Kawasaki Looking To Open 10 New Dealerships In 2017

Kawasaki is very keen on building up a strong network of sales and after sales touchpoints in India. The Japanese bike manufacturer has started becoming more active after its split from Bajaj earlier this year. With new models on the anvil, Kawasaki will be opening 10 new dealerships across the country before 2017 ends. The company will soon inaugurate dealerships at Nagpur, Vizag, Kolhapur, Calicut, Mangalore, Kolkata, Bhubhaneshwar, Ludhiana, Dehra Dun and Goa. So before the year ends, Kawasaki will have 22 dealerships up and running in India.

(Kawasaki has 12 functioning dealerships at present)

Kawasaki has already started taking bookings from some of its upcoming dealerships, before they start full-fledged operations. The company made this possible as it did not want the customers to wait any longer than necessary. Currently, Kawasaki has 12 functioning dealerships and the company says that the company needs more dealership in order to cater to more customers, which is a good sign. Out of 12, eight Kawasaki dealers also run a mobile service van facility. The Japanese company parted ways with Bajaj after an eight-year old alliance, which saw Kawasaki selling motorcycles from Bajaj's Pro-Biking dealerships.

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The company recently launched the Z900 in new colours, which will be a limited edition model. In addition, Kawasaki has a slew of models waiting to be unveiled at the upcoming EICMA 2017. The company has a plant in Chakan, Pune and assembles the Ninja 300, Ninja 650 and the Z250. The Ninja 1000 is also assembled at the plant, where it comes in a SKD (semi knock-down kit) guise.