Vibrate twice as much !? Well then, thats where the Italians need to come in

From where has this Italian Bike thing come up?
Is Mahindra buying some MV/Aprilia/Benelli/Bimota/Cagiva/Moto Guzzi/Morini or Ducati's and rebadging them as Mahindra's to be sold in India?

It it just an engine? Who designed the chassis?

M&M Buys Italian Two Wheeler Designing Firm



India’s tractor and utility vehicle manufacturing giant Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has acquired a 100 per cent stake in the Italian engineering and design firm, Engines Engineering S.r.l. Though M&M has not divulged how much the deal is worth, the move does signal its entry into the bike industry. The M&M’s deal was signed with Engines Engineering S.p.A on Thursday 5 June for acquiring Engines Engineering S.r.l, the new legal entity of the Italian company. Engines Engineering S.r.l will hold the transferred business of Engines engineering S.p.A, which is subject to necessary approvals.

The president of M&M Systech, Hemant Luthra remarked that the company had wanted to acquire a good design house because of increase in offshoring demands for engineering services. He said buying the Italian engineering and design firm would provide them the ‘perfect vehicle to penetrate into markets of Europe, China and Russia.’ In addition, the M&M would also get a skilled management through this deal. Engines Engineering deals with the business of two wheels design and developing of motorcycle prototype and its annual revenues accrues to $12 million.

Preposterous assumptions being made here.

there's a big difference between "Tested in Italy" & "Made in Italy"

suggesting that this bike is made in Italy is just plain duh!


This thread needs to zip it.


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+1 to that. right up to the point. a marketing gimmick????

Where ever you test mind its gonna run on Indian roads

I don't think Italian roads are as bad as ours so try testing in our village terrain

YouTube - M&M to manufacture entry-level motorcycles
the bike in the ad had radiator and stuff right?at least will mahindra show some decency to launch the bike shown in the ad or was it a spoof?

@akhil
only fools would buy the entry level motorcycles ...if its engine is from china

Guys, the NDTV thing is on some other M&M bike. Definitely not the one from the ad. This one being built on some ''old kinetic boos platform''..... hmm, there is still some hope...

Mahindra cannot make a twin cylinder liquid cooled engine so early themself. Period!

If its a 250-300cc twin then it has definitely been sourced. Engines engineerng not only design bikes but also works on engines so either the engine is done by them or Mahindra has sourced it from someone else.

The launch date is doing rounds in this thread is not correct. The launch date is earlier than the ones stated here.

if they import engines from china then we need to replace engines as we replace oil in our present bikes .

Why do you say that?
Most stuff that you use in your everyday life is directly or indirectly made in China!!!! Stop stereotyping...



+1, unless the XYLO and Scorpio mated and gave birth to a pre mature-malnourished engine

Engines Engineering might have the ability, but then again if it were used, it would have made more sense (and more appeal) to shout and proclaim "designed" in Italy, instead of tested at italy...

First bike with a Made in China engine: may help in costs and time to reach the market, but then they have a whole new monster monkey of "cheap chinese" parts to get off their back! Not a good thing to have for a start up!


Commuter bike based on the Boss platform means no Sym engines either!

Duh! Who powered the engine for the Concept bike? Doesnt Mahindra have stake in a few more companies

+1, Completly agree with u sir jee

absolutely. i wasn't saying that they can.

The ad clearly said "Tested in Italy"
NOT "Made in in Italy" or "Designed in Italy"

my comment was in reply to a whole string of posts which suggested that
the bike was "Made in in Italy".

agree.

exactly! which is exactly what i was pointing in my earlier response.

yes i agree that 80% are manufactured from china but they are under supervision of good comps like sony,samsung etc who are very old and they know how to maintain quality, as M&M is new they would face difficulties as far as there engine is concerned. Lets hope they do well. More over a china tag would push back customers from getting it same as cellphones from good companies and china mobiles even though they both are made in china.