Sales Figures Reviews

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.

Mahindra has released its sales numbers for the month of September 2018, and the carmaker has registered a 16 per cent drop in passenger vehicle sales. The company's total passenger vehicle sales, including UVs, cars, and vans, accounted for 21,411 vehicles, compared to the 25,414 sold in September 2017.

The overall volumes (Domestic + Export) of the carmaker witnessed a marginal drop of 0.5 per cent at 162,290 units in September 2018 compared to 163,071 units in the same month last year. The sales of the company were down primarily due to a substantial slump in the sales of the company's entry level cars namely the Alto 800, Alto K10 and WagonR. This led to an overall decline of sales by 1.4 per cent in the Passenger Cars segment. Maruti Suzuki sold 115,228 units last month compared to 116,886 units in September 2017.

Ashok Leyland has sold 94,086 units from April to September 2018 which shows a growth of 35 per cent when compared to the same period last year.