Indian Car Sales Figures and Analysis

diabloo · 9th March 2009, 12:24

Fiat sells 1262 Lineas and is the segment leader

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But Fiat could not repeat the same performance with Palio - it sold a paltry 47. But Ford sold 100 Fusions & Skoda sold 273 Fabias in the same segment.

sj_koova · 9th March 2009, 12:46

Honda down by -3.3% in mid-size. The only other manufacturer shown negative sales in this segment is Ford, thats by -19%. I can understand Ford's part in the game, but what has gone wrong with Honda when industry was showing a recovery in 2/2009. Is Fiat steeling some of the game from Honda?? But Linea has has also gone down by -16%. Somehow I can't correlate all these!

tsk1979 · 9th March 2009, 13:17

Wow, the time of Linea has come. If fiat keeps it right, this may soon start eating into sales one segment lower! 1200 units is still quite low when compared to city etc., but its a good start for Fiat!
As for the Palio, I think its "GAME OVER"
fiat needs to bring in the bravo etc., to shake the hatchback segment

vasudeva · 9th March 2009, 13:21

Fiat has got a great opportunity to put the past (and that was not good at all) behind it and do whatever it takes to become a serious player in India again. More competition is always good for us.

amit · 9th March 2009, 13:36

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Originally Posted by tsk1979

fiat needs to bring in the bravo etc., to shake the hatchback segment

Problem is Fiat is bringing the Bravo as a CBU. At those prices, the only thing Fiat will be able to shake are the Indian car buyers!

Whats up with the Palio? It was averaging about 200-250 units but sales have crashed in the last two months to under 100 units.

Regarding Linea, it doesn't seem like it's hitting Fiesta and Verna sales. That's odd. I thought the Fiesta would be hit the most by the Linea. Seems like the Linea has expanded the market rather then taking away share from existing players.

I also thought Swift Dzire would hit the Fiesta, specially the Zdi variant. Again, it doesn't seem like it's happening.

Altis is holding steady at 500 units but Civic is still managing to keep it's nose ahead.

SkyWalker · 9th March 2009, 13:37

@sj_koova: i see that Ford sales are up not down. Yes, Honda mid size is down by a small margin - but at those numbers (4739!) they ares till registering some of the best numbers since Mar 08.

Logan numbers nearly doubled , but sill a pretty dismal 1008. Tata seems to be doing a bit better sompared to last few months.

I guess Dezire will be leading the Mid Size segment for a long time now.

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Originally Posted by amit

Regarding Linea, it doesn't seem like it's hitting Fiesta and Verna sales. That's odd. I thought the Fiesta would be hit the most by the Linea. Seems like the Linea has expanded the market rather then taking away share from existing players.

I also thought Swift Dzire would hit the Fiesta, specially the Zdi variant. Again, it doesn't seem like it's happening.

Its not just Fiesta sales anymore. Its Fiesta+Ikon. Hyundai sales had gone down, but recovered in last month (people waiting for face lifted Verna?)

sj_koova · 9th March 2009, 13:40

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Originally Posted by SkyWalker

@sj_koova: i see that Ford sales are up not down.

Sorry it is GM. not Ford.

Eddy · 9th March 2009, 13:43

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Originally Posted by amit

Problem is Fiat is bringing the Bravo as a CBU. At those prices, the only thing Fiat will be able to shake are the Indian car buyers!

Then it has to be the GP. Palio simply has no buyers now.

ms001 · 9th March 2009, 13:54

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Originally Posted by amit

Whats up with the Palio? It was averaging about 200-250 units but sales have crashed in the last two months to under 100 units.

May be the people are holding back because of the news about GP and upgraded Palio.

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Originally Posted by diabloo

Fiat sells 1262 Lineas and is the segment leader

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But Fiat could not repeat the same performance with Palio - it sold a paltry 47. But Ford sold 100 Fusions & Skoda sold 273 Fabias in the same segment.

Congrats to FIAT , those are good numbers but not great.

Did ford reduce the price of FUSION or some discounts?
sales have jumped from 47 to 100

Eddy · 9th March 2009, 13:58

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Originally Posted by ms001

upgraded Palio.

What ? I don't think there is sense in flagging a dead horse now. Time to get in the newer stuff.

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Did ford reduce the price of FUSION or some discounts?
sales have jumped from 47 to 100

I heard it was being phased out, so more discounts probably !

9th March 2009, 14:00

Good performance by Linea so far.

Lets see how it performs from now onwards.

madhukar_n · 9th March 2009, 14:25

what happened to the recession ?? ;-)
in the luxury segment, both are up 600% and no mention of audi, nissan and vw there!
great percentage of increase, but number are countable.

in the UV segment, Maruti has 1 on its list. is the Grand Vitara ? so they sold only 1 in the month of Feb ?? if yes, too bad !!

ms001 · 9th March 2009, 14:27

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Originally Posted by Eddy

What ? I don't think there is sense in flagging a dead horse now. Time to get in the newer stuff.

According to the latest updates from FIAT they will not discontinue it, rather they have plans of upgrading it.

vasudeva · 9th March 2009, 14:38

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Originally Posted by ms001

According to the latest updates from FIAT they will not discontinue it, rather they have plans of upgrading it.

Upgrading the interior to the present (soon to be over) decade? or upgrading sales??

ms001 · 9th March 2009, 14:43

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Originally Posted by vasudeva

Upgrading the interior to the present (soon to be over) decade? or upgrading sales??

interior as well as exterior , it is being discussed in some thread .

9th March 2009, 12:24	#1546
diabloo BANNED Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bengalooru Posts: 1,480 Thanked: 17 Times	Fiat sells 1262 Lineas and is the segment leader . But Fiat could not repeat the same performance with Palio - it sold a paltry 47. But Ford sold 100 Fusions & Skoda sold 273 Fabias in the same segment.
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9th March 2009, 12:46	#1547
sj_koova BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 673 Thanked: 620 Times View My Garage	Honda down by -3.3% in mid-size. The only other manufacturer shown negative sales in this segment is Ford, thats by -19%. I can understand Ford's part in the game, but what has gone wrong with Honda when industry was showing a recovery in 2/2009. Is Fiat steeling some of the game from Honda?? But Linea has has also gone down by -16%. Somehow I can't correlate all these!
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9th March 2009, 13:17	#1548
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,717 Thanked: 22,825 Times View My Garage	Wow, the time of Linea has come. If fiat keeps it right, this may soon start eating into sales one segment lower! 1200 units is still quite low when compared to city etc., but its a good start for Fiat! As for the Palio, I think its "GAME OVER" fiat needs to bring in the bravo etc., to shake the hatchback segment Last edited by tsk1979 : 9th March 2009 at 13:18.
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9th March 2009, 13:21	#1549
vasudeva Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Delhi Posts: 2,221 Thanked: 212 Times	Fiat has got a great opportunity to put the past (and that was not good at all) behind it and do whatever it takes to become a serious player in India again. More competition is always good for us.
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9th March 2009, 14:00	#1556
gaurav.28ch Posts: n/a	Good performance by Linea so far. Lets see how it performs from now onwards.
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9th March 2009, 14:25	#1557
madhukar_n BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 395 Thanked: 179 Times	what happened to the recession ?? ;-) in the luxury segment, both are up 600% and no mention of audi, nissan and vw there! great percentage of increase, but number are countable. in the UV segment, Maruti has 1 on its list. is the Grand Vitara ? so they sold only 1 in the month of Feb ?? if yes, too bad !! Last edited by madhukar_n : 9th March 2009 at 14:32.
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