Bajaj Auto logs 84.07 per cent increase in sales at 242,390 units

Rays of recovery - Hero Honda sales in November up by 32pct
Wednesday, 02 Dec 2009

The country's biggest two wheeler maker Hero Honda Motors Ltd reported a 32% jump in November 2009 sales at 381,378 units as against 289426 units in the same month last year.

Mr Anil Dua Senior VP Marketing & Sales of Hero Honda Motors Ltd said that "This is the 11th consecutive month that we have registered sales of over 300,000 units. We hope to maintain the momentum in the coming months too.”

He said that in November, the company crossed the three million sales mark adding that we will be crossing our original indication of four million-units mark much earlier than the close of this fiscal.

The company’s cumulative sales in the financial year so far have risen to 3037556 units a 21% growth over 2508214 units in the corresponding period last year.

Mr Dua further added that the growth has been driven by models across all segments. While the 100 cc segment grew over 20%, the 150 cc and above segment witnessed 30% growth and scooters grew around 40%.

(Sourced from PTI)

NEW DELHI: Two-wheeler maker Suzuki Motorcycle India today reported 47.66 per cent growth in sales in November at 14,745
units.

In the same month last year the company had sold 9,986 units.

"Suzuki's continuous growth month-on-month is attributed to quality products and customer satisfaction...This growth momentum will further accelerate in coming months," Suzuki Motorcycle India vice-president (sales and marketing) Atul Gupta said in a statement.

The company's latest offerings to the market -- GS150R and ACCESS 125 -- were the major factors contributing to the growth of Suzuki's sales, the company said.

Chennai: Two-wheeler major TVS Motors posted a 23% growth in total two-wheeler sales for November 2009, clocking more than 1.20 lakh vehicles even as it experienced a dip in total motorcycle sales and export of two-wheelers.

The company posted total two-wheeler sales of 1,20,844 units against 98,402 units in the corresponding period of the previous year, TVS Motors said in a press release here.

It said that TVS Motors continued to post sales growth for the eighth consecutive month, with a cumulative growth of eight per cent, with sales of more than 9.89 lakh units in the current financial year upto November 2009, as against over 9.17 lakh units in the same period last year.

Domestic sales witnessed a 'quantum increase', posting a growth of 38 per cent, selling more than 1.06 lakh units in November 2009 as against 77,491 in the corresponding period of the previous year, the release said.

While the company's scooter sales grew by 38% to more than 25000 units,total motorcycle sales however declined. Total motorcyle sale for Nov 2009 stood at 45,080 units in November 2009 compared to 45,276 units in November 2008.

Exports too did not post growth as sales decreased from 20,911 in November 2008 to 14,008 in November 2009. Citing the newly launched products, the 110cc motorcycle TVS Jive and TVS WEGO, the automatic scooter with an equal CC power, the company said it "hopes to add around 15 to 20% to its monthly sales, once these new products are made available in the market.

New Delhi, Dec 1 (PTI) Two-wheeler maker India Yamaha Motor today said its sales have grown by 2.12 per cent in November to 17,055 units, against 16,701 units in the same month last year.

"We are delighted that our sales have consistently grown throughout the year. Our Fazer, FZ series and R15 continue to receive good response from the customers," the company's Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Yukimine Tsuji said in a statement.

He said the company expects the demand to continue at a similar level in the coming months on account of improving economic conditions and consumer sentiments.

The company will also demonstrate its next generation products during the upcoming Delhi Auto Expo in January, 2010, Tsuji added.