Honda (HMSI) considering launching 500cc bikes in India
March 21st, 2007 Leave a comment Visited 127 times, 1 so far today
Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India considering launching 500cc bikes in India
Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India has revealed that they are studying the possibility of selling higher range bikes in the Indian market.
The company already sells Unicorn and Shine here in India and has plans to launch some more 100cc bikes.
HMSI is considering plans to import fully built bikes in the 500cc and above range and sell them in the Indian market through their dealers.
HMSI CEO and President Yukihiro Aoshima said in a statement: “We are studying the higher displacement segment and here there are two possibilities open to us. The first is to go for 500 cc and above models where we may look at importing completely built units. But for models less than 500 cc engine displacement, we must study options to assemble them here.”
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October 18th, 2009 at 1:01 am
I think HMSI should consider making bikes of such displacement in India itsellf rather than CBUs(Completely Built Units) as CBUs cost more than twice the price of the bike due to the various taxes and customs duties implied on them. As a huge bike enthusiast myself,i can tell u that bikes of a displacement around 5-600cc have a huge potential in the Indian market if they are sold at the right price and not as CBUs with taxes exceeding to more than 105% as they are presently.