Royal Enfield has climbed into the list of top 5 motorcycle manufacturers in India, on the back of stupendous growth. And in the process, Royal Enfield has overtaken Yamaha India, which now sits at 6th position. In the financial year 2015-16, Royal Enfield sold 4,98,791 units, registering a strong growth of 53 per cent over its sales in the last FY 2015 of 3,24,055 units. With this growth, Royal Enfield now takes position as one of the top motorcycle manufacturers in India.
On the sidelines of the Saluto RX launch earlier today, Yamaha Motor India said that it will be commencing deliveries for the recently launched MT-09 performance street-fighter from May this year.
Yamaha has been absent from the commuter segment for quite some time now with the YBR and Crux motorcycles discontinued. The Saluto is currently the Japanese manufacturer's most affordable offering in the 125cc segment. But to truly make a mark in the Indian motorcycle segment, a mass market offering is a must and that is exactly what Yamaha plans to offer today. This mystery commuter motorcycle is expected to be joined by the launch of Yamaha Ray-ZR, which was unveiled at the 2016 Auto Expo.
Triumph Motorcycles has announced the specifications and prices of the 2016 Triumph Tiger Sport in the UK, the latest version of the sport tourer based on the Triumph Speed Triple. The Tiger Sport promises to be a versatile machine offering real sport prowess with thrilling performance as well as comfortable long distance touring ability.
BMW Motorrad has posted its best ever sales figures for any quarter in the first quarter of 2016, selling 33,788 bikes in the first three months of 2016, up from last year's sale of 31,370 units. The bulk of these sales were accounted for in March, when BMW delivered 16,465 units to customers in one single month.
Hero MotoCorp has submitted plans to begin production at its proposed plant in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. Hero had signed an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh state government in September 2014 for setting up a two wheeler manufacturing facility at Madannapalem in Chittoor district.
