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Yamaha India eyes capacity expansion as premium demand rises
Yamaha makes motorcycles and scooters in India.
Its factories can currently produce about 1.5 million vehicles each year.
The company expects to use all that capacity within two or three years.
It is studying whether to expand its current factories or build elsewhere.
Yamaha recently added a new 200cc sports motorcycle called the YZF-R2.
Premium motorcycles are growing faster than the overall two-wheeler market in India.
Yamaha’s sales grew strongly in the first half of 2026.
The company wants to sell more than 1.1 million vehicles worldwide in 2026, including exports.
It also hopes to sell 50,000 YZF-R2 motorcycles in India during the model’s first year.
Yamaha India expects its 1.5-million-vehicle annual capacity to be filled within two to three years.
The company is evaluating expansions at its Surajpur and Tamil Nadu facilities before considering a new plant.
Yamaha launched the 200cc YZF-R2 in India, priced from ₹2.3 lakh ex-showroom.
Yamaha’s first-half 2026 sales rose 41% to more than 400,000 units, led by premium motorcycles.
The company targets more than 1.1 million sales in 2026, including exports, and 50,000 first-year YZF-R2 sales.
- Who
- Yamaha Motor India, led by Chairman Hajime Aota, is considering the expansion.
- What
- The company is evaluating additional manufacturing capacity while expanding its premium motorcycle lineup with the YZF-R2.
- Where
- The relevant facilities are in Surajpur, Uttar Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu, with the Tamil Nadu plant referred to as Kanchipuram in one account and Chennai in another.
- When
- Yamaha expects its current capacity to be filled within two to three years; the YZF-R2 was launched on August 27, 2026.
- Why
- Rising demand for premium motorcycles and Yamaha’s sales growth could exhaust its existing capacity.
Key facts
- Current capacity
- Approximately 1.5 million vehicles annually across two Indian plants.
- Capacity outlook
- Yamaha expects current capacity to be fulfilled within two to three years.
- 2026 sales target
- More than 1.1 million units, including exports.
- First-half 2026 sales
- More than 400,000 units, up 41% year over year.
- New model
- The 200cc Yamaha YZF-R2 starts at ₹2.3 lakh ex-showroom in Delhi; another account lists three variants priced at ₹2.30-2.53 lakh.
- YZF-R2 target
- Yamaha aims to sell 50,000 units in India during the first year.
- Sales mix
- The company currently maintains a 70:30 domestic-sales-to-exports mix.
- Tamil Nadu facility
- A second engine-manufacturing line was completed there, while additional space may support future capacity increases.
Quotes
Hajime Aota
Chairman of Yamaha Motor India Group
“Currently, we have almost 1.5 million vehicles capacity (per annum). My feeling is that within 2-3 years this capacity is going to be fulfilled. In that case, we have to start something for the expansion of the plants,”
financialexpress.com
“We are focusing on the premium market and still the country’s entire market is including the basic side of that. The entire market share of the motorcycle industry in India has no big meaning for my team and myself.”
financialexpress.com
Sources
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