TVS Motors, the country's third largest two-wheeler manufacturer will be coming out very shortly with the TVS Apache FI, yes, fuel injected Apache RTR. This is apart from other new models like the completely new 125 cc motorcycle FLAME, an all new 110 cc StaR City an electric variant of the Scooty.
They also have come out with petrol, CNG and LPG versions of a three-wheeler passenger vehicle that will compete with the Bajaj group, the only player in that segment.
The new three-wheller
According to Venu Sirnivasan, chairman and managing director of TVS, 'This is the first step to make the announcement of TVS as a young Indian multinational company. We have done significant amount of hard work in the last three years and now 2007 will mark the emergence of new TVS'.
The new models will hit the road by November.
The new electric Scooty Teenz has been built on the same platform as the earlier two-stroke version of the scooterette. The EV will sport imported electric motor and is expected to reach a top speed of 40 kph and would be capable of a maximum range of 50 km per charge. The scooterette will come in three motor power variants.
TVS have really taken the market by storm, first the RTR, now its FI version and not to forget the 125cc FLAME which has a CCVTi (controlled combustion variable timing intelligent) engine. The engine has been developed in collaboration of AVL of Austria and TVS expects to manufacture about 35,000 units a year
The Star city has been given a new paint scheme, while the Flame has a headlight resembling
the current crop of 100-110cc bikes, especially the Yamaha Alba
Coming back to the RTR, the bike already smokes the 150cc segment easily (Apache RTR Blog) and fuel injection will make it perform even better, including, most probably better fuel economy too! The upgraded bike, with electronic fuel injection, in the new variant has enabled TVS to boost peak power of this recently launched bike. While pricing has not been announced, this variant is expected to be about Rs 5,000 more compared with the non-FI model.
On the looks front, there is a new paint scheme and two tone paint job, which makes the bike
look even better Great going TVS...
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