Bajaj Auto Ltd.

Bajaj Auto, the country’s second largest two-wheeler maker’s monthly sales excluding exports for August 2012 dipped by 10% at 3,44,906 units against 3,82,739 in the same month last year.  The exports for the month declined by 5% and the number of units sold were 1, 31,562 units against 1, 38,225 in the same period last year. The 3-wheeler exports were 22,300 units indicating near normalcy in Srilankan and Egyptian markets.

The company’s Motorcycle sales dipped 10% to 3, 04,352 units from 3, 38,054 units year ago period .The new Pulsar 200NS and Discover 125 ST registered a sales of 7,200 and 25,000 units respectively. While, commercial vehicles sales dropped by 9% to 40,554 units from 44,685 units

Recently, the company unveiled an upgraded version of its 650-cc sports bike, Kawasaki Ninja, following the launch of the Ninja 650R, which was introduced in June 2011. The company has priced the latest version at Rs 499,834 (ex-showroom) in Delhi. The new bike will be brought from Kawasaki’s Thailand facility in a semi-knocked-down (SKD) condition and assembled at Chakan.