Best Scooters in India

Don't know the best scooter to go for? The Indian scooter industry is blessed with some good number of scooters which can easily handles by both sexes. Most of us compare scooters with the other scooters rivalling.

Yamaha Ray Vs Honda Dio, Honda Activa Vs Hero Maestro, Suzuki Access Vs Mahindra Duro, TVS Wego Vs Honda Activa Vs Hero Maestro, Honda Activa Vs Suzuki Access, Suzuki Access Vs Suzuki Swish and goes on the shout out of scooters in India. Ending the array of all confusions and dilemma, we have compared and ranked the top scooters of India.

The ranking has been done considering each scooter's popularity, customers' choice, demand of the vehicle, price, value for money, resale value, mileage, maintenance cost, power and performance, design, looks and graphics, features, ride comfy, built quality, so and so on.

Suzuki Access 125

Made under the belt of Japanese bi-wheeler giant, Suzuki Motor Corporation. Certainly no room for errors. Powered by a 124 cc, 4 Stroke, Single Cylinder, Air Cooled OHC engine that generates maximum power of 8.58hp @ 7000 rpm and maximum torque of 9.8 Nm @ 5000 rpm, the machine expels the class-best performance. It has good design as well. Moreover better reliability, better mileage, good pricing and less maintenance make it the best Indian scooter.



Pros
Performance, smooth riding, mileage, quality, brand value, resale value, value for money and less maintenance.

Cons
No digital meter console

Honda Activa

The pioneer of next generation Indian scootering, the Activa. Since its launch in 2001, the scooter is there as the leader of the country's scooter world. No doubt, t is precisely the best selling scooter in India. It is from the home of Honda. Made in good quality, with better fuel inefficiency and enough power. Now, there is one more reason to buy it. The all new Honda Activa comes in HET technology. With that Honda offers a sparking mileage of 60 kmpl.



Pros
It has reliability, best in class mileage, best in class resale value, less maintenance, powerful enough and brand value.

Cons
No digital meter console

Vespa LX 125 ( Discontinued )

Meet the beauty of Indian bi-wheelering. Loaded with Italian design, the LX125 gets tagged as the queen of roads. How can't we look at once while an LX125 passes along the road. Yup, it's a show stopper. The Vespa LX125 is known as the only premium scooter in India.



Pros
Design is its prior advantage. Quality, brand value, power, mileage and less maintenance follow it.

Cons
Heavy pricing, no front disc brake (at this price range there should have been), no digital meter console, looks small and hardly drivable for a tall and a fat guy.

Honda Aviator

A slightly upgraded scooter that stands just below the premium class. It gives a really comfortable ride. With better suspension and seating positing, the scooter never disappoints us. More interestingly, it has disc brake and it's the only scooter to be equipped with disc brake in the Indian scooter industry.



Pros
Front disc brake, randed, dream mileage of 60 kmpl, less maintenance, high reliability, good resale value, worthy for money and one of the best scooters in India.

Cons
No digital meter console, design could have been better.

Honda Dio

If you're looking for a stylish scooter at an affordable price range having better mileage, this is your machine, the Dio. Honda Dio is well known for modifications. So keep rocking with Dio, if you care to have a sporty scooter.



Pros
Quality, looks, reliability, resale value, stunning mileage

Cons
No digital meter console.

TVS Wego

The Wego is known for its body balance feature that helps both the rider and the pillion to keep the balance on. TVS Wego is been a good performer since its launch. The scooter has bagged several awards so far.




Pros
Alloy wheels, good looking, day time running light, value for money.

Cons
Starting trouble issues, engine noise, no digital meter.

Yamaha Ray

The debut scooter of Yamaha in the Indian shore. The scooter slightly resembles Honda Dio. It is mainly focussed on young women riders. The scooter is so smooth and easy to ride on. Perhaps, the best scooter to be driven in cities.



Pros
Looks, branded, fuel efficient, reliability, smooth, easy to handle

Cons
Less powered, no digital meter, looks like a copy cat of Honda Dio.

Hero Pleasure

From the home of Hero, world's number one two wheeler company. That is enough to prove the capabilities of the Pleasure. Tagging "Why should boys have all the fun?," the scooter offers a good experience to both men and women.



Pros
Branded, value for money, good resale value, low maintenance, powerful enough, a perfect city rider and fuel efficient too.

Cons
No digital meter, the back portion doesn't look pleasing, Hero hasn't done a huge modifications since its entry.

Hero Maestro Edge

Seems to be the next generation version of Honda Activa. The scooter is mated with a digital display on board showcasing trip meter, fuel gauge and odometer. With good features, quality, mileage and looks, the scooter turns to be a good rival for Honda Activa.



Pros
Digital meter console, decent looks, comes with a refined Honda Activa engine, built in good quality, better mileage, power.

Cons
Seem like a real copy of the Activa, the scooter looks a bit bulgy.

Suzuki Swish 125

Obviously the sibling of the Access 125. The only difference is the design. The engine and all technical specifications are the same. Hence no worry to ride on the Swish, since the Access 125 has a well proven track record.



Pros
Good quality, branded, value for money, economical and an all-rounder performer on road.

Cons
No digital meter

Vespa VXL 150

The VXL 150 is the most powerful scooter in India. It comes with a very beautiful and premium design and reflects the Italian engineering and aesthetics. The VXL 150 has a very comfortable seat, 5-spoke alloy wheels, semi-digital instrumentation, chrome brake levers and a small and cool storage compartments at the front and ample under-seat storage.



Pros
Powerful engine, Italian design, premium design, comfortable seat, lightweight

Cons
Price

Aprilia SR 150

The SR 150 is the first sports scooter in India. Aprilia has developed the SR 150 to be very purpose friendly and it comes with a very powerful engine that's been adopted from the Vespa.



Pros
Powerful engine, stylish and sporty look, Double-barrel headlight unit, Sports-styled exhaust, low price

Cons
Mileage, build quality must have been improved

Yamaha Fascino

The Fascino is a stylish and trendy scooter, it comes loaded with many features to attract the attention of the youngsters as well as the genders of all kinds of the country. Yamaha has followed a curvey and sculpted design in the Fascino and this curvy feature gives it a very distinctive look. The chrome touchup of the scooter reflects the premium making and styling of this scooter. Yamaha used blue core technology in this scooter and the Fascino returns a best in class mileage of 66km per litres.



pros
Powerful Bluecore Engine, Stylish Meter Console, Stunning Head Lamp, 3 Dimensional Logo, Chrome finish.

Cons
Fibre Body

Hero Duet

The Duet is a rival to the popular Activa 4G. Hero has made the Duet to be a very lightweight scooter for all the needs of the family. The Duet showcase a good average fuel efficiency of around 50 to 54 km per litres.



Pros
external fuel filling cap with a warning buzzer, under seat storage with illumination, front and rear luggage hook, mobile charging USB port and new analogue-digital instrument cluster

Cons
Design must have been improved

Jupiter Classic

The Jupiter Classic is a cosmetic makeover of the TVS Jupiter. At first look, the Jupiter Classic may look a lot like a Vespa. TVS has provided a trendy yet retro style design with a Sunlit Ivory paint job to make the scooter very attractive.



Pros
Windshield, pillion handle with cushion, Dual Tone seat, disk brakes

Cons
the same old engine of the Jupiter

Mahindra Gusto 125

The Gusto 125 is the offering from Mahindra to rival the popular scooters like Activa, Access, Duet, Maestro, Jupiter and other good scooters available to buy in India. The Gusto is the first scooter to showcase a highly adjustable seat which will be very useful for riders of all ages. The Gusto 125 comes with cool features and a powerful engine to be a very friendly family scooter.

Pros
Smooth engine, LED pilot lamps, height adjustable seats. Like modern day cars, remote flip key, big under-seat storage

Cons
Offbeat colours, built quality must have been improved

Unfortunately Mahindra Duro DZ, the Rodeo RZ and the Scooty variants got out since the rank list is limited to only the best scooters. It doesn't mean that the Duro DZ, the Rodeo RZ, the Scooty Pep + and the Scooty Streek are imperfect, but as they are compared these scooters are slightly pulled back.