Tata Motors announced its November 2023 auto sales numbers, reporting total sales of 74,172 vehicles, a 1% decline from 75,478 units sold in November 2022. However, electric vehicle (EV) sales continued to grow, with 4,761 EVs sold in November, up 7% year-over-year. In the commercial vehicles segment, Tata sold 28,029 units in November 2023, compared […]
Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M) reported robust SUV sales growth in November 2023, driven by healthy festive season demand amid supply constraints for select parts. M&M sold 39,981 SUVs in the domestic market in November, a 32% increase over 30,238 units sold in November 2022. This took total SUV sales including exports to […]
Maruti Suzuki India Limited sold a total of 199,217 units in October 2023, registering its highest ever monthly sales, as per a company statement released today. The auto major had sold 167,520 units in October last year. Maruti’s domestic passenger vehicle sales stood at 168,047 units in October 2023, also an all-time high and up […]
Indian automakers are stocking up inventory big time in the hope of a revival of demand during the upcoming festival season, and any failure in demand pick-up will leave them saddled with excess production for the rest of the calendar year, going by channel checks. The festival months of October and November are the biggest […]
The trends seen in the last two months in auto sales continued in September, with urban and premium models and segments doing well, while commuter and rural oriented segments continued to underwhelm. The high base of Tata Motors’ passenger vehicle division started catching up with the company, even as Maruti hit one of its all-time […]
Maruti is gearing up to enter the space in 2025. The company is developing its first EV model at its Gujarat plant, with plans to launch six EV models by 2031 that would comprise 15-20% of total sales
The car dealership chain said it also expects sales Mercedes Benz to accelerate, and that it has started operations for MG Motor in Madhya Pradesh
Maruti Suzuki Ltd, India’s largest auto maker, reported robust numbers for August, as it consolidated its recently acquired status as India’s top SUV maker. The company’s total vehicle sales for August rose 14.5% on the year to 1.89 lakh vehicles, led by strong sales of SUVs. The automaker, which recently launched the much-awaited 4-wheel drive […]
Tata Motors, India’s second biggest automaker, is on track to set another monthly record in terms of passenger auto sales in February, even as market leader Maruti Suzuki will continue to see a year-on-year decline, according to Emkay Research. The third major listed automaker, Mahindra & Mahindra is also scheduled to report a strong February […]
Maruti Suzuki reported better numbers as part of its January Auto Sales performance compared to recent months, with India sales declining only 7% compared to the same month of last year. This is comparatively better than its performance in recent months. In November, for example, its domestic passenger vehicle sales fell by a whopping 19% […]
Kia India, the Korean carmaker and one of the fastest-growing, has started producing its three-row recreational vehicle Kia Carens in India, and said the car got 7,738 bookings in the first 24 hours. The car is being produced at Kia’s manufacturing facility in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. “The Kia Carens is the latest ‘Made-in-India’ offering from […]
Sales trends of December 2021 show the rise of a new bunch of compact and entry-level utility vehicles such as the Nissan Magnite, MG Astor, Tata Punch, Skoda Kushaq and Volkswagen Taigun, at the cost of older models like Hyundai Creta, Kia Seltos, Kia Sonet, MG Hector, Tata Punch and Hyundai Venue. Two exceptions to […]
Auto sales in the final three months of 2021 will be remembered for the solid out-performance of Tata Motors during the period, boosted by one key model — the affordable, mini SUV Punch. The strong numbers racked up by the entry-level UV have helped Tata Motors overtake Mahindra & Mahindra in the compact utility vehicle […]
Tata Motors again surprised on the upside with its excellent performance as far as October auto sales are concerned, even as market leader Maruti Suzuki faced yet another month of depressingly poor sales in its core hatchback segment. Mahindra & Mahindra, meanwhile, beat the blues thanks to strong demand for its newly launched XUV700 model. […]
Mahindra & Mahindra manufactured 1,535 units and sold 1,370 units of its latest and most high-profile passenger vehicle, XUV700, in the first month of sales – September 2021. This is only 2% of the total outstanding booking for the vehicle. Its predecessor, XUV500, had sold 1,213 units in its first month of sales, in October […]
Mahindra & Mahindra said it will cut its automobile production this month by 20-25% due to a shortage of semiconductors. The company, like most producers, has been finding it difficult to source the chips required that carry out various functions within a car, such as controlling the engine/fuel flow, display boards and so on. “The […]
Mahindra & Mahindra’s efforts to spruce up its utility vehicle range and stick ‘closer to its DNA’ seems to be paying off, with the new Bolero Neo notching up a robust booking over 5,000 units within the first three weeks of its launch. The first model to be based on the new back-to-the-basics philosophy was […]
Sharda Motor Industries, a New Delhi-based manufacturer of auto parts such as suspensions and catalytic converters, and the Kinetic group of Pune have become two of the rare Indian firms to dare to enter the cut-throat world of lithium-ion battery manufacturing. The supply of Li-ion batteries is currently almost completely controlled by Chinese companies, which […]
Maruti Suzuki today launched the all-new Swift 2021, three years after it gave India’s most popular hatchback a overhaul with its 2018 edition. While the 2018 model was a complete makeover that changed the very shape of the car, Maruti Suzuki 2021 carries over much of the design language of its predecessor. Perhaps the biggest […]
Maruti Suzuki, the country’s largest carmaker, may soon offer a new product for companies with a large fleet of vehicles, such as taxi operators, BPOs and IT companies. The company has called for a shareholder vote on including fleet management services in its memorandum of association — the most basic document of a company that […]
