Car Sales

Domestic passenger vehicle sales drop 6.2% in January on subdued consumer demand: Industry body

Domestic passenger vehicle sales declined 6.2 percent in January as vehicle demand continued to be stressed by rising cost of ownership and slower GDP growth, automobile industry body SIAM said on Monday

Maruti Suzuki posts 2.4% rise in car sales in December on higher demand for compact models

Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday reported a 2.4 percent rise in car sales in the domestic market during December, as higher demand for compact models such as New WagonR offset a slump in small cars

Domestic car sales decline by 11% to 1.60 lakh units in November; motorcycles sales plunge 15%: SIAM

Vehicle sales across categories registered a decline of 12.05 percent to 17,92,415 units from 20,38,007 units in November 2018

Maruti parent Suzuki Motor Corp says company no longer gung-ho about India’s auto market

Suzuki Motor Corp said it was no longer gung-ho about India’s auto market, the world’s fourth-largest, where it has seen relentless growth in the past seven years. And the parent of the country’s biggest car maker is not alone

Auto sales data debate: Why Anand Mahindra's call to industry to move to retail sales volume reporting makes good sense

Anand Mahindra might not have put it in so many words but the car industry must have a consumer focus is the unstated message.

Maruti Suzuki October sales up 4.5% at 1,53,435 units; compact car sales rise 16%

The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Friday reported a 4.5 percent increase in total sales at 1,53,435 units in October

GST panel unlikely to favour tax rate cut for auto, component sectors; revenue losses major concern for govt

The auto sector, which has been reeling from the worst slump in nearly two decades, has pushed for a lowering of tax rates at the 20 September GST panel meeting, in a bid to revive vehicle demand.

Maruti Suzuki pins hopes on festive season for demand revival; company to provide attractive offers to consumers

The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India is pinning hopes on the festive season for a turn around in the auto industry irrespective of government help forthcoming or not, according to a senior company official

Tracking India's economic slowdown: Narendra Modi govt has a herculean task ahead to pep up growth with dying private investment

There is more than enough evidence of the economy slowing down

Auto industry seeks stimulus package from govt as sector hit by unprecedented slump in sales

Auto industry leaders on Wednesday asked the government for a stimulus package, including GST reduction on vehicles, for the sector which has been hit by an unprecedented slump in sales