Domestic Car Sales

Hatchbacks like WagonR and Alto have seen a decline during the past few years due to changing consumer preference

Says product portfolio in line with customer's choice for SUVs, non-committal about sales volume; Hyundai's best show so far was in 2018 at 550,002 units

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Passenger vehicle market leaders Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai on Saturday reported a decline in wholesales in December 2021, although homegrown majors Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra reported growth, amid semiconductor shortage continuing to impact production. Other manufacturers Nissan and Skoda also reported an increase in December 2021 sales although Honda Cars India witnessed a decline last month. The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) reported a 4 per cent fall in wholesales to 1,53,149 units in December 2021 as against 1,60,226 units a year ago. Its December 2021 domestic sales slipped 13 per cent to 1,30,869 units as against 1,50,288 units in December 2020. "The shortage of electronic components had a minor impact on the production of vehicles during the month. The shortage primarily affected the production of vehicles sold in the domestic market," MSI said in a statement. The company said sales of mini cars, including Alto and S-Presso, fell 35 per cent

Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) on Sunday reported a 12 year-on-year rise in domestic sales at 6,055 units for July. The company had sold 5,383 units in the domestic market during July 2020, HCIL said in a statement. Exports stood at 918 units last month, it added. "We achieved our production ramp-up from last week of July and have streamlined supplies in line with market activity. Barring few locations, dealer outlets were mostly operational last month, albeit with lesser capacity," HCIL Senior Vice-President and Director (Marketing & Sales) Rajesh Goel noted. He added that the market sentiment has improved amid prevailing lower coronavirus infection rate. "We expect the upcoming festive period will help the industry to maintain this momentum." However, the company will keep a closer watch on the challenges related to the pandemic and rising cost of acquisition of cars due to price hike from this month, he added.

Tata Motors on Sunday said its total domestic sales increased by 92 per cent to 51,981 units in July as compared to the same month last year.

'Since neither of the two months had normal production, the sales volume of May 2021 are not comparable with May 2020,' says the carmaker

MG Motor India on Friday said its sales rose by 33 per cent to 4,010 units in December, 2020 as compared to 3,021 units in the same month a year ago

Factors that helped rural sales included a good monsoon, an excellent rabi crop and a relatively lesser spread of the Coronavirus

Hyundai Motor India, the country's second-largest car manufacturer increased its market share to 19.44 per cent from 18.88 per cent. However, sales dropped to 34,699 units from 36,294 units

Eicher's commercial vehicle (CV) sales dropped by 81 per cent to 1,409 units during the month from 7,329 units, a year ago

Motorcycle sales last month declined by 15.17% to 871,886 units from 1,027,766 units a year earlier

But if you delay purchase to the new year, you will get a higher value on resale

Buyers appear more concerned about higher upfront payments and seem reluctant to bear higher cost of safety norms

Vehicle sales across categories registered a decline of 12.34 per cent to 19,97,952 units from 22,79,186 units in June 2018, it added.

However, motorcycle sales last month rose 2.18% to 964,269 units

Minus these two companies, the rate falls to low single digits in April-May

After a growth of more than nine per cent in FY17, car makers have had a roaring start to the new financial year. A strong double digit growth in domestic passenger vehicle (cars, vans and utility vehicle) sales by market leader Maruti Suzuki and others including Honda, Tata Motors and Toyota helped the industry post a 16 per cent growth in April. New launches done in recent months continue to drive volumes for many companies. The sports utility vehicles remain on a growth path. Maruti Suzuki has clocked a record monthly domestic sales of 144,081 vehicles, growing more than 23 per cent over the corresponding sales of 117,045 vehicles in April 2016. All segment of vehicles except vans posted strong double digit growth for Maruti. The mini segment (Alto and WagonR) grew by 22 per cent. The compact segment (Swift, Celerio, Ignis, Baleno and Dzire) surged over 39 per cent in volumes. Sale of Maruti's utility vehicles grew more than 28 per cent last month. Korean car maker Hyundai, the ...

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Two-wheeler sales rose by 13.52% to 14,76,340 units in July