March Car sales slump for most, Maruti, M&M buck trend

02 Apr 2009 Evaluate

After raising hopes of a turnaround with a healthy 21 per cent growth in February, car makers, with the exception of Maruti and Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), saw sales slide in March, dashing hopes of a turnaround in this bellwether industry.

 

Maruti Suzuki, the country’s largest car maker, continued its three-month dream run by notching up a 15 per cent jump in domestic sales in March. Maruti’s March sales follow a 19 per cent growth in February, when it sold record 70,625 cars — the highest ever by the company. In March 2008, the car maker sold over 64,000 cars.

 

Hyundai, the country’s second-largest car maker, was unable to maintain the sales momentum of a 45.3 per cent growth in February. March sales fell nearly 16 per cent to just 24,754 cars. Meanwhile, Tata Motors may be gung-ho after the launch of the Nano, the world’s cheapest car, but its sales fell 4 per cent, with the company selling 23,680 units in the domestic market. The company had fared much better in February, with sales growing 1.4 per cent

 

Unlike February, new models have not been able to halt falling sales for premium car maker Honda Siel. The company saw sales fall over 17 per cent in March, when it sold 7368 units. However the company claims it has grown 32 per cent over the previous month by selling 7,368 units in March 2009 against 5,579 units in February.

 

Meanwhile, buoyed by the success of the Xylo, M&M saw its passenger utility vehicle sales grow 30 per cent growth over March 2008.  Domestic utility vehicles have grown 30 per cent on the back of the highest-ever sales for the Scorpio, Bolero and the Pik-Up. However, sales of Mahindra Renault’s Logan for March dipped 69 per cent to 962 units over the same month last year.

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