Auto retails get a festive season boost, overall sales jump 32% year-on-year

Auto retails get a festive season boost, overall sales jump 32% year-on-year

Vehicle registration– a proxy for retail sales, rose 32% year-on-year in October as both Navratri and Diwali—the major festivals fell in the same month, the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) said in a statement on Thursday. Led by the two wheelers which saw the sales jump 36.34% to 20,65,095 units over the year ago … Read more

Record retail sales during festivals bring down inventory in car market

Record retail sales during festivals bring down inventory in car market

The festive season brought much relief to automakers who had been struggling with high inventory, with consumers lapping up cars and SUVs across categories. While sales of entry-level cars are yet to show signs of a turnaround, customers drove home premium vehicles — from hatchbacks like the Maruti Suzuki Baleno to SUVs such as the … Read more

Maruti’s top boss Bhargava is worried about muted buyer interest for vehicles priced below Rs 10 lakh

Maruti’s top boss Bhargava is worried about muted buyer interest for vehicles priced below Rs 10 lakh

While the slowdown in cars sales in the first half of this fiscal is not a cause of concern, the continued decline in demand for vehicles priced below Rs 10 lakh is worrisome, Maruti Suzuki Chairman R C Bhargava said, adding, unless the lower end of the market grows there will be less feeders to … Read more

Buying a car this festive season? Companies would want you to

Buying a car this festive season? Companies would want you to

Are you planning to buy a car this festive season? Over the past couple of months, car sales have been on a downward trend. But automakers are banking on some hefty discounts and enticing promotional offers tied to the festive season to finally shift those sales into high gear. The Indian automobile market, once driven … Read more

By 2035, EVs to consume 6 to 8.7 pc of India’s electricity: Report

By 2035, EVs to consume 6 to 8.7 pc of India’s electricity: Report

The electric vehicles (EVs) in India are set to consume a significant share of the country’s electricity by 2035, highlighted a report by IKIGAI Asset Manager Holdings, an investment management firm. According to the report, EVs are expected to account for 6 to 8.7 per cent of India’s total electricity consumption by 2035, reflecting the … Read more

July boost in Canadian retail sales welcome, but more rate cuts needed: analysts

July boost in Canadian retail sales welcome, but more rate cuts needed: analysts

Canadian retail sales edged up in July, but economists say it will take further interest rate cuts to spark lasting activity. Statistics Canada said Friday that retail sales rose 0.9 per cent, to $66.4 billion, in July, helped by stronger new car sales. The agency says sales were higher in seven of the nine subsectors it … Read more

car discounts: Double-whammy for India’s car dealers: Rising inventory and increasing demand for discounts

car discounts: Double-whammy for India’s car dealers: Rising inventory and increasing demand for discounts

Stung by leftover inventory and unsure about consumer spending, India’s auto dealers are worried about having to discount more to boost demand in the upcoming festive season, a representative of the dealers’ body said on Thursday. The double whammy of higher inventory costs and deeper discounts is a nightmare for auto dealers as that has … Read more

Passenger, commercial vehicle registrations fall in August as floods, rainfall disrupt sales

Passenger, commercial vehicle registrations fall in August as floods, rainfall disrupt sales

Registrations of passenger as well as commercial vehicles fell last month with excess rainfall, floods disrupting retail sales in several states in the local market. While passenger vehicle sales declined by 4.5% to 309,053 units, commercial vehicle retails slid 6.05% to 73,253 units on back of weather-related disruptions and weak industrial demand. Overall, vehicle registrations … Read more

Auto sales decline for second straight month in August

Auto sales decline for second straight month in August

Sales of passenger vehicles in the local market declined for the second straight month in August, on a high base, and with carmakers reducing dispatches to rationalise stocks at dealerships. According to industry estimates around 350,000-355,000 cars, sedans and utility vehicles were dispatched from factories to dealerships last month, which is a decline of 1.7-3% … Read more

Passenger vehicle sales fall for first time in over two years in July

Passenger vehicle sales fall for first time in over two years in July

Sales of passenger vehicles fell for the first time in more than two years in July on a high base worsened by sluggish demand and inventory glut at dealerships. Two-wheelers however grew in double digits, and three wheelers in low single digits, helped by steady recovery in rural demand, on a low base. Passenger vehicles … Read more