Sales of domestic passenger cars increased by 6.86 per cent in September, as compared to the same period last year, industry data showed on Monday.
As per the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) data, 208,656 passenger cars were sold in September 2017 compared to 195,259 units sold in September 2016.
The off-take of other sub-segments such as utility vehicles zoomed up by 26.21 per cent during the month to 84,374 units, while sales of vans rose by 3.72 per cent to 16,925 units.
Industry data revealed that the overall domestic passenger vehicle sales edged higher by 11.32 per cent in September to 309,955 units from 278,428 units sold during the corresponding period in 2016.
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