Products like EcoSport, Amaze, Duster and SwiftDezire helped respective companies —Ford, Hoda cars India, Renault and Maruti Suzuki india to report increased sales in the month of July while companies like Tata Motors, M&M, Toyota and General Motors continued to struggle primarily because of lack of those kinds of products.
MSI said its domestic sales grew by 5.8 per cent during the month to 75,145 units, from 71,024 units in July last year. The mini segment car sales grew by 15.8 per cent to 33,587 units, and Dzire, 33.6 per cent at 15,249 units. HCIl reported over two and half-fold increase in its domestic sales for July 2013 at 11,223 units. “Honda Amaze has clocked its highest monthly sales of 6,515 units during July 2013 and is maintaining very good growth momentum having sold more than 24,000 units sold since its launch,” HCIl Senior Vice President (Marketing and Sales) Jnaneswar Sen said.
Ford India also had a memorable month with its domestic sales going up by 26.15 per cent to 7,867 units in July this year, as against 6,236 units in the same month last year. Renault India sold a total of 3,763 units in July, with the Duster accounting for 3,089 units, the Scala 371 units, Pulse 292 units, Fluence 10 units and Koleos 1 unit. Other car makers, however, continued to struggle in a market which has been on a prolonged slump due to weak economic growth, rising fuel costs and low consumer sentiment.
Hyundai Motor India ltd reported a 7.83 per cent decline in its total sales in July at 48,704 units as against 52,845 in the same month last year. Tata Motors’ total passenger vehicle sales in the domestic market stood at 10,824 units in July, down 58.75 per cent from 26,240 units a year-ago. likewise, Mahindra & Mahindra’s domestic sales were down 19.41 per cent at 34,490 units as against 42,799 units in the same month last year. Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) reported 20.98 per cent decline in July sales in the domestic market at 11,515 units, as compared to 14,574 units in the same month last year. Similarly, GM India reported 10.73 per cent decline in sales at 6,503 units in July 2013, compared to 7,285 units in the same month last year. Volkswagen India said its sales in July declined by 11.53 per cent to 4,739 units as against 5,357 units in the same month last year.