INDIA SALES: Top 10 Two-Wheelers in 2016-17
The Honda Activa outsells Hero Splendor for first time ever. It’s also the first time when a scooter has gone past motorcycles in annual sales, indicating the consumer shift towards scooters in India.
18 Apr 2017
16849 Views
Share -
Indicating the growing shift towards scooterisation in India, Honda's Activa has outsold the longstanding No. 1 model, Hero Splendor by a sizeable margin.
FY2016-17 has now gained historic importance as it has become the first financial year ever wherein a scooter brand – Honda Activa – has outsold Hero MotoCorp’s commuter motorcycle brand, Splendor, which has been a longstanding traditional bestseller in India.
This not only marks a resurgence of the domestic scooter market, steered by Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI), but also underlines a notable demographic transition that is increasingly visible across urban and semi-urban markets in the country. Besides the growing young population with a noteworthy mention of independent, working women as primary growth drivers for the scooter market, ...
This is an Autocar Pro Plus article. Subscribe to continue reading.
RELATED ARTICLES
TVS increases scooter market share to 24% with half-a-million units in April-August
Autocar Pro News Desk
17 Jan 2023
With 523,458 units, TVS Motor Co records best-ever scooter sales in the first 5 months of a fiscal and also substantiall...
Maruti Suzuki strengthens its grip on car exports in H1 FY2023
Autocar Pro News Desk
10 Jan 2023
Having shipped 131,070 units in April-September 2022, Maruti Suzuki India accounts for 41% of total made-in-India vehicl...
Tata Motors No. 1 CV OEM in H1 FY2023 but loses market share in 3 sub-segments
Ajit Dalvi
10 Jan 2023
India’s commercial vehicle market is back in growth mode. While M&HCVs are up 88%, LCV demand has grown by 59%. An in-de...
