Automobile sales revved up 11% in Sept amid festival fervour: FADA

October likely to be good, too, amid the festival season

India’s retail vehicle sales across categories increased by 11 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in September, said the Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA) on Tuesday.
 

 Still, the industry is yet to hit the pre-Covid levels as the latest sales number is 4 per cent less than that in September 2019, indicating that rural demand is yet to pick up. In September this year, two-wheeler sales were up 9 per cent YoY and three-wheelers by 72 per cent YoY.
 

Passenger and commercial vehicle sales increased by 10 per cent and 19 per cent respectively. Tractor sales declined 1.5 per cent. The