The second largest two-wheeler manufacturer of India, Bajaj Auto, will introduce its new bike Duke 125cc in India by mid-2011. "There are plans to launch Duke 125, which was showcased at Cologne (Germany) this year. The bike will be first launched in Europe and then it will be brought to India," said S. Ravikumar, the company's vice-president for business development. "This will happen sometime next year... in the first quarter of the next fiscal," said Amit Nandi, vice-president, pro-biking segment, Bajaj Auto.
Bajaj and Austrian auto maker KTM will introduce Duke 125cc in Europe in March 2011. The 125cc sports bike has been jointly developed by both the companies. Bajaj and KTM shook hands in 2007 when the former picked up 14.5 percent stake in KTM to access engine technology. KTM sells sports and off-road bikes in a range of engine capacities, from sub-100cc to almost 1,000cc.
Apart from the Duke 125, Bajaj also plans to launch new Pulsar 150cc in India by late 2011.
