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  • Yamaha Motor Announces Blue Core-fitted TRICITY 155 European Launch - Second LMW model in “Growing World of Personal Mobility” strategy -

    Yamaha Motor Announces Blue Core-fitted TRICITY 155 European Launch - Second LMW model in “Growing World of Personal Mobility” strategy -

    IWATA, May 23, 2016-Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) today announced the launch of the TRICITY 155 - a double-front wheel, three-wheeled commuter equipped with a 155cc liquid-cooled “BLUE CORE”engine. The TRICITY 155 - the second LMW (Leaning Multi Wheel)*1 model to promote “The Growing World of Personal Mobility” (one of the company’s growth strategies) - is scheduled for sale in Europe from

  • Season 3 of “Master of Torque” Released

    Season 3 of “Master of Torque” Released

    IWATA, April 27, 2016 – Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces the April 27,
    2016 global release of the final episode of “Master of Torque,” an original short entertainment
    anime series that began with its first episode released online in the spring of 2014.
    Like the previous installments of the anime, Season 3 will be released on the internet via the
    anime’s special website an

  • Yamaha Motor Launches Young Male-oriented Cygnus Ray ZR Scooter - Stylish New Product for the Ever-Growing Indian Scooter Market -

    Yamaha Motor Launches Young Male-oriented Cygnus Ray ZR Scooter - Stylish New Product for the Ever-Growing Indian Scooter Market -

    IWATA, April 22, 2016 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today the launch of the new Cygnus Ray ZR scooter onto the Indian market from late April.
    Featuring a stylish body and a 113cm3 BLUE CORE engine, the Cygnus Ray ZR was developed based on the Next Generation “REAL” Boys Scooter concept as the next-generation model from the current Cygnus Ray Z, which is principally popu

  • Yamaha Motor Launches Saluto RX Street Model  Featuring Superior Cost-Performance - 110cc Motorcycle Aimed at India's Largest Demand Category -

    Yamaha Motor Launches Saluto RX Street Model Featuring Superior Cost-Performance - 110cc Motorcycle Aimed at India's Largest Demand Category -

    IWATA, April 15, 2016 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today the launch of the new 110cc street model Saluto RX motorcycle in the Indian market from late April.
    The Saluto RX was developed as a "next-generation 110cc street model", and features superior cost-performance and a sporty exterior. The newly-developed 110cc BLUE CORE engine achieves a fuel economy improvement of appro

  • Yamaha Motor to Release M-SLAZ in Thailand - Dynamic New 150cc Sports Featuring Inverted Front Fork -

    Yamaha Motor to Release M-SLAZ in Thailand - Dynamic New 150cc Sports Featuring Inverted Front Fork -

    IWATA, December 2, 2015 -Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that the new 150cc sports model, the M-SLAZ - a motorcycle that fits with global trends by featuring its extreme sports feel design balanced in harmony with around-town practicality - is scheduled to be on sale in the Thai market from December 2015. Manufacture and sales of this new edition are to be carried out by the T

  • The 44th Tokyo Motor Show 2015 – About the Yamaha Booth

    The theme of the Yamaha Motor booth for the 44th Tokyo Motor Show 2015 is “Resonate. The Yamaha Motor Product Orchestra.” The booth will display a 20-model array of concept and production models, including six world premiere models and one Japan premiere model. At the Yamaha booth this time, visitors will see Yamaha’s “growing world of personal mobility” unified by the unique Yamaha product develo

  • Yamaha Motor to Launch New Fino125 in Thailand

    Yamaha Motor to Launch New Fino125 in Thailand

    IWATA, August 31, 2015 – Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced
    today that it will launch the new Fino125 scooter in Thailand in mid-September 2015.
    Developed based on the Lively Fino 125 concept, manufacturing and sale of this
    125cc scooter will be carried out by Yamaha Motor's Group company, Thai Yamaha
    Motor Co., Ltd.(TYM).
    The new Fino125 features an air-cooled 125cc engi

  • Yamaha Motor Launches New 'MT' Series in Indonesia

    Yamaha Motor Launches New 'MT' Series in Indonesia

    IWATA, June 8, 2015 – Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that the new 'MT-25' sports model from the 'MT' series, featuring a 250cc liquid-cooled in-line two-cylinder engine, will go on sale in Indonesia from June 2015. Manufacturing and sales of the new model will be carried out by Yamaha Motor's group company, PT. Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing (YIMM).
    The 'MT-25' brings

  • Yamaha Motor's 60th Anniversary Valentino Rossi to Star at the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed

    Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Valentino Rossi will make his Goodwood Festival of Speed debut on June 28th to celebrate Yamaha Motor Company’s 60th anniversary.
    The nine-time World Champion will race at the Dutch TT in Assen on June 27 (Saturday), before flying to the UK to attend the event, where he will be joined by Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Executive Vice President, Takaaki Kimura.
    Rossi was a fan

  • Launch of the New Soul GT 125cc Scooter Onto the Indonesian Market ~Platform model equipped with the BLUE CORE engine~

    Launch of the New Soul GT 125cc Scooter Onto the Indonesian Market ~Platform model equipped with the BLUE CORE engine~

    IWATA, March 4, 2015 – Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) will release its new 125cc scooter Soul GT – featuring a high-performance compact engine developed based on the next-generation development concept BLUE CORE – in Indonesia in March 2015.
    The new Soul GT was developed with the concept "The No.1 Stand-out Scooter on the Streets", inheriting the same product direction as the current “Soul

  • The MT-07 motorcycle and the JWX-2 power assist unit for wheelchairs ~Yamaha Motor Receives Global 'iF Design Award'~

    The MT-07 motorcycle and the JWX-2 power assist unit for wheelchairs ~Yamaha Motor Receives Global 'iF Design Award'~

    IWATA, February 3, 2015 – Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd (Tokyo:7272) is pleased to announce that its MT-07 motorcycle model and JWX-2 power assist unit for wheelchairs have received the iF product design award 2015 in the product design division of the globally-prestigious iF design awards. Following the success of the MT-09 last year, this is Yamaha's second consecutive award.
    The iF design awar

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