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Re: KTM RC 390 Launch confirmed: xBhp News
Yup agree to your point too.
RC200 will carry extra premium for Bajaj & 'IF' they discontinue Duke200 it will also bring exclusivity for Duke390 owners too.[emoji2]
Sometimes too many options can be mind boggling for the buyers, the same way too many offerings from Bajaj will surely give their marketing people a hard hard time..
As in their 1-2.5lakh range they have got a pretty big portfolio of bikes-
NS200 ₹95k-1lakh, 200SS ₹1.10-1.20(expected), Duke200 ₹1.50, RC200 ₹1.70-₹1.90(expected), Pulsar 400CS/SS below ₹2lakh(expected), RC390 ₹2.3-₹2.5 & let's not forget Honda, Yamaha (maybe) & TVS they too are folding their sleeves up for a good fight in this price range!!
Now the best we can do is wait & watch what exactly Bajaj's strategy is..
So it's gonna be fun (may be) for us bikers!!
Originally posted by Doga
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I don't know how many 'posers' buy the duke 200, since the sales charts were not exactly on fire like the CBR's or the R15's are. I think they'll definitely launch the RC200, because it's a better profit proposition for KTM/Bajaj since definitely, it'll sell more(posers,fairing lovers , whatever!!). I don't think they can keep the premium huge over the duke 200, because a merely 50K gap is separating the duke 200 and duke 390. So unless they make the duke 390 pricier, they'd have to keep the RC200 at 1.75 max(just shy of the CBR250R standard). Now this means very few would buy the duke200, which makes me think, they'll pull the duke 200 out of production. Think of it, the cycle parts are all the same between the duke 200 and RC200 and the plastics are all shared with the duke 390, meaning there won't be any issues of providing parts support of a discontinued duke 200 .
That'd also mean exclusivity for the duke 200
That'd also mean exclusivity for the duke 200
RC200 will carry extra premium for Bajaj & 'IF' they discontinue Duke200 it will also bring exclusivity for Duke390 owners too.[emoji2]
Sometimes too many options can be mind boggling for the buyers, the same way too many offerings from Bajaj will surely give their marketing people a hard hard time..
As in their 1-2.5lakh range they have got a pretty big portfolio of bikes-
NS200 ₹95k-1lakh, 200SS ₹1.10-1.20(expected), Duke200 ₹1.50, RC200 ₹1.70-₹1.90(expected), Pulsar 400CS/SS below ₹2lakh(expected), RC390 ₹2.3-₹2.5 & let's not forget Honda, Yamaha (maybe) & TVS they too are folding their sleeves up for a good fight in this price range!!
Now the best we can do is wait & watch what exactly Bajaj's strategy is..
So it's gonna be fun (may be) for us bikers!!
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