last year owing to the sluggishness in the market in the midst of such market conditions the twowheeler industry in the eastern region outpaced other regions owing to lower penetration levels as compared to the rest of the country in fy 16 east saw the highest growth of 13 percent in overall two wheeler sales compared to previous year contributing 16 percent to the total twowheeler sales in the country he further added that the southern and western regions of the country have high penetration levels and this was reflected in the subdued growth in the regions despite having a higher base in the previous year the northern markets benefited from the low penetration levels in the region and witnessed higher growth this trend was similar for hero motocorp as well in fact the company clocked higherthanindustry growth in the eastern region he said motorcycle sales grew fastest in eastern india by 9 percent to touch 1956118 units in fy16 compared to 1796375 units sold a year ago motorcycles degrew by 4 percent in both west and south regions in the last fiscal year fy16 saw a strong spike of 31 percent in sales of mopeds in north india by selling 124412 units south which has been the biggest market for mopeds saw the biggest dip of 21 percent in the mopeds sales as the sales dropped to 361861 units compared to 456526 units in the previous fiscal year threewheeler threewheeler sales grew fastest in northern india in fy16 as the sales jumped by 18 percent with sales of 86357 units compared to 73390 units sold a year ago east also witnessed 12 percent growth in threewheeler sales in the last fiscal year according to experts one of the main reason for the growth in this region was lowpenetration north and east respectively commanded only 16 percent and 18 percent of the countrys total threewheeler sales in west the threewheeler sales dipped by 13 percent to 156547 units in fy16 compared to 179842 units sold a year ago west contributed 29 percent to the total sales in the country while in south threewheeler sales grew by 3 percent and commanded 37 percent of the total threewheelers sold in india by nabeel a khan etauto published on jul 26 2016 at 0754 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app supreme court car sales icra hyundai motor india two wheeler sales hero motocorp ltd hero motocorp commercial vehicle sales hyundai