The Indian automobile industry produced a total of 17,890,253 vehicles including passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, three-wheelers and two-wheelers in April-December 2015 as against 17,659,325 in April-December 2014, registering a marginal growth of 1.31 per cent over the same period last year.
Domestic sales
The sales of passenger vehicles grew by 9.05 per cent in April-December 2015 over the same period last year. Within the passenger vehicles, passenger cars, utility vehicles and vans grew by 11.54 per cent, 3.17 per cent and 1.31 per cent, respectively during April- December 2015 over the same period last year.
The overall commercial vehicles segment registered a growth of 8.47 per cent in April- December 2015 as compared to same period last year. Medium and heavy commercial vehicles (M&HCVs) registered a growth at 29.74 per cent while light commercial vehicles declined by
-3.52 per cent during April-December 2015 over the same period last year.
Three-wheeler sales declined by -4.30 per cent in April-December 2015 over the same period last year. Passenger carrier and goods carrier sales declined by -3.89 per cent and -6.19 per cent, respectively in April-December 2015 over April-December 2014.
Two-wheeler sales registered a marginal growth at 1.21 per cent during April-December 2015 over April-December 2014. Within the two-wheeler segment, scooters grew by 11.39 per cent while motorcycles and mopeds dropped by
-2.46 per cent and -5.39 per cent, respectively in April-December 2015 over April-December 2014.
Exports
In April-December 2015, overall automobile exports grew by 1.40 per cent. Passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, three-wheelers and two-wheelers registered a growth at 2.07 per cent,
16.74 per cent, 5.48 per cent and 0.07 per cent, respectively in April- December 2015 over April-December 2014.
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