to 389313 units recorded in january 2017 up by 33 percent yadvinder singh guleria senior vice president sales marketing honda motorcycle scooter india said fy201718 is already shaping up as a historic year for honda in just 10 months of this fiscal honda has added over 9 lakh new customers and crossed the 5 million sales mark in the shortest time the government announcements in budget 2018 too should accelerate rural demand the firm thrust on rural economy is evident from increasing kharif crop msp to 15 times the production cost the infrastructure focus of the government is very strong in rural areas and highways with almost 50 percent of twowheeler demand coming from rural and semiurban india budget 2018 should have a positive impact on customer sentiments motorcycle sales of bajaj auto accounted for 288936 units against 211824 units in the same month last year up 36 per cent domestic motorcycle sales surged 36 per cent to 163111 units compared to 119803 units in january last year hosurbased tvs motor company registered a sales growth of 31 percent up from 207059 units in january 2017 to 271801 units in january 2018 total twowheelers grew 301 percent with sales rising from 202209 units to 262995 units in january 2018 domestic twowheelers recorded growth of 319 percent with sales growing from 172101 units to 226992 units in january 2018 scooter sales of the company grew by 221 percent to 85521 units motorcycles sales were up by 637 percent to 98649 units in the month under review twowheeler exports grew by 196 percent to 36003 units the company claims that suzuki motorcycle india is off to a flying start in 2018 by recording a yearonyear growth of 417 percent in domestic sales riding on a strong domestic performance the twowheeler manufacturer clocked an overall sale of 49763 units with exports contributing 4476 units to the tally suzuki motorcycle india is targeting 5 lakh unit sales for the fy 201718 chennaibased royal enfield sold 76205 units in the domestic market 58133 units up 31 percent exports contributed a small 1673 units 1543 units a step up of 8 percent with total sales pitching in with 77878 units 59676 units up 31 percent cvs post doubledigit growth the largest commercial vehicle manufacturer tata motors clocked domestic sales of 39386 units an uptick of 38 percent compared to 28521 units recorded in january 2017 the sustained growth momentum in the cv segment can be attributed to the governments push to infrastructure development and a spin off from construction and growing requirements of the logistics sector the year 2018 has started with a positive note witnessing 38 percent growth over january 2017 with continuously increasing customer acceptance of the tata range of bs4 vehicles with superior scr technology the mhcv segment grew by 125 percent with increased demand for trucks led by restrictions on overloading fresh tenders in the car carrier and petroleum sectors as well as coal and cement movement triggered