Vehicle registrations rise by a modest 3 per cent in May

Vehicle registrations rise by a modest 3 per cent in May

Vehicle registrations – a proxy for retail sales – went up by a modest three percent to 2.09 million units last month with consumers delaying purchases due to election-related uncertainties and extreme heat. Passenger vehicle registrations dipped marginally during the month under review by 0.96% to 303,358 units. As per data collated by industry body … Read more

Tata Motors CV demerger: Demerger of biz to help commercial vehicle business capitalise on opportunities globally: Tata Motors

Tata Motors CV demerger: Demerger of biz to help commercial vehicle business capitalise on opportunities globally: Tata Motors

The proposed demerger of existing automotive business into two listed entities will help the commercial vehicle vertical become more agile and capitalise on the opportunities available globally, according to Tata Motors Executive Director Girish Wagh. In march this year, Tata Motors announced the demerger of its commercial and passenger vehicle segments into two separate listed … Read more

Auto sales growth moderates in April, sets record despite tepid demand

Auto sales growth moderates in April, sets record despite tepid demand

New Delhi: Car sales in the local market rose 1.3% to 335,629 units last month, and automakers attributed the tepid pace of growth to tapering off of the post-pandemic pent-up demand that sustained for the last two financial years. Though the growth rate moderated in April, it was the fourth consecutive month when sales volume … Read more

Mahindra & Mahindra: Mahindra sales up 13% in April at 70,471 units

Mahindra & Mahindra: Mahindra sales up 13% in April at 70,471 units

Mahindra & Mahindra on Thursday said its total wholesales increased 13 per cent year-on-year to 70,471 units in April as compared to the same month last year. The company’s total dispatches to its dealers stood at 62,294 units in April 2023. The Mumbai-based auto major’s passenger vehicle sales in the domestic market rose 18 per … Read more

4.2 million car sales may blast their way to record

4.2 million car sales may blast their way to record

New Delhi: India’s car industry is on track for a record-breaking year, with sales expected to touch about 4.23 million vehicles, buoyed by a double-digit sales surge this month. The robust performance would cement India’s position as the world’s third-largest passenger vehicle market, staying ahead of Japan for the second year in a row. As … Read more

Tata Motors to split into 2 listed companies

Tata Motors to split into 2 listed companies

Mumbai: Tata Motors Ltd will split into two listed businesses comprising the commercial vehicle and the passenger vehicle businesses that includes its British luxury car unit Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). Separation of the two businesses will help them capitalise on the opportunities and enhance focus and agility, N Chandrasekaran, chairman, Tata Motors said in a … Read more

Tata Motors to split into 2 listed companies

Tata Motors to split into 2 listed companies

Mumbai: Tata Motors Ltd will split into two listed businesses comprising the commercial vehicle and the passenger vehicle businesses that includes its British luxury car unit Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). Separation of the two businesses will help them capitalise on the opportunities and enhance focus and agility, N Chandrasekaran, chairman, Tata Motors said in a … Read more

passenger vehicle: PV industry growth likely to moderate to less than 5% in FY25: Tata Motors

passenger vehicle: PV industry growth likely to moderate to less than 5% in FY25: Tata Motors

The growth of the domestic passenger vehicle industry is likely to moderate to less than 5 per cent in the next fiscal, according to Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Managing Director Shailesh Chandra. The company, however, expects electric vehicle sales to keep growing despite the slow pace of charging infrastructure development in the country. “We had … Read more

Auto dispatches scale new peak as dealers stock up post year-end sales

Auto dispatches scale new peak as dealers stock up post year-end sales

Automakers dispatched 393,074 units of cars, utility vehicles and vans last month, a 14% increase from a year earlier and the highest on record, as dealers restocked inventories depleted during year-end sales promotions. As per data available with industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the previous record for passenger vehicle sales was 391,811 … Read more

December auto sales: Domestic passenger vehicle sales rise 4% YoY at 2.86 lakh units in December: SIAM data

December auto sales: Domestic passenger vehicle sales rise 4% YoY at 2.86 lakh units in December: SIAM data

The total domestic Passenger Vehicle (PV) wholesales rose 4 per cent in December 2023 at 2,86,390 units as against 2,75,352 units sold in December 2022, data from Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) showed on Friday. The automakers sold 12,11,966 two-wheelers in the last month of 2023, a growth of 16 per cent from December … Read more