The largest UK motorcycle manufacturer, Triumph has launched ten motorcycles of its iconic and prestigious models. These models are priced in the range from Rs 5.7 lakh to 20lakh.The 6 models out of 10 will be came from Thailand as CKD(Completely Knocked Down) units and the other four models will be imported as CBU(Completely Built Units).
Bonneville, Bonneville T100, Thruxton, Street Triple, Speed Triple, Tiger 800 XC, Tiger Explorer, Daytona 675 R, Thunderbird Storm, Rocket III Roadster are the ten models introduced from five categories including Classics, Roadsters, Adventure, Cruisers and Super sports. Triumph will open its showrooms in Hyderabad and Bangalore by December.It plans to expand the dealer workshops like Ahmadabad, Chennai, Kolkatta, Kochi, Pune by March 2014
Paul Stroud, Director Sales & Marketing (Global), Triumph Motorcycles said, “With the launch of Triumph, we have brought the world’s most iconic premier motorcycle brand to India, Triumph is not just a motorcycle, but a way of life. India is an exceptionally exciting market for us and the premium motorcycle segment in the country is seeing tremendous growth. We feel this is the right time to establish our foothold here. Triumph will also be the only premium motorcycle brand in India to offer the customer a complete choice of motorcycles to suite people’s riding preferences. No matter what your riding preference is Triumph has a bike to enable you to pursue your passion. Our main focus this year will be to successfully establish Triumph’s presence in India and we will strive to provide an exceptional quality of sales and service, for both admirers, as well as the riders of our bikes.”
Vimal Sumbly, MD, Triumph Motorcycles India said, “We have been carefully assessing the market landscape and decided to bring in these fantastic models to India. These motorcycles are category winners and have been applauded for their design, character and performance, throughout the world; we really believe that they will perform well in the Indian market and be exceptionally successful. We are making a conscious effort to provide Indian customers with a real riding and ownership experience through our motorcycles, clothing and accessories.”
The prices of the motorcycles are as follows
CKD
Classics Category
Bonneville (865 cc, parallel-twin engine) – Rs. 5.7 lakh
Bonneville T100 (865 cc, parallel-twin engine) – Rs. 6.6 lakh
Thruxton (865 cc parallel-twin engine) – Rs. 6.7 lakh
Roadsters category
Speed Triple ABS (1050 cc, 3-cylinder engine) – Rs. 10.4 lakh
Street Triple ABS (675 cc, 3-cylinder engine) – Rs. 7.5 lakh
Super sports category
Daytona 675R (675cc, 3-cylinder engine) – Rs. 11.4 lakh
CBU
Adventure category
Tiger 800 XC (799 cc, 3-cylinder) – Rs. 12 lakh
Tiger Explorer (1215 cc, 3-cylinder) – Rs. 17.9 lakh
Cruisers category
Rocket III Roadster (2294 cc, 3-cylinder engine) – Rs. 20 lakh
Thunderbird Storm – (1699 cc, parallel-twin engine) – Rs. 13 lakh