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.
The S-Cross is priced between Rs 803,000 and Rs 12.03 lakh and is sold through its premium retail outlet Nexa showrooms only
Leading automakers Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Tata Motors on Friday reported robust sales for February as demand for sports utility vehicles continued to remain strong. Mahindra & Mahindra, Toyota Kirloskar Motor and Honda Cars also witnessed higher vehicle dispatches to dealers last month. February turned out to be the third-best month for sales for the industry ever.
The Virtus is indeed designed to look, act and behave like a well-built European sedan that swims in the segment between the compact sedan VW Vento and the larger Passat, says Pavan Lall.
While Hyundai Motor India reported a marginal growth, Toyota Kirloskar Motor witnessed a dip in sales last month.
The recently anointed managing director and chief executive officer at Maruti Suzuki India Ltd tells Business Standard how he intends to get back to over 50 per cent share in the domestic market, apart from a larger role in the parent's global operations.
Passenger vehicle market leaders Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai on Saturday reported a decline in wholesales in December 2021, although homegrown majors Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra reported growth, amid semiconductor shortage continuing to impact production. Other manufacturers Nissan and Skoda also reported an increase in December 2021 sales although Honda Cars India witnessed a decline last month. The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) reported a 4 per cent fall in wholesales to 153,149 units in December 2021 as against 160,226 units a year ago.
Maruti is trying to move up the segment by focusing on premium cars, SUVs and even trucks.
Seven auto companies lost share in the current year because of different reasons.
Celerio was launched at a time when the Indian automotive market was going through a transition.
Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) plans to drive in CNG trims across its product range as it remains bullish over long-term prospects of the segment amid increase in fuel prices and drop in diesel car sales, according to a senior company official. The company, which sold around 1.62 lakh CNG cars last fiscal year, is also counting on the rapid expansion of CNG dispensing outlets across the country to bring in more CNG products. Bullish on the expansion of the sales network, the automaker expects its CNG car sales to almost double this fiscal year over 2020-21.
Sales growth of entry-level cars or hatchbacks like WagonR and Alto have seen a decline during the past few years due to changing consumer preference. Maruti Suzuki chairman R C Bhargava had on October 28 said that he does not expect hatchback unit sales to grow in the fourth quarter (Q4FY23) or in the next fiscal year.
Market watchers believe Tata Motors' move to upgrade the Nano is a right decision.
M&M also saw its domestic passenger vehicle sales grow by 1 per cent, while Toyota Kirloskar Motor witnessed a decline in its PV sales.
The company, which produced 92,653 units in September 2012, however, had sold more cars this year in the same month.
Maruti Suzuki India to hike prices of its vehicles across models by up to Rs 20,000 from January to offset rising costs.
That means a manufacturer looking at a market like India needs to decide whether small, cheap cars or small, expensive cars or both will work better for them, says Pavan Lall.
Auto firms have reported a good jump in sales for the month of December
Country's largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Saturday reported 10.3 per cent decline in total sales in January at 1,02,416 units as against 1,14,205 units in the same month last year.
French carmaker Renault is developing an even smaller sport utility vehicle Captur after the successful launch of the Duster in 2012.
MSIL would also focus more on bringing out models with auto gear shift technology.
While sales of compact cars, including models such as Swift, Celerio, Ignis, Baleno and Dzire declined, sales of utility vehicles, including Vitara Brezza, S-Cross and Ertiga, increased 26.3 per cent to 19,177 units as compared to 15,178 in the year-ago month.
Maruti is expected to post double-digit growth on product launches and good demand for entry-level cars.
The ongoing elections and overall subdued market sentiment continue to affect the sales momentum
High price, combined with the decision to go only for diesel and position it as a crossover, resulted in its limited success
The testing facility at Rohtak would have more than 30 different tracks covering a length of about 30 km to check the various operational aspects of a vehicle.
Maruti Suzuki India, country's largest carmaker on Thursday reported 3.7 per cent rise in total sales in September.
Passenger vehicle sales are expected to experience muted growth in the current financial year.
Ford India and Renault too reported good sales growth in April
Passenger vehicle wholesales in India rose to a record high in October as companies pushed dispatches to dealers to cater to the enhanced demand in the festive season. The overall passenger vehicle wholesales in October rose to 391,472 units, up 16 per cent from 336,679 units in the same month last year. Last month witnessed the highest-ever dispatches of passenger vehicles in the domestic market by Maruti Suzuki India and Mahindra & Mahindra.
Continuing with his praise of Arvind Kejriwal, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday said that Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi should learn austerity and humility from the Aam Aadmi Party leader.
Car makers see good sales post Diwali.
Maruti's sales of the compact segment comprising Swift, Estilo, Ritz, Dzire and Baleno went up by 9.9% to 45,579 units
The Maruti Suzuki Swift DZire is at times the top selling car in India, outselling even the company's entry-level Alto hatchback. MotorBeam finds out what makes this compact sedan a favourite of Indian buyers by living with the vehicle.
A fall in sales across its mini cars, coupled with a drop in exports dragged down Maruti sales by 5.5% March. Read more at: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/maruti-may-sales-slip-5falling-mini-car-sales-exports_712009.html?utm_source=ref_article
Some cars that are emblematic of India's automobile industry will no longer come off the assembly lines after this year.
Around 23 per cent of all units sold by the company in the domestic market currently are diesel cars.
Fuel price hike will impact demand going forward.
Sales of the compact segment comprising Swift, Estilo, Ritz, Dzire and Baleno increased by 4.1 per cent to 50,362 units
Maruti recorded 20 per cent jump in sales during November.
