Hero Splendor is back as India's most-selling two-wheeler - IAB Report

21/10/2015 - 02:51 ,   Karthik H

Splendor sales surged 3.5 percent in September 2015.

After a short reign at the top of the charts, the Honda Activa has given up the throne of the most-selling two-wheeler back to the Hero Splendor. Hero Motocorp had four of its model in the top 10 selling models for September 2015.

The veteran Hero Splendor regained its no 1 spot by registering a 3.5 percent surge in sales for September 2015 compared to September 2014

While the Splendor sold 243,188 units, the Activa registered a close 229,382 units. The Activa was the best-selling scooter by a big margin as the next best-selling scooter was the TVS Jupiter at 48,866. The two were the only scooters in a chart that is otherwise dominated by motorcycles. The workhorse TVS XL Super, which sold a remarkable 54,559 units for the 9th spot, recently crossed the 1 crore sales mark.

The Honda Activa continues to be the most-sold scooter, selling four times more than its closest rival.

As for the motorcycles, the Hero Passion sold just a little less than half of the veteran Splendor at 108,395 units followed by the Hero HF Deluxe at 101,579.

September 2015 Two-Wheeler Sales Data

The three bikes and the Activa were the only models to register six figure sales. Sales of two-wheelers continues to be in the negative and it shows in the chart, for four of the models registered in the red for this September compared to September 2014.

[Source - ETAuto.com]

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