November sales: Bajaj Auto disappoints, TVS, Hero Honda upbeat

01 December 2005

Mumbai: Bajaj Auto, India's second-biggest motorcycle maker, has announced a disappointing sales performance for the month of November while Hero Honda and TVS have put in a better performance.

Bajaj Auto said its November sales rose a marginally to 1 per cent to 183,411 units from 182,360 units in the same period a year ago. Its sales of motorcycles rose 2 per cent to 157,831 units from 154,137, but sales of all two-wheelers were lower at 166,254 units against 166,626 units.

Sales of three-wheelers rose 9 per cent to 17,157 units from 15,734 units a year earlier.

The company said exports rose 49 per cent to 23,112 units from 15,519 units a year earlier.

On the other hand Hero Honda India's biggest motorcycle maker, said it has sold 251,186 bikes in November, up 6.5 percent from 235,836 bikes sold in the same month last year.

The sales included exports of 7,301 bikes, against 5,654 a year ago.