Indian Two-Wheeler Sales and Exports Surge Past 1.52 Million in H1 FY2027

India’s combined domestic two-wheeler sales and exports crossed 1.52 crore units in H1 FY2027, growing 20.35% year-on-year. Domestic two-wheeler sales grew 17.63% during April–September 2026 to reach 1,20,86,812 units, up from 1,02,75,298 units in April–September 2025. Exports expanded even faster at 31.86%, standing at 32,07,357 units compared to 24,32,412 units previously. Combined factory dispatch reached 1,52,94,169 units. Motorcycles contributed 96,93,362 units, while scooters crossed 53 lakh units with a faster growth rate of 29.82%. Mopeds added 3,00,252 units.

In domestic sales, Hero Splendor retained the first position with 21,30,637 units, growing 19.69% and adding 3,50,556 units year-on-year for the largest absolute gain. Honda Activa followed with 14,82,917 units, up 15.12%. Together, Splendor and Activa accounted for nearly 30% of domestic two-wheeler sales. Honda Shine 125/SP125 ranked third with 9,65,571 units, growing 11.09%, followed by TVS Jupiter at 8,29,725 units, up 15.63%. Bajaj Pulsar completed the top five with 6,33,015 units, despite a volume decline of 6.86%. Hero HF Deluxe also dropped 16.38% to 4,42,827 units. Suzuki Access grew 10.04% to 4,33,180 units, while TVS Apache increased 22.90% to 3,34,347 units. XL100 and iQube completed the top ten with 2,92,920 units and 2,74,304 units respectively.

Motorcycles remained the largest domestic segment with 69,28,700 units, growing 10.44% and accounting for 57.32% of sales. Scooters expanded faster, rising 29.38% to 48,65,192 units, contributing 40.25% of total volumes and roughly 61% of additional domestic sales. Mopeds grew 21.55% to 2,92,920 units. Electric scooters showed prominent growth: TVS iQube rose 85.63%, Bajaj Chetak more than doubled to 2,54,882 units, Vida grew 117.89% to 1,33,964 units, and Ather Rizta rose 59.91% to 1,30,734 units. Classic 350 grew 29.61% to 2,43,132 units, and Ntorq rose 42.36% to 2,32,430 units, while Platina, Passion, and Shine 100 recorded declines.

Bajaj Boxer topped export rankings with 6,68,804 units, growing 90.56% from 3,50,972 units. TVS Star City followed with 6,01,720 units, up 46.06%. Together, these two motorcycle families added 5,07,591 units, accounting for roughly 65.5% of the net increase in total exports. Pulsar ranked third with 3,01,449 units, growing 17.26%, followed by CT at 2,15,040 units, up 31.89%. Honda Dio secured fifth place with 1,23,104 units, an increase of 58.07%. Navi recorded 1,04,032 units, up 7.03%, followed by Yamaha FZ at 90,145 units and TVS Apache at 86,265 units. Gixxer 155 and TVS Sport completed the export top ten, with Sport declining 11.14%.

Motorcycle exports reached 27,64,662 units, up 31.83%, and accounted for 86.20% of shipments. Scooter exports grew 34.95% to 4,35,363 units, contributing 13.57%, while moped exports fell 42.03% to 7,332 units. Dio and Navi represented over half of export scooter volumes. Jupiter shipments rose to 14,110 units from 2,164 units, Access grew 119.72% to 14,807 units, and iQube exports reached 7,762 units. Splendor led Indian sales but ranked 23rd in overall exports, while Activa ranked second domestically and 39th overseas. Pulsar declined domestically while growing abroad.