September 2009 Indian Car Sales Figures & Analysis

[Gilead]

Sid, nice collection. Hyundai's exports seem to have hit a roadblock now that the scrappage schemes in Europe are over. But they seem to have made up for it with record domestic sales. I am looking forward to knowing the i20 numbers.

Maruti has done brilliantly as usual. The Dzire appears to be rocking. Let's see if Manza has any impact this month.

GM has posted impressive Cruze results. They would be really happy if monthly sales settles down at the 600-700 mark.

Skoda appears to be defying the laws of gravity. No doubt due to the fact that the Superb and Laura offer a brilliant package in their segments. I wonder if Fabia sales managed to cross 1K this time.

[aaggoswami]

1) Hyundai exports are decreasing but overall numbers are nice. The I series have met with success in India. Shows that for small cars, pricing is important along with availability of diesel. i20 is selling more than the Jazz. Honda should learn from this.

2) Maruti has put up fantastic show. The best thing is that despite the increasing competition, they are able to sustain well. Dzire will surely be hit by Manza without doubt, but overall, I expect sales of SX4 to go up a bit.

3) Cruze has met with good number in the first month. No surprise in this regard. Would like to know sales of Altis and Civic now.

4) The biggest disappointment is Skoda. Their sales have increased, but overall they are selling quite less when you compare it with the numbers of highest sellers.

5) Fiat ? The car that will take the biggest hit from Manza is Linea. Both will share showroom space, but Manza is obviously more VFM deal as compared to Linea. More space, equally powerful diesels and less price are sure VFM.
GP sales ? The car has potential, but IMO, the sales and distribution network is not able to capitalize on GP. I expected GP to hit i20 and Jazz hard, but its the other way round.

[samsan02]

Originally Posted by sidindica

Waiting for GTO's and Vasudeva's numbers

• The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India on Monday reported a 32.45 per cent jump in total sales at 85,415 units in October compared to the same period last year.
• Sales in the domestic market grew 21.01 per cent to 71,551 units in the last month from 59,127 units in the same month last year.
• Exports rose over two-fold to 13,864 units compared with 5,363 units in the year-ago period.
• M800 declined by 5.53 per cent at 3,124 units from same period last year
• A2 segment (comprising Alto, Wagon R, Estilo, Swift, A-Star and Ritz) witnessed a growth of 18.43 per cent at 51,437 units compared to same period last year.
• Sales in the A3 segment (consisting of SX4 and DZiRE) increased 62.68 per cent to 8,804 units compared with 5,412 units in the corresponding period last year.
• MSI's passenger car sales in October rose 21.99 per cent at 71,383 units against 58,515 units in the same month in 2008.

Compared to last month's excel figures, Maruti sales are like this Month On Month. Seems Diwali sales didn't go up for Maruti.

Total Domestic Sales
Oct 2009 : 71,551
Sales Sept 2009 :71,594
Net : -43

SX4 + Dzire
Oct 2009: 8,804
Sept 2009: 7,356
Net: 1,448

A2 segment (comprising Alto, Wagon R, Estilo, Swift, A-Star and Ritz)

Oct 2009: 51,437
Sept 2009: 52,508
Net: -1,071

Hyundai Sales
Sold 27,803 vehicles in Sept 2009 and 28,301 vehicles in Oct 2009, gain by 498.

Source: Sept 2009 excel file for sept figures

[shankar.balan]

maybe its not quite fair comparing year on year 2009 against 2008. last year consumer sentiment was way down in the dumps. this year at least from all indications consumer sentiment seems to have made a happy recovery!

[nurni76]

Originally Posted by samsan02

Compared to last month's excel figures, Maruti sales are like this Month On Month. Seems Diwali sales didn't go up for Maruti.


Hyundai Sales
Sold 27,803 vehicles in Sept 2009 and 28,301 vehicles in Oct 2009, gain by 498.

Source: Sept 2009 excel file for sept figures

It looks like even Hyundai hasn't faired well oct over Sept, just a 500 number increase.

[Sudan_NFS]

I think Hyundai export is down due the move of i20 production to Europe which was in good numbers last year.

So GM increased it sale by 812 with Cruze

[harimakesh]

Any numbers on Manza?
How is the October 2009 sales performance of Tata, M&M, HM ?
Eagerly awaiting model-wise sales breakdown figures for all manufacturers.

[PCS]

COROLLA ALTIS still a segment leader !!!!
Altis = 840
Cruze= 812
Civic = 623
Laura = 460
Jetta = 165

[aby]

Originally Posted by samsan02

Compared to last month's excel figures, Maruti sales are like this Month On Month. Seems Diwali sales didn't go up for Maruti.

Total Domestic Sales
Oct 2009 : 71,551
Sales Sept 2009 :71,594
Net : -43

SX4 + Dzire
Oct 2009: 8,804
Sept 2009: 7,356
Net: 1,448

A2 segment (comprising Alto, Wagon R, Estilo, Swift, A-Star and Ritz)

Oct 2009: 51,437
Sept 2009: 52,508
Net: -1,071

Hyundai Sales
Sold 27,803 vehicles in Sept 2009 and 28,301 vehicles in Oct 2009, gain by 498.

Source: Sept 2009 excel file for sept figures

I don't think it is fair to compare two months in same year. Correct way would be to compare against same month in previous year.

September sales in general tend to be higher than October because lot of purchases happen to take benefit of depreciation benefits (Same with March and April).

[Sudan_NFS]

Originally Posted by PCS

COROLLA ALTIS still a segment leader !!!!
Altis = 840
Cruze= 812
Civic = 623
Laura = 460
Jetta = 165

Sept sales
altis =905
civic =695
lura =514
jetta =221
octavias= 170

Cruze 812=Altis 65+ civic 72 + laura 54+ Jetta 56 + 565 new customers

Cruze has really created heat for civic, Altis ,Lura and even jetta
But we have to wait for few months to now the actual beating of others

[parimal_g]

Tata Motors passenger car sales for Oct is

Tata 20011 + Fiat 2221= Tata Fiat 22232

Continues second month fiats sales are decreasing .

For More details Click this link:

http://www.myiris.com/newsCentre/sto...secID=livenews

[rajivn]

Sales jump of 10.32% for Ford compared to Sept 09 numbers.

Oct 09 - 3458
Sept 09 - 3101

Ford India YOY October sales jump 98.28 pc i.e 3458 compared to Oct 08 sales of 1744 numbers.

source: fullstory

Car sales zoom in Oct on festive demand; bikes follow suit - India Business - Biz - The Times of India

[SkyWalker]

Originally Posted by sidindica

[*]812 units of Chevrolet Cruze[/list]Maruti Suzuki[list]

somehow i am not impressed by this number. Usually the first 2-3 months are great and then it comes down by 30-40%. This means probably the Cruze will settle around 500 after a quarter. not impressive for this car.

[Gilead]

Originally Posted by rajivn

Sales jump of 10.32% for Ford compared to Sept 09 numbers.

Oct 09 - 3458
Sept 09 - 3101

Ford sold 3322 vehicles in Sep '09 as per the excel posted at the beginning of this thread.

[TheBeastFieast]

Originally Posted by SkyWalker

somehow i am not impressed by this number. Usually the first 2-3 months are great and then it comes down by 30-40%. This means probably the Cruze will settle around 500 after a quarter. not impressive for this car.

Hi SkyWalker first of all some , Thanks a lot for sharing your experience with ANHC that is just wonderful and I enjoyed it to the fullest.

Now for Cruze number even it comes down to 500 mark, that would be a good start given its a GM car and GM has lost all the faith of Indian buyers (except spark) for example Optra being dame good car was not selling same for Aveo and Uva.