Halting three months of consecutive decline, sales of domestic passenger vehicles (PVs), the largest segment by volumes in the country, increased by 1.55 per cent to 2,84,224 units in October from 2,79,877 units in the corresponding month last year. According to data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), car sales grew marginally by 0.38 per cent to 1,85,400 units last month as compared to 1,84,706 units in October last year.
SIAM has pointed out that positive growth in PV sales witnessed in October is reflective of the overall trend in the automobile industry. It noted that overall, the data shows pretty healthy growth and there is a positive movement in the automobile industry. Besides, it showed that motorcycle sales last month grew 20.14 per cent to 13,27,758 units compared to 11,05,140 units in October 2017. It also noted that total two-wheeler sales in October were up 17.23 per cent to 20,53,497 units as against 17,51,608 units in the year-ago period.
The data further indicated the commercial vehicle segment - which includes light, and medium, and heavy vehicles - logged an impressive 24.82 per cent growth to 87,147 units in October as against 69,816 units in the year-ago month. It added that vehicle sales across categories registered a growth of 15.33 per cent to 24,94,426 units from 21,62,869 units in October 2017.
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