Honda Motorcycle

Honda Inaugurates Third 2-Wheeler Plant

September 30, 2011

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) has laid the foundation stone of its upcoming third two-wheeler production plant at Narsapura Industrial Area of Karnataka (52 kms away from Bangalore). Spread across 350,000 square meters, the third plant is scheduled to become operational in first half of 2013 with annual production capacity of 1.2 million units. [...]

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Honda Introduces New Colours For Aviator & Stunner

September 6, 2011

Honda Bike Company has introduced new colours and graphics in two of their offerings for the Indian market which is the Aviator and the CBF Stunner. Talking about the Aviator it is till now the most expensive consumer level scooter available in India at Standard & Deluxe, priced at Rs. 45,300 and Rs. 50,400 respectively (Ex-Showroom Delhi).  Trying to [...]

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Honda Plans 100cc Motorcycle On CD Platform

August 20, 2011

Honda Motorcycles plans to get into the 100cc segment with the launch of a 100cc bike. The Japanese automaker plans to increase its sales across the country tremendously through this mass produced motorcycle, which it aims to sell in the rural markets. This 100cc motorcycle will be a new version of the CD platform, which [...]

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Honda Plans 500cc Bike For India

July 20, 2011

Honda Motorcycles plans to expand its portfolio with the launch of higher capacity machines in India. The company which sells liter class bikes in the country is now planning to launch motorcycles in the range of 500-1000cc to attract customers across the range. The Japanese automaker has not disclosed which motorcycle they plan to launch, [...]

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Now Honda Offers Discounts On Motorcycles

July 19, 2011

The car division of Honda has recently been in the news for offering discounts and cutting prices of its cars, while the bike division has been in the news for its insane waiting periods. Now, it has been learned that Honda Motorcycles is offering discounts on the CB Twister, as the bike struggles to sell [...]

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Honda Not Bothered About Matching Hero’s Capacity

July 8, 2011

Hero Honda recently broke up with Honda, making both the companies free to do what they want with their products. Honda went ahead and launched the CBR250R, whereas Hero started to draft plans to go global. Hero Honda is currently the number 1 motorcycle manufacturer in the world and Honda has announced its plans to [...]

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Honda Plans To Cut Down Bike Waiting Period

June 27, 2011

Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India (HMSI) is planning to cut down waiting period of all its models. Currently except the CB Twister, all Honda motorcycles and scooters command a minimum of 2 months waiting period. The CBR250R takes the cake though and the Honda dealer we visited told us that if you book today, expect [...]

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Honda Opens Second Two-Wheeler Plant

June 3, 2011

Honda Motorcycle and Scooters India has opened its second plant in the country. The company is famous for its high waiting period on all its bikes including the Activa and Twister. This second plant which has been setup in Tapukara, Rajasthan, will help the company in meeting the customer demands without much delay. Spread over [...]

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Honda Starts Wooing Hero Honda Dealers

May 20, 2011

If the exit of Honda from Hero Honda was bad, than the worse is yet to come. The Japanese automaker has all of a sudden woken up from sleep and has become way too ambitious. Infact so ambitious that they have started to pull Hero Honda dealers to their network. According to various dealer privy [...]

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First Hero & Now Honda

April 13, 2011

Just a few days back we reported on how the Hero Group has been recruiting ex-employees of Bajaj and TVS to their R&D center. Now its Honda that is doing the same and has hired Hero Honda’s senior general manager strategic sourcing to become the vice president of purchase for the Japanese automaker in India. [...]

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