Honda Motorcycles & Scooters India (HMSI), a 100 per cent subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company, Japan, is planning to export motorcycles and scooters from India to the Middle East, south east Asia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Launching its new version of 150 cc Honda Unicorn and 125 cc new Shine in Chennai, Mr Yadvinder S Guleria, head-sales, HMSI, said that the company was in talks with some major dealers in those countries.
Currently the company is exporting 15,000 motorcycles to Europe from its Haryana factory.
"We have emerged as the fourth largest two-wheeler manufacturer in India by growing faster than the industry year after year. We are now targeting rapid expansion of our business in future to be one of the top group two-wheeler companies in India by 2010," he said.
The company is planning to introduce a new scooter in the second half of this year.
"We are studying the high-end motorcycles for the Indian market. We want to introduce high-end bikes in the market. It will be between 200 cc to 500 cc," he said.
Mr Guleria said the company had developed 100 dealers in 2006-07, thus making a total of 391 operational outlets. In 2007-08, the company plans to expand network to 693 outlets.
Courtesy : Asianage.com
Launching its new version of 150 cc Honda Unicorn and 125 cc new Shine in Chennai, Mr Yadvinder S Guleria, head-sales, HMSI, said that the company was in talks with some major dealers in those countries.
Currently the company is exporting 15,000 motorcycles to Europe from its Haryana factory.
"We have emerged as the fourth largest two-wheeler manufacturer in India by growing faster than the industry year after year. We are now targeting rapid expansion of our business in future to be one of the top group two-wheeler companies in India by 2010," he said.
The company is planning to introduce a new scooter in the second half of this year.
"We are studying the high-end motorcycles for the Indian market. We want to introduce high-end bikes in the market. It will be between 200 cc to 500 cc," he said.
Mr Guleria said the company had developed 100 dealers in 2006-07, thus making a total of 391 operational outlets. In 2007-08, the company plans to expand network to 693 outlets.
Courtesy : Asianage.com