The trends seen in the last two months in auto sales continued in September, with urban and premium models and segments doing well, while commuter and rural oriented segments continued to underwhelm. The high base of Tata Motors’ passenger vehicle division started catching up with the company, even as Maruti hit one of its all-time […]
Sales of Tata Motors passenger vehicles has almost doubled in January to 26,978 units from 13,894 units in January of last year — marking the highest ever monthly sales for the company. The previous high was in November, when it sold 23,617 passenger vehicles. The exact break-up of which models did how much in terms […]
Consumer-focused automakers, such as Maruti Suzuki and Hero MotoCorp, fared better than commercial vehicle makers, going by auto sales trends in December 2020. Maruti Suzuki, which accounts for around half the cars sold in India, was among the best performers, with a 20% jump in sales compared to December last year. The company sold 1.60 […]
Royal Enfield, the country’s biggest maker of premium motorcycles, is unlikely to offer last minute, stock-clearance discounts as part of the BS-VI transition, given that strong festival sales helped clear out much of its inventory. According to company officials, the festival sales this year have been so strong that they have effectively cleared out any […]
Royal Enfield, the country’s most popular premium motorcycle brand, reported a 22% decline in its September quarter motorcycle sales, even as revenue for parent Eicher Motors fell 9%. Royal Enfield sold 1.63 lakh motorcycles during the three months, down from 2.10 lakh motorcycles sold over the same period in 2018, even as it invests heavily […]
Royal Enfield, the country’s largest maker of mid-sized motorcycles, said it has cut down on the waiting period on most of its motorcycle models, and promised to keep the excitement going as it deals with new competitors like Jawa. The comments by Siddhartha Lal, CEO of Eicher Motors comes in the context of the impending […]
Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles, which manufactures Eicher branded trucks and buses in India, said it would increase its capacity by 44% by setting up a new, 40,000-trucks-per-year plant in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. At present, the joint venture between Eicher Motors and AB Volvo has a capacity of manufacturing 90,000 trucks per year at its […]
Royal Enfield, which makes the iconic ‘Bullet’ retro motorbikes in India, said it will invest Rs 800 cr this financial year to create the second phase of its factory at its Vallam Vadagal site near Chennai. The company, whose products cost upwards of Rs 1.15 lakh, has seen sales of its motorbikes rise rapidly in […]
Sales of Royal Enfield motorcycles rose 31% in the month of January when compared to the same month last year, said its manufacturer Eicher Motors. Eicher said it sold a total of 77,878 Royal Enfield bikes in January, or 2,512 bikes every day. The growth was led by sales of smaller Enfield bikes. Sales of […]
Eicher Motors said it sold 69,492 Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycles in October 2017, up 18% compared to the same month last year. However, the number represented a slight decline in the pace at which the company’s sales have been growing this year. For example, from April to October this year, total number of Royal Enfield […]
Eicher Motors reported growth of 32% to 55,721 units from 41,360 units sales for its Royal Enfield motorcycles for the month of August. The below 350cc models saw an increase of 30% in sales whereas the above 350cc models saw the highest growth of 43%. Royal Enfield’s exports grew by 30% to 986 from 760 […]
Royal Enfield, maker of the iconic Bullet bikes in India, said it has set up its first operating direct distribution subsidiary outside India, in North America. Setting up a direct distribution company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is expected to boost sales of Enfield models in the US and Canada. It will also launch a fully-branded retail […]
Sales of Royal Enfield motorcycles, built by Eicher Motors, has jumped 48% in June, the company said. A total of 37,341 Royal Enfield bikes, including Bullets, were sold in June compared to just 25,303 sold in the June of last year. The number indicates an acceleration in the sales of Enfield motorcycles. They were rising […]
