Honda Activa attains a One Crore sales mark

Honda Activa, yes you read it right!

It has always been the much loved two-wheeler rolling in the Indian roads, has managed to sell across one Crore of its units in the domestic market of our country. That definitely calls for a celebration for the folks at Honda, isn’t it?

While there has been a milestone achieved, placing the Honda Activa to a position that has not been acquired by anyone else. This indeed is a spectacular moment as it’s been in 15 years that some brand has been able to make it, this big.

While this definitely doesn’t come as a surprise in the market, as with the much love people had for this particular two-wheeler, clubbed up with its layout and performance, it has been doing exceptionally well at the Indian market ever since it was launched. With the sales figures rising up to a lakh each month, the Honda Activa is still counting on the numbers as the sales and the numbers are still flowing anyways.

Honda managed to sell one crore Activa subsequently to its launch back in the year 2001. Honda Activa overtook the Splendor during the month of June and July 2015 by a major edge and managed to sell efficiently two lakh units each month. Honda must have developed and rolled out more scooters to attain this mark fast or else incomplete demands must have been dealt quicker in order to achieve this edict.

As per the claims from the brand, at present, every other scooter consumer in India drives home an Activa. The sales figures for Honda Activa have augmented from 55,000 units to 2.1 million units during the current fiscal.

Honda has modernized the Activa three times during the last three years. The older variant with 102cc was substituted with a fresh new model, that then again arrived with a new HET unit and now Honda Activa 3G rolls in. We consider Activa-i and Honda Activa 125 have funded to the sales and hereafter these numbers on regular basis has been accomplished. Honda 2Wheelers in India is at the moment, the undoubted market trailblazer carrying along 59% market share of the scooter segment. Something that Hero is set to distress upon, its forthcoming fantastic and superior scooters.

Honda Activa I and 3G endure to acquire inferior suspension at the fore. HET motor clubbed with combi-braking system is presented on all the variants carrying disc brake only on 125cc model.

Power continues to be extracted from HET engines in all the Activa models. 125cc contracts telescopic suspension and arises at a value for money price proposing perks too. The motor is bullet proof and in spite of mediocre ride quality and lavish service cost it endures to sell even more through the customers driving it each day, as in spite of its own flaws.