The BMW has earlier made a joint-venture with the TVS Motors to set up their business in the country. The BMW Motorrad is a German brand known for its iconic products, whether it is an Adventure or Sports or Cruiser. Thus, the initial range of the product starts from 650cc engine capacity. The CEO of BMW Motorrad, Stephan Schaller has confirmed that the upcoming TVS-BMW motorcycle will be a sub-500cc carrying a single-cylinder motor configuration. It will be the first motorcycle of the company that will feature a sub-500cc engine. The upcoming single-cylinder motorcycle will be rivaling with KTM 390.
The upcoming range of products from the TVS-BMW will be 100% engineered by the German automaker while TVS will provide its skills to produce the bikes with first- class quality at cost effective price, as per the official statement made by TVS-BMW collaboration. The company has given a Codename to the motorcycle "K03".
The collaboration of TVS-BMW was announced back in the year, 2013 and will see both the companies developing an all-new engine platform that they will churn out several new products expecting the street-fighter, adventure and super sport in the next few years. Mr. Schaller stated that “the products will be 100 percent engineered by BMW. The partnership has been strategized in such a way wherein TVS will be learning from the technical knowledge of the S1000RR maker while the Chennai-based automaker will be making use of its friendly cost base that BMW can benefit from globally.”