Around 23 per cent of all units sold by the company in the domestic market currently are diesel cars.
From a Rs 9-lakh Maruti to a Rs 2 crore-Nissan, Indian auto industry packs quite a surprise for car buyers
Cumulative sale at India's top six passenger vehicle (PV) makers dropped 0.7 per cent to 267,000 units, from 269,000 a year before.
Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Honda Cars and Tata Motors posted single digit growth during the period under review while M&M reported decline in sales.
7 Maruti models among top 10 best selling passenger vehicles in April
In the two wheeler segment, TVS Motor Company reported a 24 per cent increase in total sales at 304,795 units in April.
The offers mostly include free insurance, exchange bonus, and free accessories
Maruti Udyog on Monday said its cars were set to become dearer by 2-2.5% owing to rise in steel prices and technology cost for new emission norms.
The industry needs stimuli to help revive consumer demand and conversions.
However, sales of mini segment cars, including Alto and WagonR, declined 7.9 per cent to 25,524 units from 27,712 in the year-ago month
Maruti Suzuki India continued its grip in the passenger vehicles market in India with five of its models in the top ten best selling models in June.
Major carmakers in the country are loading barrels for the coming battle in the field, reports Arnab Dutta.
Car makers see good sales post Diwali.
The batting ace said it is vital that the Indian team starts the Asia Cup with a bang to extend their good form into the new season.
Passenger vehicle sales continue to drop in June; Maruti, Hyundai, Tata Motors, Toyota witness decline. Mahindra & Mahindra, however, reported a 4 per cent growth.
Leading carmaker Maruti Udyog on Tuesday kicked off a new 'loyalty bonus' programme for its existing customers in a fresh attempt to boost car sales.
Maruti has reported a 3 per cent rise in vehicle sales to 43,603 units in February 2005 including 3,777 units of exports, as against 42,263 vehicles sold in the corresponding period last year.
Maruti hikes prices by up to 2%. Auto major Maruti Udyog Ltd announced on Wednesday a hike in prices of all models of its vehicles except the up-segment Baleno and Versa.
Maruti's Alto retained the best-selling model tag in January with 22,998 units as against 21,462 in January 2016.
In the two-wheeler segment, Bajaj Auto reported 31 per cent jump in total sales at 357,883 units in February against 273,513 units in the same month last year.
According to the latest data from SIAM, in the top 10 best passenger vehicles, Maruti's Alto retained the top position last month
Maruti Suzuki posted a marginal increase in January and the likes of Hyundai, Ford and Mahindra & Mahindra reporting a single-digit growth.
The slowdown in growth is an industry-wide trend and companies are adjusting production to bring down the inventory levels at plants as well as dealerships.
Maruti Suzuki is the big exception, with double-digit surge in volume
High price, combined with the decision to go only for diesel and position it as a crossover, resulted in its limited success
Maruti's 7 models in India's top ten selling passenger vehicles in 2016-17
Cumulative sales of India's top passenger vehicle makers -- Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra and Mahindra, Tata Motors, Honda Cars, and Toyota Kirloskar -- increased to 206,418 units in February over 200,322 units in the same month last year, an increase of 3 per cent.
Almost every company launched a new product in FY16.
While sales of Maruti's compact segment grew, its mini segment witnessed a slump
Small cars are a boon in day-to-day city driving as manoeuvring and parking is quite easy because of their compact footprint. One fine day, a blue Maruti Ignis arrived at MotorBeam's garage and we put the car through our usual long term test. The Ignis with its funky styling elements might not impress all but the top of the line Alpha variant will surely do because of the sheer features on offer.
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Hyundai, has a share of about 16% and grew sales by less than 4% in April- May 2017-18
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Various factors, including robust demand in rural markets and good response to new models, helped in driving the sales.
Hyundai sold 6,054 units of the new Verna in September, against 6,010 units of the Honda City and 5,603 units of the Maruti Ciaz.
Suzuki and Toyota are in talks for electric mobility and MSI would continue to access technology from its parent.
The Maruti Vitara Brezza is a durable performer on our city roads as well as highways, writes Indian automotive website MotorBeam.com.
A number of companies, including Maruti Suzuki, Renault and Nissan, are giving gold coins to buyers who book cars by the month-end. There are other benefits as well, reports Ajay Modi.
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