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CHENNAI: It's festival time, so it’s raining refreshes and new variants. Thursday saw as many as three different launches.

First Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) announced the launch of the

Fortuner

TRD Sportivo, the sportier edition of its popular SUV, as a festive offering. The new edition will be available in the 4x2 AT - pearl white colour with a brawnier and sportier appeal than its predecessors.

Priced at Rs 31,01,500 ( Ex showroom Delhi ), the Fortuner TRD Sportivo is designed and developed by Toyota Racing Development (TRD).

Akitoshi Takemura, senior vice-president, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, said, “Fortuner has proven to be a ‘True SUV’ well recognised for its best in class durability, on-road comfort and off-road prowess. Our latest festive offering, the 'Fortuner TRD Sportivo' will add more excitement to brand Fortuner. It will certainly make the SUV look sportier."

Bookings for the new variant began on Thursday.

Then Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) introduced its refreshed BR-V, featuring the Digipad – the 17.7cm Advanced Touchscreen Audio Video Navigation (AVN) system. The prices of the enriched VX grades of the

BR-V

(ex-showroom Delhi price) are Rs 12,27,169 for the 1.5L VX MT petrol and Rs 13,22,512 for the 1.5L VX MT diesel.

Along with the new infotainment system, BR-V refresh comes with newly introduced rear parking camera and rear parking sensors to offer a more convenient and safer parking experience. The new features have been introduced in the VX grade of the BR-V. The rear parking sensors have been introduced from S Grade onwards.

Jnaneswar Sen, senior vice-president, marketing & sales, Honda Cars India, said, “Honda has introduced many new features in several Honda models during this festive season and they have received excellent customer response. We are quite optimistic of good sales numbers in this season,” he added.

TVS

Motor Company introduced a new Syrah Matte Red Series for its popular premium motorcycles, TVS Apache RTR 160 and RTR 180. The motorcycles are draped in Racing Syrah Matte Red finish, lending them a sharp, striking look which befits their Racing DNA.

Racing Syrah Matte Red is an exclusive shade with Eggshell finish, developed using a twin component thermosetting acrylic paint system with a special pigment to create a ‘Matte Clear’ process. The motorcycles wear the Racing Syrah Matte Red across the fuel tank, engine cowl and the rear frame with red rim stickers for TVS Apache RTR 160 and white for RTR 180. These accentuations give the motorcycles a new attractive look for the festive season.

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