Harley-Davidson, India's First Outlet in Hyderabad.

Legendary Harley-Davidson, the USA-based heavyweight bike maker opened its first dealership outlet in the country in Hyderabad on Friday.

Though the company has identified dealers in Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh and Bangalore, the outlet in Hyderabad - Banjara Harley-Davidson - became the first to start operations.

"We will launch our bikes in other cities before the end of this year," said Anoop Prakash, Managing Director, Harley-Davidson India after the outlet was formally inaugurated by Telugu Film star N T Ramarao.

Prakash said the bike is perfectly suitable for Indian roads due to its weight and ruggedness. Speaking about the Indian market for heavy weight bikes, he said last year as many as 700 heavy bikes of all brands, excluding Harley-Davidson were sold in the country.

Without revealing any figures, Prakash said they made enough investments in the country to last for the next 20 years. The company has launched 12 variants of the bikes in 883 cc to 1800 cc range in the Indian market.

He also said all the bikes are made in the USA and shipped to India. The company started bookings for the bikes since April this year and there is no waiting period. The bikes cost anything between Rs 7 lakh and Rs 35 lakh.

Photo: NDTV Video Footage.

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Volkswagen Race Touareg 3 suprise is Out

VW has sent out a teaser image of the Volkswagen Race Touareg 3, being prepared for January's 2011 Dakar Rally.

It's mini baby of Batman's Vehicle Look alike.With its identical look and placement of the blue valves, black hoses, steel tubing, and radiator elements. The exterior color of the vehicle in the teaser is also the same as that of the prototype.

With this, Volkswagen will be looking to win their third Dakar in a row, following Carlos Sainz & Lucas Cruz' 2010 victory, and Giniel de Villiers & Dirk von Zitzewitz' 2009 win. The company plans to radically improve the aerodyamics of the current race-ready Touareg, while keeping the inspiration of the current mass production vehicle.

The 300-horsepower (224-kW) TDI engine already in use will remain unchanged. Also not receiving an update are the suspension and the chassis.

Testing of the new Volkswagen Race Touareg 3 will continue later this month in the Moroccan desert. Once the hot weather testing is complete, the car will be formally unveiled in August before taking on the St. Petersburg to Sochi Silk Way Rally in Russia one month later.



Src: WCF

Massive Lamborghini meet up at St. Mortiz Switzerland[PICS].

How does it feel when you see a Super Exotic Sports Cars driving in front of you ?

ok, lets leave about it what will be you reaction when all the Super luxury, super fast exotic rally takes place ??

Mine reaction would be even though i am on foot i would like to follow them untill they are out of my sight even though its for a few mins. This Massive Lamborghini meet up took place at St. Mortiz Switzerland was worth watching, Here are the pics from David Kaiser who was lucky to cover the event.


By massive, we mean 110 Raging Bulls all ready to rack up mile after mile of some of the best driving roads on the face of the planet. The infamous Gallardo police car even showed up as escort, working to shepherd the droves of Countach, Murcielago and Miura models through the Swiss Alps. The man himself, Valentino Balboni, was also on hand to enjoy the occasion.

[Source: David Kaiser, The Auto Union]