Bajaj Auto has unveiled KTM RC series of super sports motorcycles RSC 390 and RC 200 in Pune. The RC 200 will cost Rs 1.60 lakh, while the RC 390 is priced at Rs 2.05 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The current prices were introductory and the company may increase the prices later. Both the models are being manufactured at Bajaj Auto’s Chakan Plant.
Chakan plant is producing 45,000 KTM bikes across KTM’s six models per year and expects to ramp-up the production to 65,000 units by end of FY15. The company may increase the capacity up to 100,000 units in the next four years.
Bajaj Auto is a $2.3 billion company founded in 1926. It is world’s fourth largest two and three-wheeler manufacturer. Bajaj Auto has three plants in all, two at Waluj and Chakan in Maharashtra and one plant at Pant Nagar in Uttaranchal.
