The Honda Activa leads the top 25 selling bikes in December 2017 list followed by the Hero Splendor.
December has been a dull month for the 2-wheeler industry in India. The last month of the calendar year saw sales of 11.61 lakh 2-wheelers as compared to sales of 13.83 lakh units in November 2017. Almost all the vehicles on the list have registered a negative growth in sales except for Honda CB Unicorn, TVS Sport, Star City and Pep+. The chart above is self-explanatory and let’s take you through the other 2-wheelers that couldn’t make it to the above list.
The Suzuki Intruder 150’s sales are steadily increasing. The entry-level cruiser managed to sell 3272 units in December while the famous Gixxer series sold just 1756 units. The Let’s and Hayate continue to sell in smaller numbers (520 and 254 respectively). Yamaha’s Ray, FZ25 (including the Fazer 25) and R15 sold 9153, 1917 and 1917 units respectively. FZ and Fazer 150 together registered sales of 11,025 units.
Royal Enfield sold a total of 65,367 2-wheelers in December. The automaker sold 9617, 2464 and 1 units of the Bullet 350, Thunderbird 350 and Continental GT 535 respectively. Homegrown automaker Bajaj sold a total of 1,12,930 2-wheelers in December as opposed to 1,41,948 units in the month of November 2017. The company managed to sell 2772, 2108 and 4466 units of the Discover 125, V12 and V15 respectively while the entry-level cruiser bikes Avenger 150 and 220 sold 2891 and 720 units respectively.
Sales of the Scooty Pep+ rose by over 4800 units in December. The scooter sold 11,741 units in December as opposed to 6935 units in November 2017. The Scooty Zest sold 6379 units while the Wego sold 2537 units. The recently launched Apache RR 310 managed to sell 66 units in December despite being on sale only for the last 6 days of the month. With its strong scooter line-up, Honda sold over 3.6 lakh 2-wheelers in the domestic market in December. The LED headlight and the fully-digital instrument cluster seem to be doing the trick for the Grazia 125cc scooter. Out of the box offerings CLIQ and Navi managed to sell 1718 and 778 units respectively. The company’s 160cc offerings – CB Hornet 160R found 5000 homes while the CB Unicorn 160 sold 3076 units in December 2017.
With cumulative sales of over 4.5 lakhs, Hero holds approximately 35 percent market share. The HF Dawn, Achiever and Xtreme are the only three bikes that aren’t featured on the top-selling list. The HF Dawn sold 215 units while the Achiever sold 1020 units.
Top 25 Selling 2-Wheelers
– Piaggio sells 2858 units of Vespa and 1272 units of Aprilia SR 150
– Bajaj sold 925 units of the Dominar
– Hero Xtreme finds 1221 homes
– Mahindra’s Mojo and Centuro sells 46 and 111 units respectively
