Well they are very much in the process of moving in, but it's a very slick operation for Cambodia.. Exactly how you would expect a premium boutique brand to be sold any where, slick showroom, etc etc..
Right now you can see everything is still in bubble wrap, they were struggling with uncrating a 690 duke..
They have some female sales staff decked in orange KTM shirts, but really I am not sure what purpose they serve except to open the doors, or go get the sales manager.. She did not know a single bike model from one another, did not know what 2 stroke meant, and when I asked prices while pointing at the bike I like she just smiled and said factually "I don't know".. Ok sure you don't know but the price is kind of a key issue we need to work out if I am going to buy one, so can you find out?? Apparently the answer was no, she could not. I mean, not knowing is one thing, but maybe go find out ?? Waste of space who wouldn't know the 200 duke from the 990 adventure.
Soon after the sales manager Siela appeared and was a lot more competent..
Siela assured me that any order would be met usually 1 to 2 weeks after order if not in stock, they can get most models up from Malaysia fast and otherwise it can come from Austria in around a month. Seems optimistic to me but that was his statement.
All machines have a 1 year warranty, and they have a full in house service center and parts supply chain. They will shortly stock a range of the KTM performance parts catalogue also.. Again, we will see..
Right now some pricing isn't certain, that especially applies to the 2 stroke and dedicated off rd machines.. A customer was asking about 2 strokes and Seila was going to get prices for him. He says there is no issue with road registering any of them. He even said the 450 smr could be plated, despite it having no lighting ?!? That looked like it had hoon written all over it !! Unsure what the service levels are like on the 450smr but it would make a great city machine.
All prices he gave are fully tax paid, there's a 30 or 40 usd fee to get your plate, but all taxes and duties are apparently included in the prices he gave. The pricing is appealing to say the least. This is basically about in line with uk prices. I don't see how they do that and pay the import duty, so am guessing they got some favorable deal, BOI, or some influential owner ?!
Some of the stock was 2012 and some 2013.. I didn't note which was which but got the following. All usd of course.
690 smcr 12,360
450 smr 12,350
990 sm 18,014
990 adv 18,880
250 excf 11,470
200 duke 6,200 !! Just shows how bad KTM Thailand are gouging as the 200 is tax free import to Thailand under 250cc and yet is still way over this price. Even the claim that it's Thai taxes simply doesn't stack up as the quote Jamie gave to legally import a 690, pay the duty, do emissions and get a plate still saves 1000s over KTM thailands list price.
The 690 duke price he didn't have but you would guess its in line with the 690smcr as in other markets.
They have loads of the 200 duke racked up.. Looks like a fun city bike and at 6 k and change its priced right. Need a bit more grunt to shift my lump I fear tho.. The 690 smcr has got me lusting hard at that price.