Years In Making, Bajaj-Built Baby Triumphs Finally Launch In India
NDTV
Triumph Speed 400 and the Triumph Scrambler 400X have launched in India.
It was nearly six years ago, in August 2017, when iconic British motorcycle manufacturer Triumph tied up with Indian two-wheeler giant Bajaj to build small to mid-capacity motorcycles for emerging markets. Today, the first two products of this joint venture - the Triumph Speed 400 and the Triumph Scrambler 400X have launched in India.
The Speed 400, a street naked motorcycle that takes styling inspiration from the bigger Street Twin 900, has been priced at an extremely competitive price of Rs 2.33 lakh. The first 10,000 customers will however get the bike at 2.23 lakhs (ex-showroom).
The pricing for Scrambler 400X - which takes styling cues from the bigger Scrambler 900 and 1200 - will be announced at a later date. It will go on sale in October.
The motorcycles, designed by Triumph, will be built by Bajaj at their Chakan plant near Pune. And they might just be the most significant motorcycles for the over 100-year-old manufacturer, considering they are meant to bring in, relatively, huge numbers - just like how KTM's partnership with Bajaj and their single cylinder 'Made-In-India' line-up propelled them high up on the sales charts.
