Bajaj Auto has overhauled its econo-cruiser Avenger with stylistic, mechanical and feature related changes. Motoroids has reported exclusively on the product with a series of spy images and details earlier. The launch of the new MY 2016 Bajaj Avenger is underway as we write this report. Our colleagues are at the launch event in Mumbai covering it live and reporting with images, price and all the details.
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The launch is now underway
The pricing for the three new Avengers has been announced
- Bajaj Avenger 220 Cruise price Rs 84,000 ex-showroom Delhi
- Bajaj Avenger 220 Street price Rs 84,000 ex-showroom Delhi
- Bajaj Avenger 150 Street price Rs 75,000 ex-showroom Delhi
Sumeet Narang, head of marketing at Bajaj takes the dias
Bajaj believes that leisure cruising is something that’s not about just weekends, but can be done everyday
Customer looking at international styling, easier handling during city commute and something relevant to their rational requirements
Avenger has grown by 26%, while the motorcycle market has grown by 9% which hints at the opportunity leisure cruising segment presents
Bajaj dominates the sports biking with the Pulsar, but leisure cruising is also getting increasingly popular.
New Bajaj Avenger 220 Street
The new Bajaj Avenger has been launched in two body styles – Cruise and Street. While the Cruise variant adheres with the traditional ‘cruiser’ styling and features spoked wheels with loads of chrome on the body, the Street variant is an urban-street take on the motorcycle by Bajaj with black alloy wheels and a more trendy styling.
The Bajaj Avenger Cruise (spy image above) has been revealed – some details in the image below
The Avenger cruise comes on the stage with a lady rider – nice touch!
Here are the details of the new Avenger 220 Street
Focused more towards urban riding conditions with a dark theme, and targeted at younger riders
New features on the two motorcycles include new oil cooler cover, flexible indicators, seat cushioning, new silencer design etc
Bajaj is now unveiling the third motorcycle in the Avengers series now
So the Avenger 150 is INDEED being launched, in the Street guise
New Bajaj Avenger 150 Street with a fresh Midnight Blue paintjob
The bike will apparently have a ‘newly configured’ 150cc DTS-i engine with 14.5bhp of power and 12.5 Nm of torque, along with 10% better torque at lower to middle range as compared to the same engine on the Pulsar. It will also feature improved NVH characteristics, and a new silencer with an exhaust note to match the cruiser character.
Read: New Bajaj Avenger reaches dealerships – spy images and details
In the meantime, you can have a look at the spy images of the new Motorcycle in the gallery on this page.
Stay tuned for live updates!
Lady rider in the last pic is Dr. Aparna Bandodkar. She uses Royal Enfield (named as Bijli by herself) as a daily rider to her clinic in Mumbai.
Well the reason I said that was having driven a friends Avenger 220 quite lot, it feels underpowered on open roads and definitely lacks 6th gear. Hence I guess I'm better off with AS200 for those occassional tours. AS200 would be better off in city as well.
You might want to wait for the UM products, which may show up in the Auto Expo in Feb 2016
Even we think that the changes are underwhelming, though they still look like good value products in isolation
The moment you guys first reported that Avenger might not get any mechanical upgrade (After telling us otherwise for close to a year now) I was disappointed. Now this becoming a reality, it seems that Bajaj is taking its customers for granted. Not providing a real update for a five year old product is a harakiri. I was looking forward to upgrade my Pulsar 150 to a bike comfortable for pillion riders and an upgraded Avenger would have fit the bill perfectly. With this Hero Motors like Paint Job I would probably go for Honda CB Hornet 160R now.
Bajaj Auto, you have just lost a Fan and a Loyal Customer too.