CFAO Yamaha Motor Nigeria Limited, a joint venture of the CFAO group and Yamaha Motor Company in Nigeria, has launched a new product, F40J Yamaha four-stroke outboard motor, expected to boost boat operation in the country.
The Managing Director of the firm, Mr. Olivier Levigne, said during the launch of the outboard motor in Lagos that the product came with a lot of outstanding features.
“Yamaha F40J outboard motor is another strong model in the Yamaha family. It is durable, extraordinarily fuel efficient, manually operated, easily maintained with carburettor, self-diagnostic, user and environment friendly and comes with a strong manufacturer’s after-sales support,” he said.
He also said an operator of the F40J motor would save N1.5m on fuel per annum.
Levigne, who said the new F40J was being introduced with a promotional price, added that the product had been fully tropicalised for the Nigerian market
The firm, he stressed, took time to do a test run of the product in different parts of the country before the official introduction.
He said, “The journey of F40J started with the ban on all motors with 2-stroke engine system by the Federal Government in 2011 due to the negative effect of the discharges on the ozone layer and human health.
“In 2013, Yamaha Motor Company of Japan started the test run of some of their four-stroke motors on Nigerian waters in Lagos, Ondo and Rivers states with the F20C, F25D, FT50C, F75 and F100B.”
According to him, “Two units of F40B (manual) were included in the test run early 2015. The monitoring was done on Ilaje waterways in Ondo State with the fishermen and transporters. One year after, another corrected two units of F40J Yamaha 4-stroke motor prototype were introduced for the final test run for one year and ended in November 2016.”
The company’s Deputy Managing Director/Marketing Director, Mr. Hisashi Fujii, affirmed the ruggedness and durability of the F40J.
A representative of the Lagos State Government, Mr. Bolaji Balogun, who represented the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, attended the event.
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