India Yamaha Motor Crossed 70,000 Units in October 2015 Registering 29% Sales Growth

India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd. announced that it has registered a growth of 29% in domestic sales in October 2015 as compared to the corresponding period last year. This can be attributed to the company’s innovative ongoing customer-centric activities and exciting product line up including Yamaha Saluto, Fascino and YZF-R3 which continued to strengthen their position with great sale numbers across the country.

The company sold 70800 units in October 2015 as against 54698 units sold in October last year in the domestic market thereby registering a domestic sales growth of 29%.

Exports for October 2015 recorded 12797 units which are 5.34% more than 12148 units logged in October 2014.

Commenting on the company’s achievement, Mr. Roy Kurian, Vice President – Sales & Marketing, Yamaha Motor India Sales Pvt. Ltd. said, “The overwhelming response of Fascino in the market due to its glamorous design and fashionable appeal has boasted our confidence to sustain this momentum in the coming days. The month has ended on a very positive note for us as our recent launches of new color variants of FZ-FI, Fazer-FI and single seat YZF-R15S also made it to the growth trajectory. The continued expansion of customer touch points to Tier 2 and 3 cities have also enabled us to reach out to a larger set of target customers which is expected to drive volumes in future.”

About Yamaha Motor India Sales Pvt. Ltd

Yamaha Motor made its initial foray into India in 1985 as a joint-venture. In August 2001, it became a 100% subsidiary of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd, Japan (YMC). In 2008, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. entered into an agreement with YMC to become a joint-investor in India Yamaha Motor Private Limited (IYM).

YMC has established its wholly-owned subsidiary - Yamaha Motor India Sales Pvt. Ltd. (YMIS) in India to independently support IYM in Sales & Marketing of its products.

Presently, YMIS supports IYM to market and sell its two-wheelers including: Sports models such as YZF-R3 (321 cc), YZF-R15 version 2.0 (149 cc), YZF-R15S (149 cc); Blue-Core Technology enabled models such as Saluto (125 cc), FZ FI (Fuel-Injected, 149 cc), FZ-S FI (Fuel-Injected, 149 cc), Fazer FI (Fuel-Injected, 149 cc), SZ RR version 2.0 (149 cc), Fascino (113 cc), Cygnus Alpha (113 cc), Cygnus Ray Z (113 cc) and Cygnus Ray (113 cc); other models such as FZ (153 cc), FZ-S (153 cc), Fazer (153 cc), Crux (106 cc); as well as imported models comprising of VMAX (1,679 cc), YZF-R1M (998 cc), YZF-R1 (998 cc) and FZ1 (998 cc).