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Kawasaki's Update On Local Assembly Of Engines
India Kawasaki Motors (IKM) has denied local assembly of engines and manufacturing of components.
India Kawasaki Motors (IKM) has denied local assembly of engines for its 300cc and 650cc motorcycles in India.
Both the 300cc and 650cc engines are parallel twins which power the Kawasaki Ninja 300, Kawasaki Ninja 650, Kawasaki Versys 650 and the Kawasaki Z650. Currently, the motorcycles are brought through the completely knocked down (CKD) route and then assembled in India.
The motorcycles mentioned above form the bulk of sales for the company in India. By manufacturing these engines in India, the prices of the 300cc and 650cc powered motorcycles would translate to lower cost.
As per CarandBike, Kawasaki official said, "We are already importing these from Thailand. As it is, India enjoys a free trade agreement with Thailand, and as such, the price advantage is passed on to our customers anyway. We currently don't have any plans of further localisation of our bikes,"
Motorcycle manufacturers such as Ducati, Triumph and Kawasaki have taken advantage of the free trade agreement with Thailand and exported to countries like India.
By increasing the localisation of engines or components in India, Kawasaki will need to look into not just investment, but components manufacturers will have to be identified, a stringent quality assurance practice must be followed, and with the sales in India, it is practical for Kawasaki to utilise the Thailand route.
Kawasaki has updated several of its models in 2017, with new styling upgrades and few changes to the suspension of some of the models.
Kawasaki has launched the all-new Z900, which will replace the Kawasaki Z800, and the Kawasaki Z650, a naked version of the Ninja 650 which will replace the Kawasaki ER-6n.