Motown sees a dull November sales

“Building on the strong sales momentum that was driven by festive demand this year, the company continues to build high customer excitement through a line-up of technologically advanced and futuristic products.” Tarun Garg, Director - Marketing & Service, Hyundai Motor India

- Ritwik Sinha

After an upswing in car sales in October, due to festivities, November sales seems to be on the dull side as domestic sales during the month was around 286,469 units, as against 333,659 units in October, registering a 14 percent on month de-growth and a 9 percent growth over 263,355 units sold in November of 2019.

Maruti Suzuki

The country’s largest passenger car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) reported 1.7 percent growth in November, selling 153,223 units, over the same period last year.

Sales include domestic sales of 138,956 units and 5,263 units for other OEMs. Maruti exported 9,004 units in November 2020 as against 6944 units exported in November 2019. That said, the company reported an impressive growth of 29.7 percent in this area.

In entry-level cars, the Alto and S-Presso reported a combined sales of 22,339 units in November compared to 26,306 units sold during the same period last year.

On the other hand, cars like WagonR, Swift, Celerio, Ignis, Baleno, Dzire, Tour-S showed a combined sales of 76,630 units in November 2020. Coming to the midsize sedan segment, the Maruti Suzuki Ciaz reported a sale of 1,870 units last month while cars like Gypsy, Ertiga, VitaraBrezza, XL6, S-Cross witnessed a combined sales of 23,753 units. The company’s Omni and Eeco vans reported 11,183 unit sales last month.

In commercial vehicle (CV) segment, the Super Carry registered 3,181 unit sales in November.

Combining all these numbers, the company’s domestic sales including passenger vehicles and light commercial vehicles stood at 138,956 while sales to other OEMs were 5,263 units.