Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Yamaha is working on a three-wheeled scooter

According to the latest news from Yamaha, as early as next year, the Japanese company will launch its first three-wheeled scooter, equipped with an independent front suspension with swivel mechanism.



It looks like the company Yamaha, finally realized that the ever-complacent and not modern market requires not just regular updates lineup, but the periodic release of completely new models. Not so long ago, the company introduced a new public Naked MT-09 (FZ-09), equipped with a three-cylinder engine, and then showed its latest two-cylinder engine. However, as soon as the manufacturer of Hamamatsu introduce a brand new vehicle LMW (Leaning Multi Wheeler). Judging by the photos, the new Yamaha is similar with the scooter Piaggio MP3 arrangement of the wheels, but the relationship with the concept of four-wheeled Tesseract, presented by the company on the Tokyo show in 2007, the minimum.



The company argued that their tricycle will be more athletic in comparison with similar vehicles competitors, but at the same time, ideal for getting around the city. The main highlight will be the special Yamaha trehkolesnika front suspension, which will allow tricycles come in turns, with a slope just like a motorcycle. Regarding the motor for new items yet unknown - perhaps it will be the power unit of 300-400 cc. cm, and it can and does become the new two-cylinder engine, shown at the beginning of this week.

In an interview with a British publication CEO Yamaha, Hiroyuki Yanagi, said that the new LMW will cost about 10,000 dollars. Start of production is planned for 2014, so it is reasonable to expect the premiere of the production model three-wheeled scooter this fall at the EICMA show in Milan, or at the motor show in Tokyo.
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