[simplyself]

Originally Posted by EdgedNTaken

I just cannot believe that the Tata Vista is considered a B1 hatch Clubbed with the likes of Estilo, Wagon-R, Beat etc. I mean come on. It is more car per car as compared to even the likes of Ford Figo, Swift, & i20. But kudos to Tata for overtaking Hyundai as the number 2. As they say, you have come a long way baby

One more reason to let the Vista sales figures show independently.

[simplyself]

Originally Posted by sabnavis

read in the papers recently that the reports that a large number of small cars being sold running on diesel are quite unfounded and the panel deciding on special taxes on diesel vehicles went on record actually stating that an increase in diesel price would be better than introduction of a 10 - 20 % diesel duty. It would also be good to carry out an analysis on the wide variety of diesels and it s effects on vehicle sales.

Increase in excise duty for diesel cars is segment specific while increase in diesel prices affects everyone.

Every body knows that but the administration do not have the will power to make it happen. No politians will be able to do this. The diesel duty is for political reasons, not based on economics.

It is not as simple as just an increase or removal of subsidy. Every nation subsidizes its fuel. An attempt is being made to compensate the huge subsidy bill. Targeting passenger cars is not at all monstrous but care should be taken as not to burden the buyer much. A quarter/half year/annual diesel tax may be one of such ways. This can be implemented easily as all the infrastructure for collecting the taxes is already in place.

[simplyself]

Originally Posted by athalaga

Would it be possible to get the diesel sales figures separately, would love to read into them.

Yes, that would be right.

It may help us understand the quantum of sale of diesel vehicles. Various reports put the consumption of diesel by cars variously, ranging from 0.6 % to 15 %. The separate figures at least let us understand, if not in entirety, the consumption patterns and the quantum of consumption of diesel.

[volkman10]

SUVs from Mahindra & Mahindra, Toyota, BMW and Audi sold out for 2 months!

Could expect good sales figures for Feb 2012.

What Slowdown? Macho SUVs from Mahindra & Mahindra, Toyota, BMW and Audi sold out for 2 months - The Economic Times

[coolboy007]

Fortuner and XUV sold out for 4 months - both the cars anyways had a long waiting list, was shocked that a 14 lakh XUV had to get a draw done like Tata nano for the lucky owners.

With budget looming around the corner, the diesel cars would all have ready buyers, infact we have been seeing many members who booked Swift go in for cars like Punto, Polo to protect themselves from any tax hike on diesel cars.

Expecting good sales figure for all diesel cars in Feb and march.

[scuderiamania]

Although the team is doing excellent work of compiling such useful and interesting data, I am a tad bit disappointed that figures of BMW, Audi and Mercedes are not provided anymore like they used to be at one point of time. They are part of an extremely fast growing market and would make for interesting data. Hope the team is looking at the possibility of acquiring data from the above mentioned brands and there competitors.

[Nowden1]

Hi Jalsa,

Thanks for the excellent report. Is it anyway possible to get the information on total number of Arias sold till date from the launch?

[ankurvirmani19]

Maruti Suzuki sales up 7 per cent in February 2012
Source: Economic Times

The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki today reported 6.54 per cent increase in sales at 1,18,949 units for February.

The company had sold 1,11,645 units in the same month last year.

In February, the company has recorded highest domestic sales so far this fiscal at 1,07,653 units, compared to 1,01,543 units in the year-ago period, registering a growth of 6.02 per cent, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement.

The company said the domestic sales last month were the second highest in its history after 1,10,424 units that was registered in March 2011.

Similarly, MSI's exports increased 11.82 per cent to 11,296 units in February from 10,102 units in the year-ago period, the company added.

Total passenger car sales in the domestic market went up by 7.13 per cent to 94,118 units last month from 87,851 units in the same month of 2011, it added.

However, sales of the company's mini-segment cars, including the M800, A-Star, Alto and WagonR, fell by 8.24 per cent to 49,104 units from 53,515 units in February, 2011.

In the compact segment (comprising the Estilo, Swift and Ritz models), MSI witnessed a 31.06 per cent up in sales to 27,899 units from 21,287 units in the same month a year ago.

Sales of MSI's DZiRE model increased by 58.78 per cent to 15,068 units from 9,490 units in the corresponding period a year ago.

In addition, MSI's mid-sized sedan SX4's sales slipped by 42.47 per cent to 2,033 units from 3,534 units in the year-ago month.

Luxury sedan Kizashi witnessed 44 per cent fall in sales at 14 units as against 25 units in the same month last year.