Auto Sales February: Tata Motors on for another record, Maruti Suzuki to again decline

Tata Motors, India’s second biggest automaker, is on track to set another monthly record in terms of passenger auto sales in February, even as market leader Maruti Suzuki will continue to see a year-on-year decline, according to Emkay Research. The third major listed automaker, Mahindra & Mahindra is also scheduled to report a strong February […]

January Auto Sales: Maruti Suzuki declines again, but less this time

Maruti Suzuki reported better numbers as part of its January Auto Sales performance compared to recent months, with India sales declining only 7% compared to the same month of last year. This is comparatively better than its performance in recent months. In November, for example, its domestic passenger vehicle sales fell by a whopping 19% […]

January Auto Sales: Tata Motors sets another record, VECV declines

Tata Motors Ltd, India’s second largest passenger vehicle maker, has posted yet another record-breaking monthly sales number, selling a whopping 72,485 vehicles in January 2022. Unlike in the last 18 months or so, the growth in the first month of 2022 has come from both the commercial vehicle as well as the passenger vehicle business. […]

Dec UV Sales: Creta, Venue, Sonet, Seltos down; Magnite, Astor, Crysta up

Sales trends of December 2021 show the rise of a new bunch of compact and entry-level utility vehicles such as the Nissan Magnite, MG Astor, Tata Punch, Skoda Kushaq and Volkswagen Taigun, at the cost of older models like Hyundai Creta, Kia Seltos, Kia Sonet, MG Hector, Tata Punch and Hyundai Venue. Two exceptions to […]

The secret Punch behind Tata Motors’ auto sales out-performance

Auto sales in the final three months of 2021 will be remembered for the solid out-performance of Tata Motors during the period, boosted by one key model — the affordable, mini SUV Punch. The strong numbers racked up by the entry-level UV have helped Tata Motors overtake Mahindra & Mahindra in the compact utility vehicle […]

Bajaj Auto beats Hero MotoCorp, TVS Motor Co in December two-wheeler sales

Bajaj Auto emerged as the best performer in December two-wheeler sales in the domestic market by posting relatively flat numbers while others such as TVS Motor Co and Hero MotoCorp saw sharp declines in their India sales. Bajaj Auto escaped the sharp declines by reporting sales of 1.28 lakh units in India in the final […]

Volvo Eicher beats M&M, Ashok Leyland & Tata Motors in December CV sales

Smaller truck manufacturers Volvo Eicher (VECV) and Mahindra & Mahindra were able to show a better turnaround in their December auto sales in India compared to bigger peers and market leaders Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland, with Eicher reporting particularly strong numbers. For example, in heavy duty trucks, Volvo Eicher led the growth with a […]

Maruti Suzuki denies demand problems, says rural demand intact

India’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki today denied that it was facing problems with demand, and said the recent slowdown in sales is because of availability of semiconductor chips. Shashank Srivastava, executive director in charge of sales and marketing, denied that the company was facing any issues liquidating its inventory, and said stocks were well […]

Bleak November auto sales: Bajaj Auto, Escorts report declines

With the pent-up demand getting exhausted and the overall economy reeling under the impact of rising inflation and the after-effects of two waves of COVID-19, auto sales seem to be coming under pressure post the festival period. Two of the earliest companies to report their November numbers, Bajaj Auto and tractor maker Escorts, have both […]

October Auto Sales: Tata Motors sets a record, Maruti Suzuki has another terrible month

Tata Motors again surprised on the upside with its excellent performance as far as October auto sales are concerned, even as market leader Maruti Suzuki faced yet another month of depressingly poor sales in its core hatchback segment. Mahindra & Mahindra, meanwhile, beat the blues thanks to strong demand for its newly launched XUV700 model. […]

Mahindra adds XUV700 luxury variants, delivery dates in 5 days

Mahindra & Mahindra today announced a new luxury variant for is recently unveiled XUV700 premium SUV diesel. The luxury variant, which will be available with both automatic transmission as well as manual transmission, will come with certain added features. These extra features include a new ‘immersive 3D sound” system by Sony, electrically deployed smart door […]

Tata Motors, M&M report strong CV sales, PV sales fall

Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra, the two primary home-grown auto makers in India, reported continued pick-up in the sales of heavy commercial vehicles, but their passenger vehicle sales showed a declining trend, though not as sharply as in case of market leader Maruti Suzuki. Passenger vehicle sales for M&M fell to 13,134 in September […]

M&M cuts production by 20-25% due to chip shortage

Mahindra & Mahindra said it will cut its automobile production this month by 20-25% due to a shortage of semiconductors. The company, like most producers, has been finding it difficult to source the chips required that carry out various functions within a car, such as controlling the engine/fuel flow, display boards and so on. “The […]