Kinetic Honda

Kinetic Honda

Industry	Automobile
Fate	Acquired
Successor	Mahindra & Mahindra Limited
Founded	1984 (1984)
Founder	H.K Firodia
Defunct	2008 (2008)
Headquarters	Pune, Pune , India
Area served	India , USA , UK etc.
Key people	H.K Firodia , Arun Firodia , Sulajja Firodia Motwani , Ajinkya Firodia
Products	Scooters and Motorcycles
Owner	Arun Firodia
Parent	Firodia Group
Slogan	Closer to you

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 JV operated during 1984 - 1998, manufacturing 2-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.

The brand Kinetic Honda is remembered for its legacy 2-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

• 1984: Kinetic DX — 98cc, 2-stroke, single mirror, black plastic finish
• 1984: Kinetic EX — 98cc, 2-stroke, single mirror, black plastic finish, no indicators(replaced by black blocks), limited colour versions)
• 1994: Kinetic ZX — 98cc, 2-stroke, double mirror, wind shield, more graphical stickers, grey plastic finish)
• 1995: Kinetic Marvel — 99cc, 2-stroke, double mirror, wide shield, more graphical stickers, red, white and blackish blue plastic finish and with pure Honda 2 stroke Engine.
• 2001: Kinetic ZX Zoom — 110cc, 2-stroke. Otherwise as the ZX.
• 2002: Kinetic Nova.
• 2005: Kinetic 4s — 113.5cc, 4-stroke
• 2006: Kinetic Kine.
• 2007: Kinetic Y2K.
• 2008: Kinetic Jupiter and Kinetic Blaze.