed Jorge Lorenzo mystifyingly failing to give

way to team-mate Dovizioso, the situation was secure, deal all but done.

But Marquez had a dilemma. Zarco’s pace was not high enough to keep him focused … but if he was to pass him, the Frenchman’s notorious aggression would put him at risk. So he decided to pass him good and proper to get out of his way, leaving his braking very late for the first corner.

“That was a mistake,” he laughingly admitted later.


MotoGP Valencia

It triggered a front-wheel slide, and necessitated yet another of the 24-year-old rider’s trademark incredible saves. “The front had gone, but the rear was still gripping, so I knew I could save it with my elbow,” he explained, showing the value of the record 27 crashes he’s had this season.

Even so, it sent him careening across the gravel. As we’ve seen before, his remedy was to open the throttle, and dirt-track it back, rejoining in fifth.

Not only had he handed the lead back to Zarco, with Pedrosa still close, but Lorenzo and Dovizioso were also ahead.

The drama continued on that same lap.First Lorenzo fell, and then Dovizioso

also ran into the gravel, falling at low speed. He remounted, cruised back to the pit, to applause and the proud welcome of his mechanics. He’d lost, but it had been an amazing season and an amazing performance all the same.

There was more to come, as Pedrosa – who complained of a queasy front-end feeling all race – put an accomplished block-pass on Zarco as they started the 30th and final lap. The Frenchman strove to reverse the position, and crossed the line barely three tenths adrift.

It was Pedrosa’s second win of the season, but quite overshadowed by Marquez’s third place, ten seconds down. After having only gained the points lead just before the summer break, Marquez had not only secured a fourth title in five years, he’d continued to set records: just one being the youngest rider in history to win four premier-class crowns, almost a year younger than his illustrious predecessor Mike Hailwood.

It had always been a long shot for Dovizioso, equal with Marquez on race wins, with six apiece. He’d qualified only ninth, but a strong start and first laps put him fifth behind Lorenzo by lap three, as third front-row starter Andrea Iannone (Ecstar Suzuki) lost ground behind.

Everyone expected Lorenzo to let him pass, for then at least he would have the chance of upsetting the applecart. And Dovi was leaning on him everywhere. But the Spaniard didn’t waver.

On lap 12, Ducati sent Lorenzo the same coded dashboard message as in Malaysia: “Suggested Mapping: Mapping 8”.

No response.

They sent it again, and then put a downward arrow on his pit board, to lose one place.

Again, no response.Ducati mechanics on the pit wall and in

the box were exchanging shrugs and puzzled looks. Lorenzo wasn’t winning friends at Ducati. Then suddenly it didn’t matter anyway, when both fell on the same lap.

Later, Lorenzo explained his actions. “I analysed the situation and thought it was better to try to give him a tow to reach the leading group. If we had caught Zarco and Pedrosa I would certainly have let him past.”

Dovizioso declined to complain. “At the start I thought I could pass Jorge, but there were some points I was losing and others I was gaining, and in the end staying behind him helped me ride in a smoother way. I tried everything. We were all at the limit.”

The race, run in perfect warm sunshine, saw a mixed choice of tyres. Once again Zarco took the soft front and rear, as did Ducati wild card Michele Pirro. Most chose the hard front and soft rear.

Though the championship fight took the limelight, the mid-field battle was lively and interesting. The factory Movistar Yamaha riders had not qualified well: Valentino Rossi led row three, Maverick Vinales two rows further back. Only Rossi would play much of a part, and then only after getting back ahead of VDS Honda rider Jack Miller on lap seven.

By then both had caught Iannone, now a couple of seconds out of touch with the front five. Pirro was at the back of this trio and would eventually lose touch; but

second Suzuki rider Alex Rins was forging through steadily from 13th on lap one. Before half distance he was ahead of Pirro, and both now on Miller’s back wheel, with Rossi now heading the gang.

Rossi stayed in front as the others shuffled; but Rins was soon ahead of his team-mate, and then with seven laps to go past Rossi as well. He hung on to an excellent career-best fourth, Rossi and Iannone right on his heels. A couple of seconds adrift, Miller was busy narrowly fending off the closing Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) for a strong seventh.

Pirro was ninth. Barely a second behind Tito Rabat (VDS Honda) took his first top ten, having passed and left behind not only 11th-placed Bradley Smith (Red Bull KTM) but also an increasingly disgruntled Vinales.

Danilo Petrucci, Karel Abraham and Hector Barbera took the rest of the points, with fellow Ducati rider Loris Baz missing out by one hundredth of a second; substitute Monster Yamaha rider Michael van der Mark another five seconds away.

There were a number of crashes as well as the factory Ducatis, with independent Ducati rider Alvaro Bautista falling twice. KTM wild card Mika Kallio was the first. Both Aprilia riders Aleix Espargaro and Alex Lowes crashed out, as did Scott Redding and eventually also Pol Espargaro (KTM), who had started from pit lane.

Marquez ended up with 298 points, Dovizioso 261. Vinales on 230 was third; winner Pedrosa (210) regained fourth from Rossi (208).

Race winner Dani helps team-mate and 2017 MotoGP champion Marc cool down with a bit of bubbly!


Aaroh Ravindra wins National Karting’s senior titleYash Aradhya wins Junior title, while Arjun Rajiv wins Micro Max championship

MUMBAI YOUNGSTER AAROH RAVINDRA TOOK HOME his maiden National Karting Championship title, winning the Senior category of the 2017 Meco Motorsports FMSCI National Rotax Karting Championship. Aaroh finished second in the final round to take home the title. Meanwhile, in the Junior category, Yash Aradhya became champion, while Arjun Rajiv became the Micro Max category champion. Aaroh and Yash, along with Ruhaan Alva who finished second in the Micro Max category, were selected to represent India at the World Rotax Karting Finals in Portimao, Portugal. In the final round of the championship, Aaroh had qualified second, and finished the final race in the same position while his Rayo Racing team-mate Aanjan Patodia clinched first place. Aaroh dominated the Senior category this season with his worst finish being second place. He claimed the championship with a 33-point lead over Nirmal Umashankar and Patodia. Aradhya of MSport, with two victories in the season, won the junior title by nine points from Chirag Ghorpade and Shahan Ali Mohsin. Arjun won the Micro title by eight points, ahead of Ruhaan Alva and Rishon MR. Ruhaan also took home a trophy for

maximum number of pole positions over the course of the season, while Aaroh took home a prize for maximum number of wins. The best newcomer trophy went to Rishon, while the best driver or the year trophy went to Nirmal. The Akbar Ebrahim trophy for the most improved karter of the year went to Rohaan Madhesh.

Motorsport News


Nissan latest manufacturer to join Formula E line upNissan is all set to become the first Japanese manufacturer to compete in the Formula E championship, having just signed on for the fifth season of the all-electric racing series. Nissan will apparently replace one of the existing validated manufacturer registrations for the 2018/2019 season of the championship. This means that there will continue to be a total of nine manufacturers in total for the fifth season of the championship. While there aren’t yet details of which manufacturer the company will replace, nor more details of Nissan’s plans for the championship, further information is expected in due course. Speaking of Nissan’s inclusion in the championship, Alejandro Agag, founder and CEO of Formula E said, “To have a name like Nissan coming on board is a momentous day for the series. Not only is it great to welcome a new manufacturer to the Formula E family - it’s great to see our first Japanese manufacturer entering the frame, showing truly how global the electric revolution is.”

Near miss for Ruhaan AlvaDisqualified after 12th place finish at World Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals

RUHAAN ALVA, OF THE BIREL ART India team, marked his debut in the World Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals at Portimao with a creditable 12th place finish in the Micro Max category out of 34 starters. Unfortunately, the youngster was disqualified on a technicality. Ruhaan was found to be underweight by a mere 100 grams during the mandatory post-race weigh-in. As per regulations, the kart along with the driver in full racing gear, including the helmet, should weigh 110 Kgs, but Ruhaan weighed in at 109.9 kg.The Grand Finals saw 360 karters from 59 countries competing in various age-group categories, and Ruhaan came through a week-long competition that saw four rounds of free practice, three qualifying heats, the pre-final and the final

with a consistent performance which won him much high acclaim. “It was a great learning experience for me, competing against the best in the world. I thought I could have done much better, but am happy that I could finish 12th in a field of 36 in my category that was extremely competitive. Of course, it was very disappointing to get disqualified for being underweight,” said Ruhaan after the event. It was a somewhat sad end to an otherwise excellent season - Ruhaan finished third overall in his category in the Italian Easykart Championship and second in the FMSCI Indian National championship’s Micro Max class.

Nataraj claims 2W national rally championship title Wins finale at Puttur, claiming fourth victory of the season

R NATARAJ FROM TVS RACING registered a win at the sixth and final round of the 2-wheeler MRF FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship 2017 on Sunday. The round was held for the first time in Puttur, where as many as 45 riders from across India participated. Nataraj became overall champion after clinching a win in the Pro Expert A class, with a lead of more than 30 seconds over his team-mate Abdul Wahid. In the Expert Class A, Jeevan from Chikmagalur took the win followed by Asad Khan also fromChikmagalur. Vishwas SD ended up in the third place. In the 260 Group B class, TVS Racing riders Rajendra RE, Imran and Sachin D took the top three spots. In the Ladies class, Aishwarya Pissay of TVS Racing was the winner and her team-mate Shreya S finished second. Priyamvada Saradi, a first timer participant finished third. In the Scooter Class, Pinkesh K Thakkar from Aprilia Racing finished on top. The championship winner Syed Asif Ali of TVS Racing settled for second, despite two punctures in different stages. Janardhan Pandian finished third.

Nicolas Goubert appointed head of Moto-e World Cup Dorna Sports has announced Nicolas Goubert as the new executive director of the FIM Moto-e World Cup, the upcoming electric motorcycle champion-ship. Goubert, who is the Technical Director for Michelin Racing, will leave the French tyre manufacturer after hav-ing served there for 28 years. Goubert has led racing projects, and is respon-sible for Michelin’s presence in MotoGP. The Frenchman is credited with playing a key role in strengthening Michelin’s relationship with Dorna Sports, with Michelin already having renewed their commitment to MotoGP till the end of 2023. The all-new Moto-e World Cup is set to begin in 2019.


Volkswagen teases new Polo GTI R5Volkswagen Motorsport has finally offered us a first look of their all-new Polo GTI R5, the car with which the VW name will make a return to the WRC2 championship in 2018. While there will be no factory effort, VW does intend to provide technical support and backup to its customers. The GTI R5 will begin testing soon, after which it will be on sale, available to customer teams. Volkswagen will make the 270 hp rally version of the Polo available to professional teams and aspiring drivers to enable them to compete in championships across the globe, including the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). The GTI R5 is based on the sixth-generation Polo, which is expected to be launched later this year.

Jehan targets title in 2018Likely to continue in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship

JEHAN DARUVALA HAS HAD A strong performance in the 2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship. The Indian driver finished sixth overall, and second in the rookie class of the series, even claiming his first win in the series at Norisring. For the 2018 season, even though he’s not entirely certain where he’ll be racing, Jehan says there is the possibility that he’ll make a return to F3, instead of stepping up to F2. If he’s back in F3, he says his aim is to challenge for the championship title. “Even a top 3 result in the championship is good, but I will target the championship. In a category like F3 where everything is so close, just having a little bit of experience, and finally that extra 1/10th could be crucial the whole year,” said the Carlin driver.

MRF Challenge to begin with Bahrain season-openerFour round championship to conclude in Chennai

THE LATEST EDITION OF THE MRF challenge, the sixth season of the championship, will begin with a race in Bahrain, that’s probably already over by the time that you read this. But the season will also proceed to Dubai (December 7-9), Abu Dhabi (December 13-17) and Chennai (February 2-4). Sixteen races will be held in total, with four races each round. A change to the championship this year involves the fact that the MRF Challenge cars have

been given something of a tweak, with the updated car featuring inputs from Adrian Newey. The car now features a Hewland 6-speed sequential gearbox, with an integrated dash and paddle shift system. The car will also feature upgraded aero, with an underbody diffuser. The engine is a 2.0 litre Mountune Duratec power plant, that makes 230PS. Eighteen drivers from around the world have been confirmed to participate in the championship.

Motorsport News

Alonso to drive for Toyota at 24 Hours of Le Mans 2018 Fernando Alonso will reportedly com-pete in the 2018 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Toyota. The Spaniard, who has two F1 world championship titles under his belt, has been linked to a Toyota test at Bahrain where he will will share time in the Toyota TS050 Hybrid LMP1 car with LMP2 driver Thomas Laurent and Toyota racer Mike Conway. Alonso will make his debut in sport car racing at the Rolex 24 at Daytona in January 2018, where he will drive for the United Autosports team. This is meant to be a precursor to a possible outing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June next year.


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FuZzy feeling!The FZ25 feels warm and friendly in its first month at the OD garage

It’s always an exciting time when a new long termer enters the OD garage. I have just now been given the keys to the new Yamaha FZ25. Having owned the Yamaha FZ16 since 2008, I was looking forward to riding the Yamaha FZ25. Call it curiosity, if you will, but I wanted to see what Yamaha India has done with the new FZ. It after all, it would be the ideal step up for me, right?

The test bike we got has exchanged multiple hands, so as one can expect there are few scuffs around the plastic heat shield in the exhaust as well as the plastic bodywork, behind the footpeg on both sides. I’ve taken off the rear tyre hugger and the sari guard to clean up the aesthetics of the motorcycle. The tail section looks cleaner now and I must have shaved at least a kilo or more off the overall weight.

The engine is butter smooth, however, I didn’t really get a chance to push the motorcycle,

thanks to Mumbai’s clogged streets. What I have come to appreciate, so far, is the riding position. It is sporty, yet relaxed and perfect for commuting. The small headlamp and instrument cluster means visibility is great, which helps me cut through traffic with ease.

The only issue I’ve faced over the last month is the feel from the front brake. It requires a firm pull at the lever to get the motorcycle to shed speed quickly, and my immediate agenda is to find out a way to improve the front-end feel. Yamaha is renowned for their top quality products and my 9-year old FZ16 is proof of that. Needless to say, my expectations from the FZ25 are high. Right at the outset though, I do really wish that Yamaha has added ABS brakes as standard to the motorcycle. I think it would be nearly perfect if they did.

Rishabh Bhaskar

The instrument panel’s fonts clear are legible, even under bright sunlight

2017 YAMAHA FZ25

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TOTAL MILEAGE2,035km

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In the end you leave not because you have another place to go but because there is nothing keeping you there.” This phrase from the movie Megan Leavey doesn’t stand true for our beloved long term Hyundai Tucson. The SUV is going back to the Chennai plant primarily because it has completed its term with team OVERDRIVE. The mid-size SUV has had a good time at the OD garage, raking in more than 22,000km in the process and winning over each one of us - except Rohit. In fact, that’s the only negative I could think about the Hyundai Tucson - I’ll come back to that in a moment.

The Hyundai Tucson will seat five in good comfort. There is enough head room, leg room as well as thigh support for all the occupants. It has all the right equipment too, including front parking sensors, drive modes as well as the auto hold function. The driver’ seat is electrically adjustable. Hyundai have also added powerful cornering LED headlamps to the Tucson and while this made other road users get out of your way, it also helped immensely while driving in the night. The electrically powered boot was always the party trick, one which I was never tired of flaunting. There was always power on tap from the 185PS/400Nm 2.0-litre diesel engine and while the 6-speed automatic may not be DSG-quick, it does the job. The engine is just as refined even now, and that says a lot about Hyundai’s

engineering. However, the Tucson is still a couple of steps

away from being the perfect SUV there is. Rohit’s (and for me too) grouse with the SUV was about its brakes, a bug bear with Hyundai automatics. You need to step on them to bring the SUV to a safe halt. The feedback had improved a bit after the brake pads were replaced, but for a short while. Hopefully, this should be sorted with the facelifted car, which is around the corner. Hyundai’s service is top notch, however, cars like the Elantra and Tucson still have a waiting period even for parts like wiper blades.

All in all, the Tucson was a great long term companion and will be missed. By the time you read this, I would have added another 1,000kms+ to the odo with a round trip to Goa, before I wave her goodbye.

Lijo Mathai

OD garage

Bereavement!The reliable as clockwork Tucson will be sorely missed

HYUNDAI TUCSON GLS DIESEL (WRAP-UP)

HYUNDAI TUCSON GLS DIESEL

DATE ACQUIREDJan 2017

TOTAL MILEAGE

22,357km

LAST REPORT AT 17,257km

FUEL498 litres

ECONOMY9.0kmpl

That’s over 22,000km of stress-free driving. More than me, the wife says that she will miss the refined and comfortable Tucson


I pull over safely to take a call and a person standing on the street looks at my Hyundai Xcent. He checks the registration number and then checks his phone. Then he comes closer and asks if I have any bookings. The person clearly mistook my long termer for a radio cab. That, I believe, is because of the popularity of the Hyundai Xcent in the taxi segment. And it is growing further.

When it came to choosing between the Hyundai Xcent and a hatch as a long termer, I chose the former. The reason is my frequent trips to my hometown, Nashik.

My primary requirements are practicality, efficiency and comfort for my mother, as she too enjoys long drives. Speaking of efficiency, the Hyundai Xcent diesel has been delivering 23kmpl on highways and a steady 17kmpl in the city, which is impressive.

I asked my mother to share her views on the Xcent, as she is a regular on my Nashik jaunts. She found the Hyundai to be reasonably comfortable on long journeys, both in terms of seat comfort and ride quality. She also likes

the numerous storage options in the cabin and the generous boot. All that space makes it convenient for her to send more food and other things with me. Mother’s love after all!

So far, I have not experienced any issues with the Hyundai Xcent as it has been an obedient follower taking me to office and to Nashik without any fuss. I’m confident that that’ll be a consistent experience for the following months too.

Aditya Chatterjee

2017 HYUNDAI XCENT

DATE ACQUIREDMay 2017

TOTAL MILEAGE

8,449km


FUEL162 litres

ECONOMY18.5kmpl

2017 HYUNDAI XCENT

The generous 407-litre boot space makes the Xcent extremely practical to live with. Also putting an assured smile on my mother’s face

The obedient oneNo fuss, no drama, the Hyundai Xcent does everything I want it to


The new Maruti DZire has compelled me to change my opinion about sub 4-metre sedans. Compact sedans are perceived as a compromise by most, design wise at least, but the DZire’s exterior design is far from being one of those now. In fact, it looks extremely appealing and cheery, particularly in the deep blue shade our test car wears. It is now a month since I started driving the new DZire, but walking up to it every morning cheers me up.

Almost every day, I also stop for a moment after parking it to admire the car’s looks, particularly the ‘completeness’ of its curvy design, unlike several other compact sedans. The front end of course is the piece-de-resistance. I’m not a fan of its large, chromed grille but the curvy hood, sharp headlamps with projector beams, LED daytime running lamps and slightly flared wheel arches all make for a rather attractive design, not to mention the curvy silhouette.

The cheery feel is carried over inside as well. The black dashboard and steering wheel with

brown coloured matte wood inserts make for a nice contrast with the beige seats. The flip side to having beige seats though is that they have started looking dirty already, given our kind of driving conditions. The flat-bottomed steering wheel deserves a mention too – it may be a small change for many but adds immensely in terms of visual appeal and sportiness. Then there’s the touchscreen infotainment system (with Apple CarPlay connectivity for my iPhone!) that isn’t extraordinary, but again, looks very appealing with its piano black edges.

On the whole, the DZire has made me realise how much of a difference cars can make to a person’s mood, with just their design. Which also explains how challenging a job designing cars is. Inanimate they may be, but cars can be emotive too! As for the new DZire, I’m discovering new ways to like it every now and then, and that’s apart from its cheery design. More on that in the next update.

Abhay Verma

OD garage

Emotional quotientThe Dzire has struck a chord and it always puts me in a good mood

MARUTI SUZUKI DZIRE ZDI+ AGS

MARUTI SUZUKI DZIRE ZDI+ AGS

DATE ACQUIREDJun 2017

TOTAL MILEAGE

8,544km


FUEL300.34 litres

ECONOMY17.2kmpl


Better RidingA n a l t e r n a t e p e r s p e c t i v e

Behind the screenThe top five things that makes car driver think motorcyclists have a death wish. And how to behave better in traffic

Most car drivers think of motorcyclists as organ donors or in possession of an all-consuming

death wish. It’s not a positive association for motorcyclists and it makes them reluctant to be helpful to or respectful of you in traffic. And the fact that you’re slicing through the jam and making time while they’re stuck listening to a RJ who won’t play the music cannot be easy to deal with either. But as riders, we often do idiotics things - some non-obvious - that make their impression of us worse. And as usual, there’s a better way.

1. DRIVERS ARE HUMANOne of the reasons for road rage is the fact that the car body de-humanises the driver inside. You’re vastly less likely to yell at or hit a human being than to vent by punching a wall or something. The de-humanisation makes you more inconsiderate of the chap inside the car. And you can bet that s/he feels it. The fix is the simplest one of all. Say thank you with a wave or a nod when someone is nice to you. You normally do this off the bike anyway so it should come easy. Acknowledge drivers who made room for you to squeeze past or folded their mirrors for you or allowed you to change a lane. Also remember to say sorry when you clip a mirror. Takes a moment but it establishes the idea that not all motorcyclists are scum.

2. GIVE YOURSELF SPACEOne of the reasons we make car drivers nervous is the combination of our ability to change direction very rapidly - and usually without warning - and the fact that in our hurry, we tend to ride very close to other vehicles. This is not just a silly perception problem. It reduces your sight lines - the car blocks it - and it reduces the time you have to react when something unexpected happens. I know I feel no love for motorcycles when I’m driving an expensive test car. Motorcycles and scooters always try to make a double line when I give them room for a single line to pass smoothly with space. The fix? Remember that space is good for you. That you don’t need to climb into the car’s exhaust pipe to pass it. Even the average scooter will out-accelerate almost any car at traffic speeds anyway.

3. BRAKE EARLY AND SMOOTHLYWe have discussed before that riding smoothly is for the all-around best. This is true for braking to a stop also. I know that when I’m sitting at a traffic light, watching a chap on a Pulsar practice his late braking does nothing for my impression of the rider as a complete prat. And of course, the rider isn’t leaving any margin for error and my crumple zones are about to become his safety net. Not pleasant. The fix? Go to a racetrack for practice and use the streets to demonstrate how mature and efficient a rider you are. Fast riders get through traffic with near invisibility. You don’t even see them!

4. DON’T CUT THEM OFFWe don’t teach patience in India. The biggest complaint car drivers have - and this is one hundred per cent valid - is that bike riders give cars, buses and trucks no warning before cutting them off. This is an engraved invitation for Charles Darwin to do his schizzle. And the fix, really, is to be patient and give them a warning. Gesture with your hand, use the indicator and then cross over. I promise that whether you ride like an arse or ride well and courteously, you will arrive within a minute or two on most urban trips.

5. UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED!This really should be obvious. Sigh. Most car drivers I spoke to absolutely slammed motorcyclists for riding without a helmet, riding with babies on board and riding three up. Their clear and flagrant disregard for their own safety was the single biggest reason why they thought of motorcyclists as complete and utter degenerates. Their callous attitude to their personal safety makes them think, naturally, that you’ll put them at risk as well. Worse, because they’re in a car, they’ll be blamed if something happens despite the fact that the biker was actually the cause of the incident. The fix? Take motorcycles and scooters seriously. They will kill you when you’re not looking if they can. Wear a good helmet and protective gear. And refuse to take your precious progeny or loved ones on the two-wheeler if they’re not adequately protected. Only a few drivers think geared up riders are racers. Most think under-dressed riders are a menace. So, Dennis, grow up.

PRO TIPS FROM SHUBHABRATA MARMAR


Two-wheelers slicing through the traffic jam and making time while the car drivers are stuck listening to the RJ cannot be easy to deal with either. But that’s not why drivers think riders are complete savages


WASTE IS ALL AROUND YOU IN automobiles. The sound you hear from the exhaust, the heat you feel on your legs as you ride are both examples of energy that was stored in the fuel in your tank which is escaping as waste rather than powering your vehicle. For the past two editions of Simple Tech, we have been discussing how Energy Recovery Systems (ERS) recover energy that would otherwise be wasted, attacking energy normally lost as heat for example. In each case, the more waste energy we harness, the more energy efficient we become. And that’s the keyword for us today. In this article as well as for the automotive industry in general. Remember that this is about energy efficiency which is a larger goal than fuel efficiency.

Waste is targetted in daily life as well. You boss would like you to work faster and use less resources to accomplish that task. Efficiency is measured as a ratio between input and output, for our purpose, we’ll discuss it as a percentage rather than range from zero to one as the mathematicians like to do. If you reduce wastage completely you get 100 per cent efficient, that’s the

magic number. Unfortunately, like all magic, it’s a nearly impossible goal, but we can get pretty close.

Recently, the Mercedes Formula 1 power unit reached 50 per cent thermal efficiency. That means their power unit is able to convert half the energy in each drop of fuel - the input - into propulsion - the output. The rest is wasted as heat, sound and light etc. This, mind you, is an industry first, a milestone. And also note by extension that a 100 per cent thermally efficiency Formula One car would be completely silent - think about that.

50 per cent is a milestone? Well, yes. The high (engine) speed internal combustion engines (ICE) are champions of wasting energy. They run at a thermal efficiency of 30 to 35 per cent. The exceptions are ship engines. These large, two-stroke, slow-speed (70-200rpm), super long-stroke diesels can cross 50 per cent efficiency.

So how do we improve the efficiency? Well it’s been a goal and a process for over a century now. You can trace almost every technological advance - fuel injection, combustion chamber design, variable valve

timing, turbochargers - to the need to make the process more efficient. But clearly, while we have come a long way, we need to become even more efficient.

Automotive efficiency has two components. Mechanical effciency refers to energy wasted as heat and sound caused by friction between moving parts inside the ICE. Here the ICEs do well. 90-95 per cent efficiency is the norm with our advanced state of metallurgy and lubrication. So this isn’t the problem.

Thermal efficiency, however, is. The high speed ICE wastes energy as heat, sound and light to the tune of 70 per cent. Not that we always complain about this. A car or motorcycle with a big exhaust does turn heads. 30-35 per cent efficiency is pedestrian given how long ICEs have been around. Thanks to motorsport, manufacturers have turned their attention to extracting more from fuel. ERS systems are at the current forefront of the battle to make fuel work harder for propulsion. Hence the discussion of ERS’ over the last two editions.

The motor generator unit-Heat (MGU-H) and motor generator unit-kinetic (MGU-K) when added to an ICE coverts some of the waste gases which have heat, and some of the braking energies, also heat, into electricity. This is stored on an on-board battery and can be used to propel the car. This can be a direct assist via a motor driving the wheels or indirect via making the turbo spool up earlier and providing useful boost. There is a cost to the ERS system itself but the additional energy is makes available is effectively free. Many manufacturers like Ferrari, Renault, Honda are deeply involved in this, but Mercedes’s advancement is the further development of this system which elevates the overall efficiency of their power unit past the fifty percent mark.

And it should make you, the vehicle user very happy. Because when something great like this happens in motorsport, ultimately we are the beneficiaries down the line from it. These technologies truly become assets for the manufacturer when they reach the paying customer and improve his or her experience of the brand and product.

It’s still a long way to go before we hit the magic number. But the journey is well and truly underway.

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COMPACT SUV FOR DAILY COMMUTESI’ve shortlisted three compact SUVs to serve me as a daily driver - the Ford EcoSport, the Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza and the Honda WR-V. My monthly mileage will be between 1,000-1,200km and my priorities are good drivability, plush ride, strong build and decent fuel economy. Should I consider petrol or diesel and will the EcoBoost be good enough?SANDEEP MALHOTRA In the various comparative tests we have run at OD, the Vitara Brezza has pipped the EcoSport and the WR-V. However, given the low yearly running you are looking at, we believe that could settle for a petrol engined car - which cancels out the Brezza. We believe you are inclined towards the EcoSport and we would choose it over the WR-V too. We would however recommend, that you defer your

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buying plans until November as the EcoSport is about to get its much awaited facelift and equipment upgrade by then. See our story on page 56.

DESIRABLE COMPACT SEDANWhich is the best compact sedan to buy right now? I have shortlisted the new Maruti Suzuki Dzire.TUSHAR

We would recommend you stick to the choice you have made. The Dzire recently won our comparison shootout against the Tata Tigor and the Hyundai Xcent and that should cement your decision further.

MINI SUV, BIG DILEMMA I’m confused between the Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza and the Ford EcoSport 1.5 TDCi. Which one would you suggest if high fuel economy, low maintenance, good resale and high VFM quotient are my criteria?VINOD KHABRANI

The Vitara Brezza won against the Ford EcoSport in our diesel shootout last year and therefore we would recommend the Brezza. However, there is an updated EcoSport on the horizon and the Brezza was also dethroned recently when we compared it against the newly launched Tata Nexon. We recommend that you give the Nexon a try too, though it is too early to comment about its aftersales, maintenance and resale value.

NEW CRETAIs Hyundai expected to launch a Creta facelift anytime soon?KHUBAIB

Yes, a Creta with updated equipment and a minor facelift is on the cards, but there is no concrete information yet on when it will be launched.

HITTING THE LIMITERI am a regular subscriber of Overdrive since its inception. Thanks for the wonderful mag. The other day, I had a situation where I revved the engine of my Wagon R up to 6,500rpm in third gear. To my surprise I found that a rev limiter might have cut in at that engine speed, as the engine suddenly cut off and then revved sporadically. Is there a rev limiter for the K10 engine in the wagon R? Do all cars have that nowadays?KOSHY ALEX

Thanks for the kind words Koshy! About the rev limiter, you are right — most new age vehicles have a safety cut-off for the fueling at or a few clicks beyond the engine’s redline to avoid damage to the drivetrain.

PUNCHIER AND MORE CONVENIENT WR-V?Is Honda planning to launch the WR-V with a 1.5l petrol motor and/or an automatic transmission?AMIT ARORA

We aren’t aware if Honda is planning an automatic variant of the WR-V, but given the increasing popularity of automatics in this segment, we hope they launch one. As for the bigger engine, it is highly unlikely considering the tax benefits that WR-V enjoys with the 1.2l unit. A 1.5 could end up making it more expensive than what the market would like.

I had heard my colleagues shower praises on TCX boots, so when it was time to replace my XPD SP3 boots, I set my eyes on the TCX S Speed

boots. Besides fitting in my budget, the S Speed offers a fine balance between sport touring and sport riding. It’s also an entry level track boot which fits the bill because I did intend on riding on the race track with it. The S Speed sits in between the S Sport tour and the top of the line RS-2 EVO race boot.The first thing that struck me is the ease with which I could slide my foot into the boot. The long YKK zipper extends all the way, almost to the bottom of the sole, allowing for a pretty wide aperture. Once zipped up, the boot fits snug. I would have liked the RS-2’s air chamber tech for an even precise fit, but I guess, that’s a feature TCX would limit to the top boot. Nevertheless, the S-Speed is very comfortable and the large toe box is big part of the why.

When you consider the protection, the S-Speed features a plastic shin guard, heel cup, toe slider and TCX’s patented TCS or Torsion Control System which limits hyperflexion of the joints in case you come off the bike. Given the level of stiffness, I

was also happy with the comfort level and flexibility of the boot when I was racing at the MMRT. The thin, race sole offers good grip on the pegs and you get a good feel of the motorcycle.

The S-Speed uses a synthetic leather construction which is lighter than actual leather. There’s a perforated area around the shin for breathability and an Air Tech lining on the inside, which basically is a perforated, moisture wicking material. I’ve worn the boots for long hours, on the hottest of days and I’ve never felt any discomfort. This despite the fact that I have sweaty feet, even in regular shoes which speaks volumes of the S-Speed’s breathability.

What’s also commendable is the build and finish of the S-Speed. I wear the boots whenever I’m on a motorcycle, which is for most part of the year. This means I’ve subjected the boots to heat, heavy rains, flooded roads, slush and even the salt of a lake bed in Ladakh. These conditions are well beyond what the S Speed was designed for. The boots soldier on without any damage, whatsoever. All I have to do at the end of a long day of riding is to wipe the boot clean with a wet cloth, air dry it and polish it at regular intervals.

After having covered thousands of kilometers, I’m pretty happy to see how well the TCS S-Speed has held up. It is comfortable, durable and offers good protection too. I’m pretty much all convinced that when the time comes to upgrade, I’d go in for another TCX.

Rishabh Bhaskar

`19,000 jvpromoto.com

Arai Chaser V helmet

The Arai Chaser V is a mid-range helmet with ample trickle-down bits from the larger, track-ready RX7-line. The model we have on test features the Sketch graphic by Drudi Performance. The graphic is reminiscent of a mirrored Rorschach mask as seen in the Watchmen graphic novels, This makes it easily visible while on the road. The paint finish is excellent enough for me to have made it my work desk adornment.

It looks decidedly Arai with its rounded shape and a rear spoiler. Soft ridges along the jaw will work to divert head-on impact from moving straight down to your neck.

The Chaser V has eight vents and wind noise is well managed in urban conditions and speeds up to 120kmph. For speeds above that over sustained periods, I would suggest ear plugs. Conspicuous by its absence in this price range is a chin curtain.

The fit is snug for my round-oval head shape, but the soft liner makes it a comfortable on any sort of ride, even for full day rides. The Arai Chaser V meets ECE standards and should stand your noggin in good stead if you do take a fall.

Arai’s quirky visor release system is hit or miss - certainly not as slick as the new system on Shumi’s RX-7V.

The Chaser V is very, very expensive in India and that’s really the big downside of this Arai.

Abhishek Samuel

`51,500 performanceracing.in

U s e d , a b u s e d , a n d t h o r o u g h l y e n j o y e dProductreviewTCX S-Speed riding boots


Gear & GadgetsT h e c o o l e s t s t u f f t h e r e i s !

1 Garmin GDR C530 `40,000 | garmin.co.in Record your drive in HD with this wide

angle lens camera that can be mounted on your car’s windshield. The Garmin has a 3-inch display and accepts cards upto 64GB

2 Porsche Design Bounce S4 leather 2.0

`20,340 | porschedesign.com Made by Adidas for Porsche Design, this

running shoe has a neoprene upper and a unique sole design

3 Oxford Tool Kit `1,700 | highnoteperformance.com Designed to fit under the seat, this 28

piece kit is made using high quality carbon steel which makes it difficult to bend or break.

4 Spidi G-Flash Tex `3,500 | jvpromoto.com These textile gloves feature Clarino

microfiber and vented inserts to keep sweaty hands at bay while riding in our hot weather conditions.

5 Grand Pitstop G-Roller `1,500 | www.grandpitstop.com The innovative G-Roller allows you to

rotate your motorcycle’s wheels without the need of a paddock stand. Ideal for chain lubrication, cleaning wheels or inspecting a tyre for a puncture.

6 Forma Freccia boots `16,000 | performanceracing.in This entry level sport boot is CE

certified and features replaceable PU toe sliders as well as injection molded shin and ankle protection.

7 Muc-off disc brake cleaner `900 | spartanprogear.com Featuring a special formula, this

re-hydrating brake cleaner removes brake dust, oil and grime as well as prolong disc life

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HOW TO USE OUR NEW BUYER’S GUIDEHOW TO USE OUR NEW BUYER’S GUIDEHOW TO USE OUR NEW BUYER’S GUIDEMake Model Variant The full name of the car or motorcycle you’re looking at, along with the variant name. The entire table is sorted in ascending order of price so you can pick a budget and go nutsThe full name of the car or motorcycle you’re looking at, along with the variant name. The entire table is sorted in ascending order of price so you can pick a budget and go nutsThe full name of the car or motorcycle you’re looking at, along with the variant name. The entire table is sorted in ascending order of price so you can pick a budget and go nuts

Ex-Mumbai (`) This is the price that a Mumbai dealer will charge you before adding insurance and any local taxes. Actual price when quoted by the dealer can vary by a few rupees here and thereThis is the price that a Mumbai dealer will charge you before adding insurance and any local taxes. Actual price when quoted by the dealer can vary by a few rupees here and there

Ex-Delhi (`) This is the price that a Delhi dealer will charge you before adding insurance and any local taxes. Actual price when quoted by the dealer can vary by a few rupees here and thereThis is the price that a Delhi dealer will charge you before adding insurance and any local taxes. Actual price when quoted by the dealer can vary by a few rupees here and there

Body Type Applicable to cars, this tells you what kind of an automobile it is. Hatches are good for cities, sedans for airport runs and vans aren’t fun to drive but practical. SUVs are a hit in India, of courseApplicable to cars, this tells you what kind of an automobile it is. Hatches are good for cities, sedans for airport runs and vans aren’t fun to drive but practical. SUVs are a hit in India, of course

Fuel Type What goes in the tank, simply put. Correlate with the economy information in the Guide to get a sense of how expensive it will be to drive around. Note: All bikes are currently petrol-poweredWhat goes in the tank, simply put. Correlate with the economy information in the Guide to get a sense of how expensive it will be to drive around. Note: All bikes are currently petrol-powered

Engine Displacement (cc) How big is the engine in cubic centimetres. Bigger engines have more power and make good highway vehicles but can sometimes (but not always) also mean lower economy fi gures

Power (PS) How much power the engine makes. This number is considered important but really isn’t for daily use. Power is for fast running and fl at out performance, neither of which we use all the time

Torque (Nm) How much torque the engine makes. This shows you how much pulling power/acceleration and driveabliity the car has. This is hugely important if you like driving and have a lot of in-city trips

Transmission How power reaches the wheels. Used to be automatics were less e� cient and wasted power but the tables have turned. Manuals are awesome but sometimes automatics are better

Top Speed (kmph) If you had a very long, totally empty road and basically fl oored it and waited for the speed to build, this is how fast the car or bike would go. In most cases, these are our test fi gures not claims

0-100 or 0-60 (kmph) OVERDRIVE’s testers work hard to extract authoritative acceleration information. Tells you how fast you’ll be o� the lights and is a great measure of the engine-transmission combination

City (kmpl) In all cases, a city economy fi gure is measured by OVERDRIVE testers who rigorously run cars and motorcycles in the city cycle to produce directly comparable city economy fi gures

Highway (kmpl) In all cases, a highway economy fi gure is measured by OVERDRIVE testers who rigorously run cars and motorcycles on our highway cycle to produce directly comparable city economy fi gures

Claimed Economy (kmpl) This is the fi gure that the manufacturers claim as overall economy for their product. In most cases now, this is the ARAI-certifi ed fi gure that you’ll also see in the showroom

Boot Space (l) Only applicable to cars, this is the volume of the boot measured in litres. Beware though that the shape of the boot can sometimes compromise its actual utility - read the full road test to be sure

ABS We believe ABS is a critical part of the safety equipment and for both cars and motorcycles, we’ve chosen to explicitly display whether or not you have this vital piece of safety tech or not

TC Traction control allows still more electronic control over the car in slippery situations. Not available in the cheaper cars (or bikes), it is becoming more common

ESP Electronic Stability Programme is the big daddy of computerised vehicle dynamics safety controls and is currently the holy grail of safety technology

Airbags They’ve saved countless lives and we expect the new motor vehicle laws to make them mandatory. Here, the list is the number of airbags. One means driver and two usually means front row

Power Windows (F / R) Does the vehicle have them or not. Simple

USB/Aux This is how you connect your music to your car. Usually also a good indicator of how powerful and feature-packed your car’s music system is likely to be

Rear Aircon We like to sit in the rear row and be driven. This is a simple indicator of whether you get your own cooling or your chau� eur is likely to be cooler than you


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Upto 5 LakhTata Nano XE 236389 225824 Hatchback Petrol 624 38 51 M 105 - - - 23.6 110 N N N 0 N / N N NDatsun redi-Go D 254149 254048 Hatchback Petrol 800 54 72 M 140 17.0 16.1 25.4 25.2 222 N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Alto 800 STD 257439 248752 Hatchback Petrol 796 48 69 M - - - - 24.7 - N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Alto 800 STD (O) 263382 252753 Hatchback Petrol 796 48 69 M - - - - 24.7 - N N N 1 N / N N NTata Nano XM 271213 260261 Hatchback Petrol 624 38 51 M 105 - - - 23.6 110 N N N 0 N / N N NRenault Kwid STD 274900 261800 Hatchback Petrol 799 54 72 M 131 16.4 17.1 26.2 25.2 300 N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Omni MPI STD 277501 264861 Van Petrol 796 35 59 M - - - - 16.8 - N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Omni E MPI STD 279186 266569 Van Petrol 796 35 59 M - - - - 16.8 - N N N 0 N / N N NTata Nano CNG 285251 283766 Hatchback CNG 624 33 45 M - - - - 25.4 80 N N N 0 N / N N NTata Nano XT 290144 279897 Hatchback Petrol 624 38 51 M 105 - - - 23.6 110 N N N 0 Y / N N YMaruti Suzuki Alto 800 LX 291334 280752 Hatchback Petrol 796 48 69 M - - - - 24.7 - N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Alto 800 LX (O) 297277 286752 Hatchback Petrol 796 48 69 M - - - - 24.7 - N N N 1 N / N N NDatsun redi-Go A 298814 285649 Hatchback Petrol 800 54 72 M 140 17.0 16.1 25.4 25.2 222 N N N 0 N / N N NTata Nano XMA 312229 301277 Hatchback Petrol 624 38 51 A 106 32.2 17.8 25.4 21.9 94 N N N 0 N / N N NRenault Kwid RxE 315900 303300 Hatchback Petrol 799 54 72 M 131 16.4 17.1 26.2 25.2 300 N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Alto 800 Lxi 316472 306752 Hatchback Petrol 796 48 69 M - - - - 24.7 - N N N 0 Y / N N NMaruti Suzuki Alto 800 LXi (O) 322414 312752 Hatchback Petrol 796 48 69 M - - - - 24.7 - N N N 1 Y / N N NDatsun redi-Go T 326246 312149 Hatchback Petrol 800 54 72 M 140 17.0 16.1 25.4 25.2 222 N N N 0 N / N N NTata Tiago Revotron XB 326754 321005 Hatchback Petrol 1199 85 114 M 143 14.5 13.8 20.6 23.8 242 N N N 0 N / N N NTata Nano XTA 330695 320448 Hatchback Petrol 624 38 51 A 106 32.2 17.8 25.4 21.9 94 N N N 0 Y / N N YHyundai Eon D-lite 330773 331605 Hatchback Petrol 814 56 75 M 131 19.1 15.6 24.3 21.1 215 N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Alto 800 VXi 335642 325752 Hatchback Petrol 796 48 69 M - - - - 24.7 - N N N 0 Y / N Y YMaruti Suzuki Eeco 5 Seater 336272 325375 Van Petrol 1196 74 101 M - - - - 15.1 540 N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Alto K10 LX 336713 327090 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M - 17.5 16.5 22.8 24.1 177 N N N 0 N / N N NDatsun redi-Go T (O) 337834 322399 Hatchback Petrol 800 54 72 M 140 17.0 16.1 25.4 25.2 222 N N N 0 Y / N Y YRenault Kwid RXL 340500 327800 Hatchback Petrol 799 54 72 M 131 16.4 17.1 26.2 25.2 300 N N N 0 N / N Y YMaruti Suzuki Alto 800 VXI (O) 341584 330242 Hatchback Petrol 796 48 69 M - 17. 2 19.7 23.8 24.7 - N N N 1 Y / N Y YMaruti Suzuki Alto 800 Lxi Airbag 345122 332336 Hatchback Petrol 796 48 69 M 136.7 18.6 15.2 25.3 22.7 - N N N 1 Y / N N NMaruti Suzuki Eeco 7 Seater 352605 345596 Van Petrol 1196 74 101 M - - - - 15.1 540 N N N 0 N / N N NDatsun redi-Go S 352738 337399 Hatchback Petrol 800 54 72 M 140 17.0 16.1 25.4 25.2 222 N N N 1 Y / N Y YMaruti Suzuki Alto K10 LXi 353298 343392 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M - 17.5 16.5 22.8 24.1 177 N N N 0 N / N N NDatsun GO D 355203 331255 Hatchback Petrol 1198 68 104 M 158 13.4 17.6 20.7 20.6 265 N N N 0 N / N N NHyundai Eon D-lite+ 356214 356690 Hatchback Petrol 814 56 75 M 131 19.1 15.6 24.3 21.1 215 N N N 1 N / N N NDatsun redi-Go 1.0 T (O) 357333 357333 Hatchback Petrol 999 68 91 M - - - - 22.5 222 N N N 0 Y / N Y YMaruti Suzuki Alto K10 LXI (O) 359293 349445 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M - 17.5 16.5 22.8 24.1 177 N N N 1 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Alto K10 LX (O) 360703 333143 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M - 17.5 16.5 22.8 24.1 177 N N N 1 N / N N NRenault Kwid 1.0 RxL 361800 349400 Hatchback Petrol 999 68 91 M 131 16.4 17.1 26.2 25.2 300 N N N 0 Y / N Y YMaruti Suzuki Eeco 5 Seater A/C 364820 358832 Van Petrol 1196 74 101 M - - - - 15.1 540 N N N 0 N / N N NHyundai Eon Era+ 369484 369769 Hatchback Petrol 814 56 75 M 131 19.1 15.6 24.3 21.1 215 N N N 0 Y / N N NMaruti Suzuki Alto 800 VXi Airbag 369655 352151 Hatchback Petrol 796 48 69 M 136.7 18.6 15.2 25.3 22.7 - N N N 1 Y / N Y YMaruti Suzuki Alto K10 VXi 369969 360222 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M - 17.5 16.5 22.8 24.1 177 N N N 0 Y / N Y YDatsun redi-Go 1.0 S 375238 375238 Hatchback Petrol 999 68 91 M - - - - 22.5 222 N N N 1 Y / N Y YMaruti Suzuki Alto 800 LXi CNG 376635 367752 Hatchback CNG 796 48 69 M - - - - 33.4 - N N N 0 Y / N N NDatsun GO A 381598 357693 Hatchback Petrol 1198 68 104 M 158 13.4 17.6 20.7 20.6 265 N N N 0 N / N N NTata Tiago Revotron XE 381872 376123 Hatchback Petrol 1199 85 114 M 143 14.5 13.8 20.6 23.8 242 N N N 0 N / N N NChevrolet Spark Base 382096 363901 Hatchback Petrol 995 61 87 M 153 15.1 12.0 18.8 16.2 170 N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Alto 800 LXI CNG (O) 382578 375265 Hatchback CNG 796 48 69 M - - - - 33.4 - N N N 1 Y / N N NRenault Kwid RxT (O) 383900 374100 Hatchback Petrol 799 54 72 M 131 16.4 15.9 29.2 25.2 300 N N N 1 Y / N Y YMaruti Suzuki Alto K10 VXi (O) 389621 380064 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M - 17.5 16.5 22.8 24.1 177 N N N 1 Y / N Y YRenault Kwid 1.0 RXL AMT 391000 378700 Hatchback Petrol 999 68 91 A - - - - 24.0 300 N N N 1 Y / N Y YRenault Kwid 1.0 RxT 392800 382900 Hatchback Petrol 999 68 91 M 131 16.4 17.1 26.2 25.2 300 N N N 0 Y / N Y YTata Tiago Revotorq XB 395186 388380 Hatchback Diesel 1047 70 140 M 130 16.2 15.2 23.1 27.3 242 N N N 0 N / N N NDatsun GO A EPS 397072 379814 Hatchback Petrol 1198 68 104 M 158 13.4 17.6 20.7 20.6 265 N N N 0 N / N N NTata Tiago Revotron XE (O) 399408 393659 Hatchback Petrol 1199 85 114 M - - - - 23.8 242 N N N 2 N / N N NHyundai Eon Magna+ 401996 401871 Hatchback Petrol 814 56 75 M 131 19.1 15.6 24.3 21.1 215 N N N 0 Y / N Y YRenault Kwid RXT 402711 361400 Hatchback Petrol 799 54 72 M 131 16.4 17.1 26.2 25.2 300 N N N 0 Y / N Y YTata Indica emax GLS 404715 395767 Hatchback CNG 1193 56 90 M - - - - 23.7 - N N N 0 N / N N NRenault Kwid 1.0 RxT (O) 405600 395600 Hatchback Petrol 999 68 91 M 131 16.4 17.1 26.2 25.2 300 N N N 1 Y / N Y YMaruti Suzuki Eeco 5 seater CNG 409492 398791 Van CNG 1196 74 101 M - - - - 20.0 540 N N N 0 N / N N NChevrolet Spark LS 411453 391860 Hatchback Petrol 995 61 87 M 153 15.1 12.0 18.8 16.2 170 N N N 0 Y / N N NTata Tiago Revotron XM 412428 406678 Hatchback Petrol 1199 85 114 M 143 14.5 13.8 20.6 23.8 242 N N N 0 Y / Y N NDatsun GO+ D 413825 388154 MPV Petrol 1198 68 104 M - - - - 20.6 48 N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Wagon R LXI 414599 411248 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M 147 16.2 17.5 23.0 20.5 - N N N 0 Y / N N NMaruti Suzuki Alto K10 LXi CNG 415565 406259 Hatchback CNG 998 59 78 M - - - - 32.3 - N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Alto K10 VXi AMT 416012 406709 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 A 156 15.5 15.8 21.8 24.1 177 N N N 0 Y / N Y YDatsun GO T 417404 399974 Hatchback Petrol 1198 68 104 M 158 13.9 17.6 20.7 20.6 265 N N N 0 Y / N Y YHyundai Eon Era+LPG 419399 419874 Hatchback LPG 814 56 75 M - - - - - 215 N N N 0 Y / N N NMaruti Suzuki Alto K10 LXI CNG (O) 421560 412311 Hatchback CNG 998 59 78 M - - - - 32.3 - N N N 1 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Alto K10 VXI AGS (O) 422007 412762 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 A 156 15.5 15.8 21.8 24.1 177 N N N 1 Y / N Y YMaruti Suzuki Celerio LXi 425191 415273 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M 148 16.8 16.2 22.1 23.1 235 N N N 1 N / N N NRenault Kwid Climber 429900 423800 Hatchback Petrol 999 68 91 M - - - - 23.0 300 N N N 1 Y / N Y YTata Tiago Revotron XM (O) 429964 424215 Hatchback Petrol 1199 85 114 M - - - - 23.8 242 N N N 2 Y / Y N NHyundai Eon Sportz 430023 429522 Hatchback Petrol 814 56 75 M 131 19.1 15.6 24.3 21.1 215 N N N 1 Y / N Y YMaruti Suzuki WagonR Stingray LXi 431126 426337 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M - - - - 20.5 - N N N 0 Y / N N NRenault Kwid 1.0 RxT (O) AMT 434700 424900 Hatchback Petrol 999 68 91 A - - - - 24.0 300 N N N 1 Y / N Y YDatsun GO+ A 435340 408490 MPV Petrol 1198 68 104 M - - - - 20.6 48 N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Eeco 5 seater A/C CNG 437299 431786 Van CNG 1196 74 101 M - - - - 20.0 540 N N N 0 N / N N N


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Upto 5 Lakh contd...Datsun GO T (O) 437500 420134 Hatchback Petrol 1198 68 104 M 158 13.4 17.6 20.7 20.6 265 N N N 1 Y / N Y YMahindra KUV 100 NXT K2 Petrol 439000 439000 SUV Petrol 1198 83 115 M 141.5 15.6 12.2 18.9 18.2 243 Y N N 1 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Celerio LXi MT (O) 439207 429289 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M 148 16.8 16.2 22.1 23.1 235 Y N N 2 N / N N NTata Indica emax GLX 439811 431478 Hatchback CNG 1193 56 90 M - - - - 23.7 - N N N 0 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Wagon R VXI 440216 437289 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M 147 16.2 17.5 23.0 20.5 - N N N 0 Y / Y Y YHyundai Eon Magna+LPG 441867 408543 Hatchback LPG 814 56 75 M - - - - - 215 N N N 0 Y / N Y YChevrolet Spark LT 443001 421906 Hatchback Petrol 995 61 87 M 153 15.1 12.0 18.8 16.2 170 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YTata Tiago Revotron XT 443001 437252 Hatchback Petrol 1199 85 114 M 143 14.5 13.8 20.6 23.8 242 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YHyundai Eon 1.0 Kappa Magna+ (O) 443893 443769 Hatchback Petrol 998 69 94 M 139 13.2 14.8 23.2 20.3 215 N N N 0 Y / N Y YTata Tiago Revotorq XE 446265 439459 Hatchback Diesel 1047 70 140 M 130 16.2 15.2 23.1 27.3 242 N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Ignis Sigma Petrol 454845 456071 SUV Petrol 1197 83 113 M - - - - 20.9 260 Y N N 2 Y / N N NTata Tigor Revotron XE 457288 458972 Sedan Petrol 1199 85 114 M - - - - - 419 N N N 0 N / N N NHyundai Grand i10 Era Petrol 457470 455774 Hatchback Petrol 1197 83 116 M - 12.9 15.6 20.2 19.8 256 N N N 0 Y / N N NMaruti Suzuki Celerio VXi 458356 448418 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M 148 16.8 16.2 22.1 23.1 235 N N N 1 Y / Y N NRenault Kwid Climber AT 459000 453200 Hatchback Petrol 999 68 91 A - - - - 24.0 300 N N N 1 Y / N Y YTata Tiago Revotron XT (O) 460215 454466 Hatchback Petrol 1199 85 114 M - - - - 23.8 242 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki WagonR Stingray VXi 463353 454595 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M - - - - 20.5 - N N N 0 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki WagonR Stingray Lxi (O) 463749 459275 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M - - - - 20.5 - N N N 0 Y / N N NTata Tiago Revotorq XE (O) 463852 457046 Hatchback Diesel 1047 70 140 M 130 16.2 15.2 23.1 27.3 242 N N N 2 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Wagon R LXI CNG 468593 465753 Hatchback CNG 998 59 77 M 124 19.5 - - 26.6 - N N N 0 Y / N N NTata Bolt 1.2 XE 469083 465331 Hatchback Petrol 1193 90 140 M 160.5 15.0 12.8 18.6 17.6 210 N N N 0 N / N N NDatsun GO+ A EPS 469979 451360 MPV Petrol 1198 68 104 M - - - - 20.6 48 N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Wagon R VXI (O) 472863 470251 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M 147 16.2 17.5 23.0 20.5 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YFord Figo 1.2 Petrol Base 473000 482100 Hatchback Petrol 1196 88 112 M - - - - 18.2 257 N N N 1 N / N N NFiat Punto Pure 1.2 petrol 473307 487887 Hatchback Petrol 1172 68 96 M - - - - 15.7 280 N N N 0 Y / N Y YMaruti Suzuki Celerio VXi MT (O) 473846 463908 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M 148 16.8 16.2 22.1 23.1 235 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NHonda Brio E MT 475654 466482 Hatchback Petrol 1198 88 109 M 143.2 12.9 14.6 21.3 18.5 175 N N N 0 Y / N N NChevrolet Beat 1.2 PS 476187 432498 Hatchback Petrol 1199 78 107 M 145 16.5 14.4 19.7 17.8 170 N N N 0 N / N N NNissan Micra Active XL 476714 458655 Hatchback Petrol 1198 68 104 M - - - - 19.0 251 N N N 0 Y / N N NMaruti Suzuki Wagon R LXI (O) 477206 444206 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M 147 16.2 17.5 23.0 20.5 - Y N N 2 Y / N N NMahindra KUV 100 NXT K2+ Petrol 478522 481885 SUV Petrol 1198 83 115 M 141.5 15.6 12.2 18.9 18.2 243 Y N N 2 N / N N NTata Indigo emax GLS 481246 485276 Sedan CNG 1193 65 100 M - - - - 23.7 150 N N N 0 Y / N N NMaruti Suzuki Swift LXi (O) 483480 501114 Hatchback Petrol 1197 84 115 M - - - - 20.4 204 Y N N 2 Y / N N NMaruti Suzuki Celerio ZXi 483872 473934 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M 148 16.8 16.2 22.1 23.1 235 N N N 1 Y / Y Y YTata Indica Vista TDI LS 484612 501000 Hatchback Diesel 1405 71 135 M - - - - 19.1 232 N N N 0 N / N N NTata Tiago Revotron XTA AT 485001 479252 Hatchback Petrol 1199 85 114 A 143 16.8 14.1 21.3 23.8 242 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YTata Tiago Revotorq XM 486697 479891 Hatchback Diesel 1047 70 140 M 130 16.2 15.2 23.1 27.3 242 N N N 0 Y / Y N NMaruti Suzuki Wagon R LXI CNG (O) 487577 484920 Hatchback CNG 998 59 77 M 124 19.5 - - 26.6 - N N N 2 Y / N N NMaruti Suzuki Wagon R VXI+ (O) 489796 485322 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M 147 16.2 17.5 23.0 20.5 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki WagonR Stingray VXi (O) 491991 487526 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M - - - - 20.5 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Swift LXi 492297 471612 Hatchback Petrol 1197 84 115 M - - - - 20.4 204 N N N 0 N / N N NTata Indica BS IV LS 492357 487568 Hatchback Diesel 1396 70 140 M 159 15.6 15.6 22.5 25.0 220 N N N 0 N / N N NDatsun GO+ T 493971 475552 MPV Petrol 1198 68 104 M 158 13.4 17.6 20.7 20.6 48 N N N 0 Y / N Y YTata Tiago Revotron XZ 497606 476468 Hatchback Petrol 1199 85 114 M 143 14.5 13.8 20.6 23.8 242 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra e2o T2 499000 592649 Hatchback Electric 0 26 54 A 81 - - - - - N N N 0 Y / N Y YTata Tigor Revotron XM 499896 499000 Sedan Petrol 1047 70 140 M - - - - - 419 N N N 0 Y / Y Y Y

`5 Lakh to 10 LakhMaruti Suzuki Wagon R VXI+ 500312 466091 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M 147 16.2 17.5 23.0 20.5 - N N N 1 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Celerio VXi AMT 501356 491418 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 A 152 17.1 15.5 21.6 23.1 235 N N N 1 Y / Y N NFord Figo 1.2 Petrol Ambiente 501600 494500 Hatchback Petrol 1196 88 112 M - - - - 18.2 257 N N N 2 Y / N N NTata Tiago Revotorq XM (O) 504284 497478 Hatchback Diesel 1047 70 140 M 130 16.2 23.1 15.2 27.3 242 N N N 2 Y / Y N NMaruti Suzuki WagonR Stingray VXi AMT 506334 502007 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 A - - - - 20.5 - N N N 0 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Sail U-VA PS 507675 479240 Hatchback Petrol 1199 84 109 M 158 13.6 12.9 18.9 18.2 248 N N N 0 Y / N N NNissan Micra Active XV 511079 493020 Hatchback Petrol 1198 68 104 M - - - - 19.0 251 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Beat 1.2 LS 511144 465522 Hatchback Petrol 1199 78 107 M 145 16.5 14.4 19.7 17.8 170 N N N 0 Y / N N NDatsun GO+ T (O) 512980 495711 MPV Petrol 1198 68 104 M 158 13.4 17.6 20.7 20.6 48 N N N 2 Y / N Y YMaruti Suzuki Ignis Delta Petrol 516119 517344 SUV Petrol 1197 83 113 M - - - - 20.9 260 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Celerio VXi AMT (O) 516846 506908 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 A 152 17.1 15.5 21.6 23.1 235 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NMahindra KUV 100 NXT K4+ Petrol 517179 521931 SUV Petrol 1198 83 115 M 141.5 15.6 12.2 18.9 18.2 243 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NTata Tiago Revotorq XT 517364 510558 Hatchback Diesel 1047 70 140 M 130 16.2 15.2 23.1 27.3 242 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Wagon R VXI+ AMT 517709 513504 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 A 147 16.2 17.5 23.0 20.5 - N N N 1 Y / Y Y YToyota Etios Liva G 517800 520300 Hatchback Petrol 1197 80 104 M - - - - 18.2 251 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NMaruti Suzuki Wagon R VXI AMT 520040 484703 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 A - - - - 20.5 - N N N 0 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Celerio VXi MT CNG 520376 510438 Hatchback CNG 998 59 78 M - - - - - - N N N 1 Y / Y N NMaruti Suzuki Wagon R VXI AMT (O) 521829 517664 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 A - - - - 20.5 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Grand i10 Magna Petrol 522023 519859 Hatchback Petrol 1197 83 116 M - 12.9 15.6 20.2 19.8 256 N N N 1 Y / Y N NMahindra KUV 100 NXT K4+ Petrol 6 Str 523576 528328 SUV Petrol 1198 83 115 M 141.5 15.6 12.2 18.9 18.2 243 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NChevrolet Beat PS Diesel 524370 526597 Hatchback Diesel 936 57 143 M 152 19.0 16.8 23.3 25.4 170 N N N 0 N / N N NTata Zest 1.2-litreXE Revotron 90PS 524751 516026 Sedan Petrol 1193 90 140 M 161 14.5 15.1 21.4 17.6 360 N N N 0 Y / N N NFiat Punto Evo PowerTech 90-HP 526538 487887 Hatchback Petrol 1172 68 96 M 161.5 15.6 15.5 19.2 15.8 280 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Celerio ZXi AMT 526872 516934 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 A 152 17.1 15.5 21.6 23.1 235 N N N 1 Y / Y Y YHonda Brio S MT 527942 516451 Hatchback Petrol 1198 88 109 M 143.2 12.9 14.6 21.3 18.5 175 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Enjoy 1.4 LS-7 Petrol 528608 499000 MUV Petrol 1399 100 131 M - - - - 13.7 195 N N N 0 Y / Y N NChevrolet Enjoy 1.4 LS-8 Petrol 528608 499000 MUV Petrol 1399 100 131 M - - - - 13.7 195 N N N 0 Y / Y N N


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`5 Lakh to 10 Lakh contd...Maruti Suzuki Baleno Sigma Petrol 529176 526374 Hatchback Petrol 1197 84 115 M - - - - 21.4 339 Y N N 2 Y / N N NTata Tigor Revotron XT 529178 528252 Sedan Petrol 1199 85 114 M - - - - - 419 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Tiago Revotron XZA AT 531948 525752 Hatchback Petrol 1199 85 114 A 143 16.8 14.1 21.3 23.8 242 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Celerio ZXi Option 531981 522043 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 M 148 16.8 16.2 22.1 23.1 235 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Elite i20 Era Petrol 533222 531558 Hatchback Petrol 1197 83 114 M 159 14.1 13.3 21.2 18.6 285 N N N 2 Y / N N NTata Indica Vista TDI LX 533242 546537 Hatchback Diesel 1405 71 135 M - - - - 19.1 232 N N N 0 Y / N Y YTata Tiago Revotorq XT (O) 534623 527817 Hatchback Diesel 1047 70 140 M 130 16.2 15.2 23.1 27.3 242 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Celerio VXi (O) MT CNG 535515 525577 Hatchback CNG 998 59 78 M - - - - - - Y N N 2 Y / Y N NHyundai Xcent E Petrol 535528 533304 Sedan Petrol 1197 83 114 M - - - - 20.1 407 N N N 2 Y / N N NMaruti Suzuki Wagon R VXI+ AMT (O) 536758 532737 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 A 147 16.2 17.5 23.0 20.5 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YFiat Punto Pure 1.3 diesel 536955 549000 Hatchback Diesel 1248 76 197 M - - - - 20.3 280 N N N 0 Y / N Y YTata Bolt 1.2 XM 538427 535861 Hatchback Petrol 1193 90 140 M 160.5 15.0 12.8 18.6 17.6 210 Y N N 0 Y / Y Y YMahindra e2o T20 538912 643138 Hatchback Electric 0 26 54 A 81 - - - - - N N N 0 Y / N Y YMaruti Suzuki WagonR Stingray VXi AMT (O) 538951 534939 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 A - - - - 20.5 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra KUV 100 NXT K2 Diesel 539000 539000 SUV Diesel 1198 78 190 M 145 15.2 18.4 24.3 25.3 243 Y N N 1 N / N N NTata Tigor Revotorq XE 539571 541267 Sedan Diesel 1047 70 140 M - 17.5 18.0 23.5 - 419 N N N 0 N / N N NTata Indica BS IV LX 539797 535829 Hatchback Diesel 1396 70 140 M 159 15.6 15.6 22.5 25.0 220 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YFord Figo Aspire Petrol 1.2MT Ambiente 541500 548900 Sedan Petrol 1196 88 112 M 172 13.6 12.7 19.5 18.2 359 N N N 2 Y / N N NVolkswagen Polo Trendline Petrol 541800 541800 Hatchback Petrol 1198 75 110 M 140.2 15.8 12.7 19.0 16.5 280 Y N N 2 Y / N N NFord Figo 1.2 Petrol Trend 542300 557700 Hatchback Petrol 1196 88 112 M - - - - 18.2 257 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Dzire LXi 542910 545000 Sedan Petrol 1197 83 115 M - - - - 22.0 378 Y N N 2 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Celerio ZXi AMT (O) 543981 534043 Hatchback Petrol 998 68 90 A 152 17.1 15.5 21.6 23.1 235 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Beat 1.2 LT 544311 512614 Hatchback Petrol 1199 78 107 M 145 16.5 14.4 19.7 17.8 170 N N N 1 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Swift VXi 546622 559087 Hatchback Petrol 1197 84 115 M - - - - 20.4 204 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Ameo 1.2 MPI Trendline 550200 550200 Sedan Petrol 1198 75 110 M 162 16.9 13.8 20.4 17.8 330 Y N N 2 Y / N N NTata Indica Vista Quadrajet 75 LS 554566 554686 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M 160 16.1 18.1 23.6 20.9 232 N N N 0 N / N N NTata Bolt 1.2 XMS 561041 559632 Hatchback Petrol 1193 90 140 M 160.5 15.0 12.8 18.6 17.6 210 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Sail U-VA LS 561289 529851 Hatchback Petrol 1199 84 109 M 158 13.6 12.9 18.9 18.2 248 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Beat LS Diesel 561447 561697 Hatchback Diesel 936 57 143 M 152 19.0 16.8 23.3 25.4 170 N N N 0 Y / N N NMaruti Suzuki Ignis Zeta Petrol 562110 563337 SUV Petrol 1197 83 113 M - - - - 20.9 260 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra KUV 100 NXT K2+ Diesel 563289 566794 SUV Diesel 1198 78 190 M 145 15.2 18.4 24.3 25.3 243 Y N N 2 N / N N NHonda Amaze E MT 564366 550533 Sedan Petrol 1198 88 109 M 142 13.3 14.1 22.1 17.8 400 N N N 0 Y / Y N NNissan Micra Active XV S 564596 546536 Hatchback Petrol 1198 68 104 M - - - - 19.5 251 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Grand i10 Sportz Petrol 564769 562266 Hatchback Petrol 1197 83 116 M - 12.9 15.6 20.2 19.8 256 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YToyota Etios Liva V 565000 567000 Hatchback Petrol 1197 80 104 M - - - - 18.2 251 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Swift VXi (O) 566603 574832 Hatchback Petrol 1197 84 115 M - - - - 20.4 204 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Grand i10 Era Diesel 567712 563829 Hatchback Diesel 1186 75 194 M - 14.1 16.3 26.6 25.0 256 N N N 1 Y / N N NFord Figo 1.5 Diesel Base 569000 570600 Hatchback Diesel 1498 100 215 M 178 10.5 19.6 26.7 25.8 257 N N N 1 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Ignis Delta Petrol AMT 570945 572171 SUV Petrol 1197 83 113 A - 13.6 13.2 20.5 20.9 260 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Tiago Revotorq XZ 571087 564773 Hatchback Diesel 1047 70 140 M 130 16.2 15.2 23.1 27.3 242 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Tigor Revotron XTA 575896 575000 Sedan Petrol 1199 85 114 A - - - - - 419 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Tigor Revotron XZ 577037 576142 Sedan Petrol 1199 85 114 M - - - - - 419 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Bolt 1.3 XE 577628 580516 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M - - - - 23.0 210 N N N 0 N / N N NFord Figo 1.2 Petrol Titanium 578000 598400 Hatchback Petrol 1196 88 112 M - - - - 18.2 257 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Tigor Revotorq XM 582190 581295 Sedan Diesel 1047 70 140 M - 17.5 18.0 23.5 - 419 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YFord Figo Aspire Petrol 1.2MT Trend 585900 599300 Sedan Petrol 1196 88 112 M 172 13.6 12.7 19.5 18.2 359 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Sail U-VA LS ABS 586135 553306 Hatchback Petrol 1199 84 109 M 158 13.6 12.9 18.9 18.2 248 Y N N 1 Y / Y Y YTata Nexon Petrol XE 587000 585000 SUV Petrol 1198 110 170 M - - - - 17.0 350 Y N N 2 Y / N N NTata Zest 1.2-litre XM Revotron 90PS 588995 582153 Sedan Petrol 1193 90 140 M 161 14.5 15.1 21.4 17.6 360 Y N N 0 Y / Y Y YTata Indigo eCS CR4 BS IV LS 589694 589065 Sedan Diesel 1396 70 140 M - - - - 25.0 380 N N N 0 Y / N N NHyundai Xcent E+ Petrol 591318 588715 Sedan Petrol 1197 83 114 M - - - - 20.1 407 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Beat 1.2 LTZ 591729 559827 Hatchback Petrol 1199 78 107 M 145 16.5 14.4 19.7 17.8 170 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Beat LT Diesel 594286 593400 Hatchback Diesel 936 57 143 M 152 19.0 16.8 23.3 25.4 170 N N N 1 Y / Y Y YHyundai Grand i10 Sportz (O) Petrol 594828 592083 Hatchback Petrol 1197 83 116 M - 12.9 15.6 20.2 19.8 256 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda Jazz Petrol E 596828 589400 Hatchback Petrol 1199 90 110 M - - - - 18.4 354 N N N 2 Y / Y N NHyundai Grand i10 Magna Petrol AT 596884 594121 Hatchback Petrol 1197 83 116 A - - - - 17.5 256 N N N 1 Y / Y N NHyundai Elite i20 Magna Executive Petrol 596962 594512 Hatchback Petrol 1197 83 114 M 159 14.1 13.3 21.2 18.6 285 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Enjoy 1.4 LT-8 597464 564000 MUV Petrol 1399 100 131 M - - - - 13.7 195 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YMahindra KUV 100 NXT K6+ Petrol 597639 599995 SUV Petrol 1198 83 115 M 141.5 15.6 12.2 18.9 18.2 243 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Swift LDi 600626 599512 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M - - - - 25.2 204 N N N 0 Y / N N NMaruti Suzuki Baleno Delta Petrol 601149 597778 Hatchback Petrol 1197 84 115 M - - - - 21.4 339 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda Brio VX MT 602238 589935 Hatchback Petrol 1198 88 109 M 144 16.1 12.6 20.2 18.5 175 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra KUV 100 NXT K6+ Petrol 6 Str 604016 599995 SUV Petrol 1198 83 115 M 141.5 15.6 12.2 18.9 18.2 243 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra KUV 100 NXT K4+ Diesel 604801 607259 SUV Diesel 1198 78 190 M 145 15.2 18.4 24.3 25.3 243 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NTata Tigor Revotron XZ (O) 605271 604375 Sedan Petrol 1199 85 114 M - - - - - 419 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YFord Figo 1.5 Diesel Ambiente 606300 599900 Hatchback Diesel 1498 100 215 M 178 10.5 19.6 26.7 25.8 257 N N N 2 Y / N N NTata Zest 1.2-litre XMS Revotron 90PS 607359 599964 Sedan Petrol 1193 90 140 M 161 14.5 15.1 21.4 17.6 360 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Indigo eCS CR4 BS IV LX 607542 607864 Sedan Diesel 1396 70 140 M - - - - 25.0 380 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Polo Comfortline Petrol 610700 610700 Hatchback Petrol 1198 75 110 M 140.2 15.8 12.7 19.0 16.5 280 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra KUV 100 NXT K4+ Diesel 6 Str 611243 613701 SUV Diesel 1198 78 190 M 145 15.2 18.4 24.3 25.3 243 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NTata Tigor Revotorq XT 611839 610915 Sedan Diesel 1047 70 140 M - 17.5 18.0 23.5 - 419 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YFord Figo Aspire Petrol 1.2MT Titanium 612600 599900 Sedan Petrol 1196 88 112 M 172 13.6 12.7 19.5 18.2 359 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YNissan Micra XL CVT 613382 595323 Hatchback Petrol 1198 77 104 A 145 15.8 12.8 18.7 19.3 251 Y N N 1 Y / Y Y YHyundai Grand i10 Magna Diesel 616454 612130 Hatchback Diesel 1186 75 194 M - 14.1 16.3 26.6 25.0 256 N N N 1 Y / Y N NMaruti Suzuki Ignis Zeta Petrol AMT 616761 617988 SUV Petrol 1197 83 113 A - 13.6 13.2 20.5 20.9 260 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YToyota Etios Liva VX 619100 616500 Hatchback Petrol 1197 80 104 M - - - - 18.2 251 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YFiat Punto Evo PowerTech 1.3 Active Diesel 622129 636934 Hatchback Diesel 1248 93 197 M 142 18.7 13.8 17.6 21.2 280 N N N 0 Y / N N N


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`5 Lakh to 10 Lakh contd...Tata Tigor Revotron XZA 622895 622000 Sedan Petrol 1199 85 114 A - - - - - 419 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Swift LDi (O) 623862 619970 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M - - - - 25.2 204 Y N N 2 Y / N N NChevrolet Sail U-VA PS Diesel 626107 591038 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M 163.1 16.2 15.8 21.6 22.1 248 N N N 0 Y / N N NHyundai Xcent S Petrol 626295 623410 Sedan Petrol 1197 83 114 M - - - - 20.1 407 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Xcent E Diesel 627053 624433 Sedan Diesel 1120 75 190 M - 14.1 16.8 26.2 25.4 407 N N N 2 Y / N N NTata Indica Vista Quadrajet 75 VX Tech 627466 625902 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M 160 16.1 18.1 23.6 20.9 232 Y N N 0 Y / Y Y YTata Bolt 1.2 XT 627631 619444 Hatchback Petrol 1193 90 140 M 160.5 15.0 12.8 18.6 17.6 210 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ignis Delta Diesel 627648 628050 SUV Diesel 1248 75 190 M - 13.5 16.2 25.9 26.8 260 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YFord Figo 1.2 Petrol Sports Edition 628000 648400 Hatchback Petrol 1196 88 112 M - - - - 18.1 257 Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YMahindra Thar Di 4x2 628078 521812 SUV Diesel 2523 63 183 M 100 - - - 16.0 - N N N 0 N / N N NToyota Platinum Etios G 629700 636300 Sedan Petrol 1496 90 132 M - - - - 16.8 592 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NMaruti Suzuki Dzire VXi 630562 629000 Sedan Petrol 1197 83 115 M - - - - 22.0 378 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Zest 1.3-litre XE Quadrajet 75PS 631423 609100 Sedan Diesel 1248 75 190 M - - - - 23.0 360 N N N 0 Y / N N NFord Figo 1.2 Petrol Titanium+ 631900 636500 Hatchback Petrol 1196 88 112 M - - - - 18.2 257 Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YMahindra KUV 100 NXT K8 Petrol 633923 637286 SUV Petrol 1198 83 115 M 141.5 15.6 12.2 18.9 18.2 243 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Ameo 1.2 MPI Comfortline 634200 634200 Sedan Petrol 1198 75 110 M 162 16.9 13.8 20.4 17.8 330 Y N Y 2 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Enjoy 1.3 TCDi LS-8 634540 599000 MUV Diesel 1248 75 173 M - - - - 18.2 195 N N N 0 Y / Y N NChevrolet Enjoy 1.3 TCDi LS-7 634540 599000 MUV Diesel 1248 75 173 M - - - - 18.2 195 N N N 0 Y / Y N NHyundai Grand i10 Asta Petrol 637667 634583 Hatchback Petrol 1197 83 116 M - 12.9 15.6 20.2 19.8 256 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Bolt 1.3 XM 638610 627002 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M - - - - 23.0 210 Y N N 0 Y / Y Y YToyota Etios Cross G 638800 636300 Hatchback Petrol 1197 80 104 M - - - - 18.2 251 N N N 2 Y / Y Y NIsuzu D-Max Cab-Chassis 639831 599000 Pick-up Diesel 2499 135 294 M 175 - - - 13.2 - N N N 0 N / N N NMahindra Imperio SC 640000 643402 Pick-up Diesel 2489 76 220 M 120 - - - 13.6 - N N N 0 N / N N NMahindra KUV 100 NXT K8 Petrol 6 Str 640299 643663 SUV Petrol 1198 83 115 M 141.5 15.6 12.2 18.9 18.2 243 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Swift ZXi 641018 639539 Hatchback Petrol 1197 84 115 M - - - - 20.4 204 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Elite i20 Sportz Petrol 642966 640503 Hatchback Petrol 1197 83 114 M 159 14.1 13.3 21.2 18.6 285 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YFord Figo 1.5 Diesel Trend 644100 656500 Hatchback Diesel 1498 100 215 M 178 10.5 19.6 26.7 25.8 257 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ignis Alpha Petrol 645918 647143 SUV Petrol 1197 83 113 M - - - - 20.9 260 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ertiga Lxi 646578 618047 MUV Petrol 1373 92 130 M - - - - 17.5 - N N N 1 N / N N NFord Figo Aspire Petrol 1.2MT Sports Edition 646600 664000 Sedan Petrol 1196 88 112 M 172 13.6 12.7 19.5 18.1 359 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra KUV 100 NXT K8 Petrol Dual Tone 647799 651163 SUV Petrol 1198 83 115 M 141.5 15.6 12.2 18.9 18.2 243 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Baleno Sigma Diesel 647850 643995 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M 168 13.2 15.8 27.4 27.4 339 Y N N 2 Y / N N NHonda Amaze S MT 648060 589919 Sedan Petrol 1198 88 109 M 142 13.3 14.1 22.1 17.8 400 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Ameo 1.5 TDI MT Trendline 651300 651300 Sedan Diesel 1498 110 250 M 170 10.8 15.3 18.5 21.7 330 Y N N 2 Y / N N NTata Nexon Petrol XM 651900 649900 SUV Petrol 1198 110 170 M - - - - 17.0 350 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YFord Figo Aspire Diesel 1.5MT Ambiente 652100 659500 Sedan Diesel 1498 100 215 M 177 11.5 15.3 25.5 25.8 359 N N N 2 Y / N N NToyota Etios Liva GD 652500 647800 Hatchback Diesel 1364 68 170 M - - - - 23.6 251 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NChevrolet Sail U-VA LT ABS 654582 599000 Hatchback Petrol 1199 84 109 M 158 13.6 12.9 18.9 18.2 248 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Bolero Power+ LX 657572 675867 SUV Diesel 1493 72 195 M - 20.2 12.2 17.5 16.5 - N N N 0 Y / Y N YTata Bolt 1.3 XMS 658908 664362 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M - - - - 23.0 210 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Grand i10 Sportz Diesel 659335 654549 Hatchback Diesel 1186 75 194 M - 14.1 16.3 26.6 25.0 256 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Tigor Revotorq XZ 659825 658901 Sedan Diesel 1047 70 140 M - 17.5 18.0 23.5 - 419 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Swift VDi 660737 653189 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M - - - - 25.2 204 Y N N 0 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Enjoy 1.4 LTZ-8 661024 624000 MUV Petrol 1399 100 131 M - - - - 13.7 195 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Enjoy 1.4 LTZ-7 661024 624000 MUV Petrol 1399 100 131 M - - - - 13.7 195 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda Jazz Petrol S 661429 652898 Hatchback Petrol 1199 90 110 M 136 - - - 18.7 354 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Baleno Zeta Petrol 661680 658272 Hatchback Petrol 1197 84 115 M - - - - 21.4 339 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Sumo Gold CX 663398 691040 SUV Diesel 2956 85 250 M - - - - 16.0 - N N N 0 N / N N NHyundai Elite i20 Era Diesel 665145 660967 Hatchback Diesel 1396 90 220 M 170 12.5 15.4 25.6 22.5 285 N N N 2 Y / N N NTata Zest 1.2-litre XT Revotron 90PS 666273 657165 Sedan Petrol 1193 90 140 M 161 14.5 15.1 21.4 17.6 360 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YFiat Avventura Urban Cross 1.3 Multijet Diesel Active 668456 683261 Hatchback Diesel 1248 93 209 M 159 15.9 14.3 19.8 20.0 - N N N 0 Y / N N NChevrolet Sail Petrol LS 668576 617815 Sedan Petrol 1199 84 109 M 158 13.6 12.9 18.9 18.2 370 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YFord Figo 1.5 Diesel Titanium 669000 689400 Hatchback Diesel 1498 100 215 M 178 10.5 19.6 26.7 25.8 257 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Xcent SX Petrol 670539 667305 Sedan Petrol 1197 83 114 M - - - - 20.1 407 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai i20 Active 1.2 Base 672413 668582 SUV Petrol 1197 83 114 M - - - - 17.2 285 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Beat LTZ Diesel 672676 657217 Hatchback Diesel 936 57 143 M 152 19.0 16.8 23.3 25.4 170 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Swift VDi (O) 672910 660304 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M - - - - 25.2 204 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ignis Zeta Diesel 674855 675050 SUV Diesel 1248 75 190 M - 13.5 16.2 25.9 26.8 260 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Imperio SC VX 675000 678597 Pick-up Diesel 2489 76 220 M 120 - - - 13.6 - N N N 0 N / N N NMahindra Imperio DC 675000 678668 Pick-up Diesel 2489 76 220 M 120 - - - 13.6 - N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Dzire VXi AGS 677114 676000 Sedan Petrol 1197 83 115 A - - - - 22.0 378 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YNissan Micra XL Diesel 678218 659878 Hatchback Diesel 1461 64 160 M 163 15.2 15.8 22.7 23.1 251 N N N 1 Y / Y Y YHyundai Grand i10 Sportz (O) Petrol AT 680319 676898 Hatchback Petrol 1197 83 116 A - - - - 17.5 256 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Thar Di 4x4 680336 596360 SUV Diesel 2523 63 183 M 100 - - - 16.0 - N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Ertiga Lxi (O) 682216 657708 MUV Petrol 1373 92 130 M - - - - 17.5 - Y N N 2 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Ignis Delta Diesel AMT 682831 683050 SUV Diesel 1248 75 190 A - - - - 26.8 260 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Sail U-VA LS Diesel 683172 644907 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M 163.1 16.2 15.8 21.6 22.1 248 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YHyundai Xcent E+ Diesel 683256 680219 Sedan Diesel 1120 72 190 M - 14.1 16.8 26.2 25.4 407 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YFord Figo Aspire Petrol 1.2MT Titanium Plus 683600 701000 Sedan Petrol 1196 88 112 M 172 13.6 12.7 19.5 18.2 359 Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YTata Nexon Diesel XE 687000 685000 SUV Diesel 1497 110 260 M - 13.6 14.4 24.7 21.5 350 Y N N 2 Y / N N NIsuzu D-Max Single cab 687109 644000 Pick-up Diesel 2499 135 294 M 175 - - - 13.2 - N N N 0 N / N N NHonda Brio VX AT 688113 674784 Hatchback Petrol 1198 88 109 A 144 16.1 12.6 20.2 16.5 175 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Tigor Revotorq XZ (O) 688146 684222 Sedan Diesel 1047 70 140 M - 17.5 18.0 23.5 - 419 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Bolero Power+ SLE 688316 709897 SUV Diesel 1493 72 195 M - 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`5 Lakh to 10 Lakh contd...Hyundai Grand i10 Sportz (O) Diesel 689485 684368 Hatchback Diesel 1186 75 194 M - 14.1 16.3 26.6 25.0 256 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Zest 1.3-litre XM Quadrajet 75PS 691109 682676 Sedan Diesel 1248 75 190 M - - - - 23.0 360 Y N N 0 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Polo Trendline Diesel 692600 692600 Hatchback Diesel 1498 90 230 M 176 13.1 17.5 23.5 20.1 280 N N N 2 Y / N N NToyota Etios Liva VD 693500 688300 Hatchback Diesel 1364 68 170 M - - - - 23.6 251 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra KUV 100 NXT K6+ Diesel 6 Str 695286 698791 SUV Diesel 1198 78 190 M 145 15.2 18.4 24.3 25.3 243 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NHyundai Elite i20 Asta Petrol 695438 692589 Hatchback Petrol 1197 83 114 M 159 14.1 13.3 21.2 18.6 285 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YFiat Linea T-Jet Active 1.4 696244 705982 Sedan Petrol 1368 114 207 M - - 11.3 15.7 15.7 500 Y N N 0 Y / Y N NFord Figo Aspire Diesel 1.5MT Trend 696700 714100 Sedan Diesel 1498 100 215 M 177 11.5 15.3 25.5 25.8 359 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Dzire ZXi 696772 705000 Sedan Petrol 1197 83 115 M - - - - 22.0 378 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ignis Alpha Petrol AMT 699917 701143 SUV Petrol 1197 84 113 A - - - - 20.9 260 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Sail U-VA LS ABS Diesel 700356 661235 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M 163.1 16.2 15.8 21.6 22.1 248 N N N 1 Y / N Y YToyota Platinum Etios V 701600 702400 Sedan Petrol 1496 90 132 M - - - - 16.8 592 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Polo Highline Petrol 701900 701900 Hatchback Petrol 1198 75 110 M 140.2 15.8 12.7 19.0 16.5 280 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YFiat Avventura PowerTech Active MULTIJET Diesel 702639 717445 Hatchback Diesel 1248 93 209 M 159 15.9 14.3 19.8 20.5 280 N N N 0 Y / N N NChevrolet Enjoy 1.3 TCDi LT-8 703397 664000 MUV Diesel 1248 75 173 M - - - - 18.2 195 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Enjoy 1.3 TCDi LT-7 703397 664000 MUV Diesel 1248 75 173 M - - - - 18.2 195 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YMahindra e2O Plus P4 703904 546330 Hatchback Electric 0 26 70 A 80 - - - - 135 N N N N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Baleno Delta Petrol CVT 705399 702597 Hatchback Petrol 1197 84 115 A - 11.6 13.1 18.2 21.4 339 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda Jazz Petrol SV 705401 696344 Hatchback Petrol 1199 90 110 M 136 - - - 18.2 354 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Xcent S At Petrol 706958 703441 Sedan Petrol 1197 83 114 A - - - - 17.4 407 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Sail Petrol LS ABS 709683 666598 Sedan Petrol 1199 84 109 M 158 13.6 12.9 18.9 18.2 370 Y N N 1 Y / Y Y YIsuzu D-Max Space cab flat deck 711273 644402 Pick-up Diesel 2499 135 294 M 175 - - - 13.2 400 N N N 0 N / N N YNissan Sunny XE Petrol 714218 689909 Sedan Petrol 1498 99 134 M 175 12.8 11.9 21.1 17.0 490 Y N N 1 Y / N N NHonda Amaze SX MT 714363 698461 Sedan Petrol 1198 88 109 M 142 13.3 14.1 22.1 17.8 400 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YNissan Micra XV CVT 715666 697606 Hatchback Petrol 1198 77 104 A 145 15.8 12.8 18.7 19.3 251 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Baleno Delta Diesel 716078 710091 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M 168 13.2 15.8 27.4 27.4 339 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Zest 1.3-litre XMS Quadrajet 75PS 716779 708870 Sedan Diesel 1248 75 190 M - - - - 23.0 360 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Xcent S Diesel 718368 715012 Sedan Diesel 1120 72 190 M - 14.1 16.8 26.2 25.4 407 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YFord Figo 1.5 Diesel Sports Edition 719000 739400 Hatchback Diesel 1498 100 215 M - - - - 24.3 257 Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YHyundai Elite i20 Magna Executive Diesel 719795 715090 Hatchback Diesel 1396 90 220 M 170 12.5 15.4 25.6 22.5 285 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Elite i20 Asta Petrol Dual Tone 720080 717050 Hatchback Petrol 1197 83 115 M 159 14.1 13.3 21.2 18.6 285 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Bolero EX NON AC BS4 720666 651914 SUV Diesel 2523 63 195 M - - - - 16.0 480 N N N 0 N / N N NFord Figo 1.5 Diesel Titanium+ 722400 725600 Hatchback Diesel 1498 100 215 M 178 10.5 19.6 26.7 25.8 257 Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YFord Figo Aspire Diesel 1.5MT Titanium 723400 740800 Sedan Diesel 1498 100 215 M 177 11.5 15.3 25.5 25.8 359 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Sumo Gold EX 723686 745188 SUV Diesel 2956 85 250 M - - - - 16.0 - N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Dzire VDi 724906 729000 Sedan Diesel 1248 75 190 M - - - - 28.4 378 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra KUV 100 NXT K8 Diesel 726270 728728 SUV Diesel 1198 78 190 M 145 15.2 18.4 24.3 25.3 243 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Imperio DC VX 727000 730946 Pick-up Diesel 2489 76 220 M 120 - - - 13.6 - N N N 0 Y / Y N NTata Bolt 1.3 XT 727543 730849 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M - - - - 23.0 210 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ignis Zeta Diesel AMT 729652 730050 SUV Diesel 1248 75 190 A - - - - 26.8 260 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YFiat Avventura Urban Cross 1.3 Multijet Diesel Dynamic 729912 744718 Hatchback Diesel 1248 93 209 M 159 15.9 14.3 19.8 20.0 - Y N N 0 Y / N Y YMaruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza LDi 730272 726017 SUV Diesel 1248 90 200 M 169 13.8 15.8 19.6 24.3 328 N N N 1 Y / N Y YTata Nexon Petrol XT 731900 729900 SUV Petrol 1198 110 170 M - - - - 17.0 350 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Baleno Alpha Petrol 732369 728843 Hatchback Petrol 1197 84 115 M - - - - 21.4 339 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Grand i10 Asta Diesel 732459 726879 Hatchback Diesel 1186 75 194 M - 14.1 16.3 26.6 25.0 256 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda Jazz Diesel E 732686 723733 Hatchback Diesel 1498 100 200 M 146 - - - 26.8 354 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NMahindra KUV 100 NXT K8 Diesel 6 Str 732691 735148 SUV Diesel 1198 78 190 M 145 15.2 18.4 24.3 25.3 243 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YToyota Etios Liva VXD 734700 729200 Hatchback Diesel 1364 68 170 M - - - - 23.6 251 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Ameo 1.2 MPI Highline 735000 735000 Sedan Petrol 1198 75 110 M 162 16.9 13.8 20.4 17.8 330 Y N Y 2 Y / Y Y YFiat Punto Evo PowerTech 1.3 Dynamic Diesel 738612 698297 Hatchback Diesel 1248 93 197 M 142 18.7 13.8 17.6 21.2 280 Y N N 0 Y / Y Y YMahindra KUV 100 NXT K8 Diesel Dual Tone 740191 742648 SUV Diesel 1198 78 190 M 145 15.2 18.4 24.3 25.3 243 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda Jazz Petrol V 740752 731358 Hatchback Petrol 1199 90 110 M 136 - - - 18.2 354 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra e2O Plus P6 741641 595091 Hatchback Electric 0 26 70 A 80 - - - - 135 N N N N / N N NTata Nexon Diesel XM 741900 739900 SUV Diesel 1497 110 260 M - 13.6 14.4 24.7 21.5 350 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza LDi (O) 743179 739017 SUV Diesel 1248 90 200 M 169 13.8 15.8 19.6 24.3 328 Y N N 2 Y / N Y YMaruti Suzuki Dzire ZXi AGS 743323 752000 Sedan Petrol 1197 83 115 A - - - - 22.0 378 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YIsuzu D-Max Single cab Flat deck with A/c 743378 683816 Pick-up Diesel 2499 135 294 M 175 - - - 13.2 400 N N N 0 N / N N NHyundai i20 Active 1.2 S 743841 739065 SUV Petrol 1197 83 114 M - - - - 17.2 285 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Verito Vibe D2 745468 647558 Hatchback Diesel 1461 65 160 M 153 15.8 13.8 22.7 20.8 330 N N N 0 N / N N NNissan Micra XL Comfort Diesel 746079 727740 Hatchback Diesel 1461 64 160 M 163 15.2 15.8 22.7 23.1 251 Y N N 1 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Swift ZDi 746828 746938 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M - - - - 25.2 204 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Xcent SX Petrol Option Pack 747426 743581 Sedan Petrol 1197 83 114 M - - - - 20.1 407 Y N N 0 Y / Y Y YMahindra Bolero PLUS NON AC BS4 747531 784095 SUV Diesel 2523 63 195 M - - - - 16.0 480 N N N 0 N / N N NIcml Extreme LD BS4 Non Ac 748727 705026 MUV Diesel 1994 120 285 M 165 - - - 17.0 462 N N N 0 N / N N NToyota Platinum Etios GD 748900 745500 Sedan Diesel 1364 68 170 M - - - - 23.6 592 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NChevrolet Enjoy 1.4 LT-7 752324 564000 MUV Petrol 1399 100 131 M - - - - 13.7 195 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YMahindra Bolero Power+ SLX 753217 774226 SUV Diesel 1493 72 195 M - 20.2 12.2 17.5 16.5 - N N N 0 Y / Y N YMaruti Suzuki Ignis Alpha Diesel 753409 754050 SUV Diesel 1248 75 190 M - 13.5 16.2 25.9 18.5 260 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda Amaze VX MT 753674 737098 Sedan Petrol 1198 88 109 M 142 13.3 14.1 22.1 17.8 400 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda Amaze S CVT 753674 737098 Sedan Petrol 1198 90 110 A - - - - 18.1 400 Y N N 0 Y / Y Y YFord Figo Aspire Diesel 1.5MT Sports Edition 757400 774400 Sedan Diesel 1498 100 215 M - - - - 24.3 359 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra TUV300 T4 757550 767786 SUV Diesel 1493 84 230 M 143 17.4 13.1 19.3 18.5 384 N N N 0 Y / Y N NMaruti Suzuki Ertiga Vxi 757860 751496 MUV Petrol 1373 92 130 M - - - - 17.5 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Sail Petrol LT ABS 760067 717495 Sedan Petrol 1199 84 109 M 158 13.6 12.9 18.9 18.2 370 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YFord Figo 1.5 Petrol Titanium AT 762000 780400 Hatchback Petrol 1499 112 136 A 172 12.7 12.3 19.5 17.0 257 Y Y Y 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Xcent SX Diesel 762796 759045 Sedan Diesel 1120 72 190 M - 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`5 Lakh to 10 Lakh contd...Nissan Sunny XE Diesel 763232 738922 Sedan Diesel 1461 86 200 M - - - - 22.7 490 Y N N 1 Y / N N NHonda Amaze S MT Diesel 764320 751829 Sedan Diesel 1498 100 200 M 141 13.3 15.9 24.0 25.8 400 Y N N 0 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Baleno Zeta Petrol CVT 766281 763481 Hatchback Petrol 1197 84 115 A - 11.6 13.1 18.2 21.4 339 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Elite i20 Sportz Diesel 766421 761270 Hatchback Diesel 1396 90 220 M 170 12.5 15.4 25.6 22.5 285 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Enjoy 1.3 TCDi LTZ-8 766958 724000 MUV Diesel 1248 75 173 M - - - - 18.2 195 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Enjoy 1.3 TCDi LTZ-7 766958 724000 MUV Diesel 1248 75 173 M - - - - 18.2 195 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YToyota Platinum Etios VX 767200 763700 Sedan Petrol 1496 90 132 M - - - - 16.8 592 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Verito Vibe D4 770423 676077 Hatchback Diesel 1461 65 160 M 153 15.8 13.8 22.7 20.8 330 N N N 0 Y / Y N NHonda Jazz Petrol CVT S 770970 761391 Hatchback Petrol 1199 90 110 A - 12.8 12.1 16.2 19.0 354 Y N N 0 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Dzire VDi AGS 771569 776000 Sedan Diesel 1248 75 190 M - 13.2 19.2 25.3 28.4 378 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YNissan Sunny XL Petrol 773035 748725 Sedan Petrol 1498 99 134 M 175 12.8 11.9 21.1 17.0 490 Y N N 1 Y / Y Y YHonda WR-V Petrol S 774721 766539 Hatchback Petrol 1199 90 110 M - - - - 17.5 363 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Zest 1.3-litre XMA Quadrajet 90PS 775250 764548 Sedan Diesel 1248 90 200 A 161 17.7 16.2 22.0 21.6 360 Y N N 0 Y / Y Y YMahindra Bolero EX AC BS4 775347 691914 SUV Diesel 2523 63 195 M - - - - - 480 N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Baleno Zeta Diesel 777548 771325 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M 168 13.2 15.8 27.4 27.4 339 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Elite i20 Asta (O) Petrol 777605 774159 Hatchback Petrol 1197 83 115 M 159 14.1 13.3 21.2 18.6 285 Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Ameo 1.5 TDI MT Comfortline 778100 778100 Sedan Diesel 1498 110 250 M 170 10.8 15.3 18.5 21.7 330 Y N Y 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra NuvoSport N4 778316 769254 SUV Diesel 1493 101 240 M 1151 15.1 14.1 18.4 17.5 412 N N N 0 N / N N NTata Zest 1.3-litre XT Quadrajet 90PS 778801 768030 Sedan Diesel 1248 90 200 M 164 14.7 14.8 23.6 20.7 390 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Cross Polo 1.2 MPI 783557 761500 Hatchback Petrol 1198 75 110 M - - - - 16.5 280 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Polo Comfortline Diesel 783900 783900 Hatchback Diesel 1498 90 230 M 176 13.1 17.5 23.5 20.1 280 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Dzire ZXi+ 785098 794000 Sedan Petrol 1197 83 115 M - - - - 22.0 378 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YFiat Avventura PowerTech Dynamic MULTIJET Diesel 786970 801775 Hatchback Diesel 1248 93 209 M 159 15.9 14.3 19.8 20.5 280 Y N N 0 Y / Y Y YMahindra Bolero Power+ ZLX 787950 808653 SUV Diesel 1493 72 195 M - 20.2 12.2 17.5 16.5 - N N N 0 Y / Y N YMahindra Bolero PLUS AC BS4 787955 824520 SUV Diesel 2523 63 195 M - - - - 16.0 480 N N N 0 N / N N NFiat Punto Evo PowerTech 1.3 Emotion Diesel 789446 753418 Hatchback Diesel 1248 93 197 M 142 18.7 13.8 17.6 21.2 280 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Bolero SLE BS4 789527 809896 SUV Diesel 2523 63 195 M - - - - 16.0 480 N N N 0 N / N N NTata Sumo Gold GX 789726 811517 SUV Diesel 2956 85 250 M - - - - 16.0 - N N N 0 Y / Y Y YHonda Jazz Petrol VX 789945 780081 Hatchback Petrol 1199 90 110 M 136 - - - 18.2 354 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Sail U-VA LT ABS Diesel 790483 746208 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M 163.1 16.2 15.8 21.6 22.1 248 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YToyota Etios Cross VD 792400 780600 Hatchback Diesel 1364 68 170 M 154 15.6 16.0 23.5 23.6 251 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra TUV300 T4+ 793294 803783 SUV Diesel 1493 84 230 M 143 17.4 13.1 19.3 18.5 384 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NChevrolet Sail Diesel LS 793819 749357 Sedan Diesel 1248 75 190 M 163.08 16.2 15.8 21.6 22.1 370 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ciaz Sigma Petrol 794131 776590 Sedan Petrol 1373 93 130 M - - - - 20.7 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YFord Figo Aspire Diesel 1.5MT Titanium Plus 794700 812100 Sedan Diesel 1498 100 215 M 178 10.5 19.6 26.7 25.8 359 Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza VDi 796629 778017 SUV Diesel 1248 90 200 M 169 13.8 15.8 19.6 24.3 328 Y N N 1 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Dzire ZDi 796812 805000 Sedan Diesel 1248 75 190 M - - - - 28.4 378 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YToyota Etios Cross V 797200 787100 Hatchback Petrol 1496 90 132 M - - - - 16.8 251 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Verna E Petrol 799900 799000 Sedan Petrol 1591 123 151 M - - 9.4 14.7 17.7 - Y N N 2 Y / Y N NFiat Avventura Urban Cross 1.3 Multijet Diesel Emotion 801047 815853 Hatchback Diesel 1248 93 209 M 159 15.9 14.3 19.8 20.0 - Y N N 0 Y / N Y YHonda Jazz Diesel S 801697 791590 Hatchback Diesel 1498 100 200 M 170 11.4 17.4 26.8 27.3 354 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza VDi (O) 809535 791017 SUV Diesel 1248 90 200 M 169 13.8 15.8 19.6 24.3 328 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai i20 Active 1.4 Base 809926 802790 SUV Diesel 1396 90 219 M 159 12.6 16.4 22.7 21.2 285 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YNissan Sunny XL Diesel 812246 787936 Sedan Diesel 1461 86 200 M - - - - 22.7 490 Y N N 1 Y / Y Y YMahindra NuvoSport N4+ 812388 808747 SUV Diesel 1493 101 240 M - 15.1 14.1 18.4 17.5 412 Y N N 2 N / N N NIsuzu D-Max Space cab arched deck 813184 764000 Pick-up Diesel 2499 135 294 M 175 - - - 13.2 400 N N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Ertiga Zxi 814859 812660 MUV Petrol 1373 92 130 M - - - - 17.5 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YFord Figo Aspire Petrol 1.5AT Titanium 815900 834300 Sedan Petrol 1499 112 136 A 172 13.6 - - 18.2 359 Y Y Y 2 Y / Y Y YHonda Amaze SX MT Diesel 815997 803265 Sedan Diesel 1498 100 200 M 141 13.3 15.9 24.0 25.8 400 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Nexon Diesel XT 816900 814900 SUV Diesel 1497 110 260 M - 13.6 14.4 24.7 21.5 350 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Lodgy 85PS Base 818200 769500 MUV Diesel 1461 85 200 M - - - - 21.0 207 Y N N 0 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Ertiga Vxi CNG 818486 813201 MUV CNG 1373 92 130 M - - - - 17.1 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Vento Trendline Petrol 819480 819480 Sedan Petrol 1598 105 153 M - - - - 16.1 494 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NSkoda Rapid 1.6 MPI Active 820250 820250 Sedan Petrol 1598 105 153 M 178 - 9.1 16.1 15.4 460 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NToyota Platinum Etios VD 821700 811500 Sedan Diesel 1364 68 170 M - - - - 23.6 592 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Elite i20 Asta Diesel 823970 818275 Hatchback Diesel 1396 90 220 M 170 12.5 15.4 25.6 22.5 285 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra TUV300 T6 824927 834653 SUV Diesel 1493 84 230 M 143 17.4 13.1 19.3 18.5 384 Y N N 0 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Sail Diesel LS ABS 828178 781792 Sedan Diesel 1248 75 190 M 163.08 16.2 15.8 21.6 22.1 370 Y N N 1 Y / Y Y YIcml Extreme LD BS4 828850 804100 MUV Diesel 1994 120 285 M 165 - 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- - - 16.0 480 N N N 0 Y / Y N YMahindra Verito Vibe D6 844177 741485 Hatchback Diesel 1461 65 160 M 153 15.8 13.8 22.7 20.8 330 Y N N 1 Y / Y Y YTata Nexon Petrol XZ+ 846900 844900 SUV Petrol 1198 110 170 M - - - - 17.0 350 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda Jazz Petrol CVT V 847499 837089 Hatchback Petrol 1199 90 110 A - 12.8 12.1 16.2 19.0 354 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Elite i20 Asta Diesel Dual Tone 848689 842756 Hatchback Diesel 1396 90 220 M 170 12.5 15.4 25.6 22.5 285 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki S-Cross Sigma 200 848999 849000 SUV Diesel 1248 90 200 M - 13.2 - - 23.7 353 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NMaruti Suzuki Baleno Alpha Diesel 849247 842766 Hatchback Diesel 1248 75 190 M 168 13.2 15.8 27.4 27.4 339 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra TUV300 T6+ 850455 860352 SUV Diesel 1493 84 230 M 143 17.4 13.1 19.3 18.5 384 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda Amaze VX MT Diesel 851470 840539 Sedan Diesel 1498 100 200 M 141 13.3 15.9 24.0 25.8 400 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y Y


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Honda Amaze VX CVT 852198 835161 Sedan Petrol 1198 90 110 A - - - - 18.1 400 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Polo Highline Diesel 855400 855400 Hatchback Diesel 1498 90 230 M 176 13.1 17.5 23.5 20.1 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ertiga Vxi AT 858442 854693 MUV Petrol 1373 92 130 A - - - - 17.0 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Ameo 1.5 TDI MT Highline 859100 859100 Sedan Diesel 1498 110 250 M 170 10.8 15.3 18.5 21.7 330 Y N Y 2 Y / Y Y YTata Zest 1.3-litre XTA Quadrajet 90PS 859617 848847 Sedan Diesel 1248 90 200 A 161 17.7 16.2 22.0 21.6 360 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Nexon Petrol XZ+ Dual Tone 861900 859900 SUV Petrol 1198 110 170 M - - - - 17.0 350 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YFiat Avventura PowerTech Emotion MULTIJET Diesel 867178 881984 Hatchback Diesel 1248 93 209 M 159 15.9 14.3 19.8 20.5 280 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Bolero ZLX BS4 868689 889058 SUV Diesel 2523 63 195 M - - - - 16.0 480 N N N 0 Y / Y N YRenault Duster Petrol RxE 870200 829300 SUV Petrol 1498 106 142 M - - - - 14.2 475 Y N N 0 Y / N N NMaruti Suzuki Ertiga Zxi+ 872202 871493 MUV Petrol 1373 92 130 M - - - - 17.5 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ertiga Smart Hybrid Ldi 873142 713247 MUV Diesel 1248 90 200 M 168 13.2 15.1 22.9 24.5 - Y N N 1 N / N N NMaruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza ZDi 873458 871017 SUV Diesel 1248 90 200 M 169 13.8 15.8 19.6 24.3 328 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Xylo D2 MAXX BS4 875183 893162 MUV Diesel 2489 95 218 M 158.6 - - - 15.0 - N N N 0 N / N N NToyota Platinum Etios VXD 877400 872900 Sedan Diesel 1364 68 170 M - - - - 23.6 592 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda City Petrol S MT 877526 858123 Sedan Petrol 1497 119 145 M 182 11.5 10.8 18.2 17.4 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda WR-V Diesel S 880253 871868 Hatchback Diesel 1498 100 200 M - 13.3 15.9 20.1 25.5 363 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ertiga Smart Hybrid Ldi (O) 880842 719736 MUV Diesel 1248 90 200 M 168 13.2 15.1 22.9 24.5 - Y N N 2 N / N N NHyundai i20 Active 1.4 S 882787 874536 SUV Diesel 1396 90 219 M 159 12.6 16.4 22.7 21.2 285 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra NuvoSport N6 884625 878964 SUV Diesel 1493 101 240 M 151 15.1 14.1 18.4 17.5 412 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Dzire ZDi+ 885366 894000 Sedan Diesel 1248 75 190 M - - - - 28.4 378 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda Jazz Diesel V 888343 877302 Hatchback Diesel 1498 100 200 M 170 11.4 17.4 26.8 27.3 354 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Thar CRDe 4x4 892130 898644 SUV Diesel 2500 107 247 M 124 18.9 12.9 16.8 16.6 - N N N 0 N / N N NChevrolet Sail Diesel LT ABS 894570 844465 Sedan Diesel 1248 75 190 M 163.08 16.2 15.8 21.6 22.1 370 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Elite i20 Magna Executive Petrol AT 895467 897012 Hatchback Petrol 1368 100 132 A - - - - - 285 N N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Xylo D2 BS4 896100 914286 MUV Diesel 2489 95 218 M 158.6 - - - 15.0 - N N N 0 N / N N NHonda WR-V Petrol VX 897095 888936 Hatchback Petrol 1199 90 110 M - - - - 17.5 363 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ciaz Zeta Petrol 899743 885684 Sedan Petrol 1373 93 130 M - - - - 20.7 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Elite i20 Asta (O) Diesel 903528 897065 Hatchback Diesel 1396 90 220 M 170 12.5 15.4 25.6 22.5 285 Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YHyundai Verna EX Petrol 906900 906900 Sedan Petrol 1591 123 151 M - - 9.4 14.7 17.7 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Ameo 1.5 TDI AT Comfortline 908600 908600 Sedan Diesel 1498 110 250 A 170 10.9 15.4 19.1 21.7 330 Y N Y 2 Y / Y Y YSkoda Rapid 1.6 MPI Ambition 909363 909363 Sedan Petrol 1598 105 153 M 178 - 9.1 16.1 15.4 460 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YForce Gurkha Xplorer 3-door 909595 935625 SUV Diesel 2596 86 230 M - - - - - - N N N 0 N / N N NHonda BR-V E Petrol 910509 905540 SUV Petrol 1497 119 145 M - - - - 15.4 223 N N N 2 Y / Y N NFiat Linea Multijet Dynamic 912409 919170 Sedan Diesel 1248 93 209 M 169 15.6 14.9 19.1 20.4 500 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra TUV300 T8 912642 921547 SUV Diesel 1493 84 240 M 143 17.4 13.1 19.3 18.5 384 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Lodgy 85PS RxE 914700 864300 MUV Diesel 1461 85 200 M - - - - 21.0 207 Y N N 0 Y / Y N NVolkswagen Vento Comfortline Petrol (MT) 916752 916751 Sedan Petrol 1598 105 153 M - - - - 16.1 494 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YNissan Sunny XV Diesel 917976 893666 Sedan Diesel 1461 86 200 M - - - - 22.7 490 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YNissan Sunny XV Petrol CVT 917976 890000 Sedan Petrol 1498 99 134 A - - - - 17.5 490 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Polo GT TSI 919600 919600 Hatchback Petrol 1197 105 175 A 183 10.2 13.9 19.3 17.2 - Y N Y 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Verna E Diesel 919900 919900 Sedan Diesel 1582 128 260 M - - - - 24.8 - Y N N 2 Y / Y N NMahindra TUV300 T8 100PS 920640 929546 SUV Diesel 1493 100 240 M - - - - - 384 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra TUV300 T6+ AMT 923978 933847 SUV Diesel 1493 80 230 A - 23.1 12.6 20.1 - 384 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Creta 1.6 E petrol 929000 892242 SUV Petrol 1591 123 151 M - - - - 15.3 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Cross Polo 1.5 TDI 930808 903400 Hatchback Diesel 1498 90 230 M - - - - 20.1 280 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda Jazz Diesel VX 930889 919441 Hatchback Diesel 1498 100 200 M 170 11.4 17.4 26.8 27.3 354 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Nexon Diesel XZ+ 931900 929900 SUV Diesel 1497 110 260 M - 13.6 14.4 24.7 21.5 350 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Dzire ZDi+ AGS 932028 941000 Sedan Diesel 1248 75 190 A - 13.2 19.2 25.3 28.4 378 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Polo GT TDI 933700 933700 Hatchback Diesel 1498 110 250 M 180 11.4 14.5 21.7 19.9 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki S-Cross Delta 200 939000 939001 SUV Diesel 1248 90 200 M - 13.2 - - 23.7 353 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Xylo D4 BS4 940705 959719 MUV Diesel 2489 95 218 M 158.6 - - - 15.0 - N N N 0 Y / Y N NTata Nexon Diesel XZ+ Dual Tone 946900 944900 SUV Diesel 1497 110 260 M - 13.6 14.4 24.7 21.5 350 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Duster Petrol RxL 949500 907300 SUV Petrol 1498 106 142 M - - - - 15.0 475 Y N N 1 Y / Y Y YHyundai Verna SX Petrol 950000 949900 Sedan Petrol 1591 123 151 M - - 9.4 14.7 17.7 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra NuvoSport N6 AMT 950254 944257 SUV Diesel 1493 101 240 A - - - - 16.5 412 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Polo GT TSI Sport 951244 921900 Hatchback Petrol 1197 105 175 A - - - - 17.2 - Y N Y 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ertiga Smart Hybrid Vdi 952528 779023 MUV Diesel 1248 90 200 M 168 13.2 15.1 22.9 24.5 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ciaz Delta Petrol AT 953708 936168 Sedan Petrol 1373 93 130 A - - - - 19.1 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YForce Gurkha Xpedition 5-door 956318 838152 SUV Diesel 2596 86 230 M - - - - - - N N N 0 N / N N NSkoda Rapid 1.5 TDI CR Active 957900 957900 Sedan Diesel 1498 110 250 M - 10.9 14.3 23.1 21.1 460 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NVolkswagen Vento Trendline Diesel 958456 958456 Sedan Diesel 1498 110 250 M - - - - 22.3 494 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NMaruti Suzuki Ciaz Sigma SHVS 960592 942974 Sedan Diesel 1248 90 200 M 173 12.9 17.9 24.8 28.1 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Polo GT TDI Sport 961970 932300 Hatchback Diesel 1498 110 250 M - - - - 19.9 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra NuvoSport N8 962635 957205 SUV Diesel 1493 101 240 M 151 15.1 14.1 18.4 17.5 412 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ciaz Alpha Petrol 964107 941268 Sedan Petrol 1373 93 130 M - - - - 20.7 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Xylo H4 964185 982682 MUV Diesel 2179 120 280 M 168 13.7 11.1 16.7 14.0 - Y N N 0 Y / Y N NRenault Duster Diesel 85 Std 964200 921800 SUV Diesel 1461 85 200 M - - - - 19.9 475 Y N N 0 Y / N N NFiat Abarth Punto STD 964582 967082 Hatchback Petrol 1368 145 212 M - 9.3 9.8 12.3 16.3 280 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra TUV300 T10 966095 975000 SUV Diesel 1493 100 240 M - - - - - 384 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YFiat Avventura Urban Cross 1.4 T-jet Petrol Emotion 967375 970194 Hatchback Petrol 1368 140 210 M - 9.7 - - 17.1 - Y N N 2 Y / N Y YNissan Terrano XL Petrol 967831 943520 SUV Petrol 1598 104 148 M - - - - 13.1 475 Y N N 1 Y / Y Y YFiat Linea Multijet Emotion 971818 977760 Sedan Diesel 1248 93 209 M 169 15.6 14.9 19.1 20.4 500 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza ZDi+ 972134 970017 SUV Diesel 1248 90 200 M 169 12.4 15.8 19.6 24.3 328 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai i20 Active 1.4 SX 972582 936468 SUV Diesel 1396 90 219 M 159 12.6 16.4 22.7 21.2 285 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Scorpio S3 974083 997000 SUV Diesel 2523 75 200 M - - - - - - N N N 0 Y / Y N NMaruti Suzuki Ciaz Petrol S 975055 952215 Sedan Petrol 1373 93 130 M - - - - 20.7 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra e2O Plus P8 977532 846549 Hatchback Electric 0 41 91 A 85 - - - - 135 N N N N / N N N

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`10 Lakh to 20 Lakh contd...Fiat Linea 125 S T-Jet Emotion 978147 984000 Sedan Petrol 1368 125 208 M 193 10.4 8.3 13.1 14.2 500 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ciaz Zeta Petrol AT 979425 994000 Sedan Petrol 1373 93 130 A - - - - 19.1 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Safari Dicor LX BS 4 980565 966957 SUV Diesel 2179 140 320 M - - - - - - N N N 0 Y / Y N NRenault Duster Diesel 85 RxE 980800 941200 SUV Diesel 1461 85 200 M - - - - 19.9 475 Y N N 0 Y / N N NMahindra TUV300 T10 Dual Tone 981094 990000 SUV Diesel 1493 100 240 M - - - - - 384 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda City Petrol SV MT 981938 961195 Sedan Petrol 1497 119 145 M 182 11.5 10.8 18.2 17.4 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra TUV300 T8+ AMT 986164 995243 SUV Diesel 1493 80 240 A 142 23.1 12.6 20.1 - 384 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Safari Storme LX BS4 4x2 989508 978863 SUV Diesel 2179 150 320 M - 15.0 - - 14.1 - N N N 0 Y / N Y YVolkswagen Ameo 1.5 TDI AT Highline 989600 989600 Sedan Diesel 1498 110 250 A 170 10.9 15.4 19.1 21.7 330 Y N Y 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ciaz Delta SHVS 990201 994000 Sedan Diesel 1248 90 200 M 173 12.9 17.9 24.8 28.1 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza ZDI+ (dual tone) 993976 992017 SUV Diesel 1248 90 200 M 169 12.4 15.8 19.6 24.3 328 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra TUV300 T8 AMT 100PS 994162 999996 SUV Diesel 1493 100 240 A - - - - - 384 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki S-Cross Zeta 200 998001 998000 SUV Diesel 1248 90 200 M - 13.2 - - 23.7 353 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Lodgy Stepway 85PS RxL 999500 948400 MUV Diesel 1461 85 200 M - - - - 21.0 207 Y N N 1 Y / Y Y YNissan Terrano XE dCi 999796 984065 SUV Diesel 1461 85 200 M - - - - 19.9 475 N N N 1 Y / Y N NHyundai Creta 1.6 E Plus petrol 999900 959000 SUV Petrol 1591 123 151 M - - - - 15.3 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Creta 1.4 E Plus diesel 999900 979000 SUV Diesel 1396 90 220 M - - - - 21.4 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Verna EX Diesel 999900 999900 Sedan Diesel 1582 128 260 M - - - - 15.9 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda WR-V Diesel VX 999913 991551 Hatchback Diesel 1498 100 200 M - 13.3 15.9 20.1 25.5 363 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Captur Petrol RxE 999999 999999 SUV Petrol 1498 106 142 M - - - - 13.9 392 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y Y

`10 Lakh to 20 LakhFiat Abarth Avventura STD 1001589 1036678 Hatchback Petrol 1368 140 210 M - 10.2 9.8 13.5 17.1 280 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Vento Highline Petrol (MT) 1008833 1008833 Sedan Petrol 1598 105 153 M - - - - 16.1 494 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ertiga Smart Hybrid Zdi 1010427 831514 MUV Diesel 1248 90 200 M 168 13.2 15.1 22.9 24.5 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YNissan Sunny XL CVT Petrol 1021316 893666 Sedan Petrol 1498 101 134 A - - - - 18.0 490 Y N N 1 Y / Y Y YHonda BR-V E Diesel 1022447 999900 SUV Diesel 1498 100 200 M - - - - 21.9 223 Y N N 2 Y / Y N NHyundai Verna EX AT Petrol 1022900 1022900 Sedan Petrol 1591 123 151 A - - - - 15.9 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YSkoda Rapid 1.6 MPI Style 1024063 1024063 Sedan Petrol 1598 105 153 M 178 - 9.1 16.1 15.4 460 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra NuvoSport N8 AMT 1025460 1017598 SUV Diesel 1493 101 240 A - - - - 16.5 412 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda BR-V S Petrol 1025531 999900 SUV Petrol 1497 119 145 M - - - - 15.4 223 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra e Verito D2 1030439 925317 Sedan Electric 0 41 91 A 86 - - - - 510 N N N 0 Y / Y N NSkoda Rapid 1.6 MPI (A) Ambition 1039688 1039688 Sedan Petrol 1598 105 153 A 178 14.6 9.1 16.1 14.8 460 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra TUV300 T10 AMT 1040920 1050000 SUV Diesel 1493 100 240 A - - - - - 384 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Duster Petrol RxS CVT 1048900 999000 SUV Petrol 1498 106 142 A - - - - 15.0 475 Y N N 0 Y / N N NSkoda Rapid 1.5 TDI CR Ambition 1048913 1048913 Sedan Diesel 1498 110 250 M - 10.9 14.3 23.1 21.1 460 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Lodgy 85PS RxL 1051524 973831 MUV Diesel 1461 85 200 M - - - - 21.0 207 Y N N 1 Y / Y Y Y

Volkswagen Vento Comfortline Petrol (AT) 1052610 1052609 Sedan Petrol 1197 105 175 A 185 10.8 12.8 19.1 18.2 494 Y N Y 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ertiga Smart Hybrid Zdi+ 1053875 871477 MUV Diesel 1248 90 200 M 168 13.2 15.1 22.9 24.5 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra e Verito D4 1054963 949722 Sedan Electric 0 41 91 A 86 - - - - 510 N N N 0 Y / Y Y YMahindra TUV300 T10 AMT Dual Tone 1055921 1065001 SUV Diesel 1493 100 240 A - - - - - 384 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ciaz Zeta SHVS 1057721 1072189 Sedan Diesel 1248 90 200 M 173 12.9 17.9 24.8 28.1 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Vento Comfortline Diesel (MT) 1060464 1060464 Sedan Diesel 1498 110 250 M - - - - 22.3 494 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Lodgy Stepway 110 RxL 8 seater 1064600 1012300 MUV Diesel 1461 110 245 M 165 13.1 12.3 21.6 20.0 207 Y N N 1 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ciaz Alpha Petrol AT 1070568 1056509 Sedan Petrol 1373 93 130 A - - - - 19.1 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Lodgy Stepway 85PS RXZ 1072300 1020000 MUV Diesel 1461 85 200 M - - - - 21.0 207 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda City Petrol V MT 1072390 999900 Sedan Petrol 1497 119 145 M 182 11.5 10.8 18.2 17.4 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra e Verito D6 1079486 974127 Sedan Electric 0 41 91 A 86 - - - - 510 Y N N 1 Y / Y Y YRenault Duster Diesel 85 RxS 1092000 1047200 SUV Diesel 1461 85 200 M - - - - 19.6 475 Y N N 1 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Vento Highline Plus Petrol (MT) 1101832 1113635 Sedan Petrol 1598 105 153 M - - - - 16.1 494 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Safari Dicor EX BS 4 1103998 1091829 SUV Diesel 2179 140 320 M 153 16.6 12.2 17.9 14.3 - N N N 0 Y / Y Y YHonda City Diesel SV MT 1106083 1083808 Sedan Diesel 1498 100 200 M 176 12.8 15.5 24.1 25.6 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Verna SX(O) Petrol 1108900 1108900 Sedan Petrol 1591 123 151 M - - 9.4 14.7 17.7 - Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YHyundai Verna SX Diesel 1111900 1111900 Sedan Diesel 1582 128 260 M - - - - 24.8 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Hexa XE MT 1113471 1095541 MPV Diesel 2179 150 320 M - - - - - - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Captur Petrol RxL 1116699 1107999 SUV Petrol 1498 106 142 M - - - - 13.9 392 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Aria Pure LX 1121937 1204919 SUV Diesel 2179 150 320 M - 16.8 - - 15.1 - N N N 0 Y / N N NMahindra Scorpio S5 1122557 1161575 SUV Diesel 2179 120 280 M - - - - 16.4 - Y N N 2 Y / Y N NMaruti Suzuki S-Cross Alpha 200 1129001 1129000 SUV Diesel 1248 90 200 M - 13.2 - - 23.7 353 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda BR-V V Petrol 1129128 1124233 SUV Petrol 1497 119 145 M - - - - 15.4 223 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Safari Storme EX BS4 4x2 1129341 1156373 SUV Diesel 2179 150 320 M - 15.0 - - 14.1 - Y N N 0 Y / Y Y YNissan Sunny XV Diesel Safety 1132400 1082011 Sedan Diesel 1461 86 200 M - - - - 22.7 490 Y N N 4 Y / Y Y YHyundai Creta 1.4 S diesel 1136267 1109482 SUV Diesel 1396 90 220 M - - - - 21.4 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda BR-V S Diesel 1138077 1133184 SUV Diesel 1497 119 145 M - - - - 21.9 223 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Verna EX AT Diesel 1139900 1139900 Sedan Diesel 1582 128 260 A - - - - 21.0 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Captur Diesel RxE 1139999 1139999 SUV Diesel 1461 110 240 M - - - - 20.4 392 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Vento Highline Petrol (AT) 1145555 1145555 Sedan Petrol 1197 105 175 A 185 10.8 12.8 19.1 18.2 494 Y N Y 2 Y / Y Y YSkoda Rapid 1.6 MPI (A) Style 1146388 1146388 Sedan Petrol 1598 105 153 A 178 - 9.1 16.1 14.8 460 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YNissan Sunny XV Premium Pack 2 1148958 1081000 Sedan Diesel 1461 86 200 M - - - - - 490 Y N N 4 Y / Y Y YRenault Lodgy Stepway 110 RxZ 8 seater 1149400 1096400 MUV Diesel 1461 110 245 M 165 13.1 12.3 21.6 20.0 207 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Xylo H8 1151794 1172153 MUV Diesel 2179 120 280 M 168 13.7 11.1 16.7 14.0 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YNissan Sunny XV Premium Pack 1 1156384 1089029 Sedan Diesel 1461 86 200 M - - - - 22.7 490 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Vento Highline Diesel (MT) 1158545 1158545 Sedan Diesel 1498 110 250 M - - - - 22.3 494 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YSkoda Rapid 1.5 TDI CR (A) Ambition 1171150 1171150 Sedan Diesel 1498 110 250 A - 10.9 14.3 23.1 21.7 460 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ciaz Alpha SHVS 1175671 1144184 Sedan Diesel 1248 90 200 M 173 12.9 17.9 24.8 28.1 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y Y


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`10 Lakh to 20 Lakh contd...Renault Lodgy Stepway 110 RxZ 7 seater 1178600 1125400 MUV Diesel 1461 110 245 M 165 13.1 12.3 21.6 20.0 207 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda City Petrol V CVT 1181829 1159411 Sedan Petrol 1497 119 145 A - - 8.4 17.8 18.0 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Duster Diesel 85 RxZ 1182300 1136200 SUV Diesel 1461 85 200 M - - - - 19.9 410 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMaruti Suzuki Ciaz Diesel S 1186898 1155409 Sedan Diesel 1248 90 200 M 173 12.9 17.9 24.8 28.1 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda City Diesel V MT 1187646 1163093 Sedan Diesel 1498 100 200 M 176 12.8 15.5 24.1 25.6 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YForce Gurkha Xplorer 5-door 1190117 935625 SUV Diesel 2596 86 230 M - - - - - - N N N 0 N / N N NVolkswagen Vento Comfortline Diesel (AT) 1190668 1190668 Sedan Diesel 1498 110 250 A 180 11.5 13.6 21.4 22.2 494 Y N Y 2 Y / Y Y YHonda City Petrol VX MT 1194257 1170312 Sedan Petrol 1497 119 145 M 182 11.5 10.8 18.2 17.4 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YSkoda Rapid 1.5 TDI CR Style 1194812 1165813 Sedan Diesel 1498 110 250 M - 10.9 14.3 23.1 21.1 460 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y Y

Renault Captur Petrol RxT 1195699 1186999 SUV Petrol 1498 106 142 M - - - - 13.9 392 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Creta 1.6 SX Plus petrol 1198722 1193893 SUV Petrol 1591 123 151 M - - - - 15.3 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YNissan Terrano XL (O) dCi 85PS 1204512 1180202 SUV Diesel 1461 85 200 M - - - - 19.9 475 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda BR-V VX Petrol 1222049 1217168 SUV Petrol 1497 119 145 M - - - - 15.4 223 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda BR-V V Diesel 1223582 1218702 SUV Diesel 1497 119 145 M - - - - 21.9 223 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Verna SX(O) AT Petrol 1223900 1223900 Sedan Petrol 1591 123 154 A - - - - 15.9 - Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YHyundai Creta 1.4 S Plus diesel 1227397 1198417 SUV Diesel 1396 90 220 M - - - - 21.4 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Scorpio S7 120PS 1234084 1269122 SUV Diesel 2179 120 280 M - - - - 16.4 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Creta 1.6 SX Plus petrol Dual Tone 1236609 1231849 SUV Petrol 1591 123 151 M - - - - 15.3 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda BR-V V Petrol CVT 1236879 1231998 SUV Petrol 1497 119 145 A - 11.2 11.9 21.2 16.0 223 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Vento Highline Plus Petrol (AT) 1237494 1248873 Sedan Petrol 1197 105 175 A 185 10.8 12.8 19.1 18.2 494 Y N Y 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Verna SX(O) Diesel 1239900 1239900 Sedan Diesel 1582 128 260 M - - - - 24.8 - Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YHyundai Elantra 2.0 Petrol S 1250818 1250625 Sedan Petrol 1999 152 192 M - - - - 14.6 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Creta 1.6 SX diesel 1250858 1196838 SUV Diesel 1582 128 259 M 185 11.2 14.2 21.4 19.7 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Captur Diesel RxL 1256699 1247999 SUV Diesel 1461 110 240 M - - - - 20.4 392 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra XUV500 W4 1257683 1224797 SUV Diesel 2179 140 330 M - - - - 16.0 - Y N N 2 Y / Y N NHyundai Verna SX+ AT Diesel 1261900 1261900 Sedan Diesel 1582 128 260 A - - - - 21.0 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Vento Highline Plus Diesel (MT) 1262064 1262064 Sedan Diesel 1498 110 250 M - - - - 22.3 494 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Scorpio S7 140PS 1264084 1299122 SUV Diesel 2179 140 320 M - - - - - - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Duster Diesel 110 RxZ 1266400 1219000 SUV Diesel 1461 110 245 M 174.5 12.7 13.9 21.8 19.6 475 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Hexa XM MT 1282996 1280881 MPV Diesel 2179 156 400 M - - - - - - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Vento Highline Diesel (AT) 1283714 1283714 Sedan Diesel 1498 110 250 A 180 11.5 13.6 21.4 22.2 494 Y N Y 2 Y / Y Y YTata Safari Storme VX BS4 4x2 1290257 1302774 SUV Diesel 2179 150 320 M - 15.0 - - 14.1 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Safari Storme Varicor 400 VX 4x2 1290257 1398710 SUV Diesel 2179 156 400 M 165 14.6 12.8 18.4 13.9 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Lodgy 85PS RxZ 1293154 1133452 MUV Diesel 1461 85 200 M - - - - 21.0 207 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Creta 1.6 SX Plus petrol AT 1299396 1294566 SUV Petrol 1591 123 151 A 160 12.6 8.9 13.8 15.3 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YSkoda Rapid 1.5 TDI CR (A) Style 1306425 1277425 Sedan Diesel 1498 110 250 A - 10.9 14.3 23.1 21.7 460 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda City Petrol VX CVT 1315187 1289241 Sedan Petrol 1497 119 145 A - - 8.4 17.8 18.0 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda City Diesel VX MT 1319471 1292923 Sedan Diesel 1498 100 200 M 176 12.8 15.5 24.1 25.6 510 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Duster Diesel 110 RxZ Amt 1326000 1277500 SUV Diesel 1461 110 245 A 174.5 12.7 13.9 21.8 19.6 475 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda BR-V VX Diesel 1327379 1322512 SUV Diesel 1497 100 200 M - - - - 21.9 223 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Captur Diesel RxT 1335699 1326999 SUV Diesel 1461 110 240 M - - - - 20.4 392 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YIsuzu D-Max V-Cross 1340332 1364187 Pick-up Diesel 2499 135 320 M 172 15.6 12.8 14.4 - - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Creta 1.6 SX Plus diesel 1350558 1292211 SUV Diesel 1582 128 259 M 185 11.2 14.2 21.4 19.7 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Aria Pleasure 1362305 1424334 SUV Diesel 2179 150 320 M - 16.8 - - 15.1 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta 2.4G 7-seater 1366600 1351900 MPV Diesel 2393 150 343 M - 12.6 14.3 17.0 15.1 - Y N N 3 Y / Y Y YNissan Terrano XV Premium dCi 110ps 1368706 1344395 SUV Diesel 1461 110 245 M - - - - 19.6 475 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta 2.4G 8-seater 1370900 1356200 MPV Diesel 2393 150 343 M - 12.6 14.3 17.0 15.1 - Y N N 3 Y / Y Y YHyundai Creta 1.6 S Plus diesel AT 1370949 1312681 SUV Diesel 1582 128 220 A - - - - 17.0 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Cruze LT 1371838 1395000 Sedan Diesel 1998 166 360 M 201 9.4 10.6 15.1 17.3 450 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Vento Highline Plus Diesel (AT) 1375653 1387234 Sedan Diesel 1498 110 250 A 180 11.5 13.6 21.4 22.2 494 Y N Y 2 Y / Y Y YHonda City Petrol ZX CVT 1383150 1356635 Sedan Petrol 1497 119 145 A - - 8.4 17.8 18.0 510 Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YHyundai Creta 1.6 SX Plus diesel Dual Tone 1388443 1328147 SUV Diesel 1582 128 259 M 185 11.2 14.2 21.4 19.7 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHonda City Diesel ZX MT 1389433 1362300 Sedan Diesel 1498 100 200 M 176 12.8 15.5 24.1 25.6 510 Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YMahindra XUV500 W6 1391880 1365137 SUV Diesel 2179 140 330 M - - - - 16.0 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Hexa XMA AT 1393685 1390583 MPV Diesel 2179 156 400 A - 12.4 10.5 12.7 - - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Duster RxZ AWD 1395300 1345700 SUV Diesel 1461 110 245 M 168 13.1 12.1 19.2 19.6 410 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YRenault Captur Diesel Platine 1397699 1388000 SUV Diesel 1461 110 240 M - - - - 20.4 392 Y N N 4 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta GX Petrol 7 Str 1400200 1385400 MPV Petrol 2694 166 245 M - - - - 9.9 - Y N N 3 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta GX Petrol 8 Str 1408800 1393900 MPV Petrol 2694 166 245 M - - - - 9.9 - Y N N 3 Y / Y Y YNissan Terrano XV Premium AT dCi 110ps 1427346 1403036 SUV Diesel 1461 110 245 A - - - - 19.6 475 Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Scorpio S11 1434337 1478905 SUV Diesel 2179 140 320 M - - - - - - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Elantra 2.0 Petrol SX 1434829 1435397 Sedan Petrol 1999 152 192 M - - - - 14.6 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Safari Storme Varicor 400 VX 4x4 1435078 1535745 SUV Diesel 2179 156 400 M 165 14.6s 12.8 18.4 13.9 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Elantra 1.6 Diesel S 1435160 1438255 Sedan Diesel 1582 128 260 M - - - - 22.5 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Creta 1.6 SX(O) diesel 1456324 1393580 SUV Diesel 1582 128 259 M 185 11.2 14.2 21.4 19.7 - Y N Y 6 Y / Y Y YHyundai Creta 1.6 SX Plus diesel AT 1462961 1400015 SUV Diesel 1582 128 259 A - - - - 17.0 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra XUV500 W6 AT 1480057 1452744 SUV Diesel 2179 142 330 A - 12.4 10.5 15.5 16.0 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YJeep Compass Sport Petrol 1507000 1495000 SUV Petrol 1368 162 250 M - - - - - - Y Y N 2 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta GX Petrol 7 Str AT 1509400 1493600 MPV Petrol 2694 166 245 A - - - - 10.8 - Y N N 3 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta 2.4GX 7-seater 1511400 1495600 MPV Diesel 2393 150 343 M - 12.6 14.3 17.0 15.1 - Y N N 3 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta GX Petrol 8 Str AT 1517900 1502200 MPV Petrol 2694 166 245 A - - - - 10.8 - Y N N 3 Y / Y Y YTata Hexa XT MT 1519668 1503898 MPV Diesel 2179 156 400 M - - - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YTata Hexa XT MT 6 Seater 1519668 1503898 MPV Diesel 2179 156 400 M - - - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta 2.4GX 8-seater 1519900 1504100 MPV Diesel 2393 150 343 M - 12.6 14.3 17.0 15.1 - Y N N 3 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Jetta 1.4L TSI (MT) Trendline 1526313 1477700 Sedan Petrol 1390 122 200 M 196 11.1 9.9 19.6 14.7 510 Y N Y 6 Y / Y Y YMahindra XUV500 W9 1538037 - SUV Diesel 2179 140 330 M - - - - 16.0 - Y N Y 6 Y / Y Y Y


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`10 Lakh to 20 Lakh contd...Hyundai Elantra 2.0 Petrol SX (AT) 1539836 1540857 Sedan Petrol 1999 152 192 A - 11.5 11.3 17.6 14.6 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YTata Safari Storme VX BS4 4x4 1555027 1447013 SUV Diesel 2179 150 320 M - 15.0 - - 14.1 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra Scorpio S11 AWD 1556199 1601253 SUV Diesel 2179 140 320 M - 13.2 10.8 17.9 - - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YToyota Corolla Altis G 1565500 1543700 Sedan Petrol 1798 140 173 M - - - - 14.3 470 Y N N 5 Y / Y Y YSkoda Octavia 1.4 TSI (MT) Ambition 1571075 1549405 Sedan Petrol 1395 150 250 M - - - - 16.7 590 Y N N 4 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Cruze AT- LTZ 1583202 1745953 Sedan Diesel 1998 166 360 A 192 9.4 8.9 12.0 14.8 450 Y N N 4 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Cruze LTZ 1583703 1642831 Sedan Diesel 1998 166 360 M 201 9.4 10.6 15.1 17.3 450 Y N N 4 Y / Y Y YHyundai Elantra 1.6 Diesel SX 1588157 1659278 Sedan Diesel 1582 128 260 M - - - - 22.5 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YJeep Compass Sport Diesel 1590000 1545000 SUV Diesel 1956 173 350 M - - - - - - Y Y N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Elantra 2.0 Petrol SX (O) 1607309 1608618 Sedan Petrol 1999 152 192 M - - - - 14.6 - Y N Y 6 Y / Y Y YTata Hexa XTA AT 1629932 1613069 MPV Diesel 2179 156 400 A - 12.4 10.5 12.7 - - Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YTata Hexa XTA AT 6 Seater 1629932 1613069 MPV Diesel 2179 156 400 A - 12.4 10.5 12.7 - - Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta 2.8GX 7-seater AT 1639200 1622300 MPV Diesel 2755 174 360 A - 10.7 9.5 13.0 14.3 - Y N N 3 Y / Y Y YTata Hexa XT MT 4X4 1640898 1623945 MPV Diesel 2179 156 400 M - 15.2 13.2 17.2 - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YTata Hexa XT MT 4X4 6 Seater 1640898 1613069 MPV Diesel 2179 156 400 M - 15.2 13.2 17.2 - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMahindra XUV500 W9 AT 1646037 - SUV Diesel 2179 142 330 A - 12.4 10.5 15.5 13.9 - Y N Y 6 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta 2.8GX 8-seater AT 1647800 1630800 MPV Diesel 2755 174 360 A - 10.7 9.5 13.0 14.3 - Y N N 3 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Jetta 2.0L CR TDI (MT) Trendline 1648224 1595000 Sedan Diesel 1968 140 320 M 196.14 9.8 12.5 20.2 19.3 510 Y N Y 6 Y / Y Y YMahindra XUV500 W10 1657755 1630335 SUV Diesel 2179 140 330 M - - - - 16.0 - Y N Y 6 Y / Y Y YTata Aria Pride 4X4 1682309 1729655 SUV Diesel 2179 150 320 M 170 16.8 - - 15.1 - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Jetta 1.4L TSI (MT) Comfortline 1688040 1633300 Sedan Petrol 1390 122 200 M 196 11.1 9.9 19.6 14.7 510 Y N Y 6 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta VX Petrol 7 Str 1691000 1673600 MPV Petrol 2694 166 245 M - - - - 9.9 - Y N N 3 Y / Y Y YJeep Compass Longitude Diesel 1694000 1645000 SUV Diesel 1956 173 350 M - - - - 17.1 - Y Y N 2 Y / Y Y YHyundai Elantra 1.6 Diesel SX (O) 1712648 1788904 Sedan Diesel 1582 128 260 M - 10.5 14.6 20.2 22.5 - Y N Y 6 Y / Y Y YToyota Corolla Altis DG 1712800 1689200 Sedan Diesel 1364 88 205 M - - - - 21.1 470 Y N N 3 Y / Y Y YToyota Corolla Altis G-CVT 1727500 1704200 Sedan Petrol 1798 140 173 A - 11.5 12.6 16.9 16.1 470 Y N N 5 Y / Y Y YHyundai Elantra 2.0 Petrol SX (O)AT 1740824 1742708 Sedan Petrol 1999 152 192 A - 11.5 11.3 17.6 14.6 - Y N Y 6 Y / Y Y YSkoda Octavia 2.0 TDI (MT) Ambition 1749064 1689974 Sedan Diesel 1968 143 320 M - - - - 21.0 590 Y N N 4 Y / Y Y YMahindra XUV500 W10 AT 1760140 1809442 SUV Diesel 2179 142 330 A - 12.4 10.5 15.5 13.9 - Y N Y 6 Y / Y Y YMahindra XUV500 W10 AWD 1766285 1703088 SUV Diesel 2179 140 330 M 181 13.1 12.5 15.9 16.0 - Y N Y 6 Y / Y Y YSkoda Octavia 1.4 TSI (MT) Style 1774075 1749605 Sedan Petrol 1395 150 250 M - - - - 16.7 590 Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YJeep Compass Longitude Diesel (O) 1776000 1725000 SUV Diesel 1956 173 350 M - - - - 17.1 - Y Y N 2 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta Touring Sport- Petrol MT 1781300 1763400 MPV Petrol 2694 166 245 M - - - - 9.9 - Y N N 3 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta 2.4VX 7-seater 1802200 1783800 MPV Diesel 2393 150 343 M - 12.6 14.3 17.0 15.1 - Y N N 3 Y / Y Y YToyota Corolla Altis GL 1804100 1780100 Sedan Petrol 1798 140 173 M - - - - 14.3 470 Y N N 7 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta 2.4VX 8-seater 1806500 1788200 MPV Diesel 2393 150 343 M - 12.6 14.3 17.0 15.1 - Y N N 3 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Jetta 2.0L CR TDI (MT) Comfortline 1850126 1789300 Sedan Diesel 1968 140 320 M 196.14 9.8 12.5 20.2 19.3 510 Y N Y 6 Y / Y Y YHyundai Elantra 1.6 Diesel SX (O) AT 1856620 1938813 Sedan Diesel 1582 128 260 A - 11.5 15.9 19.2 18.2 - Y N Y 6 Y / Y Y YJeep Compass Limited Diesel 1859000 1805000 SUV Diesel 1956 173 350 M - - - - 17.1 - Y Y N 2 Y / Y Y YMahindra XUV500 W10 AWD AT 1868809 1875773 SUV Diesel 2179 142 330 A 178 11.9 9.4 13.2 13.9 - Y N Y 6 Y / Y Y YToyota Corolla Altis DGL 1878800 1853700 Sedan Diesel 1364 88 205 M - - - - 21.1 470 Y N N 3 Y / Y Y YJeep Compass Limited Petrol AT 1887000 1896000 SUV Petrol 1368 162 250 A - 10.5 8.4 13.6 - - Y Y N 2 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta ZX Petrol 7 Str AT 1903800 1969300 MPV Petrol 2694 166 245 A - 11.2 9.9 11.8 10.8 - Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YSkoda Octavia 1.8 TSI (AT) Style 1924444 1859429 Sedan Petrol 1798 180 250 A - - - - 15.1 590 Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YJeep Compass Limited Diesel (O) 1932000 1875000 SUV Diesel 1956 173 350 M - 11.9 11.4 14.1 17.1 - Y Y N 2 Y / Y Y YJeep Compass Limited Petrol AT (O) 1958000 1940000 SUV Petrol 1368 162 250 A - 10.5 8.4 13.6 - - Y Y N 2 Y / Y Y YSkoda Octavia 2.0 TDI CR (MT) Style 1961888 1895608 Sedan Diesel 1968 143 320 M - - - - 21.0 590 Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YToyota Corolla Altis VL (CVT) 1962000 1936600 Sedan Petrol 1798 140 173 A - 11.5 12.6 16.9 16.1 470 Y N N 7 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta Touring Sport- Diesel MT 1979600 1960600 MPV Diesel 2393 150 343 M - 12.6 14.3 17.0 15.1 - Y N N 3 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta 2.8ZX 7-seater AT 1989400 2099000 MPV Diesel 2755 174 360 A - 10.7 9.5 13.0 14.3 - Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta 2.4ZX 7-seater 1991300 1971200 MPV Diesel 2393 150 343 M - 12.6 14.3 17.0 15.1 - Y N N 3 Y / Y Y Y

`20 Lakh to 30 LakhVolkswagen Jetta 2.0L CR TDI (MT) Highline 2051820 1983400 Sedan Diesel 1968 140 320 M 196.14 9.8 12.5 20.2 19.3 510 Y N Y 6 Y / Y Y YJeep Compass Limited Diesel 4x4 2056000 1995000 SUV Diesel 1956 173 350 M - 11.9 11.4 14.1 16.3 - Y Y N 8 Y / Y Y YSkoda Octavia 1.8 TSI (AT) Style Plus 2061643 2089900 Sedan Petrol 1798 180 250 A - - - - 15.1 590 Y N N 8 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta Touring Sport- Petrol AT 2067300 2046500 MPV Petrol 2694 166 245 A - 11.2 9.9 11.8 10.8 - Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Polo GTI 2068895 2068895 Hatchback Petrol 1798 192 250 A 236 6.7 - - 16.3 - Y Y N 6 Y / Y Y YSkoda Octavia 2.0 TDI CR (AT) Style 2121284 2049619 Sedan Diesel 1968 143 320 A - - - - 19.5 590 Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YJeep Compass Limited Diesel 4x4 (O) 2128000 2065000 SUV Diesel 1956 173 350 M - 11.9 11.4 14.1 16.3 - Y Y N 8 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Jetta 2.0L CR TDI (AT) Highline 2161725 2089200 Sedan Diesel 1968 140 320 A - - - - 17.0 510 Y N Y 6 Y / Y Y YSkoda Octavia 2.0 TDI CR (AT) Style Plus 2215043 2289573 Sedan Diesel 1968 143 320 A - - - - 19.5 590 Y N N 8 Y / Y Y YToyota Innova Crysta Touring Sport- Diesel AT 2236600 2214600 MPV Diesel 2755 174 360 A - 10.7 9.5 13.0 14.3 - Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YHonda CR-V CR-V 2L MT 2265834 2228980 SUV Petrol 1997 156 190 M - - - - 13.7 490 Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YSsangYong Rexton RX6 2359972 2366169 SUV Diesel 2696 164 340 M 180 - - - 12.8 - Y Y Y 4 Y / Y Y YHonda CR-V CR-V 2L AT 2445179 2407389 SUV Petrol 1997 156 190 A - - - - 13.7 490 Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YChevrolet Trailblazer LTZ 2488834 2399000 SUV Diesel 2776 200 500 A - 9.8 8.3 12.1 11.5 205 Y Y Y 2 Y / Y Y YSsangYong Rexton RX7 2498787 2504974 SUV Diesel 2696 186 402 A 171 10.9 8.1 10.7 11.0 - Y Y Y 4 Y / Y Y YSkoda Superb 1.8 TSI (MT) Style 2508798 2397238 Sedan Petrol 1798 179 320 M - - - - 14.1 625 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Hyundai Tucson Diesel AT GLS 4WD 2519000 2519000 SUV Diesel 1995 185 400 A - 9.3 12.3 16.7 16.4 - Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YFord Endeavour 2.2 Automatic Trend 4x2 2530468 2378000 SUV Diesel 2198 160 385 A 176 14.6 7.2 11.2 12.6 - Y Y Y 2 Y / Y Y YIsuzu MU-X 4x2 2540741 2399000 SUV Diesel 2999 177 380 A - 11.5 7.8 12.3 13.8 235 Y Y N 2 Y / Y Y YSkoda Octavia vRS 230 2548644 2462000 Sedan Petrol 1984 230 350 A 250 6.7 10.4 14.0 14.5 590 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YToyota Fortuner 4x2 MT Petrol 2610400 2571300 SUV Petrol 2694 166 245 M - - - - 10.0 - Y N N 7 Y / Y Y Y


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`20 Lakh to 30 Lakh contd...Mitsubishi Pajero Sport 4x2 AT 2647000 2498000 SUV Diesel 2477 178 350 A - - - - - - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolvo V40 D3 Kinetic 2664200 2604000 Hatchback Diesel 1984 150 350 A 210 9.6 - - 19.2 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YSkoda Superb 1.8 TSI (AT) Style 2674638 2557439 Sedan Petrol 1798 179 250 A 208 8.1 11.2 14.9 14.7 625 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YHonda CR-V CR-V 2.4 AT 2675413 2636419 SUV Petrol 2354 190 226 A 192 12.0 8.0 13.4 12.0 490 Y N N 6 Y / Y Y YMitsubishi Pajero Sport 4x4 2687000 2598000 SUV Diesel 2477 178 400 M 171 12.2 - - 12.8 - Y N N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Tiguan Comfortline Diesel 2749075 2749074 SUV Diesel 1968 143 340 A - 9.6 13.4 18.2 17.1 615 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz A-Class A180 Sport 2751784 2888601 Hatchback Petrol 1595 122 200 A 202 9.6 11.3 19.6 15.5 341 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YIsuzu MU-X 4x4 2752555 2599000 SUV Diesel 2999 177 380 A - 11.5 7.8 12.3 - 235 Y Y N 2 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Beetle STD 2754051 2660900 Hatchback Petrol 1395 150 250 A 202 9.6 - 17.1 17.7 - Y Y Y 8 Y / N Y YToyota Fortuner 4x2 MT Diesel 2767500 2727000 SUV Diesel 2755 177 420 M - - - - 14.2 - Y N N 7 Y / Y Y YToyota Fortuner 4x2 AT Petrol 2775200 2734600 SUV Petrol 2694 166 245 A - - - - 10.3 - Y N N 7 Y / Y Y YFord Endeavour 2.2 Manual Trend 4x4 2831246 2663000 SUV Diesel 2198 160 385 M - - - - 13.5 - Y Y Y 2 Y / Y Y YVolvo V40 Cross Country T4 Momentum 2842000 2785000 Hatchback Petrol 1596 182 240 A 210 8.5 - - 16.4 324 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz A-Class A 200 CDI Sport 2857826 2989614 Hatchback Diesel 2143 136 300 A 210 9.4 13.8 20.7 20.3 341 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMini Cooper D 3-door 2915689 2850000 Hatchback Diesel 1496 116 270 A 180 10.2 14.8 23.4 21.2 211 Y Y Y 4 Y / N Y YSkoda Superb 2.0 TDI (AT) Style 2915762 2790367 Sedan Diesel 1968 177 350 A - - - - 18.2 625 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YFord Endeavour 3.2 Automatic Trend 4x4 2942588 2768000 SUV Diesel 3198 200 470 A 188 11.0 6.8 9.7 10.9 - Y Y Y 2 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz B-Class B 180 Sport 2963868 3090599 MUV Petrol 1595 122 200 A 184 10.1 12.8 20.4 14.8 488 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YFord Endeavour 2.2 Automatic Titanium 4x2 2969100 2793000 SUV Diesel 2198 160 385 A 176 14.6 7.2 11.2 12.6 - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YToyota Fortuner 4x2 AT Diesel 2995400 2953400 SUV Diesel 2755 177 450 A - - - - 12.9 - Y N N 7 Y / Y Y YVolkswagen Passat Comfortline Diesel 2999000 2999000 Sedan Diesel 1968 177 350 A - - - - - 586 Y Y Y 9 Y / Y Y YSkoda Superb 1.8 TSI (AT) L & K 2999734 2848588 Sedan Petrol 1798 179 250 A 208 8.1 11.2 14.9 14.7 625 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

`30 Lakh to 40 LakhToyota Fortuner 4X4 MT Diesel 3013900 2971100 SUV Diesel 2755 177 420 M - - - - 14.2 - Y N N 7 Y / Y Y YVolvo V40 D3 R-Design 3025000 2910000 Hatchback Diesel 1984 150 350 A 204 9.2 11.4 21.2 19.2 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YBMW 1 Series 118d Sport Line 3030000 3030000 Hatchback Diesel 1995 150 320 A 212 8.3 19.2 26.3 23.3 360 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YToyota Camry 2.5(AT) 3033700 2974700 Sedan Petrol 2494 181 233 A 203 9.6 8.9 15.1 13.0 - Y N N 9 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz GLA 200d Style 3065001 3172168 SUV Diesel 2143 136 300 A 205 9.9 10.9 18.4 17.9 421 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz B-Class B200 CDI Sport 3069909 3191684 MUV Diesel 2143 136 300 A 210 9.6 14.5 22.1 19.7 488 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YAudi A3 35 TFSI Premium Plus 3077000 3050000 Sedan Petrol 1395 150 250 A 224 8.2 - - 19.2 425 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YFiat Abarth 595 Competizione 3080308 2985000 Hatchback Petrol 1368 160 230 A 197 8.8 11.3 16.9 15.5 185 Y Y Y 7 Y / N Y YVolkswagen Tiguan Highline Diesel 3087612 3087611 SUV Diesel 1968 143 340 A - 9.6 13.4 18.2 17.1 615 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YVolvo V40 Cross Country D3 Inscription 3114000 3000000 Hatchback Diesel 1984 150 350 A 205 9.5 11.2 19.2 16.8 324 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz CLA 200 D Style 3139733 3171887 Sedan Diesel 2143 135 300 A 220 9.5 14.2 21.9 17.9 470 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz CLA 200 D Style 3139733 3171887 Sedan Diesel 2143 135 300 A 220 9.5 14.2 21.9 17.9 470 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YVolvo S60 Kinetic 3153000 3164000 Sedan Diesel 1969 184 400 A 215 - - - 19.0 380 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YAudi A3 35 TDI Premium Plus 3185000 3185000 Sedan Diesel 1968 143 320 A 215 9.2 16.8 19.0 20.4 425 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YToyota Fortuner 4X4 AT Diesel 3191300 3147500 SUV Diesel 2755 177 450 A - 12.3 11.9 17.0 12.9 - Y N N 7 Y / Y Y YSkoda Superb 2.0 TDI (AT) L & K 3199000 3081514 Sedan Diesel 1968 177 350 A - - - - 18.2 625 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YBMW X1 sDrive20d Expedition 3240000 3240000 SUV Diesel 1995 190 400 A 219 7.8 - - 20.7 - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YAudi Q3 1.4 TFSI 3248000 3248000 SUV Petrol 1395 150 250 A 204 9.5 10.7 15.8 16.9 460 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

Mini Cooper D 5-door 3268800 3190000 Hatchback Diesel 1496 116 270 A 202 9.5 23.2 28.5 21.2 278 Y N Y 6 Y / Y Y YFord Endeavour 3.2 Automatic Titanium 4x4 3282983 3150000 SUV Diesel 3198 200 470 A 188 11.0 6.8 9.7 10.9 - Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz CLA 200 Sport 3284995 3399854 Sedan Petrol 1991 183 300 A 235 7.8 11.9 18.3 - 470 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz CLA 200 Sport 3284995 3399854 Sedan Petrol 1991 183 300 A 235 7.8 11.9 18.3 - 470 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMini Cooper S 3-door 3291750 3150000 Hatchback Petrol 1998 192 280 A 235 7.2 9.3 13.8 15.8 211 Y Y Y 4 Y / N Y YVolkswagen Passat Highline Diesel 3299000 3299000 Sedan Diesel 1968 177 350 A - - - - - 586 Y Y Y 9 Y / Y Y YAudi Q3 30 TDI Premium 3372000 3372000 SUV Diesel 1968 150 340 A 204 9.3 - - 18.5 460 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz GLA 200 Sport 3385001 3503357 SUV Petrol 1991 183 300 A 225 7.6 - - 13.7 421 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz GLA 200d Sport 3385001 3503357 SUV Diesel 2143 136 300 A 205 9.9 10.9 18.4 17.9 421 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YSkoda Kodiaq Style TDi 3449501 3449501 SUV Diesel 1968 150 340 A - - - - 16.3 270 Y Y N 8 Y / Y Y YAudi A3 35 TFSI Technology 3454000 3454000 Sedan Petrol 1395 150 250 A 224 8.3 11.2 20.3 19.2 425 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz CLA 200 D Sport 3467554 3502174 Sedan Diesel 2143 135 300 A 220 9.5 14.2 21.9 17.9 470 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz CLA 200 D Sport 3467554 3502174 Sedan Diesel 2143 135 300 A 220 9.5 14.2 21.9 17.9 470 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YAudi A3 35 TDI Technology 3529000 3529000 Sedan Diesel 1968 143 320 A 215 9.2 16.8 19.0 20.4 425 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YJaguar XE Pure 3585000 3585000 Sedan Petrol 1999 200 320 A 237 7.7 - - 13.6 - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YDC Design Avanti Std 3593000 3659860 Coupe Petrol 2000 253 340 M 180 6.0 - - - - Y N N 0 Y / N Y YVolvo S60 Momentum 3599000 3576000 Sedan Diesel 1969 184 400 A 215 - - - 19.0 380 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMini Cooper Convertible 3621000 3490000 Convertible Petrol 1998 192 280 A 228 7.5 13.1 8.2 14.6 215 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y YBMW X1 sDrive20d xLine 3640000 3640000 SUV Diesel 1995 190 400 A 219 8.5 12.1 18.4 20.7 - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YBMW X1 sDrive20i xLine 3640000 3640000 SUV Petrol 1998 191 280 A - 7.7 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YJaguar XE Pure Diesel 3661000 3661000 Sedan Diesel 1999 179 430 A 228 7.8 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YAudi Q3 35 TDI quattro Premium Plus 3667000 3667000 SUV Diesel 1968 184 380 A 219 8.1 12.9 18.1 15.2 460 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz GLA 220d 4Matic 3675000 3803496 SUV Diesel 2143 170 350 A 218 9.2 11.2 18.5 18.7 421 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YToyota Camry Hybrid 3724600 3722300 Sedan Electric 2494 160 213 A 190 8.5 21.5 31.8 19.2 - Y N N 9 Y / Y Y YBMW 3 Series 320d Prestige 3780000 3780000 Sedan Diesel 1995 190 400 A 230 7.9 15.1 22.7 - 460 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMini Cooper D Countryman 3814250 3650000 Hatchback Diesel 1998 112 270 A 181 11.3 13.8 20.8 16.6 350 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMini Clubman S 3823000 3790000 Hatchback Petrol 1998 192 280 A 229 7.2 10.8 13.7 13.8 278 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YAudi A4 30 TFSI Premium Plus 3840000 3840000 Sedan Petrol 1395 150 250 A 210 8.6 11.1 16.1 17.8 480 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz C-Class C 220d Style 3847488 3982015 Sedan Diesel 2143 170 400 A 233 8.0 15.4 23.7 19.3 480 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz C-Class C200 Avantgarde 3947396 4159405 Sedan Petrol 1991 184 300 A 235 8.0 10.3 16.4 14.7 480 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YAudi A4 35 TDI Premium Plus 3961000 3961000 Sedan Diesel 1968 190 400 A 237 7.7 - - 18.3 480 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YJaguar XE Prestige 3981000 3981000 Sedan Petrol 1999 200 320 A 237 7.7 - - 13.6 - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y


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BMW 3 Series 320d Sports Line 4020000 4020000 Sedan Diesel 1995 190 400 A 230 7.9 15.1 22.7 - 460 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YVolvo S60 R design 4025000 3925000 Sedan Diesel 2400 215 440 A 225 8.8 12.1 15.5 14.1 380 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YVolvo S60 Cross Country Inscription 4031000 4065000 Sedan Diesel 2400 190 420 A 210 8.4 11.1 17.2 - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz C-Class C220d Avantgarde 4047130 4259804 Sedan Diesel 2143 170 400 A 223 8.0 15.4 23.7 19.3 480 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YJaguar XE Prestige Diesel 4054000 4054000 Sedan Diesel 1999 179 430 A 228 7.8 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YAudi Q3 35 TDI quattro Technology 4060750 4060750 SUV Diesel 1968 184 380 A 219 8.1 12.9 18.1 15.2 460 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YToyota Prius 1.8 Z8 4129247 4523000 Sedan Petrol 1798 98 142 A - 11.7 24.4 31.3 26.3 - Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YAudi A4 30 TFSI Technology 4152000 4152000 Sedan Petrol 1395 150 250 A 210 8.6 11.1 16.1 17.8 480 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YVolvo S60 Petrol T6 4199614 4025000 Sedan Petrol 1969 310 75 A 230 5.9 - - 15.6 - Y Y Y Y / Y Y YLand Rover Discovery Sport Pure 4200000 4200000 SUV Diesel 1999 150 382 A 180 10.3 - - 14.3 - Y Y N 7 Y / Y Y YAudi A4 35 TDI Technology 4266000 4266000 Sedan Diesel 1968 190 400 A 237 7.7 - - 18.3 480 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YBMW 3 Series 330i Sport Line 4270000 4270000 Sedan Petrol 1998 252 350 A 250 5.8 - - 16.1 460 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YBMW X1 xDrive 20d M Sport 4270000 4270000 SUV Diesel 1995 190 400 A 219 8.5 12.1 18.4 20.7 - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YBMW 3 Series 320d Luxury Line 4360000 4360000 Sedan Diesel 1995 190 400 A 230 7.9 15.1 22.7 - 460 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YJaguar XE Portfolio 4396000 4396000 Sedan Petrol 1999 240 340 A 250 7.2 8.9 17.8 13.5 - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YVolvo XC60 Kinetic D4 4420000 4571000 SUV Diesel 1969 184 400 A 195 - - - 14.7 495 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Range Rover Evoque Pure Diesel 4444000 4444000 SUV Diesel 1999 179 430 A 195 10.3 9.2 15.5 15.7 - Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YVolvo S60 Inscription 4470696 4085000 Sedan Diesel 2400 215 440 A 225 8.8 12.1 15.5 14.1 380 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

Jaguar XE Portfolio Diesel 4472000 4472000 Sedan Diesel 1999 179 430 A 228 7.8 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YBMW 3 Series 330i M Sport 4520000 4520000 Sedan Petrol 1998 252 350 A 250 5.8 - - 16.1 460 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YVolvo S60 T6 Inscription 4613325 4326000 Sedan Petrol 1969 306 400 A 230 5.9 11.8 8.1 15.6 380 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YBMW 3 Series 320d M Sport 4620000 4620000 Sedan Diesel 1995 190 400 A 230 7.9 15.1 22.7 - 460 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YJaguar XF Pure Diesel 4645000 4645000 Sedan Diesel 1999 180 430 A 229 8.7 9.2 16.6 19.3 505 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz C-Class C 250d 4744651 4483635 Sedan Diesel 2143 204 500 A 247 6.6 - - - 480 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YVolvo XC60 Momentum 4757000 4757000 SUV Diesel 1969 184 400 A 195 - - - 14.7 495 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YBMW 3 Series 320d GT Luxury Line 4770000 4780000 Sedan Diesel 1995 184 380 A 226 8.5 14.8 20.3 19.6 520 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Discovery Sport SE 5 seater 4832000 4832000 SUV Diesel 1999 150 380 A 180 10.3 - - 14.3 - Y Y N 7 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Range Rover Evoque SE Petrol 4836000 4836000 SUV Petrol 1999 240 340 A 217 7.6 - - - - Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YAudi A3 Cabriolet 35 TFSI 4852000 4852000 Convertible Petrol 1798 150 250 A 222 9.5 9.2 21.7 19.2 320 Y Y Y 7 Y / N Y YBMW 3 Series 330i GT Luxury Line 4860000 4860000 Sedan Petrol 1998 252 350 A 250 6.5 10.7 16.8 15.3 460 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YBMW X3 xDrive20d Expedition 4910000 4910000 SUV Diesel 1995 190 400 A 210 9.1 13.1 18.9 18.6 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YVolvo XC60 R design 4931000 4931000 SUV Diesel 2400 215 440 A 205 9.8 6.3 14.2 13.8 495 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Range Rover Evoque SE Diesel 4940000 4940000 SUV Diesel 1999 179 430 A 195 10.3 9.2 15.5 15.7 - Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YBMW 3 Series 330i GT M Sport 4940000 4940000 Sedan Petrol 1998 252 350 A 250 6.5 10.7 16.8 15.3 460 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YHonda Accord Hybrid STD 4985518 4321237 Sedan Petrol 1993 145 175 A - 8.3 27.4 35.1 23.1 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz GLC 220 d 4MATIC 4998328 5173096 SUV Diesel 2143 170 400 A 210 8.3 13.8 21.3 21.0 550 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y Y

`50 Lakh to 75 LakhMercedes-Benz GLC 300 4MATIC 5037079 5213201 SUV Petrol 1991 245 370 A 222 7.1 9.8 16.7 11.0 550 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YVolvo XC60 Inscription 5060000 5060000 SUV Diesel 2400 215 440 A 205 9.8 6.3 14.2 13.8 495 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Discovery Sport HSE 2.0l petrol 5085000 5085000 SUV Petrol 1999 240 340 A 194 9.8 8.1 11.4 10.7 - Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YJaguar XF Prestige Petrol 5140000 5140000 Sedan Petrol 1999 240 340 A 248 7.5 8.3 16.1 13.1 505 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YAudi Q5 30 TDI q Premium 5141649 4844000 SUV Diesel 1968 176 380 A 206 9.7 12.2 19.1 14.2 540 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YJaguar XF Prestige Diesel 5146000 5146000 Sedan Diesel 1999 180 430 A 229 8.7 9.2 16.6 19.3 505 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Range Rover Evoque SE Dynamic Diesel 5150000 5150000 SUV Diesel 1999 179 430 A 195 10.3 9.2 15.5 15.7 - Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Discovery Sport HSE 5177000 5177000 SUV Diesel 1999 150 382 A 180 12.1 11.1 15.4 14.3 - Y Y N 7 Y / Y Y YAudi A6 Matrix 35 TFSI 5193000 5193000 Sedan Petrol 1798 190 320 A 233 7.9 - - 15.3 530 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YBMW 5 Series 530i Sport Line 5200000 5200000 Sedan Petrol 1998 252 350 A 250 6.2 10.9 15.5 15.6 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YBMW 5 Series 520d Sport Line 5200000 5200000 Sedan Diesel 1995 190 400 A 235 7.5 - - 22.5 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YAudi A6 Matrix 35 TDI 5291000 5291000 Sedan Diesel 1968 190 400 A 232 8.3 14.6 19.8 18.5 530 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YVolvo S60 Polestar 5310000 5310000 Sedan Diesel 1969 381 470 A 250 4.7 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YAudi A5 Sportback TDi Prestige 5400000 5402000 Sedan Diesel 1968 190 400 A 235 7.9 10.0 14.5 19.2 480 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YBMW X3 xDrive 20d M Sport 5400000 5400000 SUV Diesel 1995 190 400 A 210 9.1 13.1 18.9 18.6 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Range Rover Evoque HSE Diesel 5445000 5445000 SUV Diesel 1999 179 430 A 195 10.3 9.2 15.5 15.7 - Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YVolvo S90 D4 Inscription 5450000 5450000 Sedan Diesel 1969 193 400 A 230 8.8 14.5 18.0 - - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz E-Class E 200 Avantgarde 5456264 5647042 Sedan Petrol 1991 184 300 A 240 8.5 - - - 540 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YAudi Q5 30 TDI q Premium plus 5469839 5154000 SUV Diesel 1968 176 380 A 206 9.7 12.2 19.1 14.2 540 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Discovery Sport HSE Luxury 5 seater 5547000 5547000 SUV Diesel 1999 179 430 A 188 8.9 - - 14.1 - Y Y N 7 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz E-Class E 220d LWB 5552390 5746529 Sedan Diesel 1950 194 400 A 240 8.4 13.0 19.0 - 540 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YBMW 5 Series 520d Luxury Line 5580000 5580000 Sedan Diesel 2993 265 620 A 250 5.7 - - 18.6 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YJeep Wrangler Unlimited Petrol 5825451 5600000 SUV Petrol 3600 284 347 A - - - - 8.4 884 Y Y Y 2 Y / Y Y YJaguar XF Portfolio Petrol 5833000 5833000 Sedan Petrol 1999 240 340 A 248 7.5 8.3 16.1 13.1 505 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

Audi Q5 30 TDI Technology 5883233 5544000 SUV Diesel 1968 176 380 A 206 9.7 12.2 19.1 14.2 540 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YJaguar XF Portfolio Diesel 5925000 5925000 Sedan Diesel 1999 180 430 A 229 8.7 9.2 16.6 19.3 505 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Range Rover Evoque HSE Dynamic Diesel 5976000 5976000 SUV Diesel 1999 179 430 A 195 10.3 9.2 15.5 15.7 - Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz C-Class C 300 Cabriolet 5980000 6087837 Convertible Diesel 1991 245 370 A 250 7.1 7.4 12.7 - 480 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YLexus ES 300H STD 5997000 5527000 Sedan Petrol 2499 205 213 A 180 8.5 - - 17.8 425 Y Y Y 10 Y / Y Y YVolvo V90 Cross Country D5 Inscription 6000000 6000000 Estate Diesel 1969 190 400 A 230 8.3 12.3 16.9 - - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz GLE 250d 6036808 6247885 SUV Diesel 2143 203 500 A 212 8.6 - - - 690 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YAudi TT 45 TFSI 6312000 6312000 Coupe Petrol 1984 230 370 A 250 6.1 8.1 13.2 14.3 305 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y YBMW 5 Series 530d M Sport 6380000 6380000 Sedan Diesel 2993 265 620 A 235 5.8 11.2 16.2 14.6 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YJeep Wrangler Unlimited Diesel 6711814 6445000 SUV Diesel 2776 200 460 A 175 10.2 3.9 9.6 12.1 884 Y Y Y 2 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz E-Class E350d LWB Exclusive 6749532 6985530 Sedan Diesel 2987 258 620 A 250 6.8 12.0 16.5 - 540 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YAudi A5 Cabriolet STD 6750000 6751000 Convertible Diesel 1968 190 400 A 235 7.8 - - 17.2 320 Y Y Y 4 Y / N Y Y

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Audi Q7 40 TFSI Premium Plus 6776000 6776000 SUV Petrol 1984 255 370 A 233 7.9 6.6 14.0 - 295 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YFord Mustang GT500 6900000 6630000 Coupe Petrol 4951 401 515 A 250 5.4 5.5 7.8 - 383 Y Y Y 8 Y / N Y YAudi Q7 45 TDI q Premium Plus 7012000 7012000 SUV Diesel 2967 248 600 A 234 7.1 - - 14.8 770 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YJaguar F-Pace Pure 7067000 7067000 SUV Diesel 1999 179 430 A 208 8.7 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz GLE 350d 7078908 7357505 SUV Diesel 2987 258 620 A 200 7.2 11.5 15.2 - 690 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMitsubishi Montero 3.2 AT 7106870 6788000 SUV Diesel 3200 192 441 A 185 - - - - - Y Y N 6 Y / Y Y YVolvo XC90 Momentum luxury 7197000 7197000 SUV Diesel 1969 225 470 A 204 8.4 9.3 16.4 12.2 314 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz GLE 400 7206208 7458173 SUV Petrol 2996 333 480 A - - - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Discovery Petrol S 7292484 7138000 SUV Petrol 2995 340 450 A 215 7.1 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz C43 AMG 7363000 7435000 Coupe Petrol 2996 367 520 A 250 5.0 5.8 11.3 - - Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YAudi Q7 40 TFSI Technology Pack 7443000 7443000 SUV Petrol 1967 255 370 A 233 7.9 6.6 14.0 - 770 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YBMW X5 xDrive30d Design Pure Experience 7470000 7470000 SUV Diesel 2993 258 560 A 230 7.3 - 15.5 16.0 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz GLC 43 AMG 7480000 7480000 Coupe Petrol 2996 367 520 A 250 4.9 - - - 550 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y Y

`75 Lakh and aboveMercedes-Benz CLA 45 AMG 7520000 7520000 Coupe Petrol 1991 360 450 A 250 5.3 8.1 12.4 - 470 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YJaguar F-Pace Prestige 7684000 7684000 SUV Diesel 1999 179 430 A 208 8.7 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YPorsche Macan R4 7684000 7684000 SUV Petrol 1984 252 370 A 229 6.7 8.2 12.1 - - N N N Y / Y Y YAudi Q7 45 TDI q Technology 7784000 7784000 SUV Diesel 2967 248 600 A 234 7.1 - - 14.8 770 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz GLA 45 AMG 7785000 7785000 SUV Petrol 1991 380 475 A 250 4.4 - - - 421 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Discovery Petrol SE 7808652 7464000 SUV Petrol 2995 340 450 A 215 7.1 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YJeep Grand Cherokee Summit Petrol 7834192 7515000 SUV Petrol 3604 290 347 A - - - - 12.8 1025 Y Y N 7 Y / Y Y YJeep Grand Cherokee Limited 7834192 7515000 SUV Diesel 2987 243 570 A - - - - 12.8 1025 Y Y N 7 Y / Y Y YBMW Z4 sDrive 35i 7850000 8180000 Coupe Petrol 2979 306 400 A 250 5.8 6.1 12.4 10.4 - Y Y Y 4 Y / N Y YMercedes-Benz CLS 250 CDI 7889391 7650000 Coupe Diesel 2143 204 500 A 242 8.2 11.7 19.4 - 475 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YBMW Z4 sDrive35i Design Pure Traction 7950000 8280000 Coupe Petrol 2979 306 400 A 250 5.8 6.1 12.4 10.4 - Y Y Y 4 Y / N Y YMercedes-Benz GLS 350d 7985911 8265138 SUV Diesel 2987 258 620 A 209 8.0 8.2 12.5 - 680 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz GLS 400 4Matic 7985911 8265138 SUV Petrol 2996 333 480 A 240 6.6 - - - 680 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz SLC 43 AMG 7992516 7942091 Sports car Petrol 2996 367 520 A 250 5.1 14.7 15.5 - - Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y YBMW X5 xDrive30d M Sport 8010000 8010000 SUV Diesel 2993 258 560 A 230 6.9 - - - 650 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz E-Class E 400 Cabriolet 8276111 7711338 Convertible Petrol 2996 333 480 A 250 5.3 - - - 390 Y Y Y 9 Y / N Y YVolvo XC90 Inscription luxury 8290000 8390000 SUV Diesel 1969 225 470 A 204 8.4 11.3 16.4 17.2 314 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Discovery Diesel S 8375023 8221000 SUV Diesel 2993 258 600 A 209 8.1 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Discovery Petrol HSE 8435549 7786000 SUV Petrol 2995 340 450 A 215 7.1 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YPorsche 718 Cayman 8530335 8163000 Convertible Petrol 1988 300 380 A 275 4.7 11.1 17.5 - - Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y YLand Rover Discovery Petrol HSE Luxury 8697565 8277000 SUV Petrol 2995 340 450 A 215 7.1 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Discovery Petrol First Edition 8857725 8856000 SUV Petrol 2995 340 450 A 215 7.1 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YJeep Grand Cherokee Summit Diesel 8883142 8515000 SUV Diesel 2987 243 570 A - - - - 12.8 1025 Y Y N 7 Y / Y Y YPorsche 718 Boxster 8937000 8553000 Convertible Petrol 1988 300 380 A 275 4.8 - 15.1 - - Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y YToyota Land Cruiser Prado STD 9101000 8886000 SUV Diesel 2982 173 410 A - - 7.0 11.0 11.1 742 Y Y N 7 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz GLE 450 AMG Coupe 9245496 9187139 Coupe Petrol 2996 367 520 A 250 6.1 6.4 9.8 - - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Discovery Diesel SE 9292857 8948000 SUV Diesel 2993 258 600 A 209 8.1 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Range Rover Sport 3.0 SDV6 S 9382000 9382000 SUV Diesel 2993 292 600 A 210 7.7 8.3 13.4 12.7 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YPorsche Cayenne Diesel 9642000 9823000 SUV Diesel 2967 245 550 A 218 7.7 10.2 13.4 15.1 670 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche Cayenne STD 9755000 9991000 SUV Diesel 3598 299 400Â A 230 7.7 8.1 13.3 10.8 670 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YJaguar XJ 3.0l diesel LWB premium luxury 9955855 9955855 Sedan Diesel 2993 300 700 A - 6.2 - - - 520 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YPorsche Boxster S 10012000 10200000 Convertible Petrol 3436 315 360 A 277 5.0 8.7 15.8 12.1 280 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y YLand Rover Discovery Diesel HSE 10025637 9392000 SUV Diesel 2993 258 600 A 209 8.1 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YJaguar XJ 2.0l petrol LWB Portfolio 10080000 10080000 Sedan Petrol 1999 240 340 A - 7.9 - - - 520 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YPorsche Macan S Diesel 10107000 10296000 SUV Diesel 2967 245 580 A 250 6.5 7.9 12.2 16.3 500 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YPorsche Cayman S 10258000 10450000 Coupe Petrol 3436 325 370 A 283 5.4 5.4 9.1 12.1 425 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y YPorsche Panamera Diesel Edition 10416000 10611000 Sedan Diesel 2967 300 650 A 259 6.0 12.9 17.8 15.6 445 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Discovery Diesel HSE Luxury 10435937 10016000 SUV Diesel 2993 258 600 A 209 8.1 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YJaguar F-Pace R-Sport 10555000 10555000 SUV Diesel 2993 300 700 A 241 6.8 8.9 14.8 - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YJaguar XJ 3.0L diesel LWB Portfolio 10726000 10726000 Sedan Diesel 2993 300 700 A - 6.2 - - - 520 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Discovery Diesel First Edition 10791577 10790000 SUV Diesel 2993 258 600 A 209 8.1 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YLand Rover Range Rover Sport 3.0 SDV6 SE 10934000 10934000 SUV Diesel 2993 292 600 A 210 7.7 8.3 13.4 12.7 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YPorsche Boxster GTS 11288000 11500000 Convertible Petrol 3436 330 370 A 279 4.9 8.8 15.8 12.1 280 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y YPorsche Macan Turbo 11288000 11500000 SUV Petrol 3604 400 550 A 266 4.8 8.6 13.3 11.2 500 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YJeep Grand Cherokee SRT 11305982 10700000 SUV Petrol 6417 475 624 A - - - - - 1025 Y Y N 7 Y / Y Y YMercedes-Benz S-Class S350 CDI 11395395 11793836 Sedan Diesel 2987 258 620 A 250 6.8 8.6 12.2 - 530 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YPorsche Cayman GTS 11534000 11750000 Coupe Petrol 3436 340 380 A 283 4.8 8.7 15.8 12.1 425 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y YJaguar F-Pace First Edition 11595000 11595000 SUV Diesel 2993 300 600 A 241 6.2 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YBMW 7 Series 730Ld Design Pure Excellence 11670000 11670000 Sedan Diesel 2993 265 620 A 250 6.0 6.8 11.1 - 515 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y YPorsche Panamera 4 11730000 11950000 Sedan Petrol 3605 310 400 A 257 6.1 8.6 13.5 11.3 445 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YPorsche Cayenne S 11801000 12022000 SUV Petrol 3604 420 550 A 259 5.5 8.0 12.8 10.5 670 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YBMW X6 xDrive40d M Sport 11890000 12590000 SUV Diesel 2993 313 630 A 216 6.0 9.4 14.2 15.9 580 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YPorsche Panamera Diesel 11910910 11610000 Sedan Diesel 2967 300 650 A 242 7.0 8.4 12.6 15.6 445 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YMaserati Ghibli STD 11945000 11000000 Sedan Diesel 2987 274 600 A 250 6.9 10.8 15.6 16.9 500 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y YPorsche Cayenne S Diesel 11982000 12207000 SUV Diesel 4134 384 850 A 252 5.4 10.0 14.2 12.5 670 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YAudi A8L 50 TDI quattro 11986750 11986750 Sedan Diesel 2967 250 580 A 250 6.2 6.7 10.4 16.7 520 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YPorsche Panamera STD 12003915 11700000 Sedan Petrol 3605 309 400 A 259 6.3 8.7 14.4 11.7 445 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YPorsche Boxster Spyder 12009000 12234000 Convertible Petrol 3800 375 420 M 290Â 4.5Â 7.0 13.3 10.1 280 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y YBMW 6 Series 640d Eminence 12017500 12030000 Coupe Diesel 2993 313 630 A 250 6.1 8.3 13.4 17.5 570 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y YBMW M3 sedan STD 12110000 12620000 Sedan Petrol 2979 431 550 A 250 4.1 5.8 10.4 10.8 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

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`75 Lakh and above contd...Lexus RX 450H STD 12193000 10729000 SUV Petrol 3456 308 335 A 200 7.7 - - 18.8 453 Y Y Y 10 Y / Y Y Y

BMW 7 Series 730Ld M Sport 12360000 12360000 Sedan Diesel 2993 265 620 A - - - - - 515 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

BMW M4 coupe STD 12380000 12900000 Coupe Petrol 2979 431 550 A 250 4.9 5.8 10.4 10.8 - Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Land Rover Range Rover Sport 3.0 SDV6 HSE 12383944 12383944 SUV Diesel 2993 292 600 A 210 7.7 8.3 13.4 12.7 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Lexus RX 450h F Sport STD 12457000 10961000 SUV Petrol 3456 308 335 A 200 7.7 - - 18.8 453 Y Y Y 10 Y / Y Y Y

BMW 6 Series 640d Design Pure Experience 12520000 13040000 Coupe Diesel 2993 313 630 A 250 6.1 8.3 13.4 17.5 570 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Mercedes-Benz S-Class S400 12555812 12994826 Sedan Petrol 2996 333 480 A 250 6.1 - - - 510 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

BMW 7 Series 730Ld Design Pure Excellence Signature 12600000 12600000 Sedan Diesel 2993 265 620 A 250 6.0 6.8 11.1 - 515 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche Cayman GT4 12743000 12982000 Coupe Petrol 3800 384 420 M 295Â 4.4 6.7 12.8 9.7 425 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Volvo XC90 T8 Excellence 12750000 12750000 SUV Petrol 1969 407 640 A 230 6.1 9.8 11.0 - 314 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Jaguar F-Type F 340 PS 12886443 12886443 Coupe Petrol 2995 340 450 A 260 5.3 8.5 15.4 - 407 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

BMW 7 Series 740Li DPE Signature 12890000 12890000 Sedan Petrol 4395 450 650 A 250 5.9 7.1 10.6 12.5 515 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

BMW 7 Series 730Ld M Sport+ 12890000 12890000 Sedan Diesel 2993 265 620 A - - - - - 515 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche 911 Carrera 13549000 13800000 Coupe Petrol 3436 350 390 A 287 4.6 8.8 15.1 12.2 145 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

BMW M5 STD 13590000 13590000 Sedan Petrol 4395 560 680 A 250 5.3 4.4 9.2 10.1 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Toyota Land Cruiser 200 13681000 13488300 SUV Diesel 4461 265 650 A - - - - - - Y N N 6 Y / Y Y Y

Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG S 13690219 13409273 Sedan Petrol 3982 510 700 A 250 4.0 - - 11.9 435 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche Cayenne GTS 13759000 14017000 SUV Petrol 3604 440 600 A 220 5.5 6.8 8.1 10.2 670 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

BMW 7 Series 730Ld Design Pure Excellence (CBU) 14110000 14700000 Sedan Diesel 2993 265 620 A - - - - - 515 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche 911 Carrera 4 14530000 14800000 Coupe Petrol 3436 350 390 M 283 4.7 8.5 14.7 10.8 125 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet 14825000 15100000 Convertible Petrol 3436 350 390 A 284 4.8 8.6 14.9 10.9 145 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Mercedes-Benz S-Class S500 14874657 14425000 Sedan Petrol 4663 460 700 A 250 5.7 6.4 11.1 - 530 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Jaguar F-Type S 380 PS 14896018 14896018 Coupe Petrol 2995 380 460 A 275 4.9 8.3 15.2 - 407 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Audi A8L 60 TDI quattro 14904261 13615000 Sedan Diesel 4134 385 850 A 250 5.4 8.2 13.8 7.5 520 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Audi RS 6 Avant STD 14995775 14130000 Estate Petrol 3993 560 700 A 250 3.9 - - 9.6 565 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Maserati Levante Diesel Std 15000000 - Sedan Diesel 2987 275 600 A - 6.9 8.7 11.2 - 500 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche Panamera GTS 15389715 15000000 Sedan Petrol 4806 440 520 A 288 4.4 6.5 13.3 9.7 445 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Audi A8L 60 TFSI quattro 15455452 14120000 Sedan Petrol 3993 435 600 A 250 4.6 10.6 16.3 7.4 520 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

BMW 7 Series 750Li Design Pure Excellence (CBU) 15510000 16160000 Sedan Petrol 4395 450 650 A - - - - - 515 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche 911 Carrera S 15561000 15850000 Coupe Petrol 3800 400 440 A 302 4.3 8.2 14.9 10.5 145 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Audi RS 7 STD 15573264 14675000 Sedan Petrol 3993 560 700 A 250 3.9 7.1 13.3 10.2 535 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche 911 Targa 4 15610000 15900000 Convertible Petrol 3436 350 390 A 280 5.0 8.4 14.4 11.4 125 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Porsche 911 Carrera 4 Cabriolet 15807000 16100000 Convertible Petrol 3436 350 390 A 280 4.9 8.4 14.4 10.5 125 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Land Rover Range Rover 3.0 litre TDV6 Diesel Vogue 15864709 17886410 SUV Diesel 2993 248 600 A 210 7.9 - - 13.3 909 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Maserati Quattroporte STD 15915000 15000000 Sedan Diesel 2987 275 600 A 250 6.4 12.8 19.2 6.8 530 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

Mercedes-Benz GLS 63 AMG 16059000 16059000 SUV Petrol 5461 585 760 A 250 4.6 - - - - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

BMW 7 Series 750Li M Sport (CBU) 16150000 16830000 Sedan Petrol 4395 450 650 A - - - - - 515 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

Jaguar F-Type S 16360902 15808169 Convertible Petrol 2995 380 460 A 275 4.9 - - - 196.2 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Land Rover Range Rover Sport V8 Petrol Autobiography 16437000 16437000 SUV Petrol 4999 510 625 A 250 5.3 - - 7.2 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche 911 Carrera 4S 16494000 16800000 Coupe Petrol 3800 400 440 A 297 5.2 8.0 9.8 10.1 125 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

BMW X6 M 16780000 17770000 SUV Petrol 4395 575 750 A 250 4.2 6.8 11.1 - 580 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet 16788000 17100000 Convertible Petrol 3800 400 440 A 299 4.5 8.1 14.4 10.3 145 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Audi RS 7 Performance 16942000 15965000 Sedan Petrol 3993 823 750 A 305 3.7 - - 10.5 535 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Land Rover Range Rover TDV6 Vogue LWD 17051710 17051710 SUV Diesel 2993 248 600 A 210 8.3 - - 13.3 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

BMW X5 M 17250000 17250000 SUV Petrol 4395 575 750 A 250 4.4 6.1 11.4 - - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Mercedes-Benz Maybach S 500 17258240 17990131 Sedan Petrol 4663 459 700 A 250 5.0 - - 7.8 500 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche 911 Carrera GTS 17280000 17600000 Coupe Petrol 3800 429 440 A 304 4.0 8.1 14.9 11.4 125 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Porsche 911 Targa 4S 17525000 17850000 Convertible Petrol 3800 400 440 A 294 4.6 8.0 14.0 10.8 125 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Porsche Cayenne Turbo 17707000 18039000 SUV Petrol 4806 520 750 A 250 5.2 4.1 8.2 8.9 670 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

BMW M6 Gran Coupe STD 17760000 18500000 Sedan Petrol 4395 560 680 A 250 5.1 4.2 9.1 10.1 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet 17770000 18100000 Convertible Petrol 3800 400 440 A 296 4.7 8.0 14.0 10.0 125 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Mercedes-Benz GL-Class GL63 AMG 18190991 17500000 SUV Petrol 5461 557 760 A 250 5.5 4.8 9.7 - - Y Y Y 9 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS 18204000 18542000 Coupe Petrol 3800 429 440 A 302 4.0 8.0 14.0 10.9 125 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Land Rover Range Rover 3.0 litre TDV6 Diesel HSE 18259713 18254863 SUV Diesel 2993 248 600 A 210 7.9 - - 13.3 909 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet 18457000 18800000 Convertible Petrol 3800 429 440 A 302 4.2 8.1 14.4 11.2 125 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Porsche 911 Targa 4GTS 18948000 19299000 Convertible Petrol 3800 429 440 A 301 4.3 8.0 14.0 10.8 125 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Maserati GranTurismo STD 19003000 18000000 Coupe Petrol 4244 405 460 A 285 5.2 4.7 10.0 10.0 260 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Jaguar F-Type V8 S 19187721 19187720 Convertible Petrol 5000 495 680 A 300 4.6 6.5 12.5 - 196.2 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Porsche Panamera Turbo 19345000 19642000 Sedan Petrol 3996 550 770 A 306 3.7 4.6 6.6 10.6 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet 19372000 19731000 Convertible Petrol 3800 429 440 A 301 4.2 8.0 14.0 10.8 125 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Land Rover Range Rover 4.4 SDV6 Vogue SE 19830075 21833458 SUV Diesel 4367 340 740 A 218 6.9 - - 11.5 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Land Rover Range Rover 4.4 SD V8 Autobiography Vogue 20540353 21545825 SUV Diesel 4367 340 740 A 225 7.6 7.9 11.4 11.5 900 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo 20677000 19700000 Sedan Petrol 3996 550 770 A 306 3.8 7.8 13.7 10.5 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR 5.0 V8 20761845 20758135 SUV Petrol 4999 550 680 A 260 5.0 4.3 8.2 7.8 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Nissan GT-R STD 20795000 19900000 Coupe Petrol 3799 570 637 A 314 3.2 6.0 8.1 - - Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Land Rover Range Rover SDV8 Vogue SE LWD 20814563 21833458 SUV Diesel 4367 340 740 A 218 7.2 - - 11.5 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Audi A8L L W12 FSI quattro 20978938 19160000 Sedan Petrol 6299 500 625 A 235 5.3 10.0 15.2 4.7 520 Y Y Y 8 Y / N Y Y

Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S 20986635 20854295 Sports car Petrol 3982 517 650 A 268 4.0 2.7 4.2 - 350 Y Y Y 8 Y / N Y Y

Mercedes-Benz G-Class G-63 AMG 20986636 20854296 SUV Petrol 5461 544 760 A 210 5.9 4.5 7.0 10.6 480 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche 911 Turbo STD 21010000 21400000 Coupe Petrol 3800 539 660 A 320Â 3.0 8.4 13.3 10.9 115Â Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Mercedes-Benz S-Class S500 Coupe 21221760 20578000 Coupe Petrol 4663 455 700 A 250 4.6 8.5 14.2 - 400 Y Y Y 8 Y / N Y Y

Land Rover Range Rover Autobiography 5.0 V8 Petrol Vogue 21307851 22350893 SUV Petrol 4999 510 625 A 225 5.4 - - 7.8 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Mercedes-Benz S-Class S500 Cabriolet 21438000 20800331 Convertible Petrol 4663 455 700 A 250 4.6 - - - - Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche Panamera Turbo Executive 21500000 20500000 Sedan Petrol 3996 550 770 A 306 3.9 7.8 13.7 10.6 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Jaguar F-Type R 550 PS 21535000 21535000 Coupe Petrol 5000 550 680 A 273.44 4.4 6.5 12.5 - 407 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y


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Land Rover Range Rover 4.4 SD V8 Autobiography LWB Vogue 21888897 22960381 SUV Diesel 4367 340 740 A 225 7.6 7.9 11.4 11.5 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Mercedes-Benz AMG GT Roadster 21900000 21900000 Sports car Petrol 3982 476 630 A 302 4.0 - - - 165 Y Y Y 8 Y / N Y Y

Maserati GranCabrio STD 21910000 20000000 Convertible Petrol 4691 450 510 A 285 5.2 9.8 - 6.9 173 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Porsche 911 Turbo 21955450 21400000 Coupe Petrol 3800 540 708 A 319 3.4 7.5 12.9 10.3 115 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Mercedes-Benz AMG GT R 22300000 22300000 Sports car Petrol 3982 585 700 A 318 3.5 - - - 350 Y Y Y 8 Y / N Y Y

Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet 22385000 22800000 Convertible Petrol 3800 520 660 A 315 3.5 7.4 12.8 10.1 115 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet 22385000 22800000 Convertible Petrol 3800 539 660 A 320 3.1 8.2 13.1 10.7 115Â Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Mercedes-Benz G-Class G-63 AMG Crazy Colour 22441299 22439000 SUV Petrol 5461 544 760 A 210 5.9 4.5 7.0 10.6 480 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Land Rover Range Rover Autobiography 5.0 V8 Petrol LWB Vogue 22656396 23765451 SUV Petrol 4999 510 625 A 225 5.8 - - 7.8 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Mercedes-Benz G-Class G-63 AMG Edition 463 22676000 21700000 SUV Petrol 5461 571 760 A 210 5.9 4.5 6.4 - 480 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche 911 GT3 RS 22688000 23109000 Coupe Petrol 3996 500 460 A 310 3.3 5.2 11.2 7.8 125 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Porsche Panamera Turbo S 22871000 23300000 Sedan Petrol 4806 570 750 A 310 3.8 6.7 4.6 5.1 445 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

BMW 7 Series M760Li xDrive 22880000 23840000 Sedan Petrol 6600 610 800 A - 3.7 - - 7.9 515 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche 911 GT3 23100000 23100000 Coupe Petrol 3996 500 460 A 315 3.5 5.2 11.2 8.0 - Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Maserati Quattroporte GTS 23208000 22000000 Sedan Petrol 3799 530 710 A 307 4.8 4.8 12.1 6.4 530 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

Porsche Cayenne Turbo S 23787000 24233000 SUV Petrol 4806 569 800 A 284 4.1 6.2 11.2 8.6 670 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Mercedes-Benz S-Class S63 AMG Coupe 24080412 26633000 Coupe Petrol 5461 585 900 A 250 4.2 7.1 12.8 - 400 Y Y Y 8 Y / N Y Y

Lexus LX 450d STD 24474000 23241000 SUV Petrol 4461 261 650 A 210 8.6 - - 9.6 - Y Y Y 10 Y / Y Y Y

Mercedes-Benz GT AMG S 24746000 23907000 Roadster Petrol 3982 517 650 A 311 - - - 12.8 350 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Porsche 911 Turbo S 25232000 25700000 Coupe Petrol 3800 580 700 A 330 2.9Â 8.4 13.3 10.9 115 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Mercedes-Benz Maybach S 600 25539642 25378886 Sedan Petrol 5980 530 830 A 250 5.9 4.0 7.0 7.1 500 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Mercedes-Benz S-Class S63 AMG Sedan 25610800 25300000 Sedan Petrol 5461 585 900 A 250 4.4 - - - 510 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

BMW i8 STD 26200000 26200000 Convertible Electric 1499 361 570 A 250 5.3 8.2 11.7 47.5 154 Y Y Y 8 Y / N Y Y

Porsche 911 Turbo S 26367440 25700000 Coupe Petrol 3800 580 749 A 318 3.1 7.5 12.9 10.3 115 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet 26704000 27200000 Convertible Petrol 3800 560 700 A 318 3.2 7.4 12.8 10.1 115 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet 26704000 27200000 Convertible Petrol 3800 580 700 A 330 3.0Â 8.2 13.1 10.7 115 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Aston Martin Vantage V8 STD 27000000 - Coupe Petrol 4735 436 490 M 305 4.8 6.1 11.5 - 300 Y Y Y 4 Y / N Y Y

Audi R8 V10 plus 27062031 25500000 Coupe Petrol 5204 610 560 A 330 3.6 5.1 9.3 - 112 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

Land Rover Range Rover SV Autobiography 27900000 29210876 SUV Petrol 4999 550 680 A 250 5.4 - - - - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Bentley Mulsanne STD 28110500 26900000 Sedan Petrol 6752 512 1020 A 296 5.3 4.3 8.1 - 443 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

Aston Martin Vantage V8 Roadster 29000000 24000000 Convertible Petrol 4735 436 490 M 305 4.9 6.1 11.5 - 144 Y Y Y 4 Y / N Y Y

Lamborghini Huracan LP 580-2 31245000 29900000 Roadster Petrol 5204 579 540 A 320 3.4 5.8 11.2 - - Y Y Y 4 Y / N Y Y

Bentley Flying Spur V8 32157705 31057705 Sedan Petrol 3993 507 660 A 294.5 5.2 12.5 6.2 - 475 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y Y

Bentley Continental GT V8 34429825 32947201 Coupe Petrol 3993 507 660 A 303 4.8 6.5 13.0 12.9 358 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Ferrari California T STD 34485000 33000000 Convertible Petrol 3855 560 755 A 315 3.6 - - 9.5 339 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Lamborghini Huracan Spyder RWD 34500000 34500000 Roadster Petrol 5204 579 540 A 319 3.6 8.3 5.7 - - Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Aston Martin Rapide S 35000000 35000000 Sports car Petrol 5935 560 630 A 327 4.4 5.1 11.0 - - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Bentley Flying Spur W12 36500000 34116695 Sedan Petrol 5998 625 800 A 320 4.4 4.5 10.1 - 475 Y Y Y 7 Y / Y Y Y

Bentley Continental GT V8 S 37182454 35581296 Coupe Petrol 3993 528 680 A 309 4.5 6.4 12.8 12.8 358 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Bentley Continental GT W12 37374348 35764927 Coupe Petrol 5998 590 720 A 318 4.5 4.6 10.4 - 358 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Land Rover Range Rover 4.4 SD V8 Autobiography LWB Black 37540299 38899197 SUV Diesel 4367 340 740 A 225 7.6 7.9 11.4 11.5 - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Bentley Continental GTC V8 38059975 36421029 Convertible Petrol 3993 507 660 A 301 5.0 4.5 9.5 - 260 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Lamborghini Huracan Avio 38700000 37100000 Sports car Petrol 5204 610 560 A 325 3.2 5.8 11.0 - - Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Lamborghini Huracan Spyder 38900000 38900000 Roadster Petrol 5204 610 560 A 324 3.4 5.7 10.8 - - Y Y Y 4 Y / N Y Y

Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4 39000000 34300000 Roadster Petrol 5204 610 560 A 325 3.2 5.6 10.6 - - Y Y Y 4 Y / N Y Y

Aston Martin DB9 STD 40000000 29000000 Coupe Petrol 5935 517 620 A 295 4.6 8.1 17.9 - - Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Aston Martin Vantage V12 S STD 40000000 35000000 Coupe Petrol 5935 573 620 A 328 3.9 3.9 9.8 - 300 Y Y Y 4 Y / N Y Y

Bentley Bentayga STD 40200000 38500000 SUV Petrol 5950 608 900 A 301 4.1 3.4 6.7 7.6 430 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Lamborghini Huracan Performante 40533000 39700000 Roadster Petrol 5204 640 600 A 325 3.2 5.8 11.0 - - Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Bentley Continental GTC V8 S 40973133 39208740 Convertible Petrol 3993 528 680 A 308 4.7 6.2 12.4 - 260 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Ferrari GTC4Lusso T V8 42000000 42000000 Coupe Petrol 6262 689 697 A 335 3.4 - - 6.5 450 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Bentley Continental GT Speed 42175304 40359143 Coupe Petrol 5998 635 820 A 331 4.2 4.6 9.9 - 358 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Ferrari 458 Spider 42200000 42200000 Convertible Petrol 4497 569 540 A 320 3.4 - - 8.4 230 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Ferrari 458 Speciale 44000000 44000000 Coupe Petrol 4497 605 540 A 325 3.0 - - 8.5 - Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Ferrari 488 Spider 44000000 39700000 Convertible Petrol 3902 669 760 A 325 3.0 - - - 230 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Ferrari FF STD 47756500 34000000 Shooting brake Petrol 6262 660 683 A 335 3.7 - - 6.4 450 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Coupe 48312153 36900000 Coupe Petrol 6498 700 690 A 350 2.9 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Ferrari F12 Berlinetta STD 48700000 48700000 Coupe Petrol 6262 740 690 A 340 3.1 - - 6.7 - Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Rolls Royce Ghost Series II SWB 50700000 50700000 Sedan Petrol 6592 570 780 A 250 5.0 4.6 10.2 9.5 490 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

Ferrari GTC4Lusso V12 52000000 52000000 Coupe Petrol 6262 689 697 A 335 3.4 - - 6.5 450 Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Lamborghini Aventador S 52100000 50100000 Coupe Petrol 6498 740 690 A 350 2.9 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 53742661 47750000 Roadster Petrol 6498 700 690 A 350 3.0 - - - - Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Rolls Royce Wraith STD 54500000 54500000 Coupe Petrol 6592 632 800 A 250 4.6 4.7 10.2 10.2 470 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Aston Martin Vanquish STD 55000000 38500000 Coupe Petrol 5935 576 630 A 323 3.6 6.2 13.2 - - Y Y Y 6 Y / N Y Y

Rolls Royce Ghost Series II EWB 57800000 57800000 Sedan Petrol 6592 570 780 A 250 4.9 4.7 10.2 9.5 490 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

Bentley Mulsanne Speed 58088000 55586611 Sedan Petrol 6752 537 1100 A 305 4.9 10.1 4.3 - 443 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

Rolls Royce Dawn STD 62500000 62500000 Convertible Petrol 6589 570 780 A 250 4.9 4.7 10.2 - 244 Y Y Y 6 Y / Y Y Y

Rolls Royce Phantom SWB 75000000 75000000 Sedan Petrol 6749 460 720 A 240 5.9 4.3 9.8 6.7 460 Y Y Y Y / Y Y Y

Rolls Royce Phantom Coupe 81000000 81000000 Coupe Petrol 6749 460 720 A 250 5.8 4.3 9.8 6.8 395 Y Y Y Y / Y Y Y

Rolls Royce Phantom EWB 88000000 88000000 Sedan Petrol 6749 460 720 A 240 6.1 4.3 9.8 7.3 460 Y Y Y Y / Y Y Y

Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead 89000000 89000000 Coupe Petrol 6749 460 720 A 240 5.8 4.3 9.8 6.8 315 Y Y Y Y / Y Y Y

Audi A8L Security 91500000 91500000 Sedan Petrol 3993 435 600 A 250 - - - - - Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Mercedes-Benz S600 Guard STD 91767000 89000000 Sedan Petrol 6000 530 830 A - - - - - 350 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Mercedes-Benz Maybach S 600 Guard 109725000 105000000 Sedan Petrol 5980 530 830 A - 7.9 - - - 500 Y Y Y 8 Y / Y Y Y

Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport 125400000 120000000 Coupe Petrol 7993 1001 1250 A 407 2.7 2.3 6.4 4.0 - Y Y Y 2 Y / N Y Y

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Upto 50,000Bajaj CT 100B 32028 32653 99 8.2 8.1 4 11 2.75x17 3.00x17 110 110 - - - 109 - - 99.1 N N NTVS XL100 32109 32109 100 4.3 6.5 A 4 2.5x16 2.5x16 80 110 - - - 75 - - 67.0 N N NTVS XL HD 34399 31024 70 3.5 5.0 A 4 2.5x16 2.5x16 80 110 - - - 75 - - - N N NBajaj CT 100 Spoke 34518 35181 99 8.2 8.1 4 11 2.75x17 3.00x17 110 110 90.0 - - 109 - - 89.5 N N NBajaj CT 100 Alloy 36521 38637 99 8.2 8.1 4 11 2.75x17 3.00x17 110 110 90.0 - - 108 - - 89.5 N N NBajaj CT 100 ES 38806 41997 99 8.2 8.1 4 11 2.75x17 3.00x17 110 110 90.0 - - 108 - - 89.5 N N NHero HF Deluxe Kick-Spoke 39897 44230 97 8.4 8.1 4 10 2.75x18 2.75x18 130 110 85.0 7.8 - 109 60.0 75.0 88.6 N N NHonda Dream Neo Kick-Spoke 45228 42391 109 8.4 8.6 4 8 80/100-18 80/100-18 130 130 86.1 9.1 4.0 107 69.6 76.7 74.0 N N NHero Splendor Pro Kick Spoke 45750 45850 97 8.4 8.1 4 11 2.75x18-42P 2.75x18-48P 130 110 - - - 109 - - - N N NBajaj Platina 100 Alloy wheel ES 45795 45638 102 8.2 8.1 4 12 2.75x17 3.00x17 110 110 87.1 8.3 2.9 108 86.6 91.8 104.0 N N NHero Splendor Pro Kick Cast 46300 48535 97 8.4 8.1 4 11 2.75x18-42P 2.75x18-48P 130 110 - - - 109 - - - N N NHero Splendor Plus Kick Spoke 46620 50079 97 8.4 8.1 4 11 2.75 x18 –48P/6 PR 2.75 x18 –48P/6 PR 130 130 87.5 8.8 3.0 109 56.0 70.0 - N N NTVS Star City+ Kick Start 47130 45390 110 8.4 8.7 4 10 2.75-17 3.00-17 130 110 88.7 7. 89 - 109 62.5 72.0 86.0 N N NSuzuki Slingshot Drum-Alloys-Kick 47140 44940 124 8.8 10.0 5 12 2.75x18 42P 3.0x18 52P 130 130 94.2 8.1 3.3 128 64.8 74.3 73.5 N N NHonda CB Twister Kick-Drum 47210 43900 109 9.0 9.0 4 8 70/100-17 80/100-17 130 110 94.3 6.5 - 108 73.0 79.3 85.7 N N NHero Splendor Pro Self Cast-SE (Long Seat) 48003 50100 97 8.4 8.1 4 11 2.75x18-42P 2.75x18-48P 130 110 - - - 112 - - - N N NYamaha Saluto RX 48021 47721 110 7.5 8.5 4 7 2.75-17 41P 3.00-17 50P 130 130 - - - 98 - - 82.0 N N NHero HF Deluxe Eco 48227 46680 97 8.4 8.1 4 11 2.75x18 42 P 2.75x18 48 P 130 110 - - - 110 - - 87.0 N N NHero Splendor Pro Self Spoke 48438 48750 97 8.4 8.1 4 11 2.75x18-42P 2.75x18-48P 130 110 - - - 112 - - - N N NMahindra Centuro Rockstar 48480 47130 107 8.5 8.5 4 13 2.75x18 3.0x18 130 130 84.5 9.4 3.8 126 65.4 78.6 85.0 N Y YSuzuki Slingshot Drum-Alloys-Self 49140 46910 124 8.8 10.0 5 12 2.75x18 42P 3.0x18 52P 130 130 94.2 8.1 3.3 128 64.8 74.3 73.5 N N NHonda CD 110 Dream 49210 44897 109 8.4 8.6 4 8 80/100-18 80/100-18 130 130 - - - 105 - - 74.0 N N NHonda Dream Neo Kick-Alloy 49211 50273 109 8.4 8.6 4 8 80/100-18 80/100-18 130 130 86.1 9.1 3.5 107 69.6 76.7 74.0 N N NTVS Sport 49739 47174 100 7.5 7.5 4 12 2.75x17 3.00x17 130 110 - - - 109 - - 95.0 N N NHero Splendor iSmart Self-spoke 49887 50000 97 8.4 8.1 4 9 2.75x18-4PR 2.75x18-6PR 130 110 87.5 8.8 3.0 110 56.3 - 102.5 N N NHero HF Deluxe i3s 49900 46781 97 8.4 8.1 4 11 2.75x18 42 P 2.75x18 48 P 130 110 - - - 110 - - 87.0 N N N

50,000 to 75,000Mahindra Centuro XT 51380 49930 107 8.5 8.5 4 13 2.75x18 3.0x18 130 130 84.5 9.4 3.8 126 65.4 78.6 85.0 N Y YHonda CD 110 Dream DX 51429 47685 109 8.4 8.6 4 8 80/100-18 80/100-18 130 130 - - - 105 - - 74.0 N N NHero Splendor Plus Kick Cast 51732 48830 97 8.4 8.1 4 11 2.75x18–42 P/4 PR 2.75x18–48P/6 PR 130 130 87.5 8.8 3.0 109 56.0 70.0 - N N NTVS Star City+ Electric Start 51777 49534 110 8.4 8.7 4 10 2.75x17 3.00x17 130 110 88.7 7. 89 - 109 62.5 72.0 86.0 N N NBajaj Discover 125 Drum 52259 49096 125 11.0 10.8 5 8 2.75x17 3.00x17 130 130 100.0 - - 121 - - 82.4 N N NHonda Dream Neo Self-Alloy 53254 50563 109 8.4 8.6 4 8 80/100-18 80/100-18 130 130 86.1 9.1 3.5 107 69.6 76.7 74.0 N N NHero Splendor Pro Cast-Self 53402 51476 97 8.4 8.1 4 11 2.75x18-42 P 2.75x18-48 P 130 110 - - - 112 - - - N N NHonda CB Twister Self -Drum 53851 50002 109 9.0 9.0 4 8 70/100-17 80/100-17 130 110 94.3 6.5 - 107 73.0 79.3 70.0 N N NSuzuki Hayate EP 53974 52422 113 8.9 9.3 4 10 70/100-17 80/100-17 130 110 - - - 107 - - - N N NBajaj Discover 125 Disc 54236 53639 125 11.0 10.8 5 8 2.75x17 3.00x17 200 130 100.0 - - 121 - - 82.4 N N NMahindra Centuro Disc brake 54480 53130 107 8.5 8.5 4 13 2.75x18 3.0x18 240 130 84.5 9.4 3.8 126 65.4 78.6 85.0 N Y YTVS Victor Drum 54517 52165 110 9.6 9.4 4 8 2.75 X 17 3.00 X 17 130 110 92.0 6.2 - 112 60.2 70.1 76.0 N Y YMahindra Centuro NXT 54644 52290 107 8.5 8.5 4 13 2.75x18 3.0x18 130 130 84.5 9.4 3.8 126 65.4 78.6 85.0 N Y YHero Splendor iSmart Self-cast 55233 55037 97 8.4 8.1 4 9 2.75x18-4PR 2.75x18-6PR 130 110 87.5 8.8 3.0 110 56.3 - 102.5 N N NHonda Dream Yuga Self-Drum-Alloy 55639 52168 109 8.4 8.6 4 8 80/100-18 80/100-18 130 130 88.8 8.9 3.3 108 72.9 78.8 74.0 N N NBajaj Discover 150S Drum 55748 54520 145 14.5 12.8 5 10 80/100-17 100/90-17 130 130 110.0 5.5 - 130 - 70.1 72.0 N N NHero Splendor iSmart 110 Self-cast-drum 56426 53530 109 9.4 9.0 4 9 2.75x18-4PR 2.75x18-6PR 130 110 90.3 6.9 - 115 60.5 67.2 105.0 N N NTVS Victor Disc 56537 54165 110 9.6 9.4 4 8 2.75 X 17 3.00 X 17 240 110 92.0 6.2 - 113 60.2 70.1 76.0 N Y YHero Passion Pro i3s 56552 53555 97 8.4 8.1 4 13 2.75x18 3.00x18 240 130 82.1 12.2 - 116 56.0 70.0 84.0 N N NSuzuki Swish 125 56842 52642 124 8.7 9.8 A 6 90/100-10 90/100-10 120 120 84.8 10.6 4.2 110 56.3 58.8 - N N NHonda CB Twister Self-Disc 57234 53231 109 9.0 9.0 4 8 70/100x17 80/100x17 240 110 94.3 6.5 - 107 73.0 79.3 70.0 N N NHero Super Splendor Cast-Self 57363 55840 125 9.1 10.4 4 13 2.75X18 2.75X18 130 130 98.7 7.4 - 121 73.0 80.0 83.1 N N NSuzuki Slingshot Disc-Alloys-Self 57826 55721 124 8.8 10.0 5 12 2.75x18 42P 3.0x18 52P 240 130 94.2 8.1 3.3 129 64.8 74.3 73.5 N N NBajaj V12 58319 56589 125 10.7 11.0 5 13 2.75-18 100/90-16 130 130 96.0 6.3 - 133 62.2 71.1 - N N NYamaha Saluto 58364 53898 125 8.3 10.1 4 8 80/100-18 47 80/100-18 54 130 130 86.7 9.4 5.7 112 62.5 69.5 78.0 N N NHonda Livo Drum 58411 54974 109 8.3 8.6 4 9 80/100-18 80/100-18 130 130 84.2 8.2 - - 70.0 81.0 74.0 N N NBajaj Discover 150S Disc 58951 57630 145 14.5 12.8 5 10 80/100-17 100/90-17 240 130 110.0 5.5 - 129 - 70.1 72.0 N N NHero Glamour Carburettor drum 59280 58896 125 11.6 11.0 4 11 80/100-18P 90/90-18P 130 130 - 7.4 - 126 54.2 59.1 60.0 N N NBajaj Discover 150F Drum 59329 58000 145 14.5 12.8 5 10 80/100-17 100/90-17 240 130 109.5 5.5 - 130 - 70.1 72.0 N N NYamaha Saluto Disc 59344 56364 125 8.3 10.1 4 8 80/100-18 47 80/100-18 54 245 130 86.7 9.4 5.7 113 62.5 69.5 78.0 N N NHonda CB Shine Self-Disc-Alloy 60110 58453 125 10.6 10.3 4 11 80/100-18 80/100-18 240 130 - 6.9 - 123 59.4 63.8 65.0 N N NHonda CB Shine Self-Drum-Alloy 60467 56147 125 10.7 10.3 4 11 80/100-18 80/100-18 130 130 - 6.9 - 123 59.4 63.8 65.0 N N NHonda Livo Disc 60935 57457 109 8.3 8.6 4 9 80/100-18 80/100-18 240 130 87.0 7.0 - 111 70.0 81.0 74.0 N N NBajaj Pulsar 135 LS 61052 60704 135 13.6 11.4 5 8 2.75-17 100/90-17 240 130 109.7 5.5 - 121 50.0 65.0 68.1 N Y YHero Glamour Carburettor disc 62300 60860 125 11.6 11.0 4 11 80/100-18P 90/90-18P 240 130 - 7.4 - 127 54.2 59.1 60.0 N N NHonda CBF Stunner Self disc alloy 62987 58721 125 11.1 10.5 5 10 80/100-17 100/90-17 240 130 99.3 6.2 - 126 63.9 67.2 68.3 N Y NBajaj Discover 150F Disc 63453 62001 145 14.5 12.8 5 10 80/100-17 110/90-17 240 130 109.5 5.5 - 129 - 70.1 72.0 N N NBajaj V15 64246 62515 150 12.0 13.0 5 13 90/90-18 120/80-16 240 130 101.0 5.4 - 136 49.0 59.0 - N N NHonda CB Shine SP Disc 64614 63490 125 10.7 10.3 5 11 80/100-18 80/100-18 - - - - - 124 - - - N N NHonda CB Shine SP Drum 65354 61012 125 10.7 10.3 5 11 80/100-18 80/100-18 - - - - - 124 - - - N N NHonda CB Shine Self-Disc-Alloy-CBS 66015 61350 125 10.2 10.3 4 11 80/100-18 80/100-18 240 130 93.0 5.8 - 123 - - 65.0 N N NYamaha SZ-RR version 2.0 67803 67803 149 12.1 12.8 5 14 2.75x17 100/90-17 245 130 - - - 134 - - - N Y NHonda CB Shine SP CBS 70022 65475 125 10.7 10.3 5 11 80/100-18 80/100-18 - - - - - 124 - - - N N NHero Xtreme single disc 73384 71930 149 14.4 12.8 5 12 80/100-18 47P 110/90-18 61P 240 130 111.0 - - 145 - - 65.1 N Y YHero Glamour Fi disc 73637 68280 125 11.6 11.0 4 10 80/100-18P 90/90-18P 240 130 - 5.6 - 127 - - 62.0 N N NBajaj Pulsar 150 DTS-i 74313 74976 150 14.0 13.4 5 15 80/100x17 100/90x17 240 130 - - - 144 - - - N Y YHero Xtreme Sports single disc 74710 76226 149 15.4 13.5 5 13 80/100 x 18 47 P 110/90 x18 -61P 240 130 111.0 6.2 - 146 48.0 62.3 - N Y YHonda CB Unicorn 150 75000 70288 150 13.1 12.8 5 13 2.75-18 100/90 240 130 104.0 5.2 - 146 56.0 68.0 60.0 N Y N

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`75,000 to 1 lakhTVS Apache RTR 160 76159 76575 160 15.2 13.1 5 16 90/90-17 110/80-17 270 130 112.0 5.3 - 137 55.0 59.0 54.1 N Y YHero Xtreme double disc 76672 75030 149 14.4 12.8 5 12 80/100-18 47P 110/90-18 61P 240 200 111.0 - - 146 - - 65.1 N Y YHero Xtreme Sports double disc 77998 79269 149 15.4 13.5 5 13 80/100 x 18 47 P 110/90 x18 -61P 240 220 111.0 6.2 - 147 48.0 62.3 - N Y YBajaj Avenger Street 150 78368 79475 150 14.5 12.5 5 14 90/90-17 130/90-15 240 130 102.0 7.4 - 148 61.4 68.3 - N N YHonda CB Unicorn 160 78440 73546 163 14.7 14.6 5 12 80/100-17 110/80-17 240 130 103.8 5.1 2.0 135 60.2 64.7 62.0 N Y YBajaj Pulsar 180 DTS-i 79220 79897 179 17.0 14.2 5 15 90/90-17 120/80-17 260 230 115.0 5.1 - 145 45.8 55.2 58.0 N Y YBajaj Pulsar NS160 80648 78368 160 15.5 14.6 5 12 80/100 -17 110/80 -17 240 130 - 5.9 - 142 42.2 51.6 - N Y YHonda CB Unicorn 160 CBS 81033 75980 163 14.7 14.6 5 12 80/100-17 110/80-17 240 130 103.8 5.1 2.0 136 60.2 64.7 62.0 N Y YYamaha FZ Version 2.0 81040 81040 149 13.2 12.8 5 12 100/80-17 140/60-R17 267 130 - - - 132 - - - N Y YSuzuki Gixxer 81422 77015 155 14.8 14.0 5 12 100/80-17 140/60-17 240 130 115.0 4.6 - 135 39.2 43.3 63.5 N Y YTVS Apache RTR 180 81714 80543 177 17.3 15.5 5 16 90/90-17 110/80-17 270 200 121.4 4.5 - 139 43.0 51.0 43.0 N Y YSuzuki Gixxer SP 82349 81175 155 14.8 14.0 5 12 100/80-17 140/60-17 240 - 115.0 4.6 - 139 39.2 43.3 63.5 N Y YYamaha FZ S Version 2.0 83042 83042 149 13.1 12.8 5 12 100/80-17 140/60 R17 267 130 106.2 6.0 3.0 132 55.3 65.4 - N Y YBajaj Pulsar AS150 85675 81230 150 17.0 13.0 5 12 80/100-17 110/80-17 240 130 125.6 4.9 3.5 143 51.3 57.3 - N Y YHonda CB Hornet 160R 86041 80892 163 15.3 14.8 5 12 100/80-17 140/70-17 276 130 109.0 4.6 - 142 38.9 49.2 - N Y YBajaj Avenger Street 220 86630 87738 220 19.0 17.5 5 14 90/90-17 130/90-15 260 130 - - - 150 - - - N N YBajaj Avenger Cruise 220 86630 87738 220 19.0 17.5 5 14 90/90-17 130/90-15 260 130 - - - 155 - - - N N YYamaha Fazer FI version 2.0 88143 88143 149 13.2 12.8 5 12 100/80-17 140/60-R17 267 130 106.0 6.1 2.5 137 52.4 63.4 - N Y YVespa Elegante 89277 90365 125 10.1 10.6 A 8 90/100-10 90/100-10 200 140 84.6 11.7 - 114 54.1 57.2 60.0 N N NSuzuki Gixxer SF Glass sparkle black 89497 83439 155 14.8 14.0 5 12 100/80-17 140/60-R17 240 130 112.8 5.6 2.1 135 54.7 57.7 - N Y YSuzuki Gixxer SF Metallic triton blue (Spl MotoGP edition) 90392 84940 155 14.8 14.0 5 12 100/80-17 140/60-R17 240 130 112.8 5.6 2.0 135 54.7 57.7 - N Y YSuzuki Gixxer SF SP 90392 88857 155 14.8 14.0 5 12 100/80-17 140/60-R17 240 - 112.8 5.6 2.1 139 54.7 57.7 - N Y YBajaj Pulsar 220 F 90445 91553 220 21.1 18.6 5 15 90/90-17 120/80-17 260 230 133.3 4.5 - 155 38.0 47.0 54.2 N Y YHonda CB Hornet 160R CBS 90707 85343 163 15.8 14.8 5 12 100/80-17 140/70-17 276 220 109.0 4.6 - 142 38.9 49.2 - N Y YTVS Apache RTR 180 ABS 92037 88657 177 17.3 15.5 5 16 90/90-17 110/80-17 270 200 121.4 4.5 - 139 43.0 51.0 43.0 Y Y YTVS Apache RTR 200 93790 92915 198 21.0 18.1 5 12 90/90-17 130/70-17 270 240 122.0 - - 149 36.7 43.3 - N Y YSuzuki Gixxer SF FI 94205 93032 155 14.8 14.0 5 12 100/80-17 140/60-R17 240 230 112.8 5.6 2.1 135 54.7 57.7 - N Y YBajaj Pulsar 200 NS 95642 96749 200 23.5 18.3 6 12 100/80-17 130/70-17 280 230 119.0 4.3 - 152 30.2 40.3 58.0 N Y YSuzuki Gixxer SF Pearl mirage white 95701 83439 155 14.8 14.0 5 12 100/80-17 140/60-R17 240 130 112.8 5.6 2.0 135 54.7 57.7 - N Y YSuzuki Gixxer SF Carburettor ABS 96672 95499 155 14.8 14.0 5 12 100/80-17 140/60-R17 240 230 112.8 5.6 2.1 141 54.7 57.7 - Y Y YSuzuki Intruder 150 99000 98340 155 14.8 14.0 5 11 100/80-17 140/60-R17 - - - - - 148 - - - Y Y Y

1 Lakh to 5 LakhSuzuki Gixxer SF SP FI and ABS 100101 99312 155 14.8 14.0 5 12 100/80-17 140/60-R17 240 230 112.8 5.6 2.1 140 54.7 57.7 - Y Y YSuzuki Gixxer SF Fuel injected ABS 100485 99312 155 14.8 14.0 5 12 100/80-17 140/60-R17 240 230 112.8 5.6 2.1 140 54.7 57.7 - Y Y YBajaj Pulsar 200 NS ABS 108883 109715 200 23.5 18.3 6 12 100/80-17 130/70-17 280 230 119.0 4.3 - 152 30.2 40.3 58.0 N Y YRoyal Enfield Bullet 350 113436 113000 346 20.1 28.0 5 14 3.25x19 3.25x19 280 153 - - - 180 - - - N N NHero Karizma ZMR 114520 106380 223 20.3 19.7 5 15 80/100x18 120/80x18 276 240 127.8 4.8 - 157 39.1 51.6 - N Y YYamaha R15 S 115746 115746 150 17.0 15.0 6 12 90/80x17 130/70x17 267 220 131.7 4.8 2.5 134 38.7 52.3 - N Y YYamaha FZ 25 118335 119335 250 20.9 20.0 5 14 100/80-17 140/70-R17 282 220 132.8 3.6 - 148 30.8 39.4 43.0 N Y YYamaha YZF-R15 v2.0 118838 118838 150 17.0 15.0 6 12 90/80x17 130/70x17 267 220 131.7 4.8 2.5 136 38.7 52.3 - N Y YBajaj Pulsar RS 200 124205 121894 200 24.5 18.6 6 13 100/80-17 130/70-17 300 230 142.0 4.1 3.0 164 32.8 44.9 - N Y YYamaha Fazer 25 128335 129335 249 20.9 20.0 5 14 100/80-17 140/70-R17 282 220 - - - 154 - - 43.0 N Y YRoyal Enfield Classic 350 135813 135378 346 20.1 28.0 5 14 90/90-18 110/90-18 280 153 130.0 - - 187 25.0 30.0 - N N NBajaj Pulsar RS 200 ABS 136064 133747 200 24.5 18.6 6 13 100/80-17 130/70-17 300 230 142.0 4.1 3.0 164 32.8 44.9 - Y Y YBajaj Dominar 400 143648 141054 373 35.0 35.0 6 13 110/70-17 150/60-17 320 230 153.0 - - 182 27.9 38.0 - N Y YKTM 200 Duke 144966 143000 200 25.0 19.2 6 11 110/70x17 150/60x17 280 230 133.0 - 2.0 148 27.0 38.0 27.3 N Y YRoyal Enfield Thunderbird 350 146312 145877 346 20.1 28.0 5 20 90/90-19 120/18-18 280 240 - - - 192 - - - N N NBajaj Dominar 400 ABS 157809 155215 373 35.0 35.0 6 13 110/70-17 150/60-17 320 230 153.0 - - 182 27.9 38.0 - Y Y YRoyal Enfield Himalayan 166000 165331 411 24.5 32.0 5 15 90/90-21 120/90-17 300 240 128.0 3.7 - 191 28.0 36.0 - N Y YRoyal Enfield Bullet 500 166256 165811 499 26.5 40.9 5 14 90/90-19 120/80-18 280 153 121.9 - - 193 32.3 36.4 - N N NBenelli TNT 25 171000 172000 250 28.6 21.6 6 17 110/70 - 17 150/60 - 17 280 240 138.0 - - 159 28.8 35.6 - N Y YKTM RC 200 173690 173340 200 25.0 19.0 6 10 110/70x17 150/60x17 300 230 136.2 3.8 2.0 157 28.2 34.8 - N Y YKTM 250 Duke 174586 173000 249 30.0 24.0 6 11 110/70x17 150/60x17 280 230 - - - 137 - - - N Y YMahindra Mojo 175510 172020 295 27.0 30.0 6 21 110/70 R17 150/60 R17 320 240 142.0 - - 182 26.5 35.0 - N Y YUM Motorcycles Renegade Sport S 176006 171651 280 25.1 21.8 6 18 110/80 -17 140/80 - 15 280 - - - - 172 - - - N N NRoyal Enfield Classic 500 176132 175687 499 27.6 41.3 5 14 90/90-19 120/80-18 280 153 114.0 4.1 - 190 32.3 36.4 - N N NRoyal Enfield Classic 500 Desert Storm 179085 178640 499 27.6 41.3 5 15 90/90-19 110/80-18 280 153 116.0 4.1 - 187 32.3 36.4 - N N NUM Motorcycles Renegade Commando 180443 176091 280 25.0 22.0 6 18 110/90 - 16 140/90 - 15 280 - - - - 172 - - - N N NRoyal Enfield Classic 500 Chrome 186870 158274 499 27.6 41.3 5 15 90/90-19 110/80 -18 280 153 114.0 4.1 - 187 32.3 36.4 - N N NBenelli TNT 25 Premium 187000 184000 250 28.6 21.6 6 17 110/70 - 17 150/60 - 17 280 240 138.0 - - 159 28.8 35.6 - N Y YRoyal Enfield Thunderbird 500 188412 187966 499 27.6 41.3 5 20 90/90-19 120/18-18 280 240 119.2 5.6 2.4 195 33.2 37.4 - N N NRoyal Enfield Continental GT 535 208902 208456 535 29.1 44.0 5 14 100/90-18 130/70-18 300 240 131.3 4.3 - 184 25.3 36.1 - N Y NKTM 390 Duke 228313 225000 373 43.5 37.0 6 11 110/70 R17 150/60 R17 300 230 168.5 2.7 - 145 26.6 34.5 25.0 Y Y YKTM RC 390 233134 226300 373 43.5 36.0 6 10 110/70 R17 150/60 R17 320 230 167.0 2.7 - 166 25.5 34.1 - Y Y YBenelli TNT 300 M 291000 308300 300 38.3 26.5 6 16 110/70 - 17 150/60 - 17 260 240 146.0 - - 196 24.0 33.4 - N Y YRegal Raptor DD 350 E 296000 296000 320 23.0 22.0 5 14 90 / 90 x 18 130/ 90 x 15 300 240 130.0 3.5 - 180 - - - N N NHyosung Aquila 250 302000 302000 249 26.6 21.4 5 14 110/90 16 150/80 15 275 275 120.2 4.8 - 179 33.2 28.7 - N Y NKawasaki KLX110 306000 300000 112 7.3 8.0 4 4 2.50-14 4PR 3.00-12 4PR - - - - - 76 - - - N N NKawasaki Z250 308000 308000 249 32.0 21.0 6 17 110/70-17 140/70-17 290 220 146.0 - - 168 31.5 39.5 - N Y YBenelli TNT 300 P 308000 329000 300 38.3 26.5 6 16 120/70 - 17 160/60 - 17 260 240 146.0 - - 196 24.0 33.4 - Y Y YHyosung GT250R 319000 319000 249 29.2 22.7 6 17 110/70-17 150/60-17 300 230 146.3 4.1 - 188 28.8 34.5 33.2 N Y YRegal Raptor Daytona 322000 322000 320 23.1 22.0 5 15 90/90x21 160/80x16 300 240 130.0 3.5 - 180 - - - N N NRegal Raptor Bobber 333000 333000 320 23.1 22.0 5 14 90/90x17 130/90x17 300 240 130.0 3.5 - 165 - - - N N NYamaha YZF-R3 344456 326280 321 42.0 29.6 6 14 110/70-17 M/C 140/70-17 M/C 298 220 173.9 2.6 - 169 21.4 29.7 - N Y YBenelli 302R 348000 348000 300 38.2 26.5 6 14 110/70 - 17 150/60 - 17 260 240 - - - 198 32.2 35.6 - Y Y YKawasaki Ninja 300 360000 360000 296 39.0 27.0 6 17 110/70-17 140/70-17 290 220 162.0 3.1 2.0 172 24.0 30.5 28.1 N Y YKawasaki KLX 140 414000 407000 144 NA - 5 6 2.75-21 45M 4.10-18 59M - - - - - 99 - - - N N NKawasaki KX100 495000 488000 99 NA - 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Kawasaki Z650 510000 520000 649 68.0 66.0 6 16 - - - - 200.0 - - 204 22.1 26.2 - Y Y YHarley-Davidson Street 750 515000 515000 749 NA 59.0 6 13 100/80 R17 150/70 R15 - - - - - 223 22.3 33.2 17.4 N N NHyosung GT650R 535500 479000 647 73.7 60.9 6 17 120/60-17 160/60-17 300 230 202.0 - - 215 19.4 28.0 16.7 N Y YKawasaki Ninja 650 536000 533000 649 72.1 64.0 6 16 120/70-17 160/60-17 300 220 - - - 211 22.1 26.2 - N Y YHyosung Aquila Pro GV650 546000 546000 647 75.0 62.1 6 16 120/70 R17 180/55 R16 300 270 195.0 3.6 2.1 240 19.1 22.3 22.0 N N YBenelli TNT 600i 546000 550000 600 85.0 54.6 6 15 120/70-ZR17 180/55-ZR17 - - 189.0 - - 231 - - - N Y YHyosung GT650N 548000 548000 647 73.7 60.9 6 17 120/60 ZR17 160/60 ZR17 300 230 210.0 2.8 3.0 208 - - 25.0 N Y YBenelli TNT 600i ABS 578000 578000 600 85.0 54.6 6 15 120/70-ZR17 180/55-ZR17 - - 189.0 - - 231 - - - Y Y YHarley-Davidson Street Rod 606000 606000 749 55.0 64.0 6 13 120/70 R17 160/60 R17 300 300 - 2.6 - 238 21.9 31.2 - Y N NBenelli TNT 600 GT 608000 601000 600 86.3 54.6 6 27 120/70 17 M/C 58W 180/55 17 M/C 73W - - - - - 243 - - - N Y YHyosung ST7 639500 599000 678 62.5 57.3 5 17 120/80-16 170/80-15 300 270 170.0 3.3 - 244 17.4 26.3 18.0 N N NTriumph Bonneville 649130 619000 865 60.7 61.1 5 16 110/70 R17 130/80 R17 310 255 160.0 2.9 - 225 21.6 28.9 - N N NBenelli TNT 600 GT S 661000 637000 600 86.3 54.6 6 27 120/70 17 M/C 58W 180/55 17 M/C 73W - - - - - 243 - - - N Y YTriumph Bonneville Street Twin 717500 717500 900 55.0 80.0 5 12 100/90 R18 150/70 R17 310 255 166.0 - - 198 18.0 21.0 27.0 Y N NHonda CBR650F 730000 667118 649 86.6 60.5 6 17 120/70 - ZR17 180/55 - ZR17 320 240 - - - 216 - - - Y Y YCarberry Double Barrel 1000 735000 735000 998 52.9 82.0 5 14 - - 280 240 - - - - - - - N N NKawasaki KX250F 752000 752000 249 NA - 4 6 80/100-21 100/90-19 - - - - - 106 - - - N N NTriumph Bonneville Thruxton 757650 718290 1200 NA 112.0 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - Y Y NKawasaki Z900 768000 768000 948 125.0 98.6 6 17 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 300 250 - - - 208 15.3 22.4 - Y Y YTriumph Bonneville T100 798828 798000 900 55.0 80.0 5 15 100/90-19 150/70 R17 310 255 - 2.4 - 230 18.6 24.2 - Y Y NTriumph Street Scrambler 810000 810000 900 55.0 80.0 5 12 100/90-19 150/70 R17 310 255 - - - - - - - Y Y NHarley-Davidson Iron 883 839000 851000 883 50.7 69.0 5 13 100/90 B19 150/80 B16 292 292 90.0 - - 255 - - 21.7 Y N NDucati Monster 797 870000 805000 803 73.0 67.0 6 17 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 320 245 200.0 - - 193 21.9 27.1 - Y Y YTriumph Street Triple S 884500 884500 765 113.0 73.0 6 17 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 310 220 - - - 186 16.2 21.5 - Y Y YTriumph Bonneville T120 Black 902000 902000 1200 80.0 105.0 6 - 100/90 R18 150/70 R17 310 255 185.0 - - 224 17.1 25.2 - Y Y NTriumph Bonneville T120 915000 915000 1200 80.0 105.0 6 - 100/90 R18 150/70 R17 310 255 185.0 - - 224 17.1 25.2 - Y Y NDucati Scrambler Cafe Racer 932000 932000 803 73.0 67.0 6 14 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 330 245 205.0 - - 188 - - - Y Y YDucati Scrambler Desert Sled 932000 932000 803 74.0 68.0 6 14 120/70 R19 170/60 R17 330 245 205.0 - - 207 - - - Y Y YTriumph Bobber 945000 945000 1200 77.0 106.0 6 9 100/90 R18 150/80 R16 310 255 185.0 2.6 - - 20.2 24.7 - Y Y NHarley-Davidson 1200 Custom 975001 978000 1202 75.0 96.0 5 17 130/90 16 150/80 16 - - 150.0 2.7 2.0 268 17.3 22.1 - Y N NSuzuki Bandit 1250S 992750 1025000 1255 99.0 108.0 6 19 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 310 240 204.0 - 3.6 254 11.1 16.1 16.0 Y Y YKawasaki Ninja 1000 998000 998000 1043 142.0 111.0 6 19 120/70 ZR17 190/50 ZR17 300 250 - - - 231 - - 19.6 Y Y YHarley-Davidson Forty Eight 999001 999000 1202 96.0 96.0 5 8 130/90-B16 150/80-B16 292 292 150.0 - - 255 - - 20.4 Y N N

10 Lakh and aboveYamaha MT-09 1020000 1020000 847 115.0 88.0 6 14 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 298 245 - - - 191 - - 19.0 Y Y YHarley-Davidson Roadster 1020000 1018000 1202 NA 96.0 6 13 120/70R19 M/C 150/70R18 M/C - - - 2.8 - 259 17.8 22.7 - Y Y YTriumph Street Triple RS 1055000 1055000 765 123.0 77.0 6 17 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 310 220 - - - 166 - - - Y Y YTriumph Tiger 800 XR 1087000 1087000 800 95.0 79.0 6 19 100/90 -19 150/70 R17 308 255 - - - 213 - - - Y Y YDucati Hypermotard 939 1116000 1116000 937 110.0 95.0 6 16 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 320 245 - - - 204 - - - Y Y YTriumph Bonneville Thruxton R 1127500 1127500 1200 97.0 112.0 6 15 120/70 ZR 17 160/60 ZR17 310 220 - - - 203 13.4 19.8 - Y Y NTriumph Daytona 675 1131470 1069000 675 118.5 70.1 6 17 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 310 220 265.5 3.1 - 187 19.7 29.1 - Y Y YSuzuki GSX- S1000 1198000 1225000 999 144.0 105.6 6 17 120/70 ZR17 190/50 ZR17 310 220 235.0 - - 209 13.1 17.5 - Y Y YIndian Scout sixty 1199000 1275000 999 78.0 88.8 5 12 130/90-16 72H 150/80-16 71H 298 298 193.0 - - 253 18.1 23.2 - Y Y NAprilia Shiver 900 1199000 1250000 896 95.1 90.0 6 15 120/70 ZR 17 180/55 ZR 17 320 240 - - - - 14.3 20.8 - Y Y YHarley-Davidson Street Bob 107 1199001 1199000 1745 NA 144.0 6 14 100/90B19 150/80 B16 300 292 - - - 298 - - - N Y YDucati 939 Supersport 1208000 1208000 937 110.0 93.0 6 16 120/70 R17 180/55 R17 320 245 - - - 210 - - - Y Y YTriumph Tiger 800 XRx 1213000 1213000 800 95.0 79.0 6 19 100/90 -19 150/70 R17 309 255 208.0 2.1 2.3 216 - - - Y Y YTriumph Speed Triple 1215850 1146700 1050 127.0 105.0 6 18 120/70 ZR17 190/55 ZR17 320 255 230.0 - - 214 17.4 25.5 - Y Y YBenelli TNT 1130 R 1231000 1186000 1131 137.0 114.2 6 16 120/70-ZR17 190/50-ZR17 - - - - - 231 - - - N Y YAprilia Dorsoduro 900 1250000 1199000 896 95.1 90.0 6 12 120/70 ZR 17 180/55 ZR 17 320 240 - - - - - - - Y Y YTriumph 800 XC 1257725 1200000 799 95.0 79.0 6 19 90/90-21 150/70 R17 308 255 209.2 - - 215 - - - Y Y YDucati Multistrada 950 1262000 1282000 973 113.0 96.2 6 20 120/70 R19 170/60 R17 330 265 - - - 227 - - - Y Y YTriumph Daytona 675R 1284980 1214550 675 118.5 70.1 6 17 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 310 220 265.5 3.1 - 189 19.7 29.1 - Y Y YKawasaki Versys 1000 LT 1290000 1285000 1043 120.0 102.0 6 21 120/70 R17 180/55 R17 310 250 - - - 250 - - - Y Y YSuzuki GSX- S1000 F ABS 1293000 1270000 999 148.0 108.5 6 17 120/70-ZR17 190/50-ZR17 310 220 - - - 214 - - - Y Y YIndian Scout Thunder black 1299356 1370688 1133 100.0 97.7 6 12 130/90-16 72H 150/80-16 71H 298 298 193.0 - - 253 17.2 21.1 - Y Y NIndian Scout Black smoke 1299356 1299000 1133 100.0 97.7 6 12 130/90-16 72H 150/80-16 71H 298 298 193.0 - - 253 17.2 21.1 - Y Y NIndian Scout Indian red 1299356 1299000 1133 100.0 97.7 6 12 130/90-16 72H 150/80-16 71H 298 298 193.0 - - 253 17.2 21.1 - Y Y NIndian Scout Silver smoke 1299356 1299000 1133 100.0 97.7 6 12 130/90-16 72H 150/80-16 71H 298 298 193.0 - - 253 17.2 21.1 - Y Y NHonda CRF1000L Africa Twin 1314000 1306000 998 88.3 91.9 6 19 90/90-21M/C 150/70R18M/C 310 256 190.0 - - 245 - - - Y Y YTriumph Tiger 800 XCx 1328000 1328000 800 95.0 79.0 6 19 90/90 -21 150/70 R17 308 255 - - - 218 - - - Y Y YDucati 939 Supersport S 1339000 1339000 937 110.0 93.0 6 16 120/70 R17 180/55 R17 320 245 - - - 210 - - - Y Y YMotoguzzi V9 bobber 1342000 1360000 853 55.0 62.0 6 15 130/90 - 16 150/80 B 16 320 260 - - - 199 - - - Y N NMotoguzzi V9 roamer 1345000 1360000 853 55.0 62.0 6 15 100/90 - 19 150/80 - 16 320 260 - - - 199 - - - Y N NAprilia Mana 850 GT ABS 1363000 1481000 839 76.1 73.0 7 16 120/70 ZR 17 180/55ZR 17 320 260 - - - - - - - Y Y NSuzuki V-Strom 1000 1369000 1495000 1037 101.0 103.0 6 20 110/80 R19 150/70 R17 310 220 - - - 228 - - - Y Y YIndian Scout Bobber 1395001 - 1133 95.0 97.0 6 12 130/90-16 73H 150/80-16 71H 298 298 193.0 - - 245 - - - Y Y NHarley-Davidson Fat Bob 107 1399000 1399000 1745 NA 145.0 6 14 150/80 B16 180/70 B16 300 292 - - - 309 - - - Y Y YDucati Panigale 959 1437450 1458000 955 149.0 102.0 6 17 120/70 ZR17 180/60 ZR17 320 245 280.0 - - 200 - - - Y Y YTriumph Tiger 800 XCA 1437500 1437500 800 95.0 79.0 6 19 90/90-21 150/70 R17 308 255 - - - 215 18.2 23.6 - Y Y YHonda CB 1000R ABS Pearl Siena Red 1442425 1338093 998 125.0 99.0 6 17 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 310 256 - - - 222 - - - Y Y YHonda CB 1000R ABS 1442425 1338093 998 125.0 99.0 6 17 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 310 256 - - - 222 - - - Y Y YTriumph Thunderbird Storm 1445500 1445500 1699 98.0 156.0 6 22 120/70 R19 200/50 R17 310 310 - - - 339 19.1 28.4 21.4 Y Y NAprilia SRV 850 ABS ATC 1447000 1505000 839 77.0 76.4 A 19 120/70-R16 160/60-R15 300 280 - - - - - - - Y Y YSuzuki GSX-R1300 Hayabusa 1457246 1388329 1340 197.0 154.0 6 21 120/70 ZR17 190/50 ZR17 310 260 299.0 - - 266 - - 25.6 Y Y YHonda VT 1300 CX 1506976 1399644 1312 57.8 107.0 5 13 90/90 R21 200/50 R18 336 296 - - - 303 10.0 15.0 - Y N Y



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Kawasaki Z1000 1510000 1560000 1043 142.0 111.0 6 17 120/70 ZR17 190/50 ZR17 310 250 221.0 2.0 - 221 - - 20.4 Y Y Y

BMW R 1200 R Standard 1520000 1490000 1170 110.0 119.0 6 18 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 320 265 200.0 - - 227 20.0 25.0 18.2 Y Y Y

MV Agusta Brutale 800 1559000 1559000 798 110.0 83.0 6 17 120/70 - ZR 17 180/55 - ZR 17 300 220 237.0 - - 175 12.8 16.2 - Y Y Y

BMW R 1200 R Exclusive 1570000 1540000 1170 110.0 119.0 6 18 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 320 265 200.0 - - 227 20.0 25.0 18.2 Y Y Y

BMW R 1200 R Style 1580000 1550000 1170 110.0 119.0 6 18 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 320 265 200.0 - - 227 20.0 25.0 18.2 Y Y Y

Suzuki Intruder M1800 R 1604229 1605000 1783 125.0 160.0 5 20 130/70 R18 240/40 R18 300 270 168.2 - - 347 - - 14.0 N Y Y

Ducati Diavel 1610000 1610000 1198 161.0 130.5 6 17 120/70 ZR 17 240/45 ZR17 320 265 250.0 - - 239 - - 10.0 Y Y Y

Kawasaki Z1000 R 1610000 1610000 1043 142.0 111.0 6 17 120/70 ZR17 190/50 ZR17 310 250 221.0 2.0 - 221 - - 20.4 Y Y Y

BMW RnineT Scrambler 1620000 1590000 1170 110.0 116.0 6 17 120/70 R19 170/60 R17 320 265 201.0 - - 220 - - - Y Y Y

BMW R 1200 RS 1620000 1620000 1170 125.0 125.0 6 18 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 320 276 201.0 - - 236 - - - Y Y Y

BMW R 1200 GS Standard 1620000 1590000 1170 125.1 125.0 6 20 120/70 R19 170/60 R17 305 276 200.0 - - 244 20.0 25.0 18.2 Y Y Y

BMW R 1200 RS Standard 1620000 1590000 1170 125.0 125.0 6 18 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 320 276 201.0 - - 236 - - - Y Y Y

Ducati XDiavel 1633800 1660000 1262 158.0 129.0 6 18 120/70 ZR 17 240/45 ZR17 320 265 - - - 220 - - - Y Y Y

Motoguzzi Griso 1650000 1580000 1151 111.5 108.0 6 17 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 320 282 - - - 222 - - - N Y Y

Suzuki Intruder M1800 Boss 1654229 1655000 1783 125.0 160.0 5 20 130/70 R18 240/40 R18 300 270 168.2 - - 347 - - 14.0 N Y Y

Triumph Thunderbird LT 1681000 1681000 1699 94.0 151.0 6 22 150/80 VR16 180/70 VR16 310 310 - - - 380 - - - Y N N

BMW S 1000 R Standard 1720000 1690000 999 160.4 112.0 6 18 120/70 ZR17 190/55 ZR17 320 220 200.0 - - 207 - - 17.9 Y Y Y

BMW R 1200 RS Dynamic+ 1720000 1690000 1170 125.0 125.0 6 18 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 320 276 201.0 - - 236 - - - Y Y Y

Aprilia Caponord 1200 ABS 1734000 1805000 1197 125.0 114.8 6 24 120/70-R17 180/55 R17 320 240 - - - 214 - - - Y Y Y

Harley-Davidson Fat Boy 107 1749001 1749000 1745 NA 144.0 6 19 160/60R18 240/40R18 292 292 - - - 322 - - - Y N Y

Ducati Multistrada 1200 S 1751700 1751000 1198 152.2 128.0 6 20 120/70 R17 190/55 R17 330 265 - - - 212 17.2 22.4 - Y Y Y

Motoguzzi Stelvio NTX 1760000 1738000 1151 104.0 113.0 6 32 110/80 R19 150/70 R17 320 282 - - - 272 - - - Y Y Y

Harley-Davidson Breakout 1760245 1670000 1690 NA 130.0 6 19 130/60 B21 240/40 R18 320 300 - - - 322 - - 13.9 Y N N

BMW R 1200 GSA Standard 1780000 1750000 1170 125.1 125.0 6 30 120/70 R19 170/60 R17 305 276 200.0 - - 260 15.0 20.0 18.2 Y Y Y

Aprilia Dorsoduro 1200 ABS 1787995 1711000 1197 130.0 115.0 6 15 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 320 240 - - - - - - 16.1 Y Y Y

MV Agusta Brutale 1090 1799000 1799000 1078 144.0 112.0 6 23 120/70 - ZR 17 190/55 - ZR 17 310 210 265.0 - - 183 - 12.4 - Y Y Y

Ducati Multistrada 1200 Enduro 1805000 1805000 1198 160.0 136.0 6 20 120/70 R17 190/55 R17 330 265 240.0 - - 254 13.6 27.1 - Y Y Y

BMW S 1000 R Sport 1820000 1790000 999 160.4 112.0 6 18 120/70 ZR17 190/55 ZR17 320 220 200.0 - - 207 - - 17.9 Y Y Y

BMW RnineT Standard 1820000 1790000 1170 110.0 119.0 6 18 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 320 265 200.0 - - 222 - - 17.2 Y Y Y

Triumph Tiger Explorer XCx 1875000 1875000 1215 139.0 123.0 6 20 120/70 R19 170/60 R17 305 282 - - - 253 - - - Y Y Y

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R 1880000 1880000 998 200.0 113.5 6 17 120/70 ZR17 190/55 ZR17 330 220 - - - 206 - 18.2 - Y Y Y

BMW S 1000 XR Standard 1880000 1850000 999 160.0 112.0 6 20 120/70 ZR17 190/55 ZR17 320 265 201.0 - - 206 - - - Y Y Y

BMW R 1200 RT Standard 1880000 1850000 1170 125.0 125.0 6 25 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 320 276 200.0 - - 274 20.0 25.0 18.9 Y Y Y

Honda VFR1200F 1885725 1762938 1237 172.0 129.0 6 19 120/70 ZR17 190/55 ZR17 320 276 243.0 - 2.4 267 11.1 17.1 - Y Y Y

Harley-Davidson Heritage Classic 107 1899001 1900000 1745 NA 144.0 6 19 130/90B16 150/80B16 292 292 - - - 330 - - - Y N Y

Ducati XDiavel S 1901550 1930000 1262 158.0 129.0 6 18 120/70 ZR 17 240/45 ZR17 320 265 - - - 220 - - - Y Y Y

Honda CBR 1000RR Fireblade 1901699 1760000 999 189.0 114.0 6 16 120/70 ZR17 190/50 ZR17 320 220 - - - 196 - - - Y Y Y

Aprilia Caponord 1200 Travel pack ABS 1916000 2025000 1197 125.0 114.8 6 24 120/70 R17 180/55 R17 320 240 - - - - - - - Y Y Y

BMW S 1000 RR Standard 1920000 1890000 999 198.0 113.0 6 18 120/70 ZR17 190/55 ZR17 320 220 200.0 2.7 - 204 - - 17.0 Y Y Y

BMW S 1000 R Pro 1920000 1890000 999 160.4 112.0 6 18 120/70 ZR17 190/55 ZR17 320 220 200.0 - - 207 - - 17.9 Y Y Y

BMW R 1200 GS Dynamic+ 1930000 1900000 1170 125.1 125.0 6 20 120/70 R19 170/60 R17 305 276 200.0 - - 244 20.0 25.0 18.2 Y Y Y

Suzuki GSX-R1000 1950000 1950000 999 200.0 118.0 6 16 120/70 ZR17 190/55 ZR17 310 220 - - - 200 - - - Y Y Y

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14R 1970000 1884000 1441 210.0 158.2 6 22 120/70 ZR17 190/50 ZR17 310 250 299.0 - - 269 13.4 17.2 - Y Y Y

Ducati Diavel Carbon 1973000 1973000 1198 162.0 130.5 6 17 120/70 ZR 17 240/45 ZR17 320 265 270.0 - - 234 14.2 19.7 10.0 Y Y Y

BMW R 1200 GS Pro 1980000 1950000 1170 125.1 125.0 6 20 120/70 R19 170/60 R17 305 276 200.0 - - 244 20.0 25.0 18.2 Y Y Y

Aprilia Caponord 1200 Rally 2020000 1838000 1197 125.0 114.0 6 24 120/70-R19 170/60-R17 320 240 - - - - - - 25.0 Y Y Y

Aprilia Tuono V4 Factory 2061000 2079000 1077 175.0 121.0 6 19 120/70 ZR 17 200/55 ZR 17 320 220 254.5 - - 212 12.8 16.9 - Y Y Y

Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Pikes Peak 2065350 2076000 1198 160.0 136.0 6 20 120/70 R17 190/55 ZR17 330 265 - - - 231 - - - Y Y Y

Motoguzzi California 1400 Custom ABS 2098000 1939000 1380 96.0 120.0 6 21 130/70 R 18 200/60 R 16 320 282 - - - 318 - - - Y Y Y

Indian Chief Dark Horse 2125488 2125000 1811 NA 138.9 6 21 130/90B16 73H 180/65B16 81H 300 300 182.4 - - 357 16.6 23.8 - Y Y N

BMW R 1200 GSA Dynamic+ 2130000 2090000 1170 125.1 125.0 6 30 120/70 R19 170/60 R17 305 276 200.0 - - 260 15.0 20.0 18.2 Y Y Y

Aprilia RSV4 Evo 2131000 2099000 1000 184.0 117.0 6 19 120/70 ZR17 190/55 ZR 17 320 220 - 3.1 - 179 - - 25.0 Y Y Y

Aprilia RSV4 RR 2163000 2099000 1000 201.0 115.0 6 19 120/70 ZR17 200/55 ZR17 320 220 - - - 180 - - - Y Y Y

Ducati Monster 1200 2179800 2302000 1198 136.0 118.0 6 18 120/70 ZR 17 190/55 ZR17 320 245 - - - 209 - - - Y Y Y

BMW R 1200 GSA Pro 2180000 2140000 1170 125.1 125.0 6 30 120/70 R19 170/60 R17 305 276 200.0 - - 260 15.0 20.0 18.2 Y Y Y

BMW S 1000 RR Pro 2180000 2140000 999 198.0 113.0 6 18 120/70 ZR17 190/55 ZR17 320 220 200.0 2.7 - 204 - - 17.0 Y Y Y

BMW S 1000 XR Pro 2190000 2150000 999 160.0 112.0 6 20 120/70 ZR17 190/55 ZR17 320 265 201.0 - - 206 - - - Y Y Y

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 2190000 2190000 998 200.0 113.5 6 17 120/70 ZR17 190/55 ZR17 330 220 - - - 206 - 18.2 - Y Y Y

Indian Chief Classic 2199000 2199000 1811 NA 138.9 6 21 130/90B16 67H 180/65B16 81H 300 300 - - - 354 18.8 22.8 - Y Y Y

Motoguzzi Audace 1400 2200000 1931000 1380 94.0 121.0 6 21 100/90- 18 56H TL 130/80 -17 65H TL 320 282 187.0 - - 289 13.0 18.7 - Y Y Y

BMW R 1200 RT Pro 2230000 2190000 1170 125.0 125.0 6 25 120/70 ZR17 180/55 ZR17 320 276 200.0 - - 274 20.0 25.0 18.9 Y Y Y

Motoguzzi El dorado 1400 2245000 1959000 1380 94.0 120.0 6 21 100/90- 18 56H TL 130/80 -17 65H TL 320 282 - - - 314 - - - Y Y Y

Suzuki GSX-R1000 R 2250000 2250000 999 202.0 118.0 6 16 120/70 ZR17 190/55 ZR17 310 220 - - - 203 - - - Y Y Y

Yamaha YZF-R1 2271000 2400000 998 200.0 112.4 6 17 120/70 ZR17 190/55 ZR17 320 220 - - - 199 - - - Y Y Y

Motoguzzi California 1400 Touring ABS 2288000 2082000 1380 97.0 120.0 6 21 130/70 R 18 200/60 R 16 320 282 - - - 337 - - - Y Y Y

Honda CBR 1000RR Fireblade SP 2335688 2170597 999 189.0 114.0 6 16 120/70 ZR17 190/50 ZR17 320 220 - - - 195 - - - Y Y Y

Triumph Rocket III Roadster 2338360 2191700 2294 148.0 221.0 5 24 150/80 R17 240/50 R16 320 316 222.1 - - 367 - - - Y Y N

Aprilia RSV4 Evo race pack 2346000 2568000 1000 184.0 117.0 6 19 120/70 ZR 17 200/55 ZR 17 320 220 - - - 179 - - 25.0 Y Y Y

Aprilia RSV4 RF 2413000 2586000 1000 201.0 115.0 6 19 120/70 ZR17 190/55 ZR 17 320 220 - - - 180 - - - Y Y Y

Yamaha VMAX 2565423 2565424 1679 200.1 166.8 5 15 120/70 R18 200/50 R18 320 298 - - - 310 - - - Y Y Y

MV Agusta F4 2599000 2599000 998 205.0 115.0 6 17 120/70 - ZR 17 200/55 - ZR 17 320 210 302.0 - - 191 - 16.1 - Y Y Y

BMW K 1600 GTL Standard 2630000 2590000 1649 160.4 175.0 6 27 120/70 ZR17 190/55 ZR17 320 320 200.0 - - 348 - - 16.9 Y Y Y

Ducati Monster 1200 S 2667000 2812000 1198 147.0 124.5 6 18 120/70 ZR 17 190/55 ZR17 330 245 - - - 209 - - - Y Y Y

Indian Chief Vintage 2815438 3000000 1811 NA 138.9 6 21 130/90B16 67H 180/65B16 81H 300 300 210.0 - - 379 18.8 23.3 - Y Y Y

Motoguzzi MGX-21 2832000 2778000 1380 96.0 121.0 6 21 120/70 R21 180/60 R16 320 282 - - - 341 - - - Y Y Y


Honda Goldwing Audio Comfort 2850000 2850000 1832 118.0 167.0 5 25 130/70 R18 180/60 R16 296 316 - - - 413 - - 15.2 Y Y N

Harley-Davidson Road King 2858001 2835000 1745 68.0 150.0 6 23 130/80 B17 65 180/65 B16 81H 292 292 170.0 - - 371 - - 17.8 Y Y Y

Indian Chieftain Dark Horse 2899999 2899999 1811 74.0 138.9 6 21 130/90B16 73H 180/65B16 81H 300 300 - - - 356 14.1 19.9 - Y Y N

BMW K 1600 GTL Pro 2900000 2850000 1649 160.4 175.0 6 27 120/70 ZR17 190/55 ZR17 320 320 200.0 - - 348 - - 16.9 Y Y Y

Yamaha YZF-R1 M 2997000 3200000 998 200.0 112.4 6 17 120/70 ZR17 200/55 ZR17 320 220 - - - 200 - - - Y Y Y

Indian Springfield 3100000 3100000 1811 NA 161.6 6 21 130/90B16 67H 180/60R16 300 300 - - - 388 - - - Y Y Y

Honda Goldwing Airbag 3216152 2995014 1832 118.0 167.0 5 25 130/70 R18 180/60 R16 296 316 - - - 421 - - 15.2 Y Y N

Harley-Davidson Street Glide Special 3337000 3350000 1745 NA 150.0 6 23 130/60 B19 180/65 B16 320 300 - - - 372 - - 15.6 Y Y N

Indian Chieftain 3550000 3550000 1811 NA 138.9 6 21 130/90B16 67H 180/65B16 81H 300 300 - - - 385 18.8 22.8 - Y Y Y

Harley-Davidson Road Glide Special 3551000 3574000 1745 NA 150.0 6 23 130/60 B19 180/65 B16 320 300 - - - 372 - - 15.6 Y Y N

Kawasaki Ninja H2 3813100 3330000 998 210.0 133.5 6 17 120/70 ZR17 200/55 ZR17 330 250 - - - 238 - - - Y Y Y

Indian Roadmaster Thunder black 4500001 4500001 1811 NA 138.9 6 21 130/90B16 73H 180/60R16 80H 300 300 - - - 418 - - - Y Y N

MV Agusta F4 RC 5034000 5034000 998 205.0 115.0 6 17 120/70 - ZR 17 200/55 - ZR 17 320 210 302.0 - - 183 - - - Y Y Y

Ducati Panigale R 5046300 5918000 1198 207.0 136.2 6 17 120/70 ZR17 200/55 ZR17 330 245 - - - 184 - - - Y Y Y

Harley-Davidson CVO Limited 5393001 5393000 1868 NA 165.0 6 23 130/80 B17 180/65 B16 320 300 - - - 431 - - 33.4 Y Y N

Aprilia Tuono V4R 19302000 1972000 1000 167.3 111.5 6 19 120/70 ZR 17 190/55 ZR 17 320 220 - - - 186 - - - Y Y Y

ScootersTVS Scooty Pep Plus 40930 39700 88 5.1 5.8 A 5 3.00x10 3.00x10 110 110 70.0 6.4 - 95 59.6 77.0 65.6 N N N

Honda Navi 42976 41512 110 7.9 9.0 A 3.8 90/90-12 90/100-10 130 130 81.2 9.8 - 101 41.0 - - N N N

Honda cliq 46500 42499 109 8.0 8.9 A 3.5 90/100-10 90/100-10 130 130 83.0 - - 102 - - - N N N

Honda cliq Graphic 47000 42384 109 8.0 8.9 A 3.5 90/100-10 90/100-10 130 130 83.0 - - 102 - - - N N N

Mahindra Duro DZ 47820 46240 125 8.0 9.0 A 6.5 3.50x10 3.50x10 130 130 83.0 9.3 - 114 46.1 52.3 56.3 N N N

Mahindra Gusto 110 DX 49250 46680 110 8.2 9.0 A 6 90/90-12 90/90-12 130 130 85.3 12.0 2.5 120 58.2 62.5 63.5 N N N

Suzuki Lets 49872 48193 113 8.8 9.0 A 5.2 90/100-10 90/100-10 120 120 90.0 10.2 - 98 52.2 65.3 63.0 N N N

Mahindra Rodeo UZO 125 50420 49960 125 8.0 9.0 A 4.5 3.50x10 3.50x10 130 130 85.0 9.7 - 111 45.0 56.2 59.0 N Y Y

Honda Activa i 51117 46986 109 8.0 8.7 A 5.3 90/100-10 90/100-10 130 130 75.0 10.1 2.3 103 56.0 63.3 60.0 N N N

Honda Activa i DLX 51636 48059 109 8.0 8.7 A 5.3 90/100-10 90/100-10 130 130 75.0 10.1 2.3 103 56.0 63.3 60.0 N N N

Mahindra Gusto 110 HX 51890 49320 110 8.2 9.0 A 6 90/90-12 90/90-12 130 130 85.3 12.0 3 120 58.2 62.5 63.5 N N N

Yamaha Ray Z 51919 50817 113 7.1 8.1 A 5 90/100-10 90/100-10 130 130 - - - 104 - - 66.0 N N N

Mahindra Gusto 125 DX 51990 49420 125 8.6 10.0 A 6 90/90-12 90/90-12 130 130 82.0 9.1 - 120 39.5 49.2 - N N N

TVS Wego Drum 52320 51084 110 8.0 8.0 A 5 90/90-12 90/90-12 130 130 77.0 8.0 - 105 49.5 57.8 62.0 N N Y

TVS Scooty Zest 110 52544 46738 110 8.2 8.7 A 5 90/100-10 90/90-10 110 130 82.5 9.7 2.8 98.5 53.1 57.6 62.0 N N N

Honda Dio DLX 52876 49713 109 8.0 8.8 A 5.3 90/100-10 90/100-10 130 130 82.5 12.2 3.2 105 51.3 56.4 60.0 N N N

Hero Pleasure Steel Wheel 53077 46480 102 7.0 8.1 A 5 90/100x10 90/100x10 130 130 82.1 12.2 - 101 56.0 70.0 77.0 N N N

Yamaha Alpha 53223 51672 113 7.1 8.1 A 5.2 90/100 10 90/100-10 130 110 86.3 10.5 3.2 104 47.0 59.2 66.0 N N N

TVS Jupiter 53792 49766 110 8.0 8.0 A 5 90/90-12 90/90-12 130 130 85.2 10.5 2.5 108 51.2 62.3 62.0 N N N

Mahindra Gusto 110 VX 53890 51320 110 8.2 9.0 A 6 90/90-12 90/90-12 130 130 85.3 12.0 2.5 120 58.2 62.5 63.5 N N N

Hero Duet LX 54223 47830 111 8.4 8.3 A 5.3 90/100-10-53J 90/100-10-53J 130 130 82.0 9.8 - 115 48.9 57.1 63.8 N N N

Yamaha Ray-ZR Drum 54553 53451 113 7.2 8.1 A 5.2 90/100-10 53J 90/100-10 53J 130 130 85.4 10.2 - 103 53.2 62.5 - N N N

Hero Pleasure Cast Wheel 54668 48019 102 5.0 7.9 A 5 90/100x10 90/100x10 130 130 82.1 12.2 - 101 56.0 70.0 77.0 N N N

Hero Maestro Edge LX 54967 49030 111 8.4 8.3 A 5.5 90/100-12-54J 90/100-10-53J 130 130 84.0 9.6 - 109 49.3 58.2 65.8 N N N

Honda Activa 4G 55074 51324 109 8.0 9.0 A 5.3 90/100-10 90/100-10 130 130 86.4 10.1 - 108 45.5 - 60.0 N N N

Suzuki Access 125 55842 54163 125 8.7 10.2 A 6 90/90-12 90/100-10 120 120 93.4 7.9 - 102 48.1 58.5 - N N N

TVS Wego Disc 55902 53852 110 8.0 8.0 A 5 90/90-12 90/90-12 220 130 77.0 8.0 - 105 49.5 57.8 62.0 N N Y

TVS Jupiter ZX 56040 52289 110 8.0 8.0 A 5 90/90-12 90/90-12 130 130 85.2 10.5 2.5 108 51.2 62.3 62.0 N N N

Yamaha Fascino 56082 54593 113 7.1 8.1 A 5.2 90/100 10 90/100 10 130 110 - - - 103 - - 66.0 N N N

Hero Duet VX 56123 49480 111 8.4 8.3 A 5.3 90/90-12-54J 90/100-10-53J 130 130 82.0 9.8 - 116 48.9 57.1 63.8 N N N

Hero Maestro Edge VX 56337 50480 111 8.4 8.3 A 5.5 90/100-12-54J 90/100-10-53J 130 130 84.0 9.6 - 110 49.3 58.2 65.8 N N N

Honda Aviator Drum 56498 52660 109 8.0 8.9 A 6 90/90-12 90/100-10 130 130 82.0 10.5 - 109 50.6 59.5 60.0 N N N

Mahindra Gusto 125 VX 56630 54060 125 8.6 10.0 A 6 90/90-12 90/90-12 130 130 82.0 9.1 - 120 39.5 49.2 - N N N

TVS Jupiter Classic Edition 56777 55266 110 8.0 8.0 A 5 90/90-12 90/90-12 220 130 85.2 10.5 2.5 108 51.2 62.3 62.0 N N N

Yamaha Ray-ZR Disc 57000 55898 113 7.2 8.1 A 5.2 90/100-10 53J 90/100-10 53J 170 130 85.4 10.2 - 103 53.2 62.5 - N N N

Suzuki Access Special edition Drum 57419 55868 124 8.7 10.2 A 6 90/90 -12 90/100-10 120 120 93.4 7.1 - 102 - - 64.0 N N N

Honda Aviator Drum-Alloy 58554 59427 109 8.0 8.9 A 6 90/90-12 90/100-10 130 130 82.0 10.5 - 109 50.6 59.5 60.0 N N N

Suzuki Access 125 Disc 59038 57488 124 8.7 10.2 A 6 90/90-12 90/100-10 120 120 93.4 7.9 5.91 102 48.1 58.5 - N N N

Honda Grazia 59516 57897 125 8.5 10.5 A 5.3 90/90 12 90/100 10 130 130 85.0 - - - - - - N Y Y

Suzuki Access Special edition 60743 59063 124 8.7 10.2 A 6 90/90 -12 90/100-10 - 120 93.4 7.1 - 102 - - 64.0 N N N

Honda Aviator Disc 61125 57001 109 8.0 8.9 A 6 90/90-12 90/100-10 190 130 82.0 10.5 - 105 50.6 59.5 60.0 N N N

Honda Grazia Alloy 61446 59827 125 8.5 10.5 A 5.3 90/90 12 90/100 10 190 130 85.0 - - - - - - N Y Y

Honda Activa 125 CBS 61653 57497 125 8.6 10.5 A 5.3 90/100-12 90/100-10 130 130 89.0 8.9 - 110 53.3 65.9 59.0 N N N

Honda Activa 125 Alloy-Drum CBS 63710 59427 125 8.6 10.5 A 5.3 90/100-12 90/100-10 130 130 89.0 8.9 - 110 53.3 65.9 59.0 N N N

Honda Grazia Deluxe 63888 62269 125 8.5 10.5 A 5.3 90/90 12 90/100 10 190 130 85.0 - - 107 - - - N Y Y

Honda Activa 125 Alloy-Disc CBS 66312 61869 125 8.6 10.5 A 5.3 90/100-12 90/100-10 190 130 89.0 8.9 - 110 53.3 65.9 59.0 N N N

Aprilia SR 150 68923 69248 154 11.5 11.5 A 6 120/70 120/70 220 240 104.0 6.3 2.2 122 34.0 43.0 - N N N

Vespa LX 125 69970 71058 125 10.1 10.6 A 8 90/100-17 90/100-17 150 140 84.6 11.7 - 114 54.1 57.2 60.0 N N N

Aprilia SR 150 Race 72135 72340 154 11.5 11.5 A 6 120/70 120/70 220 240 104.0 6.3 2.2 122 34.0 43.0 - N N N

Vespa VXL 125 80757 81845 125 10.1 10.6 A 7.8 110-70/11 120-70/10 200 140 - - - 155 - - - N N N

Vespa SXL 125 85193 86281 125 10.1 10.6 A 7.8 110-70/11 120-70/10 200 140 - - - - - - - N N N

Vespa VXL 150 87833 88921 150 11.6 11.5 A - 110-70/11 120-70/10 200 140 - - - - - - - N N N

Vespa SXL 150 91612 92700 150 11.6 11.5 A - 110-70/11 120-70/10 200 140 96.0 9.5 - - 53.4 56.5 - N N N

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