Hero Honda August sales up 31.5%

Hero Honda Motors, India's biggest motorcycle maker, on Wednesday said sales grew 31.5 per cent at 1,91,635 units in August 2004 over 1,45,730 units in the same month last year.

Cumulative (April-August 2004) sales soared 35 per cent at 10,06,412 units against 7,47,660 units during the year-ago period, a company statement said.

Hero Honda Motors, which is 26 per cent each owned by Japan's Honda Motor Co and the Munjals, has also announced a uniform national price of Rs 69,900 for its Karizma model on the lines of a similar scheme for CD Dawn earlier.