TVS Motor Company has no plans for a bike in the 180+cc category, during this year. In a chat with IMB, Mr. H.S Goindi, Head of Sales, Service and Marketing at TVS Motor Company Said that
Currently a bike with a displacement of up to 180cc makes good business sense for us and we do not have plans for any higher displacement bikes during this year. We will however, consider stepping into the higher displacement bikes segment, when we feel that the market is ready for such a product.
This statement from Mr. Goindi effectively rules out any hopes one had from TVS of a 200+cc offering in the market. But, it is not as if the company will never offer a higher displacement bike in the market. Though Mr.Goindi rules out a high displacement bike for 2010, he hasn’t said that the company is working on higher displacement bikes.
Could we see a 200+ cc Apache by the same time next year?
sad to hear that no 200cc+ in this year, at least ask them to launch 180 cc fuel injection with ABS by this year1
The hopes of a 200+cc Apache are not totally dead. TVS could launch it sometime next year. The RTR 180 will not come with Fuel Injection since TVS has said that there is no space for 2 Fuel Injected bikes in its lineup, whereas the ABS equipped RTR 180 should be launched sometime this year.