Toyota Kirloskar Motor announced that the company sold a total of 8801 units in the month of June 2021, thereby registering a growth of 128 per cent when compared to the domestic sales in the month of June 2020. While this growth is certainly significant on a year on year basis, we would like to bring to our readers notice that most of the country was still under lockdown in June 2020 and only certain markets were partially open.
But it is also a significant month-on-month growth for the company as it sold just 707 units in May this year. The company had reduced production owing to annual maintenance, and even suspension of manufacturing plants, which brought the tally of sales down. In April 2021, however Toyota had sold 9622 units and going forward, we'll see the number improving.
The Innova Crysta has been a storng seller for the company in India
Having resumed production at its plant on June 15, the company has been focusing on catering to the pending orders of customers. The company's plant at Bidadi in Karnataka was shut owing to a scheduled annual plant maintenance starting April 26, which was then further extended as a result of the state-wide lockdown was announced by the Govt. of Karnataka.
The cumulative wholesales of Toyota in the first six months of the calendar year 2021, stands at 59332 units when compared to 28686 units sold in the corresponding period last year, thereby registering a growth of 107 per cent.
Earlier this year, Toyota launched the Fortuner facelift in the country
Commenting on the monthly sales, Naveen Soni, Sr. Vice President at TKM said, "Although our despatches only began by the third week of June, we have been able to register a 128% growth over domestic sales in June 2020. In terms of demand, we are witnessing good traction in the market arising out of 'pent up demand' and thereby leading to good levels of enquiries and new customer orders. We also anticipate retail sales to be better in the coming months, provided that the pandemic doesn't pose newer challenges at us."
