Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. (HMSI), Honda’s motorcycle production and sales subsidiary in India will build a fourth production line at its fourth plant (Vithalapur, Ahmedabad district, Gujarat). Planned to begin operation in 2027, the new line will have an annual production capacity of 650,000 units, bringing the total capacity of the fourth plant to 2.61 million units, making it Honda’s largest assembly plant for Honda motorcycles in the world.
HMSI currently has four production plants in India with a total annual production capacity of 6.14 million units. In addition, the cumulative production volume reached 70 million units in April of this year, after 25 years since start of production in 2001.
The fourth plant started operation in February 2016 with an annual production capacity of 600,000 units, and in June of the same year, the company expanded its capacity to 1.2 million units with the start of its second line. Furthermore, the third line started operation in January 2024, taking annual production capacity to 1.96 million units.
Honda will be investing approximately 9.2 billion rupees (1 rupee = 1.75 yen, and approximately 16.1 billion Japanese yen) to construct a fourth line capable of producing 650,000 units of 125cc class motorcycles per year on the premises of the fourth plant.
This will bring 1800 new jobs and increase the total production capacity of the fourth plant to 2.61 million units, making it one of Honda’s largest assembly plants for motorcycles in the world. In addition to the fourth production line at the fourth plant, HMSI’s total annual production capacity is expected to increase from the current 6.14 million units to approximately 7 million units in 2027 through further expansion of production capacity planned for other plants in India.
■Tsutsumu Otani, President & CEO, HMSI
“Honda has long been investing and expanding its production capacity in India, the world’s largest motorcycle market, to bring joy to its customers. 25 years on, with much support, HMSI has reached the milestone of 70 million units of cumulative production. With the additional investment in our fourth plant, Honda will continue to deliver attractive products and services to its customers around the world who have higher expectations and trust in the company, and further solidify its Indian motorcycle business.”
■Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. overview
■Established
August 1999 (Operation began May 2001)
■Head Office
IMT Manesar, Gurugram District, Haryana State
■Capital
3.1 billion rupees
■Investment ratio
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.: 97%
Asian Honda Motor Co., Ltd.: 3%
■Representative
Tsutsumu Otani – President & CEO
■Business scope
Motorcycle manufacturing and sales
■Production capacity
First plant (Manesar, Gurgaon district, Haryana): 380,000 units/year
Second plant (Tapukara, Alwar district, Rajasthan): 1.3 million units/year
Third plant (Narsapura, Bangalore district, Karnataka): 2.5 million units/year
Fourth plant (Vithalapur, Ahmedabad district, Gujarat): 1.96 million units/year
■Production models
Gasoline (ICE): Activa, Activa125, Dio, Dio125, Hornet 2.0, NX200, SP160, Unicorn, SP125, Shine125, Livo, Shine100, CB350, CB350 H’ness, CB350 RS, Navi, CB125F, CB100,
X Blade, Hornet, CB300F and Dream 110
Electric motorcycles (EV): ACTIVA e: & QC1
■Employees
Approximately 23,000
