vehicles. The company witnessed 85
percent decline in domestic sales to
1,973 units for June 2017 compared
to 13,502 units dispatched in the
same month a year ago. The PV
segment (which includes UVs, cars
and vans) sold 16,170 vehicles in
June 2017, down five percent. The
company’s total domestic sales stood
at 33,861 vehicles during June 2017
down by three percent.
Inclusive of all categories the
automobile sales grew marginally
1.26 percent in June, 2017 to
1,818,829 units compared to
1,796,172 units in the same month a
year ago.
The commercial vehicle segment,
especially in the medium and heavy
segment, has started showing signs
of recovery as the after-effects of
the advance buying due to the
enforcement of the BS-IV emission
norms from April 1 has started
wearing off.
Light commercial vehicles continued
their growth, but OEMs experienced
both hits and misses in the overall
CV category sales due to the impact
of the impending GST in June,- M&HC segment declined 6.54
percent to 21,175 units compared to
22,656 units sold in June 2016. LCV
recorded a growth of 6.8 percent
at 35,715 units dispatched in the
June 2017 as against 33,426 units
dispatched in the same month last
year.
Overall commercial sales in June
2017 grew marginally 1.44 percent
to 56,890 units in June compared to
56,082 units dispatched in the same
month last year.Ashok Leyland reported 11 percent
growth in domestic CV sales in June,
2017 at 12,330 units compared to
11,108 units a year ago. Tata Motors
commercial vehicle sales declined in
the same comparative period by 1.89
percent to 25,678 units dispatched
last month. Volvo Eicher Commercial
Vehicle sales also declined 20.55
percent in June 2017 to 3,921
units compared to 4,935 units soldprevious year.Mahindra & Mahindra commercial
vehicle sales in June 2017 grew 11.77
percent to 15,131 units compared to
13,538 units in the same month last
year.
Two-wheeler sales grew four percent
in June to1,527,049 units, while
three-wheeler segment saw steepest
decline of 24.5 percent in the same
period. With increasing urbanization,
the demand for scooters continues to
lead the two-wheeler segment.
Scooter sales in June, 2017 stood at
497,478 units compared to 449,807
units sold in the same month previous
year, while motorcycle sales grew
2.18 percent to 964,269 units in June
2017 from 943,706 units in the same
month last year. In the three-wheeler
segment passenger carrier saw
the steepest fall of 29.19 percent to
28,229 units in June 2017, compared
to 39,867 units sold in the same
month a year ago. The three-wheeler
goods carrier declined 2.8 percent to
8,262 units.AutoPartsAsia | AUGUST 2017 | 43