Honda Aviator scooter debuts at Auto Expo, priced at Rs 40k

BY OUR AUTOMOBILE CORRESPONDENT
9 January, 2008

Honda Aviator, the latest gearless scooter from Honda Motorcycle and Scoter India was displayed at the Auto Expo. The Honda Aviator will be officially launched on March 6. Honda said on Wednesday that the Aviator will be priced at Rs 39,675 ex-showroom Delhi.

The Honda Aviator will be the fourth scooter from Honda after Dio, Eterno and the highly successful Activa. The Aviator uses the same 102 cc engine of the Honda Activa, but the styling is definitely superior. There is better use of plastic and metal panels. The scooter has more storage space under the seat.

The upper variants of the Honda Aviator will have disc brakes and alloy wheels. For a scooter, the Aviator has rather large wheels. "We expect to sell about one lakh units of the Aviator in the next fiscal," said HMSI Head (Sales and Marketing) N K Rattan at the 9th Auto Expo.

With the Honda Aviator, the company has targeted the male, professional. The Aviator follows the recent launch of the Kinetic Flyte and the Suzuki Access.