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Royal Enfield Continental GT Is Indian Motorcycle Of The Year 2014
The recently launched Royal Enfield Continental GT has been named 2014 JK Indian Motorcycle of the Year (IMOTY). The Continental GT took on the KTM 390 Duke and Hyosung Aquila Pro to claim the title of this year's best motorcycle in India.
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IMOTY and ICOTY, held in the same line of American Car of the Year, European Car of the Year and Japanese Car of the Year aims to promote competition among local car manufacturers, drive innovation, and recognise good products, design excellence and innovation.
The IMOTY title was awarded to the Continental GT by IMOTY chairman Vikrant Singh, ICOTY chairman Girish Karkera, and JK Tyre & Industries Limited president and director Arun K Bajoria on behalf of the entire jury. The jury for this year's awards consisted of well known personalities from the Indian auto arena. These included Girish Karkera and Sriram Narayanan (BBC TopGear), Vikrant Singh, Bertrand D'Souza and Subhabrata Marmar (OVERDRIVE), Yogendra Pratap and Rahul Ghosh (Auto Bild), Bob Rupani and Gautam Sen (Auto India), Dhruv Behl and Ashish Jha (AutoX), Pablo Chatterji, Rohin Nagrani and Kartik Ware (Motoring), Aspi Bhathena and Sarmad Kadiri (Car India & Bike India), Sirish Chandran (Evo India) and Muralidhar Swaminathan (Hindu Business Line).
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Of the several models that entered the fray only 9 models were shortlisted including Mahindra Centuro and the finalists RE Continental GT, KTM Duke 390 and Hyosung Aquila Pro. The winner was selected based on votes received on various parameters such as price, fuel efficiency, styling, comfort, safety, performance, practicality, and technical innovation, value for money and suitability for Indian driving conditions.
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Speaking about how the jury voted the RE Continental GT the winner, Vikrant Singh said, it seemed like a tough decision to make considering the Aquila Pro's "comfortable and torquey" cruising abilities, the 390 Duke's "fast and entertaining" ride and the Centuro feature rich package. However the Continental GT emerged as a clear winner thanks to its good looks, riding stability, ride quality affordability. Six out of the nine jurors gave the RE Continental GT top ratings.
Royal Enfield Continental GT is a remake of the original RE Cafe Racer from 1965. The Continental GT has effectively managed to recreate the charm of a classic cafe racer by faithfully rebuilding the bike from scratch and improving upon the design.
RE Continental GT joins the list of winners from previous years. Those winners are: KTM Duke 200 (2013), Honda CBR 250R (2012), Honda CB Twister (2011), Kawasaki Ninja 250R (2010), Yamaha R15 (2009) and Bajaj Pulsar 220 DTS-Fi (2008).
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