The original engine in the Bajaj tuk tuk - usually good for something like nine or ten horsepower to move around 600 pounds - came out, replaced by the 100-horsepower engine from a Honda CBR 600.

In its latest attempts, the Helwan Machinery and Equipment Company in Egypt signed an agreement with the ITAMCO company to produce a light auto taxi called Bajaj Qute to replace the Tuk Tuk.