Passenger vehicle sales fall 18% in June; car sales decline 25%: SIAM data

New Delhi: Domestic passenger vehicle (PV) sales declined by 17.54 percent to 2,25,732 units in June from 2,73,748 units in the year-ago period. Domestic car sales were down 24.97 percent to 1,39,628 units as against 1,83,885 units in June 2018, according to data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on Wednesday. [caption id=“attachment_4297977” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. Reuters[/caption] Motorcycle sales last month declined 9.57 percent to 10,84,598 units as against 11,99,332 units a year earlier. Total two-wheeler sales in June declined 11.69 percent to 16,49,477 units compared to 18,67,884 units in the year-ago month. Sales of commercial vehicles were down 12.27 percent to 70,771 units in June against 80,670 units in the same period a year ago, SIAM said. Vehicle sales across categories registered a decline of 12.34 percent to 19,97,952 units from 22,79,186 units in June 2018, it added. In fact, all vehicle categories witnessed decline in sales during the month. In the April-June period PV sales declined 18.42 percent to 7,12,620 units compared with 8,73,490 units in the year-ago period. Vehicle sales across all categories declined by 12.35 percent to 60,85,406 units in the April-June period against 69,42,742 units in same period of last year.