Honda Two-Wheeler Enters 2016 on a Happy Note

Honda Motorcycles and Scooter India has entered the year 2016 with the bang. This time around, Honda Activa has come up as a clear winner with the sale of 210,123 units in the month of January. Not just in the scooter market, the company has seen a growth in motorcycles as well. Its 110cc commuter, the Livo made its exciting debut as a new entry among the top 10 selling motorcycles of India by selling over 1 lac units. In a 125cc executive segment, CB Shine continues to lead the market by selling 76,562 units in January this year. 

After a year of operating on full capacity constraints and not being able to meet existing customer demand, Yadvinder Singh Guleria, Senior Vice President – Sales & Marketing, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. shared his thoughts about what can be expected from Honda in future, “For Honda, 2016 is a landmark year and the positive momentum will only grow further. Honda’s new 4th plant in Gujarat – its first scooter only factory has started commercial production in January 2016. This is a GAME CHANGER. The additional capacity will help us to spread ‘Scooterization’ even to the last mile network and serve our customers with speed. Parallely, this plant now allows us to optimize production of motorcycles with special focus on recent fun motorcycle launches viz. LIVO, CB Shine SP and CB Hornet 160R.”

Few days back, the company has inaugurated its 4th manufacturing plant to manufacture scooters and is expected to help start the next wave of economic development in and around Vithalpur which lies in the western state of Gujarat. The factory has been set up in a record time of 13 months and the company has invested 1,100 crores into its new Gujarat plant in an attempt to further strengthen its 'Make in India' resolve.