Royal Enfield is busy scavenging through its history books to name its upcoming motorcycles. After reviving the Continental GT and Interceptor badging, the Chennai-based manufacturer may reintroduce the Sherpa brand name to India. Indian Autos Blog has got hold of a trademark application filed by the company hinting the revival. The company has filed a trademark application for the name Hunter as well.
The Royal Enfield Sherpa was introduced as a replacement for the 148 cc Royal Enfield Ensign and sold during the 1960s. It was the second Royal Enfield product in India and was powered by a Villiers Engineering-sourced engine. That’s the same brand which was a part of the Norton-Villiers-Triumph consortium which was liquidated in 1978. The Royal Enfield Sherpa’s 173 cc single-cylinder, two-stroke engine. was mated to a multi-plate clutch and a 4-speed gearbox. Also, the instrumentation console was sourced from Yenkay.
Enfield India had advertised the Sherpa as a motorcycle focused on ‘economy and safety’. It even claimed the Sherpa’s top speed to range between 90-95 km/h. In the 70s, the company modified the Sherpa slightly and retailed it under the Crusader brand name in the country.
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Royal Enfield has been known to value its rich heritage and is probably looking to find a place in the mindset of new-age buyers. These new-age consumers may learn everything from social media but still aspire to buy products which invoke a sense of nostalgia. The success story of Classic Legends-owned Jawa is living proof of that.
At present, there's no clue about what the modern-day Sherpa will be. Royal Enfield is also working on electric motorcycles however no concrete details on the same are available at the moment.
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