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Kinetic being a pioneer in many aspects and an innovative initiator of human and machine feats, is a media active company. Read what the press has to say.
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Do you know Kinetic?
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- Kinetic is the first Indian company to attempt an affordable "People's car" that would provide comfortable transport to the India's middle class. The car, titled CityCar with a 500cc engine was developed in collaboration with a French company AXIOM right up to prototype and showcased at the Delhi Auto Expo where it received a very good response. Unfortunately the Central Government did not grant decision on reduction in excise duty (Kinetic had sought duty lowering from 40% to 16%) which made the car cost prohibitive
- Kinetic is a household brand name in India, with over 6 million vehicles sold over 30 years
- Kinetic was the first to launch many path-breaking initiatives such as:
o personalize transport through Luna
o gearless scooter
o electric start on two wheelers
o 4 stroke 125cc motorcycle
o 4 valve engines
o digital gear indicators on motorcycles
o side stand indicators
o celebrity endorsements - Sachin Tendulkar, Azharuddin, Smita Patil and Shabana Azmi have endorsed the Kinetic Luna
- Kinetic exports around the world and has won several exports excellence awards at state and national level. Kinetic Luna was the first Indian two wheeler to be exported to the US. With over 25,000 exported over several years, it is a wellknown brand in the US and many other countries in the world. An American photojournalist chose the Luna as his mode of transport for a cross country moped expedition.
- Kinetic is the first Indian company to buy out the majority stakeholding by a MNC Joint Venture partner (it bought out Honda Motor's controlling stake in the joint venture Kinetic Honda in 1998, creating history and setting precedent for others)
- Kinetic is the first Indian automotive company to buy out product range and production lines from an European two wheeler company (In 2004, Kinetic acquired rights and production lines to seven bestselling scooters from Italian manufacturer Italjet
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