Thursday, 8 September 2016

Passenger car sales up 10% in August: SIAM -The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

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8 September 2016

Passenger cars sales increased by 9.53% in August to 177,829 units from 162,360 units sold during the corresponding month of last year, industry data showed on Thursday.

The utility vehicles' (UVs) off-take zoomed in the month under review by 47.38 per cent to 65,745 units, while van sales were up 2.52% to 15,148 units. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

According to Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the total passenger vehicle sales, which includes cars, utility vehicles and vans, accelerated by 16.68% to 258,722 units last month.

Industry data for August revealed that sales of overall commercial vehicles inched up by 1.53%. The segment is a key indicator of economic activity. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

The commercial vehicles segment's off-take for August 2016 stood at 52,996 units.

Three-wheelers sales, logged a healthy growth of 9.01% to 50,193 units last month.

Overall, sales of two-wheelers, which include scooters, motorcycles and mopeds, grew exponentially. The segment's sales rose by 26.32 per cent to 1,648,883 units.

Product-wise, scooter sales in the month under review grew by 32.92% to 567,782 units, whereas the motorcycle sub-segment sales, logged a growth of 22.19% to 1,005,666 units.

Besides, mopeds' off-take zoomed by 36.83% to 75,435 units.

However, overall exports across categories declined by 14.52% to 309,215 units which were shipped out during last month. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

Total automobile sales in August were higher by 23.72% to 2,010,794 units.

According to Abdul Majeed, Partner-Price Waterhouse and an auto expert, OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) sales to dealers increased significantly to cater to consumer demand for passenger vehicles and two wheelers in the upcoming festival seasons over the next three months. 


"This is backed by many positive factors such as good monsoon, overall positive customer sentiment, better cash flows in the hand of the consumers and some new launches at attractive prices by few OEMs," Majeed said.The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

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