Kinetic Honda

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Kinetic Honda
IndustryAutomobile
Founded1984 (1984)
FounderH. K. Firodia
Defunct2008 (2008)
FateDefunct
Successor Mahindra & Mahindra Limited
Headquarters Pune,
Area served
India, USA, UK, Turkey etc.
Key people
H. K. Firodia, Arun Firodia, Sulajja Firodia Motwani, Ajinkya Firodia
ProductsScooters, motorcycles
Owner Arun Firodia
Parent Kinetic Engineering Limited (Firodia Group)

Kinetic Honda was a joint venture between Kinetic Engineering Limited, India and Honda Motor Company, Japan. Kinetic was the first company to have a joint venture with HMSI. The partnership operated from 1984 to 1998, manufacturing two-stroke scooters in India. In 1998, the joint venture was terminated after which Kinetic Engineering continued to sell the models under the brand name Kinetic until 2008 when the interests were sold to Mahindra. Mahindra later wound up their two wheeler business, owing to poor sales. [1]

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The brand Kinetic Honda is remembered for its legacy two-stroke scooters which were in fact based on the Honda NH series, with continuously variable transmission and electric start, first in India when it was launched (in 1984), and the only in India until the late 1990s.

Model history

Notes

  1. International Business Times, 31 July 2008, "Mahindra & Mahindra buys Kinetic Motor for Rs.110 crore, forays into two-wheeler market" by Surojit Chatterjee.

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