Passenger vehicle sales in India increase by 14% year-on-year in August
Team Udayavani, Sep 11, 2020, 2:00 PM IST
New Delhi: Total passenger vehicle sales in India rose 14.16% in August, showing some signs of economic recovery as industries restart operations months after a coronavirus-led lockdown disrupted a sector already hit by poor demand.
Indians bought a total of 215,916 cars, utility vehicles, and vans in August, compared with 189,129 a year earlier, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) said on Friday, September 11.
“We are beginning to observe growth, which is instilling the confidence back into the industry,” SIAM President Kenichi Ayukawa said in a statement.
‘The upcoming festive season, which culminates in Diwali and sees a majority of Indians making big-ticket purchases, will help with a faster revival in demand,” another executive said.
Two-wheeler sales widely seen as an indicator of the health of the rural economy rose 3% from a year earlier.
In July, passenger vehicle sales had fallen almost 4% and an executive from an industry body had warned that auto sales were not expected to return to peak levels seen in 2018 for another three or four years.
Passenger car sales, which do not include utility vehicles and vans, were down 12.02% in July.
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