Yamaha India is adopting the wait and watch game. Yamaha had earlier disclosed its plans of launching two new bikes during the festive season, one of which would beat the Bajaj Pulsar 220 to take the crown of the fastest Indian motorcycle has postponed the launch of the Fazer 250. With alot of bikes expected to be launched in the 250cc segment, Yamaha doesn’t want to the be the first to enter. Looks like they are waiting for the Kawasaki Ninja and the new Hero Honda Karizma. This segment surely will go dhak! dhak!
“We are not thinking of launching a bike in that (225-250 cc) range this festival season,” Yukimine Tsuji, MD and CEO, Yamaha India said. “We will launch a bike that would not only be the fastest in India, but it would be the fastest in the world,” Sanjay Tripathi, division head of product planning and brand management of Yamaha India said.
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September 7th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Looks like yamaha is waiting coz, they are confused about the pricing of the bike.. whatever they have is certainly not better than Ninja.. so they can’t command a premium for it. Also Karizma’s upgrade is sure to be priced below 1 lakh won’t be any good for yamaha’s 250.. This is what making them to wait and see the response for the other bikes in 250 segment..
September 8th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
I think yamaha will launch a 200cc bike before the 250 fazer.
250 fazer will be priced some thing around 2L and 200cc will around 1L