| Bull run | 21-NOV-09 |
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| Could there be a better start to a week? Gladly took a very early morning flight to Chennai on Monday and headed straight to the Sriperumbudur track. The occasion? The Lamborghini track day! The Italians from Sant’Agata decided to run a “driving experience” programme in India for prospective buyers and, ahem, select media. Cars? Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4s — two coupes and a spyder (convertible) all shod with Pirelli P Zero Corsa racing tyres. Sure enough, there were test drivers who controlled the proceedings while the braking markers were meant for drama-free apex-hunting. But none of that took anything off from the magic of driving Lamborghinis flat-out. The sound, that glorious engine note alone, is reason enough to drive one of these monsters. By the end of the day I was pushing the 560 horsepower mid-engined monsters in the sport-auto mode, which allowed me to concentrate on where I was going rather than wrestle with the car. |
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| India Yamaha Motor sales up 44% in October | 02-NOV-09 |
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| Two-wheeler maker India Yamaha Motor today said its sales jumped by 44.40 per cent in October at 26,879 units, on positive consumer confidence and recent launches. |
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| Bajaj Auto sales rise 14% in September | 03-OCT-09 |
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| Bajaj Auto’s newly launched 100cc motorcycle Discover DTS-Si has turned around the sales curve of the company, with the Pune-based two-wheeler firm logging its highest monthly sales in over 22 months. |
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| Yamaha to enter scooter market | 23-SEP-09 |
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| Japanese two-wheeler maker Yamaha plans to enter the automatic scooter market in India, in the next three years. |
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| Yamaha launches superbike 'VMAX', priced at Rs 20 lakh | 16-SEP-09 |
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| Japanese two wheeler major Yahama today launched its super-bike 'VMAX' in the country priced at Rs 20 lakh (ex-showroom-Delhi). The company also launched limited edition of its 'FZ' series in three variants. |
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| Two-wheeler sales rise 20 per cent | 11-AUG-09 |
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| Sales of two-wheelers in the month of July grew by 20.1 per cent over the same month last year, at 719,668 units, the highest growth till date in 2009–10. This strong growth comes on the back of Hero Honda, which has around 60 per cent of the market share, Yamaha, and Suzuki posting double-digit growth for the month. |
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| Bike sales grow 24% in July | 02-AUG-09 |
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| On the back of 14 per cent growth in sales in the first quarter of financial year 2009-10, two-wheeler makers have reported 24 per cent growth in sales in July. The segment comprises motorcycles and scooters. The growth is a result of low base as annual sales growth last year was a mere 3 per cent. |
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| Going Places | 25-JUL-09 |
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| Yamaha now has something for nearly everyone. If you’re one of them racer boys and the sky is the limit when it comes to a budget for your set of two wheels, the Yamaha blokes would be very happy to sell you their R1. But not everybody has purse strings that loose and for them, the R15 is more like it. Bikes with fairings are okay, but for many, the streetfighter is just the thing. |
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