Polaris - Eicher merger

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Polaris - Eicher merger

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Interesting merger. The result could be a setup ideally suited to produce a dieselbike should the market emerge in India.

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Well, Eicher owns Enfield for several years now. And Polaris uses available industrial engines. They have no own diesel know how.

But Eicher had in the past ...
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Eicher Traktor - 027 von stefan.zilgens auf Flickr

I think this light blue would be a good color for a motorcycle :)
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If you read the posting on overdrive ...
... The aim behind this agreement is to design, develop, manufacture, market and sell personal vehicles for both the Indian market as also abroad. ... Currently, we are present in the commercial vehicle and motorcycle categories. The collaboration with Polaris Industries Inc will allow us to enter into a new vehicle segment.”
... no need to comment, I think.
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Well, as they say, there is hope, and there is reality.

Can I be hopefully realistic? :lol:
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More speculation
http://myroyalenfields.blogspot.co.uk/2 ... s.html?m=1

Posting pictures of Tractors is really a step forward Raf :wink:
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