Yamaha Motor India Sales has introduced a new range of Alpha, Ray and Ray Z scooters for the year 2015. The company launched the new variants of its scooter range enabled with Yamaha’s Next Generation ‘Blue Core’ engine concept. Yamaha claims that the engines based on the “Blue Core” ideals are the result of a thorough pursuit to increase combustion efficiency, increase cooling efficiency and reduce power loss. Yamaha also says that the new scooters equipped with Blue Core engines will boast improved fuel mileage at 66 kmpl (Old mileage was 62 Kmpl). The new scooter range from Yamaha will be available in new color schemes and graphics.
The new scooter models based on Blue Core development ideal are powered by a newly designed air-cooled 113cc four stroke single cylinder engine. There are few minor changes in the engine from the current scooter range. These changes are: Nickel spark plug for improved combustion, new muffler setting and New BS carburetor & TPS setting.
Roy Kurian, Vice President, Yamaha Motor India Sales says that the company is eying around 10 percent share in the growing scooter market in India this year from its current 5 percent share. Yamaha sees scooters contributing over 50 percent of its sales in the future.
Here are the prices of these new Scooters:
| Name | Launch date | Price |
| Alpha (Blue Core Enabled)(New Colour – Gleaming Gold ) | March 2015 | 49,939/-(Ex-showroom Delhi) |
| Ray Z (Blue Core Enabled)(New Colour – Cyan Splash) | March 2015 | 48,936/-(Ex-showroom Delhi) |
| Ray (Blue Core Enabled)(No new colour addition) | March 2015 | 47,805/-(Ex-showroom Delhi) |
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