Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd (SMIPL) has overtaken Hero MotoCorp to be the third largest scooter maker by sales in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal, according to a latest data by auto industry body SIAM. Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) continues to be the undisputed leader in the segment followed distantly by Chennai-based TVS Motor Company. In April-September this fiscal, SMIPL sold a total of 3,41,928 units of scooters as compared to Hero MotoCorp's 2,49,365 units, as per Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) data. During the comparable period a year ago, SMIPL had sold 2,91,847 units as compared to Hero MotoCorp's 3,91,019 units. In terms of growth, SMIPL saw its scooter sales grow by 17.16 per cent in April-September this fiscal -- the only scooter maker among top the top five manufacturers to post positive numbers. Hero MotoCorp, on the other hand, witnessed a decline of 36.23 per cent in the same period. The total scooter market had declined
Buoyed by robust performance, it is targeting an annual sale of 5 lakh units in 2017-18
Exports were at 6,813 units as against 5,268 units in November last year, up 29.33%
Exports were at 7,000 units as against 5,133 units in December 2016
In 2016-17, the company had sold 350,496 units
The company clocked a domestic sale of 53,321 units in July 2018 compared to 34,038 units in July 2017, Suzuki's highest-ever monthly-sales recorded in India
Priced at Rs 100,000 and Rs 107,000, the bike comes in two colour variants, the Matte Black colour, and the Candy Sanoma Red accent
Currently, it has only two scooters models - 125-cc Access with drum brake and Access SE with disc brake
The 2018 series Gixxer SP gets anti-lock braking system and the Gixxer SF SP gets fuel injection and ABS. Both bikes would be available in new gold and black colour combination with SP 2018 emblem
The GIXXER SF MotoGP edition is powered by a 155cc, four-stroke, single-cylinder fuel injection engine and is meant only for enthusiasts
Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd (SMIPL), however, reported a marginal increase in domestic sales last month
Domestic sales grew 1.1 per cent to 44,368 units in December 2019 as compared to 43,874 units in the same month a year ago
The company said uncertainty created over electrification of two-wheelers had played a role in parent Suzuki Motor to adopt a wait and watch strategy before finalising on setting up a new manufacturin
Firm aims to sell 100,000 motorcycles this year, up from 60,000 last year, a jump of 66 per cent
'The slowdown in the sales of scooters and motorcycles is a temporary phenomenon', says Satoshi Uchida
Suzuki Motorcycle's overall sales for January stood at 69,162 units (domestic + exports) with a 39% growth over 49,618 units
'We owe this growth to our flagship brand Suzuki Access 125 and the newly-launched Burgman Street 125,'EVP Sajeev Rajasekharan
Suzuki Motorcycle India already contributes 35% of the total two-wheeler volumes for its parent Suzuki Motor Corporation
Overall, SMIPL clocked a year-on-year growth of 32.99 per cent with 57,469 units (domestic and exports)
The company's third millionth vehicle rolled out from Gurugram manufacturing facility