Automotive

Warren Buffet rides Harley Davidson home

By abhishek at 26 February, 2009, 4:01 pm

Later this year, a bunch of us plan to visit Ladakh either on bikes or in a 4X4. We are hoping to get a fortnight off from work, and vroom away sometime in August. I have this compelling (some say, annoying) urge to scour the internet about that place. While researching for Thunderbirds and Enfields, one link led to another and I happened to stumble upon a few articles on the mother of all power bikes – the Harley Davidson. I meandered through some exciting stories on The Harley Owners Group (HOG), the niche audience which popularised the cult status of Harley Davidson. But what caught my eye in the Google News section was that the bike maker was pulling through its last quarter in first and second gear barely managing to survive. It posted a 58% decline in fourth quarter profits and now plans to clip 12 per cent of its workforce i.e. another 1100 people wouldn’t know how to start their day.

A long way to go for the urban Indian woman

By Ritika at 26 February, 2009, 3:52 am

There’s a new MMS scandal making news in the nation and this time it’s in Noida. The girl in the video is a 23 year old MBA student who rebuffed the marriage proposal of her erstwhile boyfriend and the jilted lover responded by sending her striptease video to all.
Though this time (thankfully and finally!) most [...]

Tata Nano to launch on 3rd March?

By Aditya Mhatre at 6 February, 2009, 1:02 am

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Tata Nano to launch by feb end?

By Aditya Mhatre at 21 January, 2009, 9:59 pm

Insider news suggests that Tata Nano should be in showrooms by end of February. Well, atleast the demo model so that people can started test driving the world’s cheapest car.
It is still unknown if the dealership will start taking bookings from people. In these tough economic times, it’ll be wasteful if Nano decides not yo [...]

Tata Nano revealed

By Aditya Mhatre at 10 January, 2008, 10:16 pm

Never has it happened that a car’s launch has received as much attention as SRK’s six packs in OSO received. Tata finally unveiled the one lakh car at the Auto Expo yesterday.