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New Delhi: What Yamaha presented to film star John Abraham will soon come to its showrooms too ・the 1,000cc speedster Yamaha R1. The well-known Japanese auto firm has also plans to introduce its 600cc 然6・and another racy roadster in 250cc category in India. The new machines are expected to hit the Indian roads within three years.

展ith biking enthusiasts growing in the country, we find space and opportunity for our sporty speed machines here and expect to roll out these models by 2009,・Yamaha Motor India Director and Executive Vice-President (Marketing), Takahiro Maeda, told Mumbai Mirror.

According to him and other officials, increasing income levels of youth and their growing inclination towards high-end bikes has created a market for such bikes. Initially, Maeda said, the global line-ups will be introduced in India by way of importing completely built-up units (CBUs) with a premium price tag. 展e are looking at niche products right now and targeting the youth for future growth,・Maeda said after launching the 125cc, 5-speed Gladiator priced at around Rs 41,990 (standard version) and Rs 44,990 (DX model).

Till 2010, Yamaha India will launch at least two youth-centric products every year, Maeda said. 鄭dditionally, we are investigating (the market) for scooters but we can稚 give a time frame for this yet. If we enter the scooter segment, it will be drastically different from the existing range here.・

Talking to this newspaper, Yamaha Motor Indiaç—´ Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Tomotaka Ishikawa said his firm will invest Rs 300 crore over the next three years as it chases 15 per cent of market share from the present 5 per cent by 2010 with a focus on brand building and equity addition.

徹ur target is to sell about one million (10 lakh) bikes by 2010 for which we would need a new production unit,・he said, hinting that Yamaha would prefer to have this second plant somewhere in south India. At present, the company has a plant at Surajpur in Greater Noida. The Rs 760-crore Yamaha India expects 40 per cent revenue growth in 2006-07 and has plans to ramp up production to 6 lakh units by March 2007 from the present 4 lakh units.