Delphi India's Technical Centre India (TCI) was founded in Bangalore in 2000. Since then the centre has grown rapidly and has emerged as Delphi's largest technical centre in software development outside the US. TCI complements Delphi's strong manufacturing base in India as well as in the rest of the Asia-Pacific region. TCI has been working on a few technologies for two-wheelers such as immobilisers, instrument clusters, evaporative emission technology and fuel injection technology.

The show is over. The Pune air is filled with heat and humidity, and the spicy Indian food has lately taken its toll on Chris Pfeiffer. To make matters worse, the concrete at the Pancard Club open-air gymnasium, where the event was being held, was so smooth that finding traction has left the four-time world Freestyle stunt champion breathless. But ever the smiling gentleman, Pfeiffer happily posed with his ever growing legion of fans and then sat down for an informal chat with Saeed Akhtar. Some excerpts

Photography: Bhuvan Chowdhary, Red Bull, Urvashi Patole

From 1945, when they first started selling imported two-wheelers in India, to the time they went public in 1960, to the now famous jingle "Hamara Bajaj' with which they rode into the heart of every second middle class Indian, to the present times, the approximately Rs 12,000-crore Bajaj Auto, the flagship company of the Bajaj group, have straddled the two-wheeler segment like a colossus. Today, they are the second-largest motorcycle producer in the country, selling nearly four million vehicles annually and operating in more than 50 countries.

“YOU MOVE ON. YOU TAKE WHAT YOU GET AND YOU GO.”
Words: Mat Oxley Photography: Chippy Wood

After commencing our American legends tour at King Kenny Roberts’ ranch, we visit his protégé Wayne Rainey, the 500 world champ who very nearly paid the ultimate price for doing what he loved