Auto Expo 2012: LIVE UPDATES: Auto expo 2012 thread

[Horror]

Love the new R15 colours. The white and red looks especially good. The price of the CBR150R should be intresting. Any ideas?

[athulbenoy]

Love the new R15 colours. The white and red looks especially good. The price of the CBR150R should be intresting. Any ideas?

Dont worry bro It is said that it will be below the price of R15

[sunilg]

The Suzuki Hayate


Suzuki Swish

[christo]

Its sad that the suzuki isn't introducing any sports bikes(below 3L). And look at those two by suzuki, i don't see anything new
Oh and that r15 looks pathetic in red/flame color scheme.

[nashrider]

Really sad choice of bikes .....keeping in mind that 2012 is supposedly the YEAR OF THE BIKE IN INDIA ....All hopes lost

[AJSAM92]

Hero Moto Corp has become a Joke.. Karizma ZMR and Splendor with new colours look horrible.. Hunk is also not really cool..

Bajaj Disappoints!! How much longer will you take to bring in the Duke n Pulsar

Yamaha R15 White looks awesome.. But No R6 :-(

Honda Steals the Show.. CBR150 will give really tough competition to the Undisputed King of 150cc bikes Yamaha R15

[kettitude]

Tbts 500

Hey Guys!

I have missed the expo due to work, I so wanted to be there for the launch of TBTS 500.

Do we have any knowledge when is the RE starting its production? Any idea on its price, wait period etc. ?

Please let me know. I have already talked to my RE dealer in Pune, he doesn't have any idea.

[saurabhjd]

Suzuki Hayate & Suzuki Swish LOL

How boring can a two wheeler be named

So, what is next, Suzuki Ben

[Sunny]

Here are the highlights of the day in which I was there:

Meetup with John A:



Meetup with Rannvijay:



Meetup with Siddharth Lal and the concept Cafe Racer which could hit the stores in 2013



Ahhhh! The Merc SLS 63 AMG, cant believe that i actually had done 1000kms in this super-car!



The matrix camera setup at the Chevy stall:



Saw this beautiful car at the Hyundai stall, i wonder why cars like these die as concepts when they are perfectly road worthy:



The Triumph Stall:

Some fantastic news: Triumph announces the street triple for 5.75 and Daytona 675 for 7 lacs, triumph storm for 17l, speed triple 8 lacs, bonneville 5.5 and tiger 11.4 lacs.




Tata Nano Pixel, just loved this car, looked right our of, well, a video game:




Hail India Power, and this is one of the best colors that I have ever seen on a performance car (Jaguar):



Just loved the Mercedes stall, this one especially was FANTASTIC:



The Honda CBR150R for India:




Nothing new from Yamaha, but I actually liked the looks of this scooter. I would not see any reason why they should change this concept before a launch:




The Bajaj RE, if you come to think of it, it actually makes a HELL LOTOF SENSE to focus entirely on this. Imagine an auto rickshaw being replaced by this yet retaining its small footprint and frugal fuelature:



This RE was Beautiful:



These brands are right in front of the xBhp Stall!



But here are the real superstars at the xBhp Stall (Himanshu, Vijender, Old Fox, Prakhar, MG, Roger, Sunil and Shivanshu):

[lalitp]

I know I am asking little too much, is there any update on the Honda CBR150R specs?

[sunilg]

The hanging garden of Hero Moto

[anandsharma021]

nice pics. keep them coming

[princesirohi]

a few observations/questions -

• some of the images are shaky.
• what was the purpose of matrix camera setup at chevy stall.
• i am planning to buy a nano, so asking, is there any chance of nano pixel launching in india, if yes at what price. any news of nano diesel. sorry for asking about cars.
• when will CBR 150 be available for sale, price? power?performance?

one more thing, while sunny was busy checking the vehicles being showcased in auto expo, mr. sunilg seems to have a different agenda in mind...checking out girls

btw, aprilla had the best girl out there , it seems.

mr. sunilg, can we expect some more...

[amitmalve]

Aprilla is looking great!

[sunilg]

Just outside the hall where our stall is, suddenly there was a state of commotion. A big crowd had gathered there. On inquiring, I came to know that none other than superstar of the millenium Mr. Amitabh Bacchan has come to unveil a new car by DC. And I was not going to miss that golden opportunity to see my most favorite film star right in front of me, so I joined the group of strugglers who were trying hard to get a glimpse of Mr. Bacchan. There were just too many people; some had even climbed up on the trees to see him.

I managed to get inside the press area but even there the situation was equally bad. People in the front rows stood up on their chairs to get a clear view of Mr. Bacchan and had blocked the entire view.

I was getting the glimpse of his face for milliseconds and was trying hard to capture him in my camera. Finally, just for a few seconds, a gap opened up between the 2 guys who were standing ahead of me and I could see his face clearly. I immediately pointed my camera towards that gap and clicked 1 shot.

On previewing that shot, i was a bit disappointed as i was too far behind and Mr. Bacchan's face occupied just a tiny space on the frame.

But when i was downloaded that photo on my laptop, I almost jumped out of joy. The focus was bang on, the bokeh was fantastic, and I got what I would definitely remember as one of the best photos that I've clicked.

All thanks to Canon 5D Mark II and the amazing 70-200 f2.8 L lens

Here is the result:

First the original, uncropped pic


and the cropped one