Bajaj Auto Discontinues Scooter Line…

… but it plans to focus on making motorcycles. Bajaj Auto, India’s second-biggest motorcycle maker by sales, announced plans to stop scooter production by the end of March 2010, because of lower sales in this segment.

Currently, we are making our Kristal only for exports, which we don’t think is viable. So, we plan to exit the scooter business by the end of this financial year, Rajeev Bajaj, the company’s managing director, was quoted as saying by local media reports.
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