Yamaha Motors India is aiming to enter the gearless scooter segment very soon. A special scooter will be designed by Yamaha for the Indian road conditions. Known as a global leader in the gearless technology for manufacturing two wheelers, Yamaha Motors has efficient scooters ranging from 50cc to 500cc.
The popular Vespa scooters got a “kick out” of India in 1999 due to a battle with its Indian partners that were helping to produce the vehicles, but it seems like the Italian company is back into the Indian market.
The third coming of the Vespa in India is set to kick off, now positioned as a premiumly priced scooter. The Vespa LX 125 will commence production starting 2012 at a new Greenfield factory in Baramati where over 100,000 Vespas will be built.
Yamaha is all set to double its India-based showrooms which will help aid in the company’s intent to tap the rural market. India Yamaha aims to increase their number of showrooms to 2,000, majority of which will be situated at small towns and rural hubs.
The company is refurbishing some of the existing outlets in small towns and rural hubs and adding new ones called Yamaha Bike Corners, organizing free motorcycle service camps and test rides. Sales of scooters rose 27 percent to 1.46 million units in the year ended March 31.
HMSI has bared that they are increasing scooter production of their Activa model to 300 per day to reduce the 5-month long wait for the said scooter. If this holds true, HMSI will be increasing their daily production to 2,400 units per day which was originally at 2,100.
There is a high demand, about 3,000 Activas per month in India and hopefully this added quota would help shorten the said gap.
Perhaps third time is a charm for Vespa as it once again makes its way to India. This was reported after the Piaggio & Co. board approved a plan to invest nearly e30 million over the next two years to establish a 1.5-lakh capacity plant that will produce a model specially developed for India, the world’s second-largest two-wheeler market.
Honda Motor Co. has announced that it has begun construction of a second motorcycle and scooter plant in India, one of the biggest scooter markets in the world. The new plant will expand Honda’s production to 2.2 million units in India. The plant will cost $108 million and will be ready in 2011.
Yamaha is joining the fray over at India as it plans to launch new scooter lines. At the moment, they are doing their homework and studying market trends. The product line has not yet been named but they will definitely launch a scooter line over at India as bared by India Yamaha Motor National Business Head Pankaj Dubey.
HMSI has unveiled a new scooter for the Indian market with the upgraded version of the Aviator Scooter. The latest version features a 10cc engine with a power of 8HP that should provide balance as far as fuel consumption and smoother rides are concerned.
Ford India is aiming to launch 8 new models in India by mid decade. Ford car models are popular all over India and world.
