Bajaj motorcycle sales jump 85% in March

The country’s second largest two-wheeler maker, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BAL), today reported a 85.12 per cent jump in its motorcycle sales at 244,828 units in March.

The company had sold 132,253 units in March last year, BAL said in a statement.

During the entire 2009-10 financial year, the company sold 2,506,749 units in the motorcycle segment, a jump of 31.39 per cent over 1,907,853 units in the year-ago period, it added.

BAL attributed the growth to robust sales of Pulsar and Discover range of bikes.

In March, total two-wheeler sales jumped by 84.57 per cent to 244,889 units compared with 132,683 units in the same period a year ago, the statement said.

BAL’s exports went up 38.96 per cent to 65,134 units in March from 46,874 units in March 2009.

The company reported a rise of 36.76 per cent in three-wheeler sales during last month at 29,344 units against 21,456 units during the same month last year.

Total vehicle sales of the company last month stood at 274,233 units compared with 154,139 units in the same period a year ago, a growth of 77.91 per cent, the statement said.

For 2009-10, the total vehicle sales of the company rose 30.01 per cent to 2,852,536 units from 2,194,154 units in FY09.

The company said its two-wheeler sales jumped by 30.83 per cent at 2,511,600 units compared with 1,919,625 units.

Exports during the last financial year grew 15.33 per cent at 891,002 units against 772,519 units in the previous financial year.