Ducati to open 3 more dealerships in India by 2017 end
AHMEDABAD: Italian superbike maker
Ducati has announced to open three more dealerships across India by the end of
2017, starting from Kochi.
Ducati India is at present operational
in five major cities including Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Pune, besides
the newly opened showroom-cum-service centre in Ahmedabad.
"We will open our next
dealership in Kochi. We have planned to add another three dealerships within
the course of 2017," Ducati India Managing Director Ravi Avalur told
reporters during the launching ceremony of Ducati's cruiser bike XDiavel at
their dealership on the SG Highway here today.
Avalur, however, maintained that
company does not plan to open too many dealerships to maintain quality of
services.
"Our plan is not to open too
many dealerships because it will be difficult to maintain this quality and
standard if we do so. We can't have dealers everywhere. We will be relatively
contained compared to some of the major players," said Avalur.
According to him, the cruiser market
in India is growing at a healthy rate, as around 6,500 bikes, which are above
500cc and having a price tag of more than Rs 4 lakh, were sold last calender
year.
"Ducati's growth is of course better
than the market. Though we have just launched this dealership, we have out-sold
all our initial stock here. Last year, our highest selling model was
Diavel," said Avalur.
The newly
launched XDiavel comes with a price tag of Rs 16.93 lakh (ex-showroom). Another
variant of the bike XDiavel S is available at 19.70 lakh (ex-showroom).
Source : Ducati
to open 3 more dealerships in India by 2017 end