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Annual auto sales decline for first time since 2002, post almost 10% dip

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SIAM said car sales in India have been in positive territory only for three of the past 17 months – October 2012, August and September 2013.

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Annual auto sales decline for first time since 2002, post almost 10% dip

New Delhi: Annual car sales in India declined for the first time in 11 years in 2013, posting a 9.59 percent dip, as the auto industry reeled under a prolonged demand slump due to the economic slowdown.

According to the Society of Indian Automobile Industry (SIAM), domestic car sales last year fell to 18,07,011 units from 19,98,703 units in the previous year.

“The decline in annual car sales that we witnessed in 2013 was the first time after 2002. The negative sentiments have deepened due to the current state of the economy,” SIAM Director General Vishnu Mathur told reporters here.

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He said high inflation, fuel prices and interest rates - which resulted in high cost of ownership - have affected sentiment.

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Highlighting the prolonged slowdown, SIAM said car sales in India have been in positive territory only for three of the past 17 months – October 2012, August and September 2013.

The industry hasn’t yet bottomed out, Mathur said, adding that other segments such as commercial vehicles are badly hurt due to lack of mining activities and stalled infrastructureprojects.

“We expect some rebound happening in commercial vehicles in the second half of the year,” Mathur said, adding that it could have some rub-off on passenger cars as well.

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In the April-December 2013 period, the industry saw the launch of 22 new car models, 40 new variants and 10 model refreshes, intended to bring excitement in the market, he said.

In December, domestic car sales declined 4.52 percent to 1,32,561 units from 1,38,835 units in the same month in 2012.

Market leader Maruti Suzuki India posted a 6.4 percent increase in domestic sales at 73,155 units as against 68,729units in the same month of the previous year. Hyundai MotorIndia sales were also up 6.2 percent at 28,320 units comparedto 26,651 units in the year-ago month.

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Tata Motors saw its sales crash by 41.92 percent to 6,537units in December from 11,257 units. Japanese car maker Hondaposted a 29.27 percent increase to 5,484 units as against4,242 units.

Utility vehicle major Mahindra & Mahindra saw its salesdrop by 26.93 percent to 15,881 units from 21,735 units inDecember 2012.

According to data released by SIAM, motorcycle sales lastmonth declined by 4.24 percent to 8,08,281 units from8,44,046 units a year earlier.

Market leader Hero MotoCorp saw its sales down 3.88 percent at 4,53,532 units. Rival Bajaj Auto also witnessed adecline of 31.66 percent at 1,35,567 units last month.

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI), however, sawits bike sales grow by 22 percent to 1,15,537 units.

Scooter sales in December 2013 were up 29.86 percent to3,01,714 units as against 2,32,343 units in December 2012.

Segment leader HMSI saw sales up by 59.89 percent to1,67,147, while Hero MotoCorp also witnessed 10.44 percentincrease to 61,298 units. TVS Motor also saw its scooter salesgrow by 39.54 percent to 40,136 units during the month.

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Total two-wheeler sales in December 2013 grew by 2.32 percent to 11,63,465 units from 11,37,081 units in the sameperiod of 2012.

Total sales of commercial vehicles were down by 25.53 percent to 46,757 units from 62,786 units in the year-ago period,SIAM said.

Total sale of vehicles across categories registered adecline of 1.21 percent to 14,31,632 units in December 2013as against 14,49,203 units in the same month of 2012, itadded.

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