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The four 650cc models that Royal Enfield has in this segment have helped it capture 96 percent of this class.
Midsize motorcycle market leader Royal Enfield has registered total wholesales of 2,04,686 motorcycles in the first three months of FY2025. This is down 1 percent on its year-ago dispatches to showrooms (April-June 2023: 2,07,171 units), but it still rules the roost in the 500-800cc market in India.
The four 650cc models Continental GT 650, Interceptor 650, Super Meteor 650 and Shotgun 650 are all powered by the same 648cc engine. These bikes continue to see strong demand and have helped prevent Royal Enfield from a higher rate of quarterly sales decline in the first quarter of FY2025.
There are a litany of models in the pipeline from the company based on this platform and the next two waiting in the wings are the Classic 650 and the Interceptor Bear 650.
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As per the latest SIAM industry wholesales data, between April-June 2024, the Chennai-based bikemaker sold a total of 11,943 units, up 79 percent YoY (Q1 FY2024: 6,684 units) and commanded 96 percent of the 500-800cc sub-segment’s total dispatches of 12,408 units.
The 500-800cc sub-segment is the only one where Royal Enfield has seen growth. Despite being the market leader (94 percent share) in the 250-350cc segment with 1,83,450 of its 350cc lineup, sales in Q1 FY2025 were down YoY by 3 percent (April-June 2023: 1,89,647 units). Likewise, in the 350-500cc sub-segment, where it has the Scram 411 and the new Himalayan 450, the company saw its Q1 FY2025 sales down by 14 percent to 9,293 units from 10,840 units a year ago.
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India Kawasaki Motors, with 184 units and 74 percent YoY growth (Q1 FY2024: 106 units) is ranked second in this category. The company currently retails the Ninja 650, Versys 650, Vulcan S, Z650, Z650RS and the ZX-6R in this range.
Twenty-two units behind Kawasaki is Triumph Motorcycles India (managed by Bajaj Auto now), which retails the Trident 660, Tiger Sport 660, with 162 units, up 238 percent YoY on a low year-ago base of 48 units.
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India with 78 units of the Transalp XL750 is ranked fourth on the ladder-board, followed by Suzuki Motorcycles India with 36 units of the V-Strom 800DE.
Of the midsize motorcycle segments, the 500-800cc category is the one which has seen the highest YoY growth – 81 percent compared to 73 percent in the 350-500cc segment and 250-350cc segment (down 3.50 percent).
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