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Harley-Davidson recently announced the closure of its one hundred percent subsidiary in India, but its main rival, also from the United States of America, says it does not intend to do the same.
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While Harley-Davidson’s persistent monetary difficulties have recently led to the announcement of the closure of its wholly owned subsidiary in India, its other U. S. rival is doing much better. Although much smaller than Harley, Indian Motorcycles is the closest competitor to the iconic American and its parent company Polaris has just announced a worldwide sales record. Polaris’ good fortune is due to a sharp increase in the number of other people for recreational cars in the COVID era and the company is suffering lately to meet demand.
Lalit Sharma, Country Manager, Polaris India, tells us that the company remains committed to the Indian market, noting that the company already employs about 150 IT engineers at its Bengaluru facility serving Polaris operations worldwide. The company has a coimbatore-founded source that also serves global operations. Polaris also provides the Indian armed forces with a number of cars, including their ranges of off-road vehicles, side-by-side vehicles and snowmobiles.
As for motorcycles, Sharma tells us that what happened with Harley-Davidson India’s business is unfortunate, however, it is an opportunity for Polaris. He added that the corporation had noticed an increase in bookings since the announcement of Harley’s news, which is not unexpected given that Indian Motorcycles is the only other option for original American-style V-style bike cruises. Surprisingly, Polaris will not expand Indian Motorcycle’s network of racers next year and the company believes its 8 existing runners in state capital are enough to serve the existing line of high-end motorcycles.
It should be noted that while Harley-Davidson has officially closed its operations in India, it is still imaginable that motorcycles will continue to be sold here as ABU through an un announced Indian partner. It is not yet known whether this will happen, however, all the dealers of the company will remain open for the duration of their contracts and many have Harley-Davidson BS6 motorcycles in stock.
Indian Motorcycles has not had BS6 compliant motorcycles for sale, however, the company expects to have its diversity that meets BS6 in showrooms until mid-December 2020, including Scout, Scout Bobber, Chieftain, Springfield and Roadmaster models, among others. announced that Indian will also bring its new Challenger logo to India, however, this has been delayed for about a month and will arrive until January 2021. The Challenger features a brand new liquid-cooled engine that is significantly stronger than air. V-twin cooled in Harley or Indian alignment.