Passenger vehicle sales down by 23.7% in September, eleventh straight month of decline

Passenger vehicle sales slump 23.7% in September, eleventh straight month of decline, reported news agency Reuters

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Passenger vehicle sales has gone by 23.7% in September - the eleventh straight month of declines - amid one of the worst slump seen in India's auto industry, data released by an industry body said on Friday.

The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) data said, Passenger vehicle sales dropped to 2,23,317 units in September, while passenger car sales dived 33.4 per cent to 1,31,281 units, reported Reuters

Domestic car sales were down 33.4 per cent to 1,31,281 units last month as against 1,97,124 units in September 2018, according to data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on Friday.


Motorcycle sales last month declined 23.29 per cent to 10,43,624 units as against 13,60,415 units a year earlier.

Total two-wheeler sales in September declined 22.09 per cent to 16,56,774 units compared to 21,26,445 units in the year-ago month.

Sales of commercial vehicles were down 39.06 per cent to 58,419 units in September as compared with 95,870 units in the same period of last year, SIAM said.

Vehicle sales across categories registered a decline of 22.41 per cent to 20,04,932 units from 25,84,062 units in September 2018, it added.

The data comes as the domestic automobile industry faces a crippling slowdown in demand that has led to production cuts and thousands of job losses.

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    Published: 11 Oct 2019, 11:31 AM