You've got to hand it to Royal Enfield. The Chennai-based motorcycle maker took a step out of its comfort zone and went on to make a motorcycle that no other manufacturer ever did. The result was the Royal Enfield Himalayan - a purely purpose-built bike. It could be credited with single-handedly creating a whole new motorcycle segment, the budget adventure touring class
The NDTV Car And Bike Award 2017 for the Subcompact sedan of the year went to Volkswagen's newest offering, the Ameo. In fact, it's currently the most feature-rich subcompact sedan in the market with the most powerful diesel engine in its class. Here are some more reasons why we chose it.
Hyundai bagged the Manufacturer Of The Year Award at the Car and Bike Awards 2017 and it's because it upped the ante in terms of products as well as market share. Besides launching the Elantra and Tucson, Hyundai also brought out the anniversary edition of the Creta and introduced three more variants which saw the diesel automatic become more affordable.
The Honda CB Hornet 160R has been crowned as the NDTV Car and Bike Motorcycle of the Year in the category of up to 160cc. As Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India's (HMSI) newest contender in the segment, the CB Hornet 160R managed to prove its mettle to our esteemed jury at the Buddh International F1 Circuit with its stylish design, strong and masculine stance, peppy engine and appreciable riding dynamics.
Hero MotoCorp has been awarded the NDTV Car and Bike Two Wheeler Manufacturer of the Year award for 2017. A strong focus on R&D, convincing new products, future product development and stellar market performance has earned Hero the coveted award.
The Navi story is really all led by its design. The package is tried and tested Activa with a little tweaking so nothing radical there but just look at it.