Discount on Platina extended till December

Earlier post: Discounts on Bajaj Platina and CD Delux.

The festive season at Bajaj is still on and so is the discount. Bajaj has extended its festive season offer of Rs 4000 discount on 100 cc bike Platina till December.

The company had slashed price of its Platina by Rs 4000 as a festive season offer pricing it at Rs 30,000. I must say that its quite a good deal.

"There has been a tremendous response from our customers on the Platina festive offer. We have extended this offer till the year end so as not to disappoint our committed customers,"

Bajaj Auto GM Marketing Amit Nandi said.

The company said demand upsurge continued after festive season with an estimated 50,000 customers waiting to buy the Platina and 20,000 numbers waiting for the newly launched 'XCD 125' DTS-Si. To meet this sustained demand the company is rapidly ramping up the production for XCD to 75,000 per month, it said adding the discount on the Platina also met with a good response resulting in a waiting period of 15 days or more at several dealerships even post the festive season.

Will both Platina and XCD doing so well, it surely seems to be a festive season for Bajaj.

Source ET

More discounts by Hero Honda, suzuki, Yamaha

Well folks after the discounts on Platina and cd delux...
here is more :-

Taking the price war to executive motorcycle segment, India's largest two-wheeler maker Hero Honda has discounted price of its latest offering - Splendor NXG by Rs 2,400.

According to dealer sources, the discount is restricted only to the NXG model and not on other variants of the Splendor range. Post discount Splendor NXG would now be available for Rs 38,550 (Ex-showroom Delhi).

Though repeated attempts to contact Hero Honda officials failed, sources said the company has started offering a discount of Rs 2,400 on Splendor NXG from Friday to boost volumes in the segment dominated by rival Bajaj Auto Ltd.

Suzuki Motorcycle India, which retails two 125 cc motorcycles - Zeus and Heat, is also offering free petrol worth Rs 3,500 with every purchase to achieve its festival season target of selling 10,000 units a month.

"We had introduced a similar scheme in Kerala during Onam which received a good response from customers. The scheme is now being extended to buyers across India (except Kerala) and is valid till November 15," SMI Vice President Atul Gupta said.

Similarly, Yamaha Motor India (YMI) has announced a maximum discount of upto Rs 10,000 on every purchase of its motorcycles - 125 cc Gladiator and 106 cc Alba.
As per the festive season discount scheme, the company would offer a minimum discount of Rs 3,000 on every purchase while giving an additional exchange bonus of Rs 3,000. It would offer a scratch card on every purchase with Rs 3,000 as assured discount.

TVS Motor Co is giving two gram gold on every purchase of its 100 cc Star City to take on competitors Bajaj and Hero Honda which had last week discounted prices of their entry-level bikes.

While Bajaj is offering a discount of Rs 4,000 on its 100 cc bike Platina, Hero Honda had started offering a Rs 2,020 discount on CD-Deluxe to celebrate sales of 20 million motorcycles in the country since its inception in 1984.

source the ET

Discount on Platina and CD Delux

Update:- More discounts offered by Yamaha, Suzuki, HH

After the discounts on cars like spark and santro the bikes are next in line.
Country's second largest bike maker Bajaj Auto Ltd (BAL) today reduced the price of its 100 cc bike Platina by Rs 4,000 to push sales during the upcoming festival season.

Platina would now be available for Rs 29,990 (ex-showroom) as against the existing Rs 33,990.

"We have cut prices to counter competition in the segment during the festive season," BAL GM Marketing Amit Nandi told the media.

Hero Honda has also announced a discount of Rs 2,020 on its entry-level bike CD Deluxe to celeberate sales of 20 million units in India.

"On the occassion of 20 million bikes, we are offering an opportunity to non-owner of two-wheelers to own entry-level CD Deluxe at a special benefit of Rs 2,020.

This gesture is a part of our 20 million milestone celebration," a Hero Honda spokesperson said.

Source

Bajaj will roll out LPG variant of Platina

Bajaj Auto is going to launch cheapest running bike platina LPG version. The most popular 100cc bike platina now powered by both petrol and LPG. This platina LPG version will be available in market soon,most probably end of 2007. The normal 100cc bike platina petrol will also remain in market.The new platina LPG version contain a 5 kg LPG cylinder along standard 10 litre petrol tank. Bajaj platina LPG version will look same as the normal petrol platina, But there is problem to accommodate LPG kit which may change the design of fuel tank. Bajaj Auto will import LPG kits from Italian suppliers and these LPG kit are reliable and well at performance.

Platina LPG version drops power approximately 20% which is huge hurdle and effect performance hardly. The performance loss will be reduced by adding additives which increase octane number and enhance performance of bike.

The platina LPG cost Rs5000 more,but running cost will be lower by 35-40 per cent than normal petrol Bajaj Platina and this saving will cover extra cost of bike.

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