wfopete
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Heard it from a 3rd party who said his buddy is currently specing out equipment for a Stark Factory build in Mexico.
Just sayin'
Just sayin'
Truth or Rumor?
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I took a look in my crystal ball, here goes.
Hard to believe that a smallish company like Stark would invest such a sum based on an ever-changing tariff situation.
Plus if the aim was really to avoid tariff, they'd need to build it in the US because the current tariff situation with Mexico is far from being warranted to last...
Finally the US is a significant market for dirt bikes but building a factory to sell a few thousand MX/EX bikes a year does not make sense. Now we know Stark is expending to street bikes of which the rate of adoption is and will remain much higher in Europe than the US (largest market being Asia, especially India and China) so I don't see this happening.
Or maybe if it has nothing to do with the US and the aim is to sell smaller e bikes to Mexico, Brazil and the like, now we're talking huge market opportunities.
Hard to believe that a smallish company like Stark would invest such a sum based on an ever-changing tariff situation.
Plus if the aim was really to avoid tariff, they'd need to build it in the US because the current tariff situation with Mexico is far from being warranted to last...
Finally the US is a significant market for dirt bikes but building a factory to sell a few thousand MX/EX bikes a year does not make sense. Now we know Stark is expending to street bikes of which the rate of adoption is and will remain much higher in Europe than the US (largest market being Asia, especially India and China) so I don't see this happening.
Or maybe if it has nothing to do with the US and the aim is to sell smaller e bikes to Mexico, Brazil and the like, now we're talking huge market opportunities.
wfopete
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I only have this to add; remember that big Euro company that made orange motorcycles?
KTM Future: Bajaj Bigwig Says "European Manufacturing Is Dead" - Adventure Rider
KTM Future: Bajaj Bigwig Says "European Manufacturing Is Dead" - Adventure Rider
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Mexico would be a surprise, given that Stark already have a relationship with Royal Enfield.
I'm strongly expecting that their lower-cost production will be in India.
I'm strongly expecting that their lower-cost production will be in India.
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The plot thickens!
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Given the current climate in the US if there is a plan for a plant in Mexico the longer term target market would likely be Central and South America where there is a long tradition of motorcycle culture. Rather than the US. China, India, and the developing world are the large markets for E. Once a large country like China adopts E that market tends to become fixed. That is why the US is having a hard time accepting a transition away from ICE, after 100 years of ICE tech domination with local resources support (the US is still a giant oil producing nation).
