Team-BHP - October 2012 : Indian Car Sales Figures

Porsche India breaks monthly delivery record!

Porsche India, the new official importer of Porsche cars has started off its retail operations with a record setting month.
The company officially started the delivery of cars in India (previously the Porsches were imported by Precision Cars India ltd.) on the 1st of October.

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The Stuttgart based company clocked 117 deliveries for the month and in the process surpassed the previous record of top monthly sales in the sub-continent.

http://indianautosblog.com/2012/11/p...#ixzz2Cs7ITRvS

Pushing the thread up as a reminder to Moderators GTO & Jalsa. please: dont delete this post.

Now the wait has started for November 2012 Sales thread.

Moneycontrol says: Sales are dull. Tata stopped production for 3 days. Same is the case with VW.

Maruti says: Sales are up. 40K bookings for Alto800

Honda 2 wheeler says: 50K sales on Diwali day.

HeroMoto says: Sales are dull. plant closed for 6 days or so.

Who is correct? Only the Team Bhp sales charts will reveal the correct picture. GTO would you please post your analysis too with the charts.

Regular car sales slowing while luxury car sales are scaling up ?!
Now the total number of luxury cars is minuscule compared to usual mass market cars, but it does suggest either a slow upward shift in income, or that same number wealthy are getting richer (hence buying more cars ).

For aspiring badge-seekers, might be a good time to look up pre-owned Merc/BMW/Audi deals.

EDIT: of the mass market cars, only Maruti growing , I should add up the lost sales from other makes to compare to Maruti's increasing sales, maybe it represents a case of people switching brands to Maruti in wake of rising fuel costs - thus not so much as a net drop of sales as a shift in brand preference.

Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Limited sold a total of 1,03,200 units in November 2012, a growth of 12.5 per cent. This includes 12,318 units for export. The Company had sold a total of 91,772 units in November 2011.

Alto, A Star, WR...36679
Swift, Estilo,Ritz... 23849
Dzire..................13502
SX4...................692
Kizashi.............71
Gypsy,Grand Vitara,Ertiga...7439

Source: MS

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Originally Posted by Ricci (Post 2977720)

EDIT: of the mass market cars, only Maruti growing , I should add up the lost sales from other makes to compare to Maruti's increasing sales, maybe it represents a case of people switching brands to Maruti in wake of rising fuel costs - thus not so much as a net drop of sales as a shift in brand preference.

You can safely add M&M to this as well :).

Ford has reported marginal increase in numbers in Nov-12. But, domestic sales have taken a major hit (down by ~ 29%) as compared to Nov-11.

Link: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...cle4153556.ece

And, TKM also reported 26% decline of sales on Nov-12, mainly due to plant closure to ramp up production

Link: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/to...e-26-/1038971/

New Delhi, Dec 1:

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) today reported a 26 per cent decline in sales at 10,352 units during November 2012. It had sold 13,956 units in the same month last year, TKM said in a statement.

TKM, a joint venture between Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp and the Kirloskar Group, said sales growth fell due to the shutdown of a plant to ramp up annual production.

“The sales have dropped this month due to a plant shutdown to ramp up the annual production capacity from 2,10,000 units to 3,10,00 units for the next calendar year,” TKM Deputy Managing Director Marketing Sandeep Singh said in a statement.

The first plant manufacturing the Innova and Fortuner was shut down for a week and the second plant manufacturing Etios, Etios Liva and Camry was shut down for 15 days, he added.

“The market is yet to pick up pace. We hope to see growth next month due to the year-ending sales. The market is expected to grow in the first quarter of next year,” Singh said.

TKM’s Etios series registered a 48.8 per cent decline in sales during the month at 4,231 units compared to 8,271 units in November 2011.

Sales of the Innova stood at 4,682 units last month against 4,308 units in November last year, a growth of 9 per cent.

Sales of the Fortuner were at 1,025 units compared with 860 units in November last year, up 19 per cent.

Camry sales stood at 46 units in November, while that of the Corolla Altis stood at 362 units, TKM said.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...cle4153637.ece

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M Ltd.), India’s leading SUV manufacturer, today announced a 18% rise in its auto sales numbers, which stood at 48143 units during November 2012 as against 40722 units during November 2011.
The company’s domestic sales stood at 46755 units during November 2012, as against 38159 units during November 2011, an increase of 23%. The Passenger Vehicles segment (which includes the UVs and Verito) registered a growth of 38%, having sold 24604 units in November 2012, as against 17813 units during November 2011.

Source:Mahindra

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Originally Posted by volkman10 (Post 2978017)

Huge discounts on Kizashi has really boosted its sales, October it was 35 and in November it has doubled to 71.

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Originally Posted by volkman10 (Post 2978017)

With Ertiga clocking 7000+ units last month, I can see it blowing other MPVs that ruled the roost out of the water! Kudos to MSIL for the achievement! clap:

The country’s second-largest car maker Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) on Saturday reported 2.29 per cent fall in total sales at 55,762 units in November.

http://www.thehindu.com/business/com...cle4153892.ece

TATA motor reports fall in sales of passenger cars.

Sales of passenger vehicles for November 2012 were at 18,031 nos., over 27,735 nos., sold in November last year.
Nano.......... 3,503
Indica range. 6,956
Indigo range. 3,709
Sumo/ Safari/ Aria/ Venture .. 4,493

Source:Tata Motors

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Originally Posted by romeomidhun (Post 2978749)

Mahindra is the star of the month, while Tata is hit by their inability to launch competent models.
Seems like Wagon R is severely hit by new Alto 800!

Mahindra is the Rajikanth of Indian Automotive industry lol: (No Offence meant)
They are selling like CRAZY. The market slowdown is not showing up in their charts. I know that Mahindra's top management has gone mad with DUSTER launch but still they are pushing more volumes. Bolero is one UV which is a significant contributor to their charts followed by XUV.

It is already the third day of the month & we are yet to see the Monthly sales figures thread for Nov 2012. I believe this delay is because GTO does not want to repeat last months strategy of doing away with the "Movers & Shakers" a la "Sales Analysis" part. We sorely missed it last time (as if we were having ginger tea, without the ginger in it). In his own words "Quality takes time", so expecting the thread to come up soon with the much deserved analysis.