Interview with Sidhartha Lal, CEO, Royal Enfield

How have you been able to use the Continental GT name, with Bentley already using it?

Firstly it’s a Royal Enfield Continental GT. It is a historic name from 50 years ago. We have had no issues with it. And we haven’t…

Eicher’s new range of commercial vehicles

VE Commercial Vehicles Limited (VECV), the 50:50 joint venture between the Volvo Group and Eicher Motors Limited, unveiled 11 new heavy vehicles called the ‘Eicher Pro’ series at their manufacturing facility near Indore. The Pro series includes trucks and…

Hyundai’s i20 set for 2014 WRC with a made in India bodyshell

Following the brilliant success Volkswagen enjoyed in the 2013 WRC season, Korean manufacturer Hyundai, who was testing the i20 hatchback for its WRC return has unveiled the rally-spec car with full livery. Interestingly…

GM appoints Mary Barra as CEO

General Motors has picked Mary Barra to replace Dan Akerson as Chief Executive Officer of the American auto giant. The 51-year-old Barra has 33 years of experience at GM and has been promoted from the post of senior vice president for global product development. As of January…

Polaris launches Indian Motorcycles in India

More and more big-league bike manufacturers have graced Indian shores in the past year and 2014 promises to keep this ball rolling with Polaris’ launch of the iconic American brand, Indian Motorcycles. Indian Motorcycle’s chief rival in India is…

New 2014 Polo unveiled internationally

Volkswagen has officially taken the wraps off the facelifted Polo which sports redesigned tail-lamps and new headlights housing LED DRLs for the top-specced variants. The front and rear bumpers get subtle changes and so does the dashboard and steering wheel. The…

Renault Duster facelift coming soon

Mechanically the SUV remains unchanged, though there are rumours that Renault will introduce the facelifted Duster with the 1.2-litre TCe turbocharged petrol engine that is employed abroad, mated to a six-speed manual transmission. This would be an excellent strategy…

2014 Merc C-Class breaks cover

Sportier, feature-rich and with S-Class written all over it

The Fourth generation C-Class is slated to debut officially at the Detroit Motor Show as a 2014 model, but Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the car (codenamed W205) online already. The C-Class has…

Toyota’s Land Cruiser Prado updated

Toyota has launched the updated Land Cruiser Prado in India, priced at Rs 84.87 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). Changes to the exterior include a newly designed front grille, bumper, fog lamps, redesigned LED headlamps with day time running lights, a new rear license plate…

Bike Fest India

The first edition of the ‘Bike Festival of India’, also expected to be South East Asia’s largest biking festival will be hosted this year. An initiative of Event Capital and Rhiti Sports, the event has been conceptualised by Vikram Shankar, VP of Event Capital and Ikjot Singh, a superbike rider. The…