Honda Motorcycles

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd (HMSI) is a fully owned subsidiary of Honda Motor Company Limited, Japan. Honda is the world's largest manufacturer of two wheelers. Set up in 1999, it was the fourth Honda automotive venture in India, after Hero Honda, Kinetic Honda Motor Ltd and Honda Siel Cars India Limited. Headquarters of the company are located at Gurgaon in Haryana state of India. In December 2002, HMSI got ISO 14001 certification.

Honda Brands

• Honda Aviator


• Honda Activa


• Honda Dio


• Honda Eterno


• Honda Unicorn


• Honda Shine

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd was founded on August 20, 1999 at Manesar near Gurgaon in Haryana. The foundation stone for the Honda factory was laid on December 14, 1999 and the factory was completed in January 2001.

The company initially ventured into scooters as its joint venture agreement with the Hero Group precluded its entry into the motorcycle segment for five years. The company set benchmarks in the Indian scooter industry with the launch of its gearless scooter Honda Activa. Honda Dio, launched after it, was a slightly upgraded and trendier version of Activa. Honda Eterno was another addition to the repertoire of Honda scooters. First bike launched by HMSI was Honda Unicorn. It was followed by Honda Shine. All the products launched by HMSI were runaway hits in the market.

HMSI factory at Manesar is built on 52 acres of land. Its initial production capacity was 100,000 scooters per year, which has now been upgraded to 6,00,000 scooters. The bike production capacity is 10,00,000 per annum. Initial investment behind the factory was Rs. 215 crores and has now grown to 800 crores.