Car servicing growth zips past sales surge

Korean carmaker Hyundai's 1,300 workshops are servicing 520,000 cars every month, 18% more than last year

Car service stations are getting busier, thanks to the growing volume of automobile sales. Take for instance, the country’s top car makers—Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai. For them, the growth in the number of cars coming to service stations is higher than the increase in sales they have witnessed. The two companies together are servicing 2 million vehicles a month, registering a growth of 20 per cent year on year. 

The country’s biggest car maker Maruti Suzuki’s 3,300 service workshops are servicing 1.5 million vehicles a month. The volume has been growing at 20 per cent year on year. This is