Kicking-off the festive season in style, auto firms Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) and Tata Motors sold a combined total of over 57,000 units in a single day on Ganesh Chaturthi.
HMSI’s retail sales breached the 56,000 mark, up 40 per cent over the same day last year while Tata Motors said it delivered 1,100 cars in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh on Ganesh Chaturthi this year.
“The 40 per cent increase in sales shows the high customer trust & confidence in the brand Honda and has surpassed all our expectations,” HMSI Senior Vice President-Sales & Marketing YS Guleria said in a statement.
Building on this record-high start of festive sales, the company is confident that customers would choose to ride home on a Honda two-wheeler this auspicious season, he added.
Tata Motors, on the other hand said it delivered more than 700 cars in Maharashtra and nearly 400 cars in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat.
Tata Motors, Passenger Vehicles Business National Sales Head Ashesh Dhar said, “We are excited to be a part of this celebration by delivering the joy of mobility to so many families.”
