Vehicle registrations rise by a modest 3% in March

Vehicle registrations – a proxy for retail sales – went up by a modest 3% last month to 2.13 million units due to subdued demand during the inauspicious period of holastak ahead of Holi, as per data collated by industry body Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA). While passenger vehicle and commercial vehicle retails declined … Read more

Auto sales India: Auto sales grow 3.1% in March, PVs and CVs fall 6% each ahead of Lok Sabha elections: FADA

Auto retails in March registered a growth of 3.14 per cent on a year-on-year basis even as passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles and tractors saw a decline, Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) said on Monday. With the expiration of FAME-II subsidy on March 31, e-2W sales rose, with the category seeing a market share bump … Read more

Passenger vehicles stay ahead of the curve for 2nd month in calendar year

Passenger vehicle makers in February are estimated to dispatch 360,000 units to their dealers, the highest ever for February in any year. Sustained demand, coupled with new model launches, is likely to notch up sales by 8% year-on-year, as per industry estimates. It would be the first time in seven years when February will see … Read more

India SUV sales: SUVs to continue steering PV sales to record high in FY25, but overall demand scenario a concern

The overall demand for cars in India will continue downward trajectory in the upcoming financial year, even as SUV thirst is likely to push passenger vehicle (PV) sales to record high, a report showed on Monday. Sport utility vehicles (SUVs) are likely to propel overall PV volumes to record high at 5-7 per cent in … Read more

tyre market: CEAT looks to grab opportunity in replacement tyre market growth fuelled by PV sales

Tyre maker CEAT Ltd is looking to cash in on the growth of passenger vehicles sales in India, which will boost demand in the replacement market going forward, according to the company Managing Director & CEO Arnab Banerjee. The company is also gearing up to enter the passenger vehicles (PV) and truck and bus radial … Read more

Passenger vehicle sales in local market reach new heights in 2023

Sales of passenger vehicles in the local market increased in moderate single-digits to 286,390 units last month, taking cumulative volumes for the calendar year over the 4 million mark for the first time in the country. As per data available with industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) as many as 4,101,600 cars, sedans … Read more

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

passenger vehicle sales: Possible increase in auto loan interest rates could impact PV sales: Maruti Suzuki’s Shashank Srivastava

Passenger vehicle sales in India could be weighed down by increase in interest rates for auto loans, if there is no reduction in repo rates going forward as the industry gears up for a single-digit growth this year, according to Maruti Suzuki India Senior Executive Officer (Marketing and Sales) Shashank Srivastava. With a high base … Read more

Tata Motors total domestic sales up 4 pc to 76,138 units in Dec

New Delhi: Tata Motors on Monday reported a 4 per cent increase in its total domestic sales to 76,138 units in December 2023 as compared to 72,997 units in the same month a year ago. Passenger Vehicles (PV) sales, including electric vehicles, in the domestic market stood at 43,470 units last month as against 40,043 … Read more