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12Mar/110

Yamaha VMAX at Japanese Design Exhibition

In the bid to emphasize on relevance of design in an automobile sector, Yamaha India Private Limited lately showcased its flagship muscle motorbike VMAX at the 3 day long Japanese plan Exhibition 'Good Design is Good business'. As part of a Exhibition, the panel of intend experts from Yamaha Bikes take a part in the presentation session to the throw light on a design view of VMAX, & why it is an important part of automobile manufacturing.

Commenting on occasion, Mr. Jun Nakata, Director - Marketing & Sales, Yamaha India Motor alleged, "Being supported via bodies - METI, FICCI & IDC, and Good Design Exhibition is exclusive platform to arrive to spectators & industry similar. Our presence at this Seminar is very important to demonstrate a technical ability of our products & showcase the Yamaha DNA. Since 2008, Yamaha Bikes has been pulling out the stops when this arrived to brand renewal & technological advancements. Basically every model that a bikes fans drooled over in a past made in the roads to Indian market - the Yamaha VMAX, MT 01 & R1 the racing Yamaha R15, the lord of a streets FZ, a powerful commuter SZ range & the potent YBR".

13Jan/110

Royal Enfield to set up manufacturing plant in Brazil

Royal Enfield, India based most well-liked cruiser motorcycle maker, is in top gear and it is scheduling to set up a two-wheeler manufacturing plant in Brazil. With the launch of this unit, the corporation aims to grab the Latin American two wheeler market. R.L. Ravichandran, board member and executive director at Eicher Motors quoted as saying that Eicher Motors Ltd to help Royal Enfield to set up this plant in Brazil.

The company will able to start manufacturing of the bikes within two years from this plant. The countries second largest two wheeler maker, Bajaj Auto also exporting its vehicles to Latin America and covering more than 30 countries. The demand of the Royal Enfield bikes is reducing in UK and US market so the company is targeting developing Latin American countries because the demand for the bikes is rising in these countries. Royal Enfield has sold 5326 unites of the bikes in month of December 2010 in India and other developing countries which is 25 per cent more than same month of previous year. Royal Enfield bikes, especially, Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 350cc and Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 500cc are in waiting period of more than six months due to high demand and limited production capacity of the company. At present, it has only one manufacturing plant in Chennai and its production capacity is only 50000 bike per year. Now Royal Enfield is going to launch one more facility in Tamil Nadu or Andhra Pradesh with aim of 75000 bike per year production.

10Jan/110

Royal Enfield To Launch Diesel Bike in India

The Royal bikes maker- Royal Enfield is planning to launch diesel bikes in Indian market very soon. The Royal Enfield is reported to fit this diesel engine in its Bullet motorcycle range. The Royal Enfield India had launched 2 bikes named Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 500 cc and Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 350 cc; these models are most expected to get the diesel engine.

This is not confirmed by the Royal Enfield but it is expected that upcoming diesel engine bike may be revamped variant of Royal Enfield Classic 500cc or 350cc. Because both the bikes are most popular and flagship models in the market with heavy engine. Both the motorbikes are touching high sales in domestic and overseas market. In India, the Royal Enfield Bullet 500cc is in the waiting period of 8 to 10 months. And the company can get profit of the bikes popularity.

Royal Enfield is also concentrating to increase its base in the market, it has recently re-launched its popular bike Royal Enfield Fury in the overseas market. The bike might be available soon in India. Java was the 1st Indian motorcycle maker which had diesel bikes and got tremendous response from market but due to new emission norms and maintenance cost, the Royal Enfield had stopped the production of the bike in year 1996. Apart from Royal Enfield Bullet, Hero group is also claimed to have diesel engine bike in its stable very soon. The Royal Enfield is reported to equip over 400cc diesel engine in its diesel bikes to be launched in the 4th quarter of the next fiscal.

 

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