Sales Figures News

Hyundai India has come out with its official sales numbers for the month of September 2018, and the carmaker has registered a cumulative growth of a marginal 1 per cent last month.

Hero MotoCorp has become the first two-wheeler maker in the world to sell over 7.5 lakh units in a single month. The Indian two-wheeler giant sold 769,138 units in September 2018. That's about 25,637 units every day. The massive growth is backed the company's range of commuter motorcycles and scooters across the 100-200 cc segment. This is for the fifth time Hero has managed to cross the seven lakh sales mark in a month, three of which were in this financial year 2018-19.

Suzuki Motorcycle India continues its strong momentum in the market registering a double digit growth in September 2018. The two-wheeler maker sold 72,134 units (domestic + exports) last month, witnessing a healthy increase of 25.52 per cent over 57,468 units sold during September 2017. The company's strong volumes are back by products like the Gixxer and Access offerings, while new products like the Intruder and the Burgman Street 125 have also contributed to the volumes.

Honda Cars India registered a cumulative growth of 3.5 per cent during the first half of the Financial Year 2018-19 selling 94,419 units during April - September 2018. The company had posted sales of 91,269 units in the corresponding period in 2017. However, the company's domestic sales were down by almost 20 per cent when compared to September 2017. The company recorded monthly domestic sales of 14,820 units in September 2018 while exports stood at 545 units.

Ford India has released its sales results for the month of September 2018, and the company's cumulative sales went up to 19,988 vehicles, registering a growth of over 17 per cent. In comparison, the carmaker sold 16,525 vehicles in September 2017.

Royal Enfield registered a growth of two per cent with an overall sale of 71,662 units (domestic + exports) in September 2018, as compared to 70,431 units that were sold during the same period last year. The Chennai-based bike maker continues to post a consistent growth momentum after witnessing a two per cent in the month of August as well this year. Royal Enfield's domestic sales for September remained largely stagnant at 70,065 units, registering just a one per cent growth over 69,393 units sold in September 2017. The exports, however, saw a massive hike in volumes with 1597 units shipped, an increase of 54 per cent over 1038 units exported in September last year.

The beginning of the festive season has always been slow moving for the auto industry because this is the time the customers take to mull over their new purchase.In retrospect, a few carmakers displayed sluggish performance in the month of September 2018, while others posted double-digit growth during the same month.

Tata Motors sales in the domestic market in September 2018, grew by 20 per cent at 64,520 units compared to 53,964 units over the previous year. The cumulative domestic sales performance (April-September 2018) witnessed a strong growth of 40 per cent with 339,186 units as compared to 242,787 units in the same period last year. Tata Motors' domestic sales in September 2018 continued its growth trend at 18,429 units compared to 17,286 units, higher by 7 per cent over last year. Cumulative sales of passenger vehicles in the domestic market for the fiscal (April-September 2018) grew by 31 per cent, at 106,865 units compared to 81,417 units for the same period, last fiscal.