Chennai: Overdrive reader Vivek Sharma spotted TVS' rumoured new scooter testing near Chennai. TVS is understood to be working on a new scooter with the same powertrain as the Wego but with a masculine design. Note the cool alloy wheels and the telescopic front forks.
TVS already has a successful automatic scooter fleet which includes the Scooty and Wego. While the Wego is a little too skinny for male riders, the new scooter should appeal to them.
TVS officials had earlier this year confirmed to Overdrive that this new scooter will be targeted at the male populace. We expect the scooter to come fitted with electric start as standard and while the spy picture doesn't show a disc brake, TVS might just throw in one as an option.
The engine will be shared with the Wego and from the look of it, the scooter may have gained a few kilos as well (a la the Pleasure and Maestro). To compensate weight gain, power and torque may have been slightly hiked. ...
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Two and three wheeler maker TVS Motor Company has reported a 8.18 per cent decline in sales in March to 1,67,583 units as against 1,82,527 units in the same month in 2012. The city-based company witnessed a fall in two-wheeler sales to 1,62,507 units from 1,80,274 units in March, 2012, TVS Motor said in a statement. ...
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New Delhi: Japanese two-wheeler major Yamaha plans to foray into the Indian scooter market by next year and will set up a separate body assembly line at its Surajpur plant in Uttar Pradesh for this purpose. The firm's wholly-owned subsidiary, India Yamaha Motor Pvt Ltd, is investing Rs 10 crore to set up the body assembly line at the plant. "The scooter market in India is huge and we want...
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