The Naza Group is the official distributor of marques from Chevy to Ferrari in the car market, and its bike division is now catching up fast, thanks to new additions Piaggio, Aprilia, Gilera and Vespa. The conglomerate has signed a Distributorship Agreement with the Piaggio Group to become the exclusive distributor for the latter’s four brands. Naza already has Ducati and Harley-Davidson in its bike stable.
The signing was done by Naza’s Joint Group Executive Chairman Dato’ Hj SM Faisal and Piaggio Asia Pacific Managing Director, Mark Franklin, and was witnessed by Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, Dato’ Mukhriz Tun Mahathir and Commercial Affairs Attache of the Italian Embassy, Fabrizio Vergamini.
Naza will invest some RM6 million into this venture, which would include a retail showroom and after-sales facilities. The products will also will be distributed under the Naza World of Bikes umbrella. The company also has the option to import and distribute the other three brands in the Piaggio Group – Moto Guzzi, Scrabero and Derbi.
Dato’ Hj SM Faisal said that the market for big bikes bucked 2009’s downward trend and significant growth is expected. “The total industry volume in 2009 dropped around 17% as compared to 2008. However the lifestyle segment increased approximately by 40%, from 1,800 units to 2,500 units in 2009. The segment is expected to further increase in 2010 to 3,000 units,” he pointed out.
The Naza boss also revealed that both parties would explore the possibilities of locally assembling at least one of the brands for the ASEAN region.
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what next brand after this?
bawa le masuk suzuki ke, yamaha ke, honda ke… n not just parallel… mcm Welly buat for Kawa…
yamaha = hong leong
honda = boon siew
……maa
Hong leong ngan boon siew tak mau buat macam Kawasaki Malaysia… dok concentrate kapcai ajee.
Congrats Naza. After the takeover from Moto milia i hope not to hear horror stories about Aprilia.
whoaa….hope those models selling cheap than current market price!!
They sapu so many brands, can handle or not???
NAZA is doing better than those national companies ???
Yes, i have to agree…
They are much more smarter .
it is easier to trade and sell,
than manufactured and sell…
they smart in diversing their business… but are they good enough in their manufacturing business?
Not really i think…
They have many branches out.
And they have many brands and models which they can offer.
With more choices, it will lead to more customers because people are able to choose from the choices out there.
They are just a big dealer out there in the market.
Yes.. easier trade and sell.. but naza have grown so much compared to last time. im sure they are aware. Give them time and i bet their manufacturing n services will be better. cant wait for the CKD aprillia..
they are getting bigger and bigger.. good work naza!!
Hope they’ll bring in those Piaggio/Aprilia/Gilera/Vespa maxi scooter at more competitive pricing and better warranty compared to the prev distributor. Great way to beat KL’s jam & safe for highway usage too
can’t wait for aprilia dorsoduro…
who’s next will be in their pocket as well?
so the N Group is the only car distributor in malaisie loaded with CA$H.
doesnt matter bro.. as long as they are capable n customer get the benefits, who cares?
Are the 2 bros competing with each other?
No, bikes have always been under SM Faisal’s portfolio. Other brothers take care of different business areas.
Doesn’t Faisal’s portfolio include Chevy?
Yes.
there are sibling rivalry
Whoa, this means Naza will become the official distributor of the two Italian superbike powerhouses namely, Aprilia & Ducati. There’s going to be an interesting ‘internal’ rivalry…
it’s cool, so long to see new vespa coming in.
hope to see the modern vespa coz that were only after so many years of classic vespa that on the road.
If Naza local assemble Aprilia, I’m sure going to buy Shiver!
But need to wait to finish my car loan in a couple of year…. hehehehe
Another though, I think they want to get a slice of Kawasaki ER-6N/F market if they do the CKD
WAOW. I ve been using Piaggio scooter here in oz.. love it…
will definitely buy a vespa when I go back !
it is a bit weird…
When Naza is expanding their business and doing it good… people praise them…
but when the car, like Forte, comes with naza badge, people are likely to change it…
what if i slap on a naza batch on ur ducati? would u be happy?
BIMOTA coming soon…
Bimota dealer in KL…Jln Ipoh.
waiting for derby..cun wehh..can trade in my gilera if they take it..:)
And also maybe Moto Morini will be next.
LABRETTA!!!!!!
and yes… VIVA Vespa…..
any changes on gilera price which brought by NAZA?
hopefully ITALJET DRAGSTER 250 sell in mlysia soon..:)
Erm…..hopefully the price for scooters is reasonable & under budget our Malaysian citizen…the best way is rebranded like Kia, Peugot etc…surely the price will be reasonable & able to buy it by most Malaysian citizen…sorry i’m broken English…he..he..
i cant wait 4 d aprilia..i wanted to buy the 2010 rs125..then i eard motomilia went bankrupt…….crazy maannnnn..was juz about to get d bike……m in loveeeeee
Pity Moto millia. I like RS 125 too .. hope NAZA will get them in next month … hope the price below than 25K, who agree? Mofaz can doit for cagiva, why not NAZA … those who work with NAZA pls comment. TQ