NEW DELHI:
India Kawasaki
Motors Pvt Ltd (IKM) has announced the launch of its new Ninja ZX-10R and Ninja ZX-10RR as locally assembled models in the Indian market. The models have been introduced with a special pre-order offer with a big drop in prices of both the litre-class supersport models.
Under the special offer, the new
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
-- which was priced at Rs 18.8 lakh -- comes with a price tag of Rs 12.8 lakh. Price of the higher track-specific version, the Ninja ZX-10RR, has been dropped from Rs 21.9 lakh to Rs 16.1 lakh under the offer period. It indicated a drop of around Rs 6 lakh in the ex-showroom prices of both the models, which is a significant amount considering the segment.
It can be expected to provide
Kawasaki
with a great lead in the 1,000cc supersport motorcycle segment, against the other Japanese rivals like the Honda CBR1000RR (starting at Rs 16.8 lakh) and the Yamaha YZF-R1 (Rs 18.16 lakh).
2018 Kawasaki Ninja
ZX-10RThis offer is valid till the end of July 2018 and then there will be a significant increase in the prices, Kawasaki said in a statement.
The aerodynamically designed Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R and ZX-10RR come with aggressive full-faired styling. While the prior will be available in KRT edition along with few graphical changes, the latter will be available in black.
Powering the bikes is a 998cc, liquid-cooled, 16-valve, inline-four-cylinder engine that churns out 200PS of power and 113.5Nm of torque. Extra10PS can be added using the ram air effect.
2018 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR
"The new Ninja ZX-10R and Ninja ZX-10RR have a unique engineering heritage with a very advanced technology. Our newly established R&D played a vital role in making local assembly of the new Ninja ZX-10R and new Ninja ZX-10RR successful," Yutaka Yamashita, Managing Director of IKM, said.
The new models come with Kawasaki Quick Shifter, Kawasaki Launch Control Mode, Kawasaki Engine Brake Control and ABS (Anti-lock braking system) among the other high-tech features.
"A decision of local assembly of these two high performing motorcycles, which are also sold in Europe, USA Japan etc, was taken more from future perspective than only from the price perspective. India Kawasaki has a vision for the Indian market and steps like these will pave the path to achieve its goals. Besides, it will also help to increase craze and enthusiasm for these two legendary performers in this country," Yamashita added.
The company said that both the models will be produced limited in numbers, however, the total units of the Ninja ZX-10RR will be lesser than that of the Ninja ZX-10R. The bookings for the 2018 models are now open and will be closed after the allocated production and bookings are completed.
These motorcycles will be assembled for India at the IKM's production facility in Chakan, near Pune, alongside the Ninja 300, Ninja 650, Z250, Z650, Versys-X 300, Versys 650, Vulcan S and the
Ninja 1000
.
At present, India Kawasaki Motors offers 27 products in India -- covering supersports, naked sports, sports-tourer and off-road categories -- and has 30 dealerships across the country.
(All prices are ex-showroom, New Delhi)