Dogdaze
Well-Known Member
Not being drawn into speculation, but I was talking the MFK (Swiss Vehicle testing) official yesterday and he said data he received on vehicles comes from manufacturers, and the S10 was not on the list for the coming year (2018), he said that this was generally an indicator that a model was being phased out and the cost to pass country emission standards or pay the levy was no longer viable. The BMW engines are all now EU4 standard by comparison the S10 was /is an EU2, not even EU3, so that meant the the manufacturer was paying 'fine' to import these machines. I know for a fact that Porsche pay the Swiss government 38,000 CHF ($40k) for every Porsche sold in Switzerland (of course this is eventually paid by the consumer) due to the high emissions on their cars.
So could this be the end of the current S10 or will they spend the money or R & D costs to make a 'new and improved' version that will pass EU4 emissions..........?
It may go a long way to explain why the only new bikes available seem to be held on dealer stock and they will not go out of their way to find one from another dealer as the dealers that have them have gone fully paid and with a massive discount from Yamaha.
So could this be the end of the current S10 or will they spend the money or R & D costs to make a 'new and improved' version that will pass EU4 emissions..........?
It may go a long way to explain why the only new bikes available seem to be held on dealer stock and they will not go out of their way to find one from another dealer as the dealers that have them have gone fully paid and with a massive discount from Yamaha.