The country’s largest scooter maker Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) on Monday said its scooter sales have crossed the 25 million mark.

From achieving 10 million sales in 13 years, Honda added another 10 million customers three years after that, the company said in a statement.

“From activating the scooter market to becoming the largest selling two-wheeler in the country, Honda Activa transformed the way Indians ride. Honda remains committed to bring the Joy of Riding to our customers by meeting their ever-growing and evolving demand with the core strength of advanced technology and innovation,” said Yadvinder Singh Guleria, Senior Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, HMSI.

Honda aims to lead the next wave of growth of scooters which has started in Tier-II and -III towns, he said.

Sales of scooters saw a revival 18 years ago across the country, when Honda launched the ‘Activa’ brand in the dying scooter segment. Accelerating the segment contribution from just 10 per cent in 2001 to the current 32 per cent, the performance and reliability of Honda scooters paved way for scooterisation in the Indian two-wheeler market, the company said.

Honda is already leading the wave with scooters accounting for over 60 per cent contribution from Chandigarh, Goa, Kerala, North-East and over 55 per cent from Himachal Pradesh, it added.

Honda has the largest scooter portfolio in the industry ranging from rural-utilitarian Cliq to India’s top-seller Activa to the premium 125cc range including Activa 125 and Grazia.

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