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Royal Enfield shipped a record 332,940 motorcycles in the first quarter of FY2026-27, up 27% year on year. Parent Eicher Motors approved Rs. 1,225 crore for phase one of a new plant in Tada, Andhra Pradesh, intended to add annual capacity for 450,000 motorcycles by FY2029-30.
From a market perspective, the headline is 332,940 units from April through June, a 27% year-on-year gain. What catches my eye is the decision to add capacity for 450,000 motorcycles a year at the new Tada plant. That scale assumes growth not only at home but in exports, and I see it pulling the center of global motorcycle production even further toward India.
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FY2029-30 is still a way off. I just wonder whether demand cools before the capacity arrives.
It is explicitly subject to market conditions, so a phased investment should leave room to adjust.
With C6 deliveries underway, I want to see how the new plant changes the EV mix.
Record quarterly shipments. That momentum is real.
So they see enough demand to earn back a Rs. 1,225 crore investment.
If Royal Enfield is adding 450,000 units of capacity, Bajaj and Hero won't sit still.
332,940 units and 27% growth is huge. Adding capacity for 450,000 a year is another scale entirely.
