Suzuki India's CBU Launch Speculation Thread

[rossiter]

New thread opened for Suzuki's impending CBU launches. I have it on good authority about a launch soon, but if anyone has news links pertaining to the same, please PM me and I'll put it up here.

Until then.. thread locked

[rossiter]

Pranay sent in this link:

Suzuki plans 250 cc by 2008, 4 bikes by 2010 - The Financial Express

It's old, but relevant, other than the "ZXR" bit

Thanks Pranay.

[rossiter]

Pranay sent in another link, which talks about Suzuki's plans of launching the Hayabusa this month.

The Hindu : Business : Specially designed 150cc bike from Suzuki

PS: Topic is now open for discussion. Keep the discussion to the point, what you expect from Suzuki in terms of pricing etc.

[Xenologik]

Although it does mention the 250cc part, but which 250cc bike ? is it a newly developed 250 for India specifically ?

as far as i can see these are the suzuki 250cc bikes i know..

GSX250F (fully faired , top whack around 185 kmph)
GSF250 (aka the bandit 250, makes sense, although im ignorant where it's produced)
GZ250 (although its a cruiser type so unlikely to come)
GN250 (single cyl thumper , 22 hp , pricing cant be higher than 1.5 lakh )
as i expect from a CBU , it shouldn't be a mere single cyl 250cc engine,

what i expect is
pricing should be 2 lakh plus WHEN (i expect the likes of the GSX250F)

-it's more or equal to the R15 in refinement, a 250cc vibrating bike with choppy quality is not needed, it should be a good piece of engineering.
- Spares shouldn't run out or be unavailable
- service centres MUST be trained in order to service such bikes

after all im not just paying for a metal machine, the price paid also means that i dont have a headache whenever it's going in for a service, or getting stuck when parts arent there. and quality issues shouldn't be there (paint job, finish and reliability)


as far as the hayabusa goes, i found this link, dont have an idea of its credibility and the post is quite old and wrong on the launch date, although it mentions the pricing to be around 11 lakhs ?

[ravi@17bhp]

Just saw in NDTV; Suzuki is launching Hyabusa on November 26.

[manan_in_2000]

Just saw in NDTV; Suzuki is launching Hyabusa on November 26.

Good news....Atleast for those who can afford it....

[pranay]

Just saw in NDTV; Suzuki is launching Hyabusa on November 26.

Yes thats how I started my net search session last night Seems they are launching the A-Star as well. Today.

[BANDHAV]

Cant comment on the probable launch date of Busa, but astar is out today, thats for sure.

[setuniket]

^^ Now come on ppl,, A star is launched but by a different company and that too a product on four wheels, both companies have no relation atleast in India. and secondly are we supposed to dicuss cars in xBhp??

@xeno: 2008's gone, no point dicsussing it, see the Suzuki ppl will start selling 150 from Jan, 09 and rest is mere news.

[setuniket]

^^ err my mistake corrected the typo..

bhai I was not just saying it to you..

btw looking forward to see legal Busa OTR soon...

[nitrosatya]

Yes! the launch is confirmed! I went to Suzuki showroom today.

There will be two Busas in the showroom.Price is 12-13 Lacs.
But only if the response is good will Suzuki order more Busas in future!

Moreover there were Gixxer 600,1000,GSR 600 and Bking posters in the showroom!When asked about them.The showroom guy said that these will come in future but no date is fixed!

Btw i will be there on 26th.
Plz tell me what important questions should i ask to the person?

[MR ACE]

^^^ Which Model 2008 or 2009 ?

[nitrosatya]

^^^ Which Model 2008 or 2009 ?

2008 most probably.

[kriss]

2008 most probably.

@nitro:

Question to ask :why not 2009 model ?? And why 2008 at the end of 2008 annual year ??

[Samarth 619]

Yes! the launch is confirmed! I went to Suzuki showroom today.

There will be two Busas in the showroom.Price is 12-13 Lacs.
But only if the response is good will Suzuki order more Busas in future!

Moreover there were Gixxer 600,1000,GSR 600 and Bking posters in the showroom!When asked about them.The showroom guy said that these will come in future but no date is fixed!

Btw i will be there on 26th.
Plz tell me what important questions should i ask to the person?

Busa Model Year, OTR Price of Busa, the Next Bikes to be released here, their Release Date & import mode (CBU/ SKD/ CKD), Busa Color Combinations to be offered here, etc...

For now, these details should be fine ... btw, is 09 Busa released already?