Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt Ltd, 100 per cent subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company, will launch its MotoGP edition motorcycle in the country next month, a top company official said.

The MotoGP motorcycle would be a limited edition vehicle and bookings would begin in the first week of May, Yadvinder S Guleria, Head-All India Sales,HMSI told reporters after the company launched its new look sporty 150 cc Honda Unicorn and a 125 cc Honda Shine in

Chennai on Friday.

He also said HMSI would be launching a scooter during the second half of this financial year.

The new Unicorn is priced at Rs 58,571 and the Honda Shine priced at Rs 40,598 (ex-showroom,Chennai), he said.

Guleria said HMSI was looking at a growth of 27 per cent this year with sales of nine lakh units. The company sold 7.2 lakh units last year, he said. They were looking at exporting to the Middle East, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, he added.