page_title: Benelli (motorcycles)
section_title: Early 2000s Rebirth
hierarchical_section_title: Benelli (motorcycles) / History / Early 2000s Rebirth
caption_attribution_description: De Benelli TnT 1130 Sport is de streetfighter-versie van de Benelli Tornado 900 Tre Novecento. Toestemming van Henk Elshout
context_page_description: Established in 1911, Benelli is a former Italian motorcycle manufacturer. It once manufactured shotguns, although this part of the business is now a separate company.
  Today, the company is fully owned by Qianjiang Group, and is one of 10 branches of Qianjiang. Benelli is purely designed and manufactured in China since 2005. Benelli is more focused on mid sized motorcycles rather than the small motorcycles, mopeds, and scooters you commonly see in Asia. It is also aimed at a more European market, using the Italian brand name, and design is heavily influenced by bigger brands such as Ducati. For example the iconic "beak" design of the Ducati Multistrada is found in the Benelli TRK 502, and the Benelli 502c also strongly resembles the Ducati Diavel.
context_section_description: After an unsuccessful attempt at revival in 1989 backed by Pesaro-based manufacturer Giancarlo Selci, in 1995 Andrea Merloni took charge.
  The Tornado Tre 900 super sport bike was launched in 2002, and the TNT, roadster some years later.
  Benelli is now part of motor Group Qianjiang, a corporation in Wenling, southeast China. Benelli Q.J. is located in Pesaro, with the same workforce in the same premises as previous proprietor Benelli S.p.A.
  Benelli S.p.A. recently forayed into the motorcycle market of India through a joint venture with DSK Group of India based in Pune where DSK holds 51% and benelli S.P.A holds 49% and sold more than 200 high end bikes within the first 4 months of launch. Benelli has launched six models in India, in a wide range of engine displacement and price. Includes the entry level Benelli TNT 25 with a 250 cc single cylinder engine, Benelli TNT 300 with 300cc twin cylinder engine, TNT 600i and 600GT with 600cc four-cylinder motor, TNT 899 with 898cc three-cylinder mill and the flagship TNT R with 1131cc three-cylinder power plant. DSK-Benelli sold over 3000 units in India over 18 months from the start of sales, one third of them being the Inline-four cylinder engine Inline-four engine 600i, making them one of the fastest premium motorcycle selling brands in India.
  Benelli also entered the closely guarded Iranian market in 2016 showcasing their bikes at Iran's IRIB (nikrun motor pasargad) conference center in the capital Tehran.
caption: Benelli Tnt 1130cc Sport
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