The Indian scooter industry has had a standout fiscal in FY2026. Not only did it achieve best-ever domestic market wholesales of 8.11 million units (81,17,945 units, up 18.5% YoY) but FY2026 was also the best-ever fiscal for export of made-in-India scooters.
As the 11-year scooter export sales numbers reveal (see data table below), Indian scooter manufacturers dispatched a total of 682,931 units in FY2026, up 20% YoY (FY2025: 569,093 units). It was the third fiscal in a row that this segment surpassed the half-a-million-export sales milestone and have nearly doubled over a four-year period.
Between FY2022 (350,330 units) and FY2026 (682,931 units), scooter exports have nearly doubled.
Honda Navi Commands 25% Share of India’s Record Scooter Exports in FY2026
Like the domestic market, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) has a stranglehold in scooter exports. In FY2026, the company shipped a record 352,956 units, up 13% YoY (FY2025: 311,977 units) and gives Honda a 52% share.
The 109cc Honda Navi launched at Auto Expo 2016 and discontinued in India in CY2020), continues to deliver the goods for HMSI on the export front, helping amortise the costs the company had invested in developing this made-in-India product. The made-in-India Honda Navi, which rolls out of the company’s Tapukara plant in Rajasthan, offers the convenience of a scooter and sports the looks of a motorcycle. In FY2026, the Honda Navi clocked record exports of 172,790 units, up 20% YoY (FY2025: 143,583 units). While it accounted for 49% of HMSI’s scooter exports, the Navi on its own had a 25% share of the Scooter India Inc’s exports last fiscal.
Interestingly, in its four years in the US market, the Honda Navi is understood to have become one of the best-selling two-wheelers there. In the USA, the Navi is currently sold for $1,899 (Rs 158,000) albeit it is restricted to the city due to its low top speed and finds use as a user-friendly urban runabout. The Navi also witnesses healthy demand in Latin America.
Honda with 346,105 units, comprising the Navi and Dio, had a 52% share of scooter exports in FY2026. The TVS NTorq, Hero Xoom and Suzuki Access also saw strong demand come their way.
The 110cc Honda Dio, with 136,960 units and 8% YoY growth, maintains its No. 2 rank and a 20% share of total exports.
TVS Motor Co’s popular NTorq 125 (97,467 units, up 50% YoY) has risen up the ranks to take No. 3 podium position in FY2026, wresting that slot from the 125cc Yamaha Ray which, with 70,105 units, saw slower 4% growth last fiscal. In FY2026, the NTorq had a 14% share of scooter exports.
The 111cc Hero Xoom, which was ranked No. 10 in FY2025, has jumped five ranks to be the new No. 5 with 46,545 units and handsome 459% growth (FY2025: 8,322 units).
Meanwhile, the 125cc Suzuki Burgman with exports of 40,853 units and 21% growth held onto its sixth rank, albeit this total is still considerably below its FY2024 exports of 61,679 units when was India’s No. 4 export model.
The Honda Dio 125 checks into seventh position with 36,355 units and is a good 10,309 units ahead of the Suzuki Access (26,046 units, up 374% YoY). The Access’ sibling Avenis is ranked No. 9 with 9,087 units, down 2% YoY and the TVS Jupiter wraps up the Top 10 list with 8,819 units, down 55% on FY2025’s 19,504 units when it was ranked seventh.
Like the Jupiter, export sales of the Honda Activa – India’s longstanding best-selling scooter, were also down sharply. At 6,855 units, export shipments were down 83% YoY (FY2025: 41,026 units) with the Activa’s ranking slipping to 11th from fifth in FY2025. Of the Top 10 most exported scooters, Honda and Suzuki have three models each, while TVS Motor Co has two, Hero MotoCorp and Yamaha one each.
FY2026 also saw exports of 8,698 electric scooters, up 27% YoY (FY2025: 6,845 units). As they are in the domestic market, the top two products in demand overseas are the TVS iQube (3,860 units, up 160%) and the Bajaj Chetak (2,383 units, up 237%). The current global crude oil supply crisis, with the likelihood of petrol price hikes in different parts of the world, this is a good opportunity for Indian e-2W manufacturers to up the ante on the export front.
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