India Yamaha Motor today reported a 29.43 per cent increase in domestic sales in October at 70,800 units as against 54,698 in the same month last year.

Exports during the month stood at 12,797 units as against 12,148 a year ago, up 5.34 per cent, the company said in a statement.

Yamaha Motor India Sales Pvt Ltd Vice-President — Sales & Marketing Roy Kurian said: “The month has ended on a very positive note for us as our recent launches of new colour variants of FZ—FI, Fazer—FI and single seat YZF—R15S also made it to the growth trajectory.”

The continued expansion of customer touch points to tier 2 and 3 cities has also enabled the company to reach out to a larger set of target customers, which is expected to drive volumes in future, he added.

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