Passenger vehicle dispatches from companies to dealerships rose 4 per cent year on year to 3,47,522 units in November with demand momentum sustaining post festive period in October, industry body SIAM said on Friday. The overall passenger vehicle dispatches stood at 3,33,833 units in November last year. Market leader Maruti Suzuki India dispatched 1,41,312 units … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
