TVS crosses 1 lakh mark in motorcycle sales

New Delhi, Oct 3: Reporting its highest ever sales performance in a single month, TVS sold 1,06,972 units of motorcycle in the month of September, as compared to 75,310 units during the same month last year, and hence posted an increase of 42 per cent.

According to the sales results revealed today, the overall sales of two wheelers of the company too saw a sharp increase of 34 per cent and broke the record of its highest ever sales by clocking 1,62,200 units compared to 1,21,108 units sold during the same period last year.

The strong sales growth was backed by high demand for the company's brand in the economy segment, TVS Star City, and the premium segment, TVS Apache.

The company recently unveiled TVS StaR City Electric Start (ES) version to its dealers and has begun its supplies to key markets. It is the first 100 cc motorcycle with Electric Start making it the most affordable motorcycle considering its features.

Apache too, in a short period of time has, earned the distinction of being the number one brand in customer satisfaction in a survey conducted by TNS Automotive.

TVS Scooty sales stood at 24,890 units in September compared to 22,697 units in the same period last year, recording a growth of 10 per cent. The company will soon launch a 2-stroke variant of the Scooty brand.

On the export front too the company saw a good performance by recording 10,339 units in September at a growth of 38 per cent compared to the same period last year.

UNI