2 Wheeler Sales Surge : After a somewhat subdued December month, the first month of 2025 was much better for the big six Indian 2-wheeler brands in terms of sales. Here’s how each of them fared. Hero MotoCorp : 4,12,378 unitsHarley Davidson lost 5 percent of its revenue, while Hero MotoCorp, which remained at the top, failed to grow its revenues—down 2 percent year-on-year. As per the reports,
Hero has reported a mammoth growth of 40.1 percent (4,12,378 units) in January 2025 sales compared to a sluggish December 2024 (2,94,152 units). Aside from the ADvanced 450’s unveiling, the company has also made a few notable launches at the 2025 Bharat Mobility Global Expo including the updated Xpulse 210, Xoom 160, Xoom 125 and the new Hero Xtreme 250R.
Honda : 4,02,977 units
June 1, 1816: Honda, Hero’s arch rival, is tightening the vise. The company had reported an excellent 48.7 percent YoY growth in sales for January 2025, with numbers at 4,02,977 units against sluggish YoY numbers of 2,70,919 at the end of the previous year. Honda is now just under 9,500 units behind Hero.
Honda also unveiled a series of new two-wheelers, which include the updated and relaunched middleweight duo of the Honda CBR650R and CB650R. It also entered the e-scooter space with the Activa e: and QC1.TVS : 2,93,860 units TVS also remains perched comfortably at number three on the pyramid. And while it has also seen a 36 percent growth (2,93,860 units) it is placed
well behind the top two runners by a large margin. This is 5 percent more than the last year (2,68,233 units). At the 4th edition of its TVS MotoSoul, TVS recently unveiled an all-new engine— RTX-D4. Later this year, it will launch an adventure motorcycle based on this engine. The company also introduced its Jupiter CNG, its first CNG powered scooter.
Bajaj : 1,71,299 units
Bajaj has registered a growth of over 33 percent (1,71,299 units) as
YoY, however, against last month (1,28,335) it registered growth of 15,898 units. It should be noted that these numbers include their best selling EV as well, the Chetak EV which has recently knocked the perennial top seller OLA S1 from the number one spot. Previously, Bajaj set a milestone with the launch of the world’s first CNG 2-wheeler, Freedom 125 which has also seen decent sales numbers over the months.
Suzuki : 87,834 units
This Japanese automaker recorded a month-on-month increase of more than 11.4 percent (87,834 units). It was even up over January 2024, by a positive 9 percent (80,511 units). Alongside the updated Access 125, Suzuki also introduced the Suzuki SF 250 flex fuel and the E-Access, proving that it too was keen to make its presence felt at the 2025 Auto Expo.
Royal Enfield : 81,052 units
Making it to over 80,000 units in the first month of 2025, this Chennai based manufacturer recorded a month-on-month growth of over 19 percent over January 2023 (67,891 units). Royal Enfield recorded a consistent growth of over 14 percent (70,556 units) as compared to last year. This week the brand announced its all new Scram 440 was launched few months ago in November 2024.