Sales Figures News

The Indian passenger car industry and registered a 48 per cent decline in Year-To-Date (YTD) vehicle sales, in the 2020 calendar year, as per the recent data shared by automotive insights and analytics provider, JATO Dynamics India.

Ashok Leyland, the home-grown commercial vehicle manufacturer has released the sales numbers for the month of May 2020, registering a decline of 89 per cent in total sales. Last month, the company's cumulative sales, including domestic and export numbers, stood at 1,420 units, as compared to the 13,172 vehicles sold in May 2019.

Creta becomes the first non-Maruti Suzuki car in more than a decade to occupy the top position in domestic monthly car sales.

Bajaj Auto sold 39,286 units in May 2020 in the domestic market as compared to 2.05,721 units sold in the same month last year.

Like other manufacturers, Royal Enfield is facing a tough time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a 69 per cent drop in its domestic and overall sales for the month of May 2020.

Honda has also retailed 1900 units last month through its 280 dealerships which have been operating.

Hyundai says it received 15,000 customer bookings and delivered 11,000 new cars to customers in May 2020

Like other automakers, even Mahindra's sales have taken a hit from the coronavirus crisis as its dealerships in containment zones (mostly in metro cities) are still closed and the company cannot function at full strength.