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Honda, the Japanese major, made its first entry in India way back in 1980s. They came in India in a venture with Kinetic and Hero. The Kinetic Honda scooter was their first offering in the market. This scooter did exceptionally well at that time. Hero Honda had offering in the geared motorcycle segment. The CD100 was their first offering which again was a hit at that time. The CD100's updated version was in sale till recent times.
With time, many scooters started rolling in and Kinetic Honda faded away. The venture between Kinetic motors and Honda broke, and from there, Kinetic Honda scooter dissappeared. Hero Honda still sells by the brand name, though Honda arent supplying nething to Hero any more.
Honda made their independent debut in India few years ago with the Activa. The Activa was again, or rather is again, a superhit. It became the highest selling scooter in India in no time.
Honda's first offering in the motorcycle segment came in the form of Unicorn. This bike again was a fantstic one. The looks of the bike didnt appeal to the masses much and so it never got a chance of becoming highest selling bike. But still, it was the best option in 150cc category till recent times. I say till recent times since Yamaha launched a wonderful bike in that segment recently. And I dont think I need to explain more on those line. For further information on that bike please refer http://www.r15exclusive.blogspot.com/. Anyways, Honda later on came out with two more scooters, the Dio and the Eterno. The Dio was targetted towards the youth. And once again Honda scored fantastically with this offering. The Eterno could not fare well. The reason was its bulky character. Though it was a great scooter, it failed. And probably that was the only failure that Honda had in India. The Shine was launched by Honda in the 125 cc category. The Shine was again a great bike in its own class.
After all these commuters and scooters, it was time for Honda to grow up their range. And now Honda has a new model lined up. More updates soon!
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