Indian passenger vehicles market registered record wholesales of 43 lakh units in 2024, with companies like market leader Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Tata Motors, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, and Kia posting their best-ever annual domestic sales. The continued growth of SUVs, along with rural markets playing a key role in driving up car sales, helped the industry better the previous best of nearly 41.1 lakh units posted in 2023.
'Two would be premium products and three would be mainstream products.'
Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com takes the latest offering from the Mahindra stable for a spin.
Automobile companies unwrapped concept sedans, crossover utility vehicles and compact SUVs to lure buyers. Let's take a look at some of the cars that are launched at the Indian Auto Expo.
Aria has a 14 per cent share in the UV segment, clocking in sales of 225-250 units a month.
After the launch of Audi's crossover utility vehicle Q5, June will see two more heavyweight car launches within days of each other, making this month the one with the most number of launches in the last nine months.
Honda BR-V will be launched in India this year.
Apart from a pavilion of vintage cars, there will be a Bollywood corner