Honda India registers 21 per cent growth in April

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) has registered an overall growth of 21 per cent in April 2014 compared to April 2013. HMSI managed to sell 3,13,942 two-wheelers in the last month compared to 2,59,608 units in the same period last year. 

Of all the two-wheelers sold, Honda sold 1,38,105 units of motorcycles, a rise of 12 per cent, while the sales figures of scooters at 1,75,837, experienced a 29 per cent jump. Honda currently holds a 23 per cent market share in the domestic market in India, while the combined sales figures of domestic and exports give it a 21 per cent market share. 

Honda is the leader in India in terms of scooter sales, with the Activa selling 16 lakh units in the last fiscal year, a growth of 39 per cent over the FY13. But Honda not only boasts of having India’s best-selling scooter, in its lineup, but also the country’s top-selling 125cc motorcycle, the CB Shine. Honda recently rolled out the 30th lakh unit of the CB Shine from its Tapukara plant in Rajasthan. 

Honda recently launched a new variant of the Activa, called Activa 125. Powered by a 125cc engine, the Activa 125 is available in two versions and is priced at Rs 52,447 (ex-showroom Delhi).