Bajaj Auto, the once pioneer in the scooter sector, has withdrawn its presence to make way for its motorbikes. But Suzuki plans for doubling its production capacity in its plants. The acceleration is due to the demand for its Access 125. The Gurgaon plant has the capacity of 1.7lakh per year and this is to be increased to 2.5 lakh units by January only to be doubled from March 2010 (to 3 lakh units) per year.
Suzuki is facing threefold demand for its Access 125 – 38000 units against its current production of 11000 units per month. Hence there will be a full-fledged production from the next year. The condition for motorbikes is conducive- supply against demand- but the scooter segment creates a wait for a minimum of three months. For the period April-November Suzuki Motorcycles had the sale of 77663 units at the growth of 41% (against 55130 units in the same period last year). For the same assessment period, the net sale of two wheelers including bikes and scooters stood at 109648 units at a growth of 28%.