Finally, Honda Activa 6G has launched! Its India’s one of the highest-selling two-wheelers. It also arrived with new features to please the upcoming BS6 emission regulations. It comprises several new features to present it a more appealing package. This 6th generation model launched on January 15 of this year, 2020. 

Being the newest generation and highest-selling model of the Honda company, its available in two variants. Those variants named Deluxe and standard. It holds every styling of the past model although with small tweaks to its bodywork. 

2020 Honda Activa 6G- Dimensions

Height – 1149mm

Width – 710mm

Length – 1761mm

Fuel Tank Capacity – 5.3 liters

Wheelbase – 1238mm

Kerb Weight- 108kg

Ground clearance – 153mm

2020 Activa 6G Colours

• Majestic Brown Metallic
• Pearl Spartan Red
• Pearl Amazing White
• Matte Axis Grey Metallic Black
• Trance Blue Metallic
• Dazzle Yellow Metallic
• Matte Selene Silver Metallic

Below is a complete description of each aspect of the two-wheeler.

Honda Activa 6G Price & Engine 

You can avail of the new Honda Activa 6G in both variants – Standard and Deluxe like Activa 5G. And also costlier than the previous generation honda Activa two-wheelers. The price of Activa 6G Standard and Deluxe is Rs 63,912 and Rs 65,412 respectively.

2020 Honda Activa 6G acquires a unique BS6-compliant, fan-cooled, 4-stroke, SI engine with a sensor-oriented exceptional PGM-Fi system. Still, the power and torque numbers have arrived down and are now perceived at 7.79 hp and 8.79 Nm, sequentially. Its trademarked ACG master motor guarantees a soundless start. It eliminates gear meshing and gear compact noise and decreases maintenance. The latest Activa 6G remits a 10 percent greater distance as well.

Technical Specifications

While we spotlight on technical aspects of the scooter, the significant difference is in the suspension unit. In Activa 5G, you will discover spring-filled hydraulics. The new two-wheeler receives telescopic head forks along with 3-step movable spring-loaded hydraulics at the back. The front-wheel size has modified in the Activa 6G and now you can see a 12-inch wheel rather than a 10-inch wheel that you notice in the Activa 5G. The back wheel size in both the scooters is yet 10-inch. The ground area and wheelbase have extended by 23 mm and 22 mm, sequentially, in the scooter.

Activa 6G Features

The significant new feature we can notice in the Activa 6G is an LED DC headlamp. There is also a motor passing and stop-start switch. The fuel cover was located on the external side of the scooter rather than under the seat. There is a multi-function switch has built for obtaining the under-seat storage and outer fuel cap.

Carlos Ghosn, the ex-chairman of Nissan, is said to have fled to Lebanon in a musical instrument box trying to escape a trial in Japan. According to Ghosn, he has done so to escape from “injustice and political persecution.”

Ghosn was under house arrest and charged with financial misconduct in Japan which he managed to avoid by fleeing the country in a private jet and reaching the Middle East. According to the Lebanese news channel MTV, his wife is claimed to have helped and plan the escape which was supposedly carried out by some sort of “paramilitary-style group.”

The channel reported that the members had disguised themselves as musicians who were supposed to give a musical performance for a Gregorian style dinner at Ghosn’s place in Japan. Ghosn is later said to have escaped by hiding in a case or a box that was supposed to be carrying out musical instruments and reached the airport nearby to leave Japan.

The ex-car manufacturing boss has denied all the accusations and claimed that Japan has the system “rigged.” He was kept under surveillance as he was out on bail and even surrendered his passports.

Junichiro Hironaka, Carlos Ghosn’s Lawyer

As Japan has no extradition treaty with Lebanon it has left the authorities uncertain about the further procedure to seek his return. Prosecutors along with Ghosn’s defence team were shocked and unaware of this till he reached Lebanon. Ghosn’s defence lawyer Junichiro Hironaka considers his client’s behaviour condemnable and inexcusable.

The millionaire has been accused of leading the firm while understating his salary, diverting Nissan’s money to himself and transferring his financial losses to his employer. He has even accused his ex-colleagues of backstabbing and a conspiracy against him in a video earlier this year. He even insisted that he was innocent and alleged that some selfish executives played a very nasty game.

He was arrested in November 2018 where he was supposed to face trial in the coming April of 2020. If found guilty he would have had to do a 15 year jail time.

HYUNDAI STEPS INTO THE COMPACT SUV WORLD. We had Ford Ecosport, Tata Nexon, Suzuki Brezza, Mahindra XUV 300 but there was one name missing. Now, Hyundai is finally here with its new compact SUV that sure looks promising. The all-new Hyundai Venue.

This is the first connected car of the country. It starts with a base price of 6.5 lakhs but comes loaded with features and the base variant also has 6 airbags, ABS and a rear parking sensor. The cabin quality is good and the switches are also of good quality plastic. Top end variant of the car has a sunroof and a wireless charger too. It has an 8-inch touch screen which has an app called BLUE LINK which enables you to start, lock, unlock, turns the ac on for you, sends an SOS signal to the nearest ambulance if the car gets in an accident. It also has theft protection so that you know if someone is messing with your car. Seats on this car are as good as Creta and has good support for under thigh and also has the Hyundai feel-good factor to it. The backseat is wider but the knee room is tighter than the competition. It has good headroom though. It also gets the rear AC vents. For a compact SUV, the boot space of 350 liters is quite impressive.

For an analogy, Creta has 400 liters. It comes in three engine option. A 1.2 ltr petrol, 1.4 ltr diesel, and the new 1.0 ltr turbocharged engine with a 7-speed dual clutch automatic gearbox. This is the most powerful engine in this price range. Power output is same as Brezza but has more torque delivery. All three engines have good refinement. The steering feels accurate, quick and thus makes driving easy. The suspension is stiffened up nicely. This car does not have the fun to ride Ecosport feel but the grip is adequate.

Key specifications of Hyundai Venue

Finally, KTM has just revealed the KTM Adventure 390 at 2019 EICMA in Milan. The bike is going to launch officially in December this year. The KTM 390 Adventure enters the adventure segment of the company.

The KTM 390 Adventure is powered by the 373cc single-cylinder engine which makes out 44hp of power and 37Nm of torque. There are no more changes in the bike’s design and engine. However, KTM 390 will offer switchable traction control.

The 390 Adventure is different from its basic variant in terms of the steering head angle and trail. The 390 Adventure comes with 63.5 degrees and 98mm steering head angle and trail respectively. The bike comes with 200mm Ground Clearance, 1,430mm wheelbase and with 855mm of seat height. The Weight of the bike is measured at 158Kg. The Bike also comes with a larger fuel tank with capacity of 14.5liters.

The new KTM 390 Adventure gets 100/90-19 tyre as front tyre and 130/80-17 tyre as a rear tyre. The bike comes with USD fork with compression and rebounds adjustability as front suspension and a mono-shock as a rear suspension which can be adjusted for pre-load and rebound.

The expected price of the KTM 390 is around the Rs 3 lakh and the bike is scheduled to launch in the Indian Market in December this year. The bike is going to rival the likes of the BMW G310 GS which is priced at Rs. 3.49 lakh.

Being an adventure-based motorcycle, the 390 Adventure comes with WP APEX 43mm adjustable inverted forks up front with 170mm of travel. For the rear, it features a WP APREX shock absorber with adjustable rebound and spring preload offering 177mm of travel. As for braking, it comes with 320mm single-disc with a radial caliper for the front and a230mm single-piston at the back with a double-piston floating caliper. The motorcycle rides on 19-inch front and 17-inch rear alloy wheels shod with dual-purpose tyres.

KTM is be launching the 390 Adventure in India next month and will be priced competitively against its competitors like the BMW G 310 GS and the Kawasaki Versys X-300.

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With Mini considering to provide a facelift to Countryman, Mini has now launched limited Black Edition of its Countryman range at a starting price of Rs. 42.40 lakh ex-showroom. In order to maintain exclusivity, only 24 units of the Countryman Cooper S JCW inspired Black Edition will be sold in Indian market. The Black Edition will be sold at a premium of Rs. 1.0 lakh over the Inspired edition.

Altogether the Countryman is offered in 4 variants, base Variant Cooper S, Cooper Sd, Cooper S JCW and all premium Black Edition. The Black Edition gets premium looking inserts and other design elements along with all black finish which enhances the stealth theme which the SUV wishes to poetry. Offered at a starting price of Rs. 34.90 lakh below are prices of various trims of the Countryman SUV.

The Countryman Black Edition does not receive any technical upgrades, it sports a 2.0-litre four-cylinder, turbocharged petrol engine which produces 189 BHP of peak power and churns 280 Nm of torque. The engine is mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission unit with paddle shifters for comfortable gear shifting. The Countryman can accelerate from 0-100 kmph in 7.5 seconds and returns a fuel efficiency of around 14.41 kmpl.

The Black Edition features handful of cosmetic changes, it includes wide usage of blacked out theme such as black grille, piano black finish inserts around the headlight and taillights, piano black Countryman monogram. It also comes with bonnet stripes, blacked out roof rails, JCW carbon fibre finished ORVMs, and a 18″ JCW alloy wheels.

The Interiors of Countryman Black Edition are a class apart; It gets an all black treatment and comes with features such as panoramic glass roof, state-of-the-art music system by Harman and Kardon, which even helps to heads-up display unit, Mini wired package, electric sports seats with some of the memory function.

The Exteriors look sporty thanks to JCW aero kit coupled with blacked out theme. It also sometimes works on to receives convenience features which includes such as automatic tailgate access and even comes with driving modes and cruise control.

The vehicle competes against the likes of Audi Q3, BMW X1, Mercedes-Benz GLA.