New Delhi:
Royal Enfield on Wednesday launched two new variants of its popular model Thunderbird -- Thunderbird 350X at a price of Rs 1,56,849 and Thunderbird 500X at a price of Rs 1,98,878 (ex-showroom Delhi).
Thunderbird 500X has a single-cylinder air cooled 499 cc engine, which can generate 41.3 Nm torque at 4000 rpm. On the other hand, Thunderbird 350X comes with a single cylinder, air cooled, twin spark, 346cc engine which can produce a maximum torque of 28 Nm at 4000 rpm.
Rudratej Singh – President of Royal Enfield told PTI, "The key selling point is that these are thunderbirds with a custom inspired look as a lot of people buy thunderbird and further customise it. We have now given an already customised bike to a certain level’’.
He further added, ‘’The whole objective is to inject fresh thinking into the thunderbird range which has become a definite choice for some section of people’’.
Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350X and Thunderbird 500X will be offered in four new colours including Drifter Blue, Getaway Orange, Roving Red and Whimsical White.
"Specifically, we have a target with regard to how many test rides we give and how many people visit our stores for thunderbird," Singh said.
On export front, he said that the focus first will be in India and then these bikes will be made available wherever thunderbird is present across the world.
"First, we'll make sure our distribution reach in India is full but very soon in a few months we will be splitting into places where thunderbird in other markets is available’’, he said.
Bookings have been opened from Wednesday at Royal Enfield stores across major cities.
