Having failed to achieve the relief of import tax from the Indian government, Harley has now started to grease its move of assembling bikes locally. The bikes will be made in the US and dismantled to be imported to India as CKD kits. These kits will be assembled again in India. The bikes in this form may be rolled down in April this year if everything goes off well including dealer network.
\nThere may be 12 models through 5 dealers across the country, said the company\u2019s MD for India. The company is on the explorative mode for all possibilities in the Indian market. the price range of these models will be Rs695000-3495000 including 80%import tax and other taxes. The assembling of bikes would procure a saving of\u00a0 50% tax. VW does this for its Audi A4 and A6 at Skoda\u2019s factory.\u00a0 The companies like to relieve the customers by assembling the vehicles in India.
\nHarley\u2019s position is sorrowful in its homeland hence the strategy to migrate to India. Its entry got delayed to Indian government\u2019s emission norms for 500 +cc bikes. The exchange of accepting emission norms for bikes with 800+cc was made as an offer to the US on lifting the patent on Indian mangoes. This made many giants like Honda and Suzuki to come out with high-end bikes at Rs12lakhs +.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Having failed to achieve the relief of import tax from the Indian government, Harley has now started to grease its move of assembling bikes locally. The bikes will be made in the US and dismantled to be imported to India as CKD kits. These kits will be assembled again in India. The bikes in this … <\/p>\n