Yamaha Motor Co is to launch its new Fino125 scooter in Thailand in mid-September 2015. 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 (TYM). 

The new Fino125 is powered by an air-cooled 125cc engine, developed using the Blue Core engine technology which helps deliver improved fuel efficiency. While the displacement has been expanded compared to the current 115cc Fino, the new model achieves similar fuel efficiency and riding performance.

This model becomes Yamaha’s third – after the Grand Filano, launched in 2014, and the GT125, launched in 2015 – to feature Blue Core. This model is also compatible with the ethanol fuel (E85) available in Thailand. 

Yamaha says, since its introduction in 2006, the automatic transmission Fino scooter has become popular across a wide age range of customers in Thailand. With its complete revamp in 2013, in addition to further refinements in styling and various functions, the adoption of electronically-controlled fuel injection (FI) has delivered significant improvements in fuel efficiency. Even now, nine years after the first generation was launched, the Fino is a mainstay product for Yamaha Motor in Thailand. 

TYM is targeting sales of 72,000 units within a year of the Fino125’s launch in Thailand.