Nowadays people prefer scooters as they are getting more practical then any other means of transportation also it have low initial and maintainence cost.
Craze of scooters increased even more when other different fuels was introduced like electric and hybrid scooters. People bought lot of scooters in this festival season also.
So, let’s have a look on top 10 highest selling scooters in 2023
1.Honda Activa
As always First highest selling scooter is honda activa selling 2,18,856 units in october 2023. Activa is evergreen product of honda and have highest sales most of the times.
Activa 6g comes in 110 cc pricing at Rs 76,234-82734 EX-SHOWROOM claiming mileage of around 47-55 kmpl while honda activa 125 comes with 125cc engine pricing at Rs 79,806-88,979 EX-SHOWROOM.
Honda just keep innovating their scooters with latest technologies.
People usually purchase activa because of high resale value,reasonable price and good reliability because of which it always comes in top 10 highest selling scooters
2.Tvs Jupiter
On second place comes TVS JUPITER selling 91,824 units in october 2023. It comes with two variants 1)110cc priced at 79,340-89,748 Ex-Showroom
2)125cc priced at 86,405-96,855. It also gets some more features then regular Jupiter with different design claiming mileage of approx 50 kmpl,Fuel tank capacity of 5.1 Litres,Max Power of 8.04 bhp.
Tvs claimed that jupiter is the fastest scooter to reach 1 million sales mark. Jupiter have always been in competition with Honda activa.
3.Suzuki Access 125
On third position comes suzuki access 125 selling 56,909 units in october 2023. Recently it also updated with new headlight setup,new colour schemes,Bigger seats and much more.
It is priced at Rs79,899-90,000 Ex-Showroom
Earlier Suzuki access also got famous for it’s tagline- “Kam Peeta Hai”.Claiming a mileage of 52-64 kmpl.
This scooter is a combination of both Power and Mileage with Suzuki SEP technology (Suzuki Eco Performance) technology.
4.Tvs Ntorq
On fourth position comes TVS NTORQ which comes with 125cc engine and is known for its performance and design selling 34,476 units in october 2023 and is priced at Rs84,636-1,05,000 EX-Showroom
TVS claims Ntorq as first blutooth connected scooter with best mileage and performance.
Ntorq Comes with many variants like Disk,Drum,Race Edition,Super Squad Edition.
Ntorq produces 9.25 bhp and having a top speed of 95 kmph. This scooter is mostly liked by Youth and young generations because of funky design,Power,Looks and sound of the scooter.
5.Honda DIo
On fifth position comes Honda Dio selling 32,385 units in october 2023. It comes with two variants 1)Honda Dio 110cc pricing at 70,000-77,000 EX-SHOWROOM
2)Honda Dio 125cc Pricing at 83,500-92,500 EX-SHOWROOM in which there is fancy graphics update and looks more stylish.
The mileage of honda dio is around 48-50 kmpl.
6.Ola Scooters
On sixth position comes OLA S1 Selling 23,783 units in october 2023.It comes with good battery range options.
It comes in three variants:-
1)OLA S1x pricing at Rs 90,000-1,10,000 EX-SHOWROOM
2)OLA S1 AIR is priced at Rs 1,20,000 EX-SHOWROOM
3)OLA S1 PRO pricing at Rs1,40,000-1,47,000 EX-SHOWROOM
The major difference is these three variants is in battery range.
7.Tvs iQube
On seventh position comes TVS iQube selling 20,121 units in october 2023. It is an electric scotter which gives approx 145km range in one charge that is giving 115+ km range in less than five hours.
Priced at Rs1,56,000-1,62,000 EX-SHOWROOM
It performs 0-40 km/h in just 4.2 seconds having top speed of 82 km/h
8.Suzuki Burgman Street
On Eighth position comes Suzuki Burgman Street selling 18,071 units in october 2023. It comes with 125cc engine and is priced at Rs97,500-1,14,000 EX-SHOWROOM. It is very unique and differently styled scooter coming with 4-stroke,1 cylinder and Air cooled engine.
It is considered as a premium version of suzuki access 125.
Features of this scooter includes USB socket,Engine start stop switch,Blutooth enabled Digital console,Dual tone seat covers.
9.Hero Destini 125
On ninth position comes the Hero Destini 125 selling 17,425 units in october 2023 . It comes in two variants Pricing of Destini 125 scooter starts from 71,499-86,538 EX-SHOWROOM and other variant named XTRA edition comes with XTEC TECHNOLOGY.
It gets some more features then regular Destini 125 and also have better mileage.It is priced at 86,538 EX-SHOWROOM.
Engine of destini 125 is 4 strokes air cooled engine producing 9 bhp and 10.4 Nm torque and a mileage of approx 54 Km/L.
10.Yamaha Ray ZR 125
On tenth position comes Yamaha Razor 125 selling 13,870 units in October 2023
Main speciality of this scootor is that it comes with Hybrid Technology because of which it gives great mileage(71.33 Kmpl) and also comes with affordable price range.
It’s price starts from Rs 84,730-94,830 EX-SHOWROOM and recently there were new colour updates as well.
Features of Yamaha Ray ZR includes Digital meter,Led headlight,Y-Connect features
CONCLUSION
The future of scooters in india seems very promising because of factors like increasing urbanization,huge traffic,high demand of fuel efficient vehicles,cheaper and convenient.
Moreover Electric scooters and feature loaded scooters are gaining more popularity now a days in indian automobile market. Government is also supporting electric scooters by giving subsidies while purchasing the vehicle and charging infrastructure.