Auto Industry Reviews

In November 2021, Ashok Leyland's total sales stood at 10,480 units, a marginal year-on-year decline of 2 per cent compared to the 10,659 commercial vehicles sold a year ago in November 2020.

Mercedes-Benz India has delivered over 1,000 units through its new format of 'direct to customer' retail model, under which it owns the entire stock of new cars for sale. Says it has a confirmed order bank of 2000+ units.

Rajesh Goel, has decided to step down from his position as Senior Vice President and Director-Marketing & Sales, Honda Cars India. The company says Goel has resigned for personal reasons and decided to pursue other interests outside the organisation

The sales growth including domestic sales and exports went down by 15 per cent selling 27,681 units as compared to 32,726 units sold a year ago.

Hero MotoCorp sold nearly 3.5 lakh units of motorcycles and scooters in November 2021, compared to more than 5.9 lakh unit sale in November 2020.

In November 2021, Toyota's total sales stood at 13,003 unit, a YoY growth of 53 per cent compared to 8,508 units sold during the same month in 2020. However, compared to 12,440 units sold in October 2021, Toyota saw a MoM growth of 5 per cent.

Kia's sales have declined on a month on month basis by almost 13 per cent, while the year-on-year decline is big too as sales compared to November 2020 have dropped by 32.3 per cent as well.

The chip shortage issue has equally disrupted the auto component industry where component makers too have witnessed production cuts.