[TusharK]

Indian Motorcycle has launched its limited edition Chieftain Elite in India priced at Rs. 38 lakh (ex-showroom). It will be imported into India as a completely built unit (CBU) but production is limited to just 350 units.



The Indian Chieftain Elite is based on a cast aluminium frame and measures 2,506 mm in overall length, 1,000 mm in width and 1,448 mm in height. Its wheelbase is 1,668 mm and the seat height is set at 660 mm. It has a 20.8-litre fuel tank and with fuel filled up, the bike weighs 388 kg.



In terms of styling, the Chieftain Elite has a large front cowl with a power adjustable windshield and a circular headlamp in the centre flanked by circular position lights on either side. It comes with a twin-dial instrument cluster with a 7.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system with Bluetooth, smartphone connectivity and navigation in the centre. It has a stepped leather seat and body coloured remote-locking panniers on either side. The engine, crankcase and exhausts are finished in chrome.



The Chieftain Elite is powered by a 1,811 cc, V-twin engine that produces a peak torque of 161.6 Nm @ 3,000 rpm. The engine is mated to a 6-speed transmission via a wet, multi-plate clutch. It has 119 mm telescopic fork in the front and a single 114 mm shock absorber with air adjust at the rear. Braking is handled by dual 300 mm discs in the front with 4-piston calipers and a single 300 mm disc in the rear with a 2-piston caliper.



The bike comes equipped with features like ABS, cruise control, keyless start, tyre pressure monitoring, 200 watt audio system with speakers mounted on the saddlebags and weatherband.

The Chieftain Elite comes in Black Hills Silver with Marble Accents hand painted colour scheme as standard.

Source: Economic Times

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[GTO]

Launch @ 37 lakhs

Launch @ 48 lakhs

Launch at 26 - 33 lakhs

Launch @ 31 lakhs

What utterly pointless launches. Has someone from Mercedes joined Indian Motorcyle? For context:

Originally Posted by GTO

Another week, another CBU launch from Mercedes. I think Mercedes' CBU team is the busiest in the auto industry. Equally, I might add, they have the easiest job of launching cars.

15th June: Mercedes reads about Jaguar's coupe launch - link.

Sleeps on it .

16th June: Calls HQ & places an order for a single piece of the S63 Coupe. PayTM's them the money.

17th June: Car is on a plane headed to India.

18th June: Get it cleared and transported to the factory. Draft press release based on a global press release. Change some things here & there (mainly, convert the $ or Euro to INR).

19th June: Call 3M to quickly detail the car from outside, put some boards behind, take some pics and send out a press release.

Voila! Another car launch . I think the car rags should add one more category to the 30 annual awards they hand out every year - 'Maximum car launches / year'. Mercedes would dominate that like Schumacher did in F1.

[CrAzY dRiVeR]

Originally Posted by GTO

What utterly pointless launches. Has someone from Mercedes joined Indian Motorcyle? For context:

This world of cruisers is full of show-off and one-one-upmanship.

See Harley for example - they build the image in the market with their brute machines, but sell a lot of entry level street machines which are nothing similar in comparison.

Also, if the Harley experience is anything to go by - people do take pride in purchasing such special limited production editions, even though the actual difference from the regular version might just be a paintjob. I know a particular case where the owner was absolutely frustrated with the reliability of his Harley, only to be pacified by the dealership with a deal to get him a special edition as an upgrade which would be the only one of its kind (paintjob) in South India.