Page 16 - Car Sales

Covid-19 impact: Zero sales for Maruti Suzuki in April as lockdown bites

The carmaker suspended operations from March 22, in line with orders from the government as India rushed to curb the spread of the virus

Maruti Suzuki car sales drop 47% in March; ends FY20 with 16% decline

Export sales were down 55 per cent to 4,712 units from 10,463 in the year-ago period

Top headlines: Maruti Suzuki car sales drop; PSBs merger now effective

From a 47 per cent drop in car sales for Maruti Suzuki in March to China banning big crowd events over the fear of new coronavirus wave, here are top headlines of the day

Domestic passenger vehicle sales decline by 7.61% in February: SIAM

Motorcycle sales last month declined by 22.02 per cent at 8,16,679 units as against 10,47,356 units in the year-ago period, it added

BS-VI transition, supply disruption due to virus put car sales in slow lane

Carmakers also forecast that a continuous shutdown in China due to the spread of coronavirus would start affecting supply chains

Automobile slump: Confidence remains elusive; car sales skid 4.6% in Jan

Overall vehicle sales down by 7.13% YoY in Jan to 290,879 units

Kia Motors sells 15,450 cars in January, retains 4th position in PV segment

The firm despatched 15,000 units of Seltos and 450 units of Carnival to dealers during last month, Kia Motors India said in a statement

Global carmakers set to firm up India strategy amid auto sales slump

The success of late entrants such as MG and Kia has encouraged them to give it a go

Tata Motors total global sales down 3% in Dec, despite PV sales rising 5%

Jaguar wholesale units for the month were 12,742 vehicles, while Land Rover wholesale stood at 37,259 units

Indian luxury car market to be flat in 2020, growth to return in 2021: Audi

Indian luxury car market, comprising top five players -- Mercedes, BMW, Audi, JLR and Volvo, witnessed a total sales of 40,340 units in 2018 and is expected to see a decline in 2019

Buying a car? Enjoy attractive festive-season discounts in December

But if you delay purchase to the new year, you will get a higher value on resale

Passenger vehicle production up 4%, signaling potential recovery in sector

Sales of passenger vehicles were only marginally lower in November at 263,773 vehicles, compared with 266,000 vehicles last year

Car sales drop again after festive season; industry pins hope on Dec demand

Maruti Suzuki reported sales of 150,630 passenger vehicles in the domestic market in November, down 1.9 per cent over 153,539 units in the corresponding month last year

Daimler seeks to save over $1.1 bn with job cuts at Mercedes-Benz business

Earlier this year, Daimler had said it hoped to achieve a return on sales of 3% to 5% at Mercedes-Benz Cars

Top 10 biz headlines: Mahindra JV with Ford, falling car sales, and more

From Mahindra and Mahindra announcing a joint venture with Ford to car sales falling again, here are the top 10 business headlines on Wednesday

Why the festival season may not bring much cheer despite tax cuts by govt

Car sales in August fell the most on record and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd

Festival bonanza: Two-wheeler firms go full throttle to chase customers

This is the last-ditch effort by automakers to shore up sales in a financial year that has been marked by poor purchases and production cuts

Corporate tax rate cut may not benefit auto buyers, say analysts

Tax cut may not translate into a price cut for auto buyers as companies have been taking a hit by doling out discounts and incentives to boost sales in a dull market

Slowdowns are the nurseries of capitalism, says Asha Ram Sihag

Sihag also took a swipe on the industry for calling it an unprecedented slowdown

UK car output slumps nearly 11% in July over weak export demand

Car demand has been hit by a number of factors in recent months including a slump in sales of diesel vehicles in Europe and weakening demand in China, the world's biggest automotive market