TOI Auto got an opportunity to check the alliance plant out with the key agenda being how the Nissan Magnite comes to life and how exactly will the current production capacity help the Japanese automaker tackle a high delivery period and the high demand, especially when the Kiger has now been rolled out in the market too.
The road and transport ministry on Sunday said that any vehicle passing through NH toll plazas without a FASTag from the midnight of Feb 15-16 will have to cough up double the toll charge. “It has been decided that all the lanes in the fee plazas on National Highways shall be declared as ‘FASTag lane of the fee plaza’ w.e.f. midnight of 15th /16th February 2021,” the ministry said.
The increase in raw material costs is set to trigger a second round of price hikes in the auto industry with manufacturers indicating a markup of 1-3%. Mahindra & Mahindra, Eicher Motors and Ashok Leyland may hike prices in April-May to neutralise the pinch of the sharp rise in costs of steel, aluminium and other metals.
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Suzuki, in 2019, introduced a patented oil cooler with the engine of the Gixxer 250 series. It’s a mechanism to route cooled oil through the piston. Thoroughly impressed with the newly-introduced Gixxer back then, things like accurate fuelling, light levers and briskly shifting gears made the Gixxer a lovely motorcycle to ride.