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In top gear: Two-wheelers perk up February auto sales, says Siam

Motorcycle and scooter sales grew by 26 and 24 per cent, respectively, last month

Motorcycles and scooter sales
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Source: SIAM

Ajay Modi New Delhi
The domestic automobile market reported an unusual development in February this year, when motorcycles outperformed scooters in terms of volume growth, expanding overall automobile sales by 23 per cent.
 
Motorcycle and scooter sales grew by 26 and 24 per cent, respectively, last month. 
 
This is in sharp contrast to the situation in February 2017, when motorcycles, which comprise 62 per cent of the two-wheeler industry by volume, had faced a decline in sales.   
 
Data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on Monday showed that sales of domestic passenger vehicles (PVs) — cars, utility vehicles