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Scoopy i
(Thailand)
CB Twister
(India)
Demand for motorcycles continued to expand in Asia,
despite price increases, including the price of gasoline, tight-
er credit and other factors in certain countries. In calendar
2010, total demand for motorcycles*1 rose about 10%, to
approximately 43.8 million units.
Unit sales in India rose about 29%, to approximately
11.3 million units, while sales in Indonesia increased about
26%, to approximately 7.36 million units, and sales in Thai-
land expanded approximately 12%, to approximately 1.85
million units.
Honda’s unit sales on a consolidated basis in Asia*2 for
the fiscal year increased 20.3%, to 9,178 thousand units.
This increase was due primarily to an expansion in sales of
the CB Twister motorcycle and the Activa scooter in India,
unit sales of a new Wave 110i Cub-style 110cc motorcycle
and Scoopy i scooter in Thailand, as well as other factors.
With respect to production activities, Honda Motorcy-
cle & Scooter India Private Limited, Honda’s consolidated
subsidiary in India, announced it would further expand the
production capacity of a second plant that is already under
construction, and also build a third plant, to meet the rapid-
ly expanding demand in the Indian market. Combined with
expansion in capacity at the existing plant, when the second
plant goes into operation in the first half of calendar 2012,
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India is scheduled to have an-
nual production capacity of approximately 2.8 million units.
Additionally, when the third plant goes into operation in the
Asia
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