Auto sales likely to remain tepid in first half of FY20: Ind-Ra

22 Feb 2019 Evaluate

Maintaining a stable outlook for automobile sector, credit rating agency, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has said that the automobile sales are expected to remain tepid in the first half of 2019-20. However, the agency is hopeful about growth in demand during the second half of the year, on the back of the upcoming implementation of BS-VI emission norms.

The report estimated moderate growth in the passenger vehicle (PV) segment during next fiscal, while high single-to-low double-digit growth in the commercial vehicle segment and steady growth in the two-wheeler segment in the next fiscal, on a year-on-year basis.

On the cost front, Ind-Ra noted that BS-VI implementation from April 1, 2020 will make vehicles costlier across all segments and added that as per industry estimates, the cost of petrol variant PVs and two-wheelers could increase 10-15 per cent and that of diesel variant by 20-25 per cent.

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