Honda to double Navi’s production in India; it presently has capacity to produce 50,000 units of the funky moto-scooter per year
Honda Navi is a funky looking product the two-wheeler manufacturer launched earlier this year. The company claimed, it won’t set any fixed sales target for this moto-scooter, but with the response from the customers the company is pretty much surprised. The Japanese two-wheeler manufacturer set up a production capacity of 50,000 units per year for the Navi, but with growing demand and positive response it plans to take production capacity up to 1 lakh units soon.
Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) showcased Navi at 2016 new Delhi Auto Expo, and later launched it in April at around Rs. 40,000 mark. The Navi certainly brought fresh air in the conventional two-wheeler space in Indian market and grabbed attention immediately. The company initially speculated around 2,000 units of sales every month, and it has sold 9,228 units till September 2016 since its launch.
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Speaking about HMSI’s plan with Navi Mr. Yadvinder Singh Guleria, Senior Vice-President for Sales and marketing has said that, the company is really surprised by the humongous response to Navi, which exceeded the company’s expectations. With such positive response for made-in-India and for India Navi, HMSI plans to increase its production.
Apart from selling Navi in India, which is the product’s biggest market, HMSI is also exporting the product in Nepal. In last month 500 units of Honda Navi was exported to Nepal. Also, the company is planning to ship the product to other SAARC countries like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka as well.
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Honda Navi features an unique design, which makes it a blend between a scooter and a motorcycle. The peppy and fun-to-ride Honda Navi draws power from an 110cc single-cylinder engine with HET. The engine kicks out 7.83 hp of peak power and 8.96 Nm of peak torque and it also delivers around 60 kmpl of fuel economy, which makes it pretty impressive.