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The Hero Xpulse ticks

all the boxes and

deserves to be the winner

our customers around the word in Introduced in 2007, the IMOTY
this segment.’ is, like its 4-wheeled counterparts,
Aspi Bhathena said, ‘The the most prestigious award in the
competition was extremely intense Indian two-wheeler space. Every
across all categories in this edition year, a panel of auto experts from
of the IMOTY Awards. Despite the India’s top automobile publications
challenging industry scenario, we come forward to judge the IMOTY
have had some exciting entrants in awards. This year’s jury consisted
the segment. The jury really had a of Rahul Ghosh and Dipayan Dutta
tough time, as the winning margin (Auto Today), Arup Das and Jared
was just a few points between the Solomon (AutoX), Aspi Bhathena
winner and the runners-up. The and Sarmad Kadiri (Bike India),
jury simply made the right choice, Sirish Chandran (Fast Bikes India),
as it is not just about building Pablo Chaterji and Kartik Ware
feature-rich bikes but also offering (Motoring World), Abhay Verma and
a value proposition. The Hero Rohit Paradkar (Overdrive) and
Xpulse ticks all the boxes and Vikrant Singh (Bikewale). ■
deserves to be the winner.’

The IMOTY 2020 jury at the Buddh International Circuit. As you can probably guess, the bikes were far easier to arrange than the cars

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