Ahmedabad, Jun 30: HMSI (Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd). today inaugurated the 2nd assembly line of its landmark fourth manufacturing plant at Vithalapur (Mandal taluk, Ahmedabad district) in the western state of Gujarat. With the new assembly line in Vithalapur plant, Honda has taken its combined capacity to 5.8 million units in India. Honda produces 1.6 million units at first plant (Haryana), 1.2 million units at second plant (Rajasthan), 1.8 million units at third plant (Karnataka) and another 1.2 million units at the fourth plant (Gujarat).

With the introduction of 2nd assembly line, Honda has raised the production capacity of scooter only Gujarat plant from 0.6 million to 1.2 million units. This move will help the HMSI to serve the customers better as its top selling scooter model Activa commands waiting period up to a month in certain regions.

Elaborating on this milestone, Mr. Keita Muramatsu, President & CEO - Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. said, “India is not only the World’s No. 1 two-wheeler market but is also going to be the No. 1 contributor to Honda global 2Wheeler sales for the first time in this fiscal year 2016-17. Scooterization, a trend seen earlier in developed markets of the world, is firmly driving the Indian 2Wheeler momentum today. The scooter segment is growing at 30% compared to 15% growth of two-wheeler industry*.

Adding on this occasion, Mr. Yadvinder Singh Guleria, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing- Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. said “Today, Honda is leading the Scooterization of India with a 58% market share. The new 2nd assembly line addition further supports Honda in cementing its undisputed leadership in scooter segment. Ending the 17 year old monopoly of motorcycle, Honda’s iconic automatic scooter ACTIVA is now the new India’s largest selling 2Wheeler in 2016.”