Ahmedabad: Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. (HMSI), Honda’s motorcycle production and sales subsidiary in India, today announced that it will set up a fourth production line at its Vithalapur plant in Ahmedabad district.

Planned to begin operation in 2027, the new line will have an annual production capacity of 650,000 units, bringing the total capacity of the company’s 4th plant to 2.61 million units, making it Honda’s largest assembly plant for motorcycles in the world.

Honda will be investing approximately 9.2 billion rupees to construct this fourth line capable of producing 650,000 units of 125cc-class motorcycles per year. This will bring 1,800 new jobs, as stated by the company in a press release.

HMSI currently has four production plants in India with a total annual production capacity of 6.14 million units. In addition, the cumulative production volume reached 70 million units in April of this year, after 25 years since the start of production in 2001.

The fourth plant in Vithalapur started operation in February 2016 with an annual production capacity of 600,000 units, and in June of the same year, the company expanded its capacity to 1.2 million units with the start of its second line. Furthermore, the third line started operation in January 2024, taking annual production capacity to 1.96 million units.

In addition to the fourth production line at the fourth plant, HMSI’s total annual production capacity is expected to increase from the current 6.14 million units to approximately 7 million units in 2027 through further expansion of production capacity planned for other plants in India.

“Honda has long been investing and expanding its production capacity in India, the world’s largest motorcycle market, to bring joy to its customers. Twenty-five years on, with much support, HMSI has reached the milestone of 70 million units of cumulative production. With the additional investment in our fourth plant, Honda will continue to deliver attractive products and services to its customers around the world who have higher expectations and trust in the company, and further solidify its Indian motorcycle business,” said Tsutsumu Otani, HMSI President & CEO. DeshGujarat