Pune-based Kinetic India badly
needed a mega venture to recreate the
magic it effected two decades ago with
its innovative gear free Kinetic Honda
scooter. It seems to have finally made
itself ready for a second revolution.
The company has roped in
Taiwan-based scooter giant Sanyang
Industry Co (SYM) in a bold move to
help achieve this as early as June
2007.
Market talk reveals that though it
isn’t clear what the new
Indo-Taiwanese model will look like,
the new Kinetic SYM scooter is sure to
use a four-stroke, single-cylinder
125cc engine. Besides, the new scooter
is expected to come loaded with a
whole lot of offers and new features
and technology. in addition to a
healthy list of specifications. The
company has however clarified that the
new scooters will not use SYM’s
ceramic-coated cylinder technology.
For the record, SYM is known for over
25 different scooters including a few
motorcycles. The new 125cc scooter is
likely to use telescopic forks instead
of the inferior leading link-type
front suspension, a report said.
The product that will be rolled out of
the Kinetic-SYM stable, will be
suitably modified to suit Indian
conditions and will be the forerunner
of several jointly developed models to
come. These
produced-for-India-in-India scooters
will sell through Kinetic’s retail
network and crucial to its success
will be the ability to maintain SYM
quality levels.
