An image that appears to be from a future product presentation by the Chinese brand Voge has surfaced online, revealing ambitious expansion plans until 2026, which include the introduction of several models based on BMW, including derivatives of the K 1600 GT and the S 1000 RR.
The image shows six new models planned to be introduced during 2024, another six with launches in 2025, and the final six to be presented in 2026. The most intriguing machines will emerge at the end of this three-year period. This indicates that the long-standing connection between Voge’s parent company, Loncin, and BMW will deepen in the coming years.
Loncin and BMW have nearly two decades of history, with the Chinese company signing its first agreement with the German brand in 2005 and starting to manufacture engines for BMW in 2007. A renewed agreement in 2015 expanded the cooperation, with Loncin manufacturing complete motorcycles for BMW, such as the C 400 X and C 400 GT scooters, as well as the twin-cylinder engines used in the F series motorcycles. The Voge brand from Loncin is a more recent addition and a key part of the company’s international expansion plans. Voge already offers a growing range of motorcycles throughout Europe, as well as in parts of South America, Asia, and Africa.
The models to be introduced in 2024 include some that we are already familiar with. Along with a pair of 150 cc scooters, the DS900X emerges, which was presented at last year’s EICMA show (an adventure bike built around BMW’s F 900 models’ 895 cc twin-cylinder engine), and the RR660R, a four-cylinder sports bike that was introduced last year as the RR666S prototype. Voge recently homologated the RR660R in China, with documents including the first images and specifications of the production version of the bike. This machine is equipped with a 663 cc four-cylinder engine producing 100 hp, has a relatively high suspension, Brembo brakes, and a style very similar to the RR666S concept.
Another 2024 model not yet released presented in the plan is the CU250, a 27 hp cruiser that was also recently revealed through Chinese type approvals before its official unveiling, and a new 350RR sports bike that will likely replace the existing Voge 300RR, using the 40 hp twin-cylinder engine from the company’s latest 350AC roadster instead of the existing 300cc model with 28 hp.
For the planned releases for 2025, the RR250 sports bike and an intriguing RR460R are expected – the latter of which could be another twin-cylinder or perhaps a four-cylinder to compete with models like the Kove 450RR and Kawasaki’s Ninja ZX-4RR. There is also an adventure bike, mysteriously titled “DSXXX” (to not give clues about its capacity), and another adventure model, the DS750 Rally, potentially using a smaller version of BMW’s twin-cylinder engine. Finally, we have the CU520V cruiser (with a V-twin engine) and the SR350 ADV scooter that will likely share its powertrain with BMW’s C 400 models (which actually use a 350cc engine despite their “400” names).
It is in 2026 that the most interesting elements of the connection with BMW emerge. In addition to the models of their own manufacture, including a naked R660-R motorcycle based on the RR660R four-cylinder platform, the CU1000V cruiser and the SR500 maxi-scooter, the list includes a 1600GT tourer – illustrated in Voge’s plan with a design of a motorcycle that looks exactly like BMW’s six-cylinder K 1600 GT – and an RR1000 superbike illustrated with a design of a BMW S 1000 RR. These two machines show Voge’s intention to compete with rivals CFMOTO and QJMotor, both in China and internationally. CFMoto already has a BMW-type tourer in the form of its 1250TR-G with a KTM engine in the Chinese market, and plans to launch its own 1000cc superbike with a V-4 engine and 200 hp. Meanwhile, QJMotor has its own tourer – sold under the Benelli brand as 1200GT and using a version of Benelli’s large three-cylinder engine – and is borrowing the 1,078cc four-cylinder engine from MV Agusta for its future superbike.
