[aansh singhania]

Originally Posted by Maverick Avi

Wondering why semiconductor shortage is only impacting vehicles and not other industries like mobiles and computers which rely much more heavily on them. Due to heavy demand and less supply the prices of cars are just going over the roof. Natural resources do not become scarce all of a sudden. It seems there is more to this shortage specially with the timing of COVID which anyways has a negative sentiment on the overall industry.

It is impacting them too. I am pretty sure I read about Samsung delaying the launch of its flagship device or something because of the non-availability of semiconductors.

[abhijet.sen]

Originally Posted by LivingCars

Hi All,

I was going through the sales Figure of Harrier and Safari. Any particular reason why the Harrier is outselling Safari month on month?

As per our Team BHP poll 71% preferred safari. Also the price difference is only around 100K and for that you the extra row (3rd Row) + Disc Brake on all 4 wheels, Electronic Parking etc. Sounds like decent enough value. The thing most in favour of Harrier is the Look of the car.

Any views on the above?

For most, they don't need 7 seater and 5 seater is just as good if not better. Cumulative impact of 100K is roughly 135K with taxes and insurance so it saves some amount. Harrier has that Land Roverish feeling in looks, not that Safari is bad looking but just that Harrier look a tad better and well proportioned. I am sure with next iteration of Harrier, all the premium features of Safari will be copied over to Harrier as well.

[achyutaghosh]

Originally Posted by abhijet.sen

For most, they don't need 7 seater and 5 seater is just as good if not better. Cumulative impact of 100K is roughly 135K with taxes and insurance so it saves some amount. .

Add to that- the Safari's boot is non-existent, so in effect it is a 5/6 seater as you will have to fold down one or both the 3rd row seats if you have to haul luggage. Makes the 1.35 lakh additional price even more of a factor given you get atmost 1 extra seat.

[achyutaghosh]

Originally Posted by cool_dube

I also happened to compare a few key metric from Sept 2021 analysis to almost a decade back, from our very own forum. Very, very interesting indeed - see for yourself:

Sales distribution by manufacturer origin

Attachment 2217766

American companies have 7% share in 2021, up from 1% in 2012? This manufacturers' comparison chart seems off. Maybe the charts have swapped, Cool Dube.

[cool_dube]

Originally Posted by achyutaghosh

American companies have 7% share in 2021, up from 1% in 2012? This manufacturers' comparison chart seems off. Maybe the charts have swapped, Cool Dube.

You are right, my bad! Here is the correct one.



Mods - please update the original post with this image.

[TusharK]

Alto, Ertiga & Seltos top sales charts in September 2021

The Maruti Suzuki Alto was the best-selling passenger car in India during September 2021. The Ertiga took the second spot, while the Kia Seltos was the third highest-selling model.



Maruti Suzuki sold 12,143 units of the Alto last month. That's 8.26% less than the previous month. Ertiga sales increased by 80.90% to 11,308 units.

Kia also registered an increase in sales of the Seltos. The carmaker sold 9,583 units, up from 8,619 units in August 2021.

Hyundai sold 8,193 units of the Creta, while 8,077 units of the Baleno were dispatched last month.

The Hyundai Venue (7,924 units) was the 6th best-selling car, followed by the Eeco (7,844 units), WagonR (7,631 units) and the i20 (5,153 units). The Toyota Innova Crysta (4,724 units) completed the top 10.

Source: ET Auto

Link to Team-BHP News

[aaychat]

This is surprising. Suddenly, no Tata car in the top 10? I thought the Altroz and Nexon twins were doing really well.

[shortbread]

Originally Posted by aaychat

This is surprising. Suddenly, no Tata car in the top 10? I thought the Altroz and Nexon twins were doing really well.

The Tiago and Altroz, both sold 5k+ units and the Nexon did 9k+.
Somehow Shubhangi Bhatia at ET did not notice this!

[Kosfactor]

Originally Posted by shortbread

The Tiago and Altroz, both sold 5k+ units and the Nexon did 9k+.
Somehow Shubhangi Bhatia at ET did not notice this!

Page 1 of this thread is factory dispatch numbers and NOT retail sales.

[shortbread]

Originally Posted by Kosfactor

Page 1 of this thread is factory dispatch numbers and NOT retail sales.

FADA retail numbers:

MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LTD - 99,002, 42.43%
HYUNDAI MOTOR INDIA LTD - 40,691, 17.44%
TATA MOTORS LTD - 23,510, 10.08%

https://www.rushlane.com/car-retail-...-12414470.html