The country’s passenger vehicle makers reported record domestic sales and growth for October, buoyed by strong festive demand. Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL), Hyundai Motors, Tata Motors, General Motors, Ford, Toyota and Mahindra & Mahindra sold a record 296,064 vehicles (including exports), a rise of 27 per cent over last year. These companies account for 95 per cent of car sales in India. The highest growth during the last few years was in September, when domestic passenger vehicle sales went up by 20.6 per cent and hit the previous all-time high of 290,252.
The aggressive sales numbers have more or less neutralised the sharp drop in export, which mainly affected Hyundai and MSIL. In October, MSIL sold 107,555 vehicles in the domestic market, an increase of 50.3 per over last year and a record since its inception, while its export fell by 18 per cent. Thus, the combined sales increase was only 39.2 per cent at 118,908 vehicles. While the compact car segment contributed over 45 per cent to the sales of MSIL, sales of multi-utility and multi-purpose vehicles grew 91.8 and 151 per cent, respectively.
Bucking the trend, exports of Tata Motors doubled to 5,950 units during October. As a result, the passenger vehicles sales grew 19 per cent over last year. Tata Motors sold 26,503 passenger vehicles last month. However, sales of Nano fell to 3,650 units, compared to 5,250 units in September 2010. Mahindra & Mahindra’s passenger vehicle sales grew 21 per cent to 15,908 vehicles.
PASSENGER VEHICLES DOMESTIC SALES FOR OCT 2010 Company Oct-09 Oct-10 Increase (%) Maruti Suzuki
Company Name | CMP |
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Maruti Suzuki | 10904.75 |
Mahindra & Mahindra | 2906.40 |
Hyundai Motor India | 1764.75 |
Mercury Metals | 88.11 |
Hindustan Motors | 25.10 |
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