After five long years, motorcycles are back on double-digit growth track

Scooter volume addition has been higher for five consecutive years, as motorcycles saw impact of an erratic monsoon

Motorcycles have once again started overtaking scooters in the world’s biggest two-wheeler market. Riding on a revival in demand from the rural markets, visible in double-digit sales growth of sub-125cc motorcycles, the absolute expansion in motorcycle volume is higher to scooters after a gap of five years.
 

Scooters, which were clocking a double-digit growth for eight consecutive years, have expanded by 21 per cent this year (April-January). Motorcycles, on the other hand, are seeing a double-digit growth (11.43 per cent) after a five-year gap. 
 

Data with industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) shows the volume of motorcycles sold