Japanese two wheeler company Yamaha said it would introduce a new version of its super bike YZF-R1 in the country next year and a range of other models and variants from its stable to strengthen its position in India.
The company, which is likely to clock sales of 220,000 units in the Indian market and export 70,000 units from here this year, is also aiming for a 50% growth is sales from both segments in 2010.
Mr Pankaj Dubey head of India Yamaha Motor National Business told PTI that “We will launch a new version of YZF-R1 in India in 2010. The bike will be a bit more expensive than the existing YZF-R1, but will have the same 998cc engine.”
The existing YZF-R1, which was launched in 2007 comes at INR 1.05 million. The new bike YZF-R1 2010 will be imported from Japan as completely built unit like the 2007 version. Besides the YZF-R1 2010, the company also plans to launch some other models and versions in India during next year.
Mr Dubey said that “We will be launching a CBU model during next month’s Delhi Auto Expo. Besides, we will also showcase some other models and versions during the expo which are likely to be launched during the course of the year in India.”
(Sourced from http://www.steelguru.com)
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Yamaha gears up for new launches next year
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