Royal Enfield to enter American Market
Royal Enfield, the classic Indian motorbike maker has a firm wish to go into the Latin American market and wishes to begin this venture with Brazil. The company is apparently in talks with various contract manufacturers in Brazil. Royal Enfield is looking for a contract manufacturer as the corporation doesn't mean to raise the stakes too high and enter an unknown market all by themselves. The Brazilian two-wheeler market is approximately 6-7million units a year and it would benefit Royal Enfield if they go into this market. This venture will also help them to build a bigger footprint the world of two-wheelers. However, the company has not released any information confirming these plans.
Royal Enfield Planning to Setup Plant in Andhra Pradesh
Eicher Motors is planing to setup its largest ever capability to manufacture Royal Enfield Motorcycles in Andhra Pradesh. The company is in talks with the state government for acquiring 75 acres of land in City. The project which will see an investment of Rs 250 crore will be implemented in 2 phases. The first phase will construct a manufacturing facility for 1.5 lakh bikes per annum. The second phase will result in expand manufacture capability to 2.5 lakh units per year. The AP Government will offer various incentives, reimbursements and subsidised power as per the state’s industrial policy.
Royal Enfield to set up manufacturing plant in Brazil
Royal Enfield, India based most well-liked cruiser motorcycle maker, is in top gear and it is scheduling to set up a two-wheeler manufacturing plant in Brazil. With the launch of this unit, the corporation aims to grab the Latin American two wheeler market. R.L. Ravichandran, board member and executive director at Eicher Motors quoted as saying that Eicher Motors Ltd to help Royal Enfield to set up this plant in Brazil.
The company will able to start manufacturing of the bikes within two years from this plant. The countries second largest two wheeler maker, Bajaj Auto also exporting its vehicles to Latin America and covering more than 30 countries. The demand of the Royal Enfield bikes is reducing in UK and US market so the company is targeting developing Latin American countries because the demand for the bikes is rising in these countries. Royal Enfield has sold 5326 unites of the bikes in month of December 2010 in India and other developing countries which is 25 per cent more than same month of previous year. Royal Enfield bikes, especially, Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 350cc and Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 500cc are in waiting period of more than six months due to high demand and limited production capacity of the company. At present, it has only one manufacturing plant in Chennai and its production capacity is only 50000 bike per year. Now Royal Enfield is going to launch one more facility in Tamil Nadu or Andhra Pradesh with aim of 75000 bike per year production.
Royal Enfield To Launch Diesel Bike in India
The Royal bikes maker- Royal Enfield is planning to launch diesel bikes in Indian market very soon. The Royal Enfield is reported to fit this diesel engine in its Bullet motorcycle range. The Royal Enfield India had launched 2 bikes named Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 500 cc and Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 350 cc; these models are most expected to get the diesel engine.
This is not confirmed by the Royal Enfield but it is expected that upcoming diesel engine bike may be revamped variant of Royal Enfield Classic 500cc or 350cc. Because both the bikes are most popular and flagship models in the market with heavy engine. Both the motorbikes are touching high sales in domestic and overseas market. In India, the Royal Enfield Bullet 500cc is in the waiting period of 8 to 10 months. And the company can get profit of the bikes popularity.
Royal Enfield is also concentrating to increase its base in the market, it has recently re-launched its popular bike Royal Enfield Fury in the overseas market. The bike might be available soon in India. Java was the 1st Indian motorcycle maker which had diesel bikes and got tremendous response from market but due to new emission norms and maintenance cost, the Royal Enfield had stopped the production of the bike in year 1996. Apart from Royal Enfield Bullet, Hero group is also claimed to have diesel engine bike in its stable very soon. The Royal Enfield is reported to equip over 400cc diesel engine in its diesel bikes to be launched in the 4th quarter of the next fiscal.
Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 500 Britain’s one of the top bikes
Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 500 which is most popular cruiser bikes in India has listed in the top five most popular and favourite bikes in Britain. According to a website survey, top 5 medium capacity classic bikes are Royal Enfield Bullet classic 500, Kawasaki W650, Triumph Thruxton, Triumph Bonneville T100 and Triumph Scrambler. The British has voted for these bikes in a survey conducted by MCN website. Not only in Britian, even in India the Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 500 has become hot favourite of motorcycle lovers hence the waiting period for the bike is 8-10 months in India. Kawasaki W650 got 90 per cent vote among the top favourite bikes in the cruiser segment. The bike is loaded with a 675cc twin-cylinder engine which generates maximum power of 49 hp and top toque of 41 Nm. The top seed of the bike is 110mph. The second bike is Triumph Thruxton which has twin-cylinder, 865 cc engine, it belts out top power of 69 hp and maximum speed of the Triumph is 115mph.
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The Third popular cruiser bike is Triumph Bonneville T100. This bike got same response as Thruxton. It is loaded with twin cylinder, 790 cc engine that cranks out top power of 67bhp and achieves top speed of 112mph. Triumph Scrambler is the forth top classic bike in the segment that reserves its place in the top five medium capacity classic bikes. It is outfitted with twin cylinder, 865cc engine and offers maximum power of 63 bhp. This cruiser classic bike touches top speed of 125mph. The India based Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 500 which is loaded with single cylinder, 499cc engine and offers maximum power of 22bhp has been listed in the top five bikes. The bike provides maximum speed of 75mph. This bike comes in top most popular cruiser bikes in India and now has made identity in overseas market.
Royal Enfield Plans a New Production Facility in Andhra Pradesh
Just the previous day we released an article wherein Royal Enfield was struggling to supply the required amount of motorcycles to the customers. Guess what, Royal Enfield bullet is now planning a new production capacity in the state of Andhra Pradesh. If this production unit is started early, people may expect to get their bikes faster. The bike manufacturer is taking every step to get this plant set up at Andhra Pradesh quickly. The documents and the project is still in review with the A.P government. The talks with the A.P government are on. However, the incentives that the company’s going to get are still unknown.
Royal Enfield is planning to set up their new production capacity in Sri City. Sri City is located in Satyavedu in Chittoor district located in A.P and is one of the new SEZ in the states. Needless to say that Enfield will get certain incentives if they set up their production capacity in SEZ. Royal Enfield is planning to carry out two phased operations wherein in the 1st phase the production capacity will be bought up to 1.5 lakh units per annum with a total investments of 150 crore. On the contrary, the second phase will begin after 2 years wherein the company will enhance the production capacity by another one lakh unit with investments of 100 crores. All in all, Royal Enfield will spend a total sum of 250 crores spread in to two phases.
This new capacity is a necessity for the Royal Enfield group as the company is under supply blues. The group has not been able to produce enough bikes and the demand-supply sync is lapsed. They currently have only one plant in Chennai with a production capacity of 39,000 units per annum. The Royal Enfield is also planning to invest 70 Crores for new tools and product development. One can hope to see new products from the group once this new facility at A.P comes up. We can only wait for the new plant capacity to come up and see if they also roll out new products or not.
Royal Enfield planning a Bullet plant in Andhra Pradesh?
Royal Enfield is known for their delays and inability to cope with the high customer demand. But they are strongly looking at making this a thing of the past. RE is looking at putting up a new manufacturing plant in Andra Pradesh. The corporation has expressed interests to the state government for their necessities and the government though in favor of the proposal, has not narrowed down to a signed agreement, DNA is reporting. The company currently manufacturing the Royal Enfield Classic 350 and 500 series in their Tirivotriyur plant in Chennai want to hike up their production substantially. With many new models and higher displacement engines in the pipeline, a new service is the need of the hour.
The total asset that the company is planning to make is about Rs. 250 crore, split into two phases. Stage one will be a 2 year plan where in RE will generate the facility for manufacturing 1.5 lakh motorcycles with a markup of Rs 150 crore and phase two will see the expansion happening to 2.5 lakh units over the preiod of the third year. Since the presence of a important brand such as RE will also improve the value of the real estate, Royal Enfield has asked the government to consider the suggestion as a mega project. The deal if materializes will give RE special benefits such as subsidized power, reimbursements etc. The government has also asked RE to consider setting up their vendors in nearby locations so as to endorse an eco-friendly environment and provide ancillary and component manufacturers a good prospect for future investment. This is also strongly pointing towards RE’s exports going stronger and even domestic insist becoming high. The possibilities of the new plant marking the beginning of a brand new product range are also strong. Since there are internal talks about the production of the 700cc and 1000cc V twins by 2013, a new facility would not sound like a bad idea. The proposed location is at Sri city in Chitoor district Andhra Pradesh
Royal Enfield Classic in waiting for 8 to 10 months
Royal Enfield, the Chennai based India's cruiser motorcycle manufacturer is unable to supply motorcycles booked by the customers. Last year, the company has launched two new bikes in India such as Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 500 and Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 350. Both the models have been loved by the Indian bike lovers and booked in great numbers but could not meet by the company hence the waiting period is over 8 Months. More than 10,000 customers have booked these bike models and waiting to obtain their Classic bikes. Royal Enfield has only one production plant at Tiruvottiyur, Chennai and its production ability is less than demand.
According to company sources, the corporation is planning to increase production capacity while currently it is producing 1,000 to 1,200 units per month. By the month of January-February, it will have reached upto 1,400 units. If compared with cars, the Royal Enfield motorcycles is getting longer waiting period than Volkswagen Polo and Volkswagen Vento which are facing same situation. More or less same case is with Honda Activa that is having a waiting stage of 10 months. Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 500 and Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 350 are the flagship models by Royal Enfield which are getting good response and has got fame in Indian market. Apart from these, the company has long sequence of bikes in India such as Royal Enfield Bullet, Royal Enfield Thunderbird, etc. On the other hand, the company has recently announced a new cruiser named Royal Enfield Fury in 500cc engine segment. This new bike will be made available very soon to Indian bike lovers.
Royal Enfield Plans Capacity Expansion
Royal Enfield is planning to set up a new manufacturing facility which would help the two wheeler company produce close to ten thousand vehicles per month. Afer the launch of the Classic series which includes two bikes- classic 500 and classic 350, the company has been receiving a lot of orders but it was not able to meet the demand on time. On an average they produce four thousand units every month which is far lower than the design capacity of five thousand units, due to internal problems at its Chennai facility.
Royal Enfield India’s 2 Interesting Rides
The county is most fascinating bike company Royal Enfield India announces two interesting rides named as Southern Odyssey and Tour of Rajasthan for the riders of Royal Enfield bikes in India. Royal Enfield has also announced a bike fest to be held in Goa later this year, the Royal Enfield Rider Mania. Southern Odyssey- This is trip across the southern India, in which you can get a chance to visit the birthplace of your motorbike- the Royal Enfield factory- and a training session on a speed track with guidance from some of our most experienced factory riders. Even more, the group of Royal Enfield will pass through the plantations of tea, coffee and spice to see the beautiful turning and twisting roads. Tour of Rajasthan- This tour of Rajasthan roads will include the roads that few ever ride on, country roads, sand dunes, hills, jungles, highways as good as landing strips, a dry salty lake and all with little or no traffic. Then there’s the border road where your Royal Enfield will be the only vehicle passing through some of the famous 1971 battlefields. And there will be a stoppage en route to pay homage to a ‘temple’ devoted to a Royal Enfield Bullet. The ride will coincide with the Marwari Festival at Jodhpur. Stay has been organized at heritage properties, a castle hotel, a palace and luxury dune tents. Couples can also register for an adventurous getaway.
Royal Enfield Rider Mania- For three days opening November 19th 2010, hundreds of Royal Enfield Riders from all over the country will converge at the top of hill Vagator in Goa for the Royal Enfield Rider Mania 2010. This is The Biker Fest representing a family reunion of Enfield Riders who go after their heart and get together to rejoice “The Thump that Binds” them together. The occasion in its 8th edition is the one where you meet passionate likeminded Royal Enfield fans and bond as a solo unit, swap ride stories, discuss motorcycles and pit against each other in competitive events like Dirt Track Racing, Trials, Slow Race, Arm Wrestling and the unique ‘Carry your Royal Enfield’ incident After sundown the party begins with Rock bands and DJ’s belting out some cool music late. Other major attractions would be the access to rare Royal Enfield Literature and video footage from the archives and genuine Royal Enfield merchandise. There would be stalls selling Riding Gear, tattoo artists and lots more which would ensure that you carry back something more apart from immediately fond memories of the Royal Enfield Rider Mania 2010.