Splendor tops the list, Activa takes fifth spot, Auto News, ET Auto
New Delhi: The country’s greatest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp’s entry-stage commuter motorcycle Splendor has nonetheless all over again grabbed the lead position in the top 10 two-wheelers marketed in Might 2021.
Honda Activa, which has been the country’s optimum providing scooter noticed a sharp eighty four.5{7e488363c11ee5ef50445c8c4fa770b6e6e4f99e57faea264a05ac52abb3ffe0} decline, marking the optimum de-expansion in the class.
Activa and Splendor have generally performed a tango for the numero uno position, nonetheless Splendor has been ready to just take the lead for 4 consecutive months considering that February, and the quantity hole amongst the two has substantially amplified for Might 2021. Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) Activa positioned as the top providing two-wheeler design in January, fell to the second rank in February, March and April and at last arrived down to the fifth position in Might.
Meanwhile, it might be mentioned that for the duration of Might 2021 auto crops and sellers ended up forced to shut down because of to the Covid-19 second wave in the country. This impacted the total two-wheeler market which has been on an overall thirty day period-on-thirty day period decline in the domestic profits volumes. In simple fact, the virus unfold further in India’s hinterland, therefore shattering all hopes of the two-wheeler profits revival for the thirty day period underneath overview as in contrast to April, when the virus was still on the rise.
Rank | OEM | Product | Domestic Sales
(Might 2021) |
Domestic Sales
(April 2021) |
Mom {7e488363c11ee5ef50445c8c4fa770b6e6e4f99e57faea264a05ac52abb3ffe0} decline |
1 | Hero MotoCorp | Splendor | 84043 | 161576 | 47.9 |
two | Hero MotoCorp | HF Deluxe | 42118 | 71294 | 40.9 |
three | Bajaj | Pulsor | 28636 | 35891 | twenty.two |
4 | TVS | Apache | 19885 | 29458 | 32.5 |
5 | HMSI | Activa | 17006 | 109678 | eighty four.5 |
six | Hero MotoCorp | Splendor 125 | 16392 | 31941 | forty eight.seven |
seven | HMSI | CB Glow | 14666 | 79416 | 81.5 |
eight | Bajaj | Platina | 11164 | 35467 | sixty eight.5 |
9 | Suzuki Motorbike | Access | 9706 | 53285 | 81.eight |
10 | Royal Enfield | Typical 350 | 9239 | 23298 | 60.three |
Hero MotoCorp’s sibling HF Deluxe witnessed a de-expansion of 40.9{7e488363c11ee5ef50445c8c4fa770b6e6e4f99e57faea264a05ac52abb3ffe0} and jumped two spots up from being at the fourth position in April.
Grabbing the 3rd place, Bajaj Pulsar noticed the the very least decline in domestic profits volumes at twenty{7e488363c11ee5ef50445c8c4fa770b6e6e4f99e57faea264a05ac52abb3ffe0} as in contrast to the preceding thirty day period when it was at the sixth position.
Chennai-centered TVS’s Apache motorcycle jumped up 5 spots, from ninth position in April to fourth position in Might, nonetheless marking a de-expansion of 32.5{7e488363c11ee5ef50445c8c4fa770b6e6e4f99e57faea264a05ac52abb3ffe0}.
The classic bike maker, Royal Enfield’s Typical 350 took the tenth place, which was occupied by the moped TVS XL Super at 25,977 models in April 2021.