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Automobile sales skid on chip shortage; dealers stare at supply crunch

Maruti reported a 19% decline in total sales at 130,699 units in August, as against 162,462 units in the previous month

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Arindam Majumder New Delhi
Vehicle sales took a beating in August as automobile makers cut production amid a worsening global chip shortage, the factory dispatch data showed on Wednesday. 

Maruti Suzuki India, the country’s largest carmaker, reported a 19 per cent decline in total sales at 130,699 units in August, as against 162,462 units in the previous month. The company has announced an up to 60 per cent cut in production this month after Bosch -- one of its largest chip suppliers -- shut down its factory in Malaysia owing to the pandemic.

“Sales volume of the company in August was affected by the

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