TVS MD Sudarshan Venu has confirmed that first two motorcycles from Norton will be locally manufactured in India from late 2025.
TVS Motor Company has confirmed the launch of Norton motorcycles by late 2025 in the Indian market. The Hosur-based two-wheeler company will locally manufacture these bikes in India. Just so you know, TVS had acquired the British motorcycle brand nearly five years ago in 2020 at an amount of Rs 153 crore. However, till now, it has made an investment of over Rs 1000 crore in Norton, which is likely to introduce 6 all-new motorcycles by 2027 in our country. Though, the first two bikes will go on sale later this year when Norton officially enters into the domestic market in India.
This confirmation from TVS MD Sudarshan Venu comes on the backdrop of newly-signed India-UK free trade agreement (FTA). It will offer great benefits to both TVS and Norton as manufacturing could still continue at the Solihull factory in UK. “Our British brand Norton will launch later this year, and this agreement will help us scale faster and leverage common supply chains,“ stated Venu.
Norton currently retails 961 and V4 models in the UK. However, the bikes finalized for the Indian market will be all-new models which will be developed locally by TVS at its production facility. The first two motorcycles could be unveiled by Sep 2025 while they go on sale by the end of 2025. Norton will be the third foreign brand after Triumph and Harley-Davidson to sell its motorcycles in India by forming an alliance with a local player.
Talking about the first two Norton motorcycles for India, it has been learnt that they will come with single-cylinder and twin-cylinder platforms while aimed at Royal Enfield bikes. The single-cylinder model will have displacement around 400-450cc while the twin-cylinder motorcycle will be in range of 600-650cc. It is still unclear whether they will use air-cooled or liquid-cooled engines.
Earlier this year, TVS MD Sudarshan Venu had stated that Norton motorcycles will be based on the British brand’s three pillar philosophy: Design, Dynamism and Detail. The single-cylinder motorcycle with engine capacity around 400-450cc will have significant performance advantage over Royal Enfield single-cylinder bikes which have displacement around 350cc.
Norton is also said to be working on localizing the 1200cc 4-cylinder engine platform. It powers the company’s flagship V4 SV and V4 CR motorcycles which are priced above 40,000 Euros (Around 40 Lakh). However, it remains to be seen whether the localization of this platform stays limited to the Solihull factory in the UK or will they will be manufactured in India as well.
