Two Price Hikes in Three Months for R15 v4; Yamaha Goes Wild

New R15 V4 latest prices have increased by flat Rs 5000 in about three months of launch. We list the prices of all variants…

There are two things that have become guaranteed – price hike on petrol and price increment on motorcycles, specially in the last 2-3 years.

During the last few years, R15 v3 received multiple price increments and the R15 v4 was already introduced at a premium (over the V3) in September. And barely in around three, the R15 V4 has received its second price hike – the saga continues!

Here are the latest prices in comparison with the launch prices…

R15 V4 Latest Prices

VariantLaunch Price (Sep 2021)Latest Price (Jan 2022)
Metallic Red1,67,8001,72,800
Dark Knight1,68,8001,73,800
Racing Blue1,72,8001,77,800
R15 M Grey1,77,8001,82,800
R15 MotoGP1,79,8001,82,800
*all prices ex-showroom Delhi

The latest price increment is flat Rs 5000 across the line-up (except the MotoGP variant). It comes after the motorcycle received a Rs 3000 increase in November. This corresponds to a hike of almost upto 3 percent.

r15 v4 latest prices

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Though the new model looks brilliant and comes with some very impressive features, such price hikes just after the launch (two in only ~3 months?) are simply ridiculous.

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Effectively, the R15 has become costlier by more than Rs 25,000 when compared with the top of the line variant in a matter of few months.

Recently, Yamaha introduced the R15 v3 as R15S – basically a simpler model based on the older generation for cost conscious buyers (more details).