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Don't think the quality will be there once they move production. Not a huge ktm fan but wouldn't want to see it happen to any of the big names.
Kinda crazy that soon Land Rover, Volvo, Royal Enfield, KTM, Husqvarna, and Gas Gas will be Indian not European owned companies.
Have they said they plan to yet? They could decide to treat it similarly to how it’s being run now.
Hahaha, because we had a few in the family
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production of the bikes in india is probably 1/4 of what it will cost in austria unfortunately financially makes sense to move it dont see a road where it won't lead to this. KTM bikes sales are still gonna be at a standstill for year or two because 80% of the customer base is going to be scared of the quality difference and issues that theyre having.
Reverse colonialism
Are you an asshole in person, or just in every thread you post on here?
There are consequences to being an asshole in real life. So that would be a no to your question
Pure speculation, but I would bet Bajaj is aware of how the moto community might view a move like that. I would not be surprised if they kept production of moto bikes in Austria. They also have suppliers located in Austria. I don’t think they can just pick up and move manufacturing to India over night and there would be significant costs associated with it. I would not be surprised if they keep in in Austria for the foreseeable future.
TVS own Norton, too.
Royal Enfield, well, that's been All Indian, for quite a few decades now. They've been made in India since around 1955, and, the British parent side of the company, went belly up in 1970.
First things first . Go back to this color scheme .
And Tata didn't move any factories and seems to respect the history of the brand.
I feel KTM will be just fine.
Will you need to buy the bikes with gift cards? Weege?😂
Do I need to remind you it's a separate entity?
Exactly, kind of like when Tata took over Jaguar and Land Rover.
Ohh wait.
The original Defender notwithstanding, Land Rover and reliable shouldn’t be used in the same sentence.
This is still one of my all time favorite looking bikes in OEM form.
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Volvo is owned by a Chinese company, not Indian
I hate racist commies. I prefer to segregate the two from each other
Here is the problem I see, when a company has this many problems customer confidence dies, I would not buy anything they make at this point cause I would be afraid I would have a 10g bike I could not get parts for , I have had friends that have gotten odd brand bikes and have been burnt. So in turn even the customer that want one will stay away , so the company ends up dyeing off all together. It will take years to recover if they ever do.
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Volvo is owned by Chinese car company Geely and has been for years. India has never owned Volvo,
Land Rover and Jaguar (both British companies originally) are both owned by Tata Motors of India. They are the company who has made those 3 wheeled vehicles in India for many decades.
Soooooo.... just BNG?
What've you got against the Dutch?
They've already moved production to Asia. Lewis Phillips reported it was something like 5 minutes per bike on the assembly line in Austria, which means they are doing packaging/assembly, not making any individual parts.
From what I read KTM only had a few days left to pay a huge bill to the creditors , nobody else stepped up and Bajaj came in with the money at the last minute before the company would have been liquidated
Bajaj was already half owner.
Since they waited until bankruptcy it was less money and fewer debts to buy the other half.
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