Reading about the pricing of the KTM Duke 390 I was surprised to see the price difference between the European market and the Indian market. In India the Duke 390 will cost $3,000, but in Europe it will cost $7,280! That is a more than 100% increase!
I get that import tariffs, freighting costs and such can raise the price when exporting to other markets, but twice as much! What could possibly account for this?
Just a guess but I think a lot of it relates to living standards, even with the Duke being priced low in India there's a scores of people that will never be able to afford it on their yearly wage. And as mentioned its built their but unsure how it works when the EU ones are mostly built at the Mattighofen factory.
Are you sure about Mattighofen factory? As far as I knew the Duke 125, 200 and 390 projects were all under the control of Bajaj which is Indian...
The KTM 390 Duke is a 373.2 cc (22.77 cu in) displacement single-cylinder engine standard motorcycle made in India by Bajaj Auto, in collaboration with Austrian manufacturer KTM. It debuted at the 2012 EICMA show in Milan, Italy,[5] and went on sale in in India in June, 2013.[4] After its initial release, KTM CEO Stefan Pierer announced plans to export the 390 Duke to the US for 2014, which would make it the first Indian-made KTM motorcycle sold in the US market.[6][7] Bajaj said eventually the bike will be sold in 80 countries worldwide
because vehicles are priced according to their respective markets.
here is an example...
Mercedes CLA is priced at 24,775 Sterling Pounds, if you do a direct conversion into US Dollars you get 39,910. A full 10K more than the CLA's actual US price....
Sorry off topic..
A CLA 200 cost us USD90K and the 250 about USD100K here in Malaysia and I bought mu Duke 390 on tje road with Insurance at about USD8,700 or £5,390 or €6,440 .
Amd it was a CKD model. Locally assemble in Malaysia, parts from Bajaj factory in India.
from what it seems, it seems like the OP might be try to point at Europeans paying a premium for it. I know for sure you can't just convert these prices and get the official figure, it doesn't work like that.
And fyi. Average Malaysian makes less then usd600 a month. So most of the dukes... be it 200 or 390 is financed by local or foreign banks with a cut troat interest of 7.92% to 12% . ;-p
Interesting why don't they have 300cc bikes there, is there no demand to keep with similar bikes from North America. Like the Ninja 300 and Honda has the CBR300 in the works.
I am just surprised by the huge price jump. Usually there is a difference between markets, but i always thought that was to make up for taxes and shipping costs and a slight bit of tailoring to the norms of the market. Doubling the price seem like more than that. I am just trying to understand why :S
Quick answer to that: Cos its made in India!!! While some parts are made in India too like the fan motor etc..etc.....so ofcourse it will be cheaper if sold to the Indian market.
Your right..import tariffs, freight costs etc...will take place when these bikes are exported to other countries...it does make sense bud
I think it makes sense for the price to be lower in the country it is manufactured in. Especially India, where they have such cheap labor. They probably charge to export things from the country or something. Or maybe not and they just jack up the price abroad cause people will pay for it. There are other things like that. Look at books in Canada compared to America.
at least it's a nation we might not have to worry about when it comes to build quality
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