Bajaj Auto's CNG motorcycle races ahead with record sales

Registrations highest since Freedom 125 was launched in July this year

- Surajeet Das Gupta

Bajaj Auto's foray into CNG (compressed natural gas) motorcycles is paying off with the Freedom 125.

The company, according to VAHAN figures, registered over 8,310 units of the Freedom 125 in October to date, a growth rate of over 68 per cent over the full month of September.

This is its highest since it was launched in July this year and is likely to touch close to 9,000 by the end of the month.

And the company is planning to ramp up wholesale dispatches to 30,000 units in the third quarter (Q3) and 40,000 in Q4 with a strong demand pipeline, especially with the delivery of the base model recently (₹95,000) compared to its premium model (₹1.05 lakh) with which it entered the market.