Scooters account for 85 per cent of August’s two-wheeler dispatch growth
SIAM’s August data show scooter dispatches rising much faster than motorcycles, while passenger vehicles grew 36.5 percent. The figures measure wholesale sales, not registrations, and passenger-vehicle coverage differs between the headline release and detailed tables.
Scooters accounted for about 85 percent of the year-on-year increase in India’s two-wheeler wholesale dispatches in August 2026, according to calculations from Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers data, with motorcycle growth substantially slower.
Scooter dispatches rose 23.8 percent to 8,55,715 units, while motorcycles increased 2.4 per cent to 11,33,047. Mopeds rose 4.7 percent to 45,936. Total two-wheeler dispatches increased 10.5 per cent to 20,34,698 units.
The scooter increase was 1,64,285 units out of the category’s total gain of 1,92,744. Scooters consequently represented about 42.1 percent of two-wheeler dispatches, compared with 37.5 percent a year earlier. These calculations describe the mix of vehicles dispatched, not the reasons buyers chose them.
Passenger-vehicle dispatches rose 36.5 percent to 4,39,309 units, while three-wheelers increased 22.8 per cent to 93,764. SIAM director general Rajesh Menon attributed part of the growth to a lower base in August 2025 and said the association expected festive demand to provide further support.
The passenger-vehicle figures require a coverage distinction. SIAM’s headline total includes Tata Motors, but its detailed August tables exclude the company and report 3,74,056 units, up 33.2 per cent. Both exclude BMW, Mercedes-Benz, JLR and Volvo Auto. The two totals should not be treated as contradictory or used interchangeably to calculate market shares.
These are wholesale dispatches rather than retail registrations. The supplied material does not establish whether the increase was matched by consumer purchases or accompanied by additional dealer inventory.
