Hero has launched a new variant of its Xoom Scooter. The company has named this scooter as Combat Edition. Its ex-showroom price is Rs 80,967.
Hero has launched a new variant of its Xoom Scooter. The company has named this scooter as Combat Edition. Its ex-showroom price is Rs 80,967. The Zoom Combat Edition is based on the top-spec ZX variant of the Hero scooter. The company has included a new ‘Matte Shadow Grey’ color in it. Which has a base grey coat with yellow and black color accents. The color scheme of this special edition has been given keeping in mind the color seen on fighter jets.
Apart from this colour scheme, the Zoom Combat Edition is mechanically identical to the ZX variant. This means that the Combat Edition also gets the cornering light feature that is reserved for the top ZX variant. It has a 110.9cc, single-cylinder air-cooled engine, which produces 8.2hp of power at 7,250rpm and 8.7 Nm of peak torque at 5,750rpm. The Zoom Combat will use the same digital display seen on the ZX variant. That is, it will support Bluetooth connectivity. It will get call and SMS alerts.
The Hero Zoom Combat Edition is priced at Rs 80,967 (ex-showroom). It is currently the most expensive variant of the Hero scooter. The Hero Zoom lineup starts at Rs 71,484 for the base LX variant. The biggest competitor of the Hero Zoom is the Honda Dio, which is priced between Rs 70,211 and Rs 77,712.
Company’s yearly sales increased
Hero MotoCorp has registered a YoY growth of 4.11% to 4,98,123 units in May 2024 as against 5,19,474 units sold in May last year. Hero has witnessed a decline of 6.65% in MoM sales as compared to 5,33,585 units sold in April 2024. Motorcycles accounted for 4,71,186 units with a total sales of 4,98,123 units in May 2024, down 3.71% from 4,89,336 units sold in May 2023. Motorcycles account for 94.59% of the company’s portfolio. Scooters accounted for 5.41% of this, with sales of 26,937 units, a decline of 10.62% year-on-year.