The Renault-Nissan Alliance has emerged as the largest vehicle manufacturer in the world, for the first six months of 2017. The Volkswagen Group and Toyota occupy the second and the third place respectively.
Hero MotoCorp has recorded the highest ever sales for a single quarter during the first quarter of the current financial year between April and June 2017. In all, Hero MotoCorp sold 18,53,647 two-wheelers in the period, posting a growth of 6.2 per cent over the same period a year ago, when the company had sold 17,45,389 two-wheelers.
Bajaj Auto announced its results for the first quarter of the 2017-18 financial year, revealing that KTM India sold 2300 units of the 250 Duke in the domestic market. The Austrian bike maker's all-new offering was launched in India in February this year, bridging the gap between the now entry-level 200 Duke and the flagship 2017 KTM 390 Duke. KTM India's cumulative sales stood at 8484 units in the first quarter of FY2018.
Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India is now the largest volume contributor to the two-wheeler industry in the April-June quarter with almost one-third of the total share
Overall profit for Bajaj Auto in the period from April - June, 2017 fell 19.51 per cent. But Bajaj Auto's international sales continue to grow and in the domestic market, the KTM brand grew 53 per cent over the same period a year ago
Worldwide sales of Harley-Davidson motorcycles fell 6.7 per cent, while US sales alone fell 9.3 per cent. Harley-Davidson is planning to cut production in the second half of 2017
In all, Piaggio sold 13,572 scooters in the April to June period of 2017. Sales of Piaggio's 150 cc scooters alone account for 62 per cent of total sales in the same period
