The next price segment has a foray from high-end scooters to new enteries in the quarter litre race. Better start saving!
2012 Yamaha Scooters
Expected: mid-2012 Price: Rs. 50,000-80,000
After having given some bumper motorcycle products in recent years, Yamaha India is now shifting its focus onto the scooter segment in the country, which is huge and growing at a solid pace. Currently, Yamaha is doing the necessary research on what scooters to bring into India from its huge scooter range. The scooters will be introduced in 2012 in India and they will be locally made at Yamaha’s current production facilities in Surajpur and Faridabad. Expect the scooters to be just as stylish and upmarket as their motorcycles sold in the country, however, which also means that the products will also demand certain premium over its rivals. The made-for-India Yamaha scooter has been developed in Japan, similar to the first generation YZF-R15. The company has plans to invest about Rs. 10 crore in setting up a dedicated assembly line for its new scooter models.
2012 Hyosung GT250N
Expected: mid-2012 Price: Rs. 1.7-1.9 lakh
Similar to its strategy of introducing the GT650 twins of R (with fairing) and N (without fairing), respectively, the same line of thought will also follow on the GT250, with a naked and more affordable version of the GT250R making its entry into the Indian market sometime next year. Identical to the Hyosung GT650, the GT250 too will be considerably cheaper than its racier sibling and hence will fall in a very enticing price bracket where it will have to slug it out with some equally convincing and in fact, already established players like the new Bajaj Pulsar and the Honda CBR250R.
Expected: mid-2012 Price: Rs. 1.7-1.9 lakh
Similar to its strategy of introducing the GT650 twins of R (with fairing) and N (without fairing), respectively, the same line of thought will also follow on the GT250, with a naked and more affordable version of the GT250R making its entry into the Indian market sometime next year. Identical to the Hyosung GT650, the GT250 too will be considerably cheaper than its racier sibling and hence will fall in a very enticing price bracket where it will have to slug it out with some equally convincing and in fact, already established players like the new Bajaj Pulsar and the Honda CBR250R.
Suzuki GW250
Expected: late-2012 Price: Rs. 1.4-1.7 lakh
Suzuki India, currently working with just three localized products and three imports, is now gearing up to launch another product in its portfolio with the GW250 – a 250cc single cylinder motorcycle with its styling based on Suzuki’s 1,300cc naked monster, the B-King. With the 250cc market in the country heating up like never before, Suzuki too wants a piece of the pie and it is sufficiently armored to take on the competition with the smart-looking GW250. Pricing will be a key factor in determining how well this Suzuki performs in the Indian space, however considering the fact that there is going to be a lot of players in this category, Suzuki will be forced to price the GW250 competitively. Expect the new Suzuki to be in the dealerships by late 2012.
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