It was a mixed sales report for Tata Motors as the Indian auto giant recorded positive sales for its passenger vehicles, but its overall volumes dropped by 4 per cent to 38,361 vehicles in May 2017. Tata's domestic sales for commercial and passenger vehicles stood at 34,461 units, down by 3 per cent over 35,695 units sold in May 2016.
The month of May 2017 has been a slow one for four-wheeler sales. Most manufacturers have shown a positive growth in sales numbers but.the percentage growth has been slow. In some cases, the exports have decreased as well.
Maruti Suzuki has had another month of decent growth after its overall domestic sales for the month of May 2017 grew by 15.5 per cent. The company's maximum volumes came from the Utility Vehicle segment where the sales of the Gypsy, Ertiga, S-Cross and the Vitara Brezza saw a growth of 66 per cent over May 2016.
The Maruti Suzuki Alto is India's most popular car and the model certainly dominates the sales chart every month as the most selling car. However, once in a while, the Alto faces competition from its older siblings that manage to outsell the little hatchback and this time it is the Maruti Suzuki Swift that has sold more than the Alto.
Scooter sales in April 2017 contributed 35 per cent to overall two-wheeler sales, while 110 cc commuter motorcycle sales contributed 36 per cent. The growth in automatic scooter sales is led by Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India
Over 17 million two-wheeler sales in India have overtaken China's numbers. Now, India has become the world's largest two-wheeler market by sales volume
Harley-Davidson India is the undisputed leader in superbike sales in the financial year 2016-17. The Street 750, the least expensive Harley, sold 2,114 bikes in the period, accounting for over 24 per cent of total superbike sales. The Harley-Davidson Iron 883 also makes it to the top 5 bestselling superbikes list
Skoda Auto recently rolled out the 1.5 millionth unit of the 3rd generation Octavia from its plat at Mlada Boleslav in the Czech Republic. Overall, Skoda has sold 5 million units of the Octavia since the Octavia line began in 1996. Skoda sold 1.4 million units of the first generation Octavia. The second generation Octavia was sold between 2004 and 2013 and racked up sales of 2.5 million units.
Honda sold over 5.7 lakh two-wheelers in April 2017, the company's best-ever sales numbers for a single month, and just short of Hero MotoCorp's sales of 5.9 lakh two-wheelers for April. For the first time, Royal Enfield sold over 60,000 bikes in a single month, led by sales of Royal Enfield's 350 cc motorcycles
