Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI), the Indian subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., has announced an expansion plan with the addition of a fourth production line at its Vithalapur plant in Gujarat.
It will be investing Rs 920 crore to build a fourth production line at Gujarat’s plant, making it the company’s largest assembly plant for Honda motorcycles in the world.
The company has planned to begin operation of the new production line in 2027.
The new line will have an annual production capacity of 650,000 units, bringing the total capacity of the fourth plant to 2.61 million units.
The new production line is expected to create 1800 new jobs and will further strengthen Honda’s manufacturing presence in India.
HMSI currently has four production plants in India with a total annual production capacity of 6.14 million units.
The expansion comes as HMSI celebrates a significant milestone—reaching 70 million cumulative production units this April, 25 years since operations began in 2001.
The Vithalapur plant, operational since February 2016, has steadily increased its capacity through three production lines.
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It began with an annual production capacity of 600,000 units, which doubled to 1.2 million units by June 2016 with the addition of the second line.
The third line, launched in January 2024, further raised capacity to 1.96 million units annually.
With the upcoming fourth line, the facility’s capacity will reach 2.61 million units per year.
