The CEO Triumph Motorcycles UK, Nick Bloor confirmed “India is a very important motorcycle market and Triumph has assessed it carefully before deciding to step in. We see it as the next step in our global business model,” And Mr. Bloor is putting his money where his mouth is.

With market researchers busily collating surveys it seems like Triumph is truly on its way to India.

The English brand will enter the market via an Indian link, Mr. Ashish Joshi. Previously the head of Royal Enfield Europe, Mr. Joshi has been appointed as the Managing Director. With motorcycling history that goes back more than a hundred years ago, the company has a huge global portfolio.

Although it is not possible for Triumph to lineup its entire portfolio, we can expect popular models like the Scrambler, Thruxton and Bonneville to make it to the Indian shores via the CBU route.

Recently the company was seen testing the new version of the Dayton 675. The bike is expected to be launched by 2012 in Europe which is also co incidental with the company’s entry in India. The question is will it also be India bound?

[Image - Triumph Speed Triple]

The British bike manufacturer Triumph is planning to add seven new models to its existing lineup by 2012. The announcement was made at the Triumph’s US dealer conference.

The existing lineup consists of 16 models from three families which are Cruiser, Urban Sport and Modern Classic. After the addition of 7 new models this number will become 23 which will be spread across 7 families as the company will add new categories.

For the year 2010, the company is planning to launch a few limited edition models.

The interesting fact about Triumph is that our very own Mahindra & Mahindra which is planning to launch a high performance bike this year in the country recently held talks with triumph for a potential tie-up.

If M&M makes a collaboration with Triumph then we might be lucky enough to see the bikes from this international brand in our country as well.

Source: motorcycle.com