Bajaj Auto to hike price by up to Rs 1,500 from January
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DELHI: Bajaj Auto BSE 0.25 % today said it will hike prices of its
bikes by up to Rs 1,500 from January in order to partially offset the impact of
rising input costs and upgrading of its entire portfolio to BS-IV emission
levels.
"All two-wheeler manufacturers in the country are trying to be BS-IV
compliant by April next year. We want to be the first ones to transition to the
next emission levels," Bajaj Auto Ltd BSE 0.25 % President
(Motorcycle) Eric Vas told PTI.
Some of the models have already been made BS-IV compliant and the company
expects to covert the rest of the product lines conforming to next level of
emission norms by middle of next month, he added.
"As a consequence of shifting to BS-IV norms we will be hiking the prices
of our bikes between Rs 700 and Rs 1,500, depending upon specific models, from
next month," Vas said.
Elaborating further on the reasons for taking a price hike, he said the input
costs have also gone up due to the firming up of oil and commodity prices.
"The price hike is due to the transition to BS4 and also to accommodate
increase in raw material costs as well. The hike shall not affect recently
launched products like the Dominar 400," Vas said.
Currently, India follows BS-III emission norms for two-wheelers. From April
2016, all new two-wheeler models started complying with BS-IV emission norms,
and the existing models would comply with BS-IV emission norms from April 2017,
on a pan-India basis.
Auto companies such as Hyundai Motor India, Nissan, Renault, Toyota, Tata
Motors BSE -0.54 %, Mercedes Benz and Isuzu have said they
would hike prices of their products from January to offset higher input costs
and adverse impact of foreign exchange fluctuations.
Source : Bajaj
Auto to hike price by up to Rs 1,500 from January