Japanese two-wheeler manufacturer, Suzuki Motorcycle India (SMI) on Thursday announced the launch of its new Scooter Avenis at INR 86,700 (Ex-Showroom Delhi).
The new scooter comes with Ride Connect and is powered by SEP Technology. The company will start the retail of Avenis after mid-December. The scooter will be available in five new and exciting colours, including the Metallic Triton Blue colour introduced as the Race Edition across India.
The Bluetooth enabled digital console coupled with the Suzuki Ride Connect Application lets the users sync their mobile phones seamlessly with Avenis, providing features such as turn-by-turn navigation, incoming call, SMS, WhatsApp Alert display, missed call and unread SMS alert, speed exceeding warning, phone battery level display and the estimated time of arrival. The console of the scooter can be connected to both Android and iOS.
The new vehicle has a lightweight body of 106 kgs and is powered by a 125cc FI engine, delivering 8.7ps of power @ 6,750 rpm and torque of 10 Nm @ 5,500 rpm.
The vehicle maker has also introduced a new external hinge type fuel cap for ease of fuelling and features like large under-seat space and front box with USB socket to provide maximum convenience to the rider.
Suzuki Avenis has been developed keeping the young Indian generation in mind, who want high performance with the convenience and the latest technological features in a scooter to match their pace of life.
Satoshi Uchida, Managing Director, Suzuki Motorcycle India, said, “The trust and loyalty, Suzuki two-wheeler customers have shown towards Suzuki Access 125 and Burgman Street has always been overwhelming. This belief of our customers in our products encourage us to work passionately to develop new models that can blend perfectly well with the needs of our Gen Z customers. Our teams in Japan and India worked really hard to understand the needs of the new generation and develop a new product that can fulfill the latent customer expectations.”