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.
Start Research-backed Investing ...Now. Subscribe to Sapphire
MoneyWorks4Me is a SEBI-registered Investment Adviser (IA) dedicated to helping investors build long-term wealth through transparent, research-driven, conflict-free guidance. Founded in 2008, we started our journey as a Research Analyst (RA), providing deep fundamental analysis, intrinsic value insights, and long-term investing frameworks for Indian equities. In 2017, we transitioned to a full-fledged SEBI-registered Investment Adviser, strengthening our commitment to acting as a fiduciary—always putting the investor’s interest first.
To become India’s most trusted, research-powered fiduciary advisory platform—where every investor, regardless of experience, can make calm, confident, and well-reasoned investment decisions.
MoneyWorks4Me ensures this through: