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Bajaj Auto Dec sales soar 85%

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Press Trust Of India Mumbai

Bajaj Auto sold 220,429 two-wheelers in December 2009, registering 85 per cent growth in sales over the same month last year, when it sold 119,215 units, a company release said here today.

Motorcycle sales increased from 118,510 units in December 2008 to 219,920 units in December 2009, said the country’s second largest two-wheeler maker.

For the April-December 2009 period, its total motorcycle sales increased by 17 per cent at 17,94,359 units, against 15,34,149 units in the corresponding period in 2008.

In December, Bajaj launched the new Pulsar 135 LS, with an objective of making Pulsar a million-units per year brand, the release added.

 

Bajaj’s three-wheeler sales also went up by 17 per cent, with the company selling 244,655 units during April-December 2009, compared to 209,699 units during the same period in 2008.

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First Published: Jan 04 2010 | 12:30 AM IST

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