[deepzkonnected]

Originally Posted by GTO

Tata loses 50% of its sales volume year-on-year and the once regular no. 3 is now at 5th position in the Indian car scene. It's only the Indica / Vista & the Indigo / Manza sisters that give the dealers some work to do.

Hi GTO, Can you provide the break up of Indica / Vista and specifically by trim variants for the Vista? TIA.

[akhilesh51]

Originally Posted by misquitas

Also, I wonder why the Tata Venture has had such dismal sales. It's nearest competitor is the petrol only Eeco and it sells 3000 cars, while the diesel Venture is stuck on about 500 units.

It's all down to dismal marketing and product placement strategy of Tata Motors which are not limited to:

1. TML decided to sell venture from both Passenger division as well as commercial division. This acted as a major turn-off in terms of customer experience who ended up being confused. Further, dealers too were left confused and hence focus on was diverted.

2. Venture was launched only in BSIII avatar effectively negating any sales from 14(?) biggest markets in India who can only sell BSIV vehicles. This in my opinion hurt venture sales the most.

3. It is manufactured at Commercial division plant and the quality was hence severely compromised from passenger car outlook.

4. EECO is extensively used in Delhi and other metros as CNG option which makes the vehicle both cheap to own and maintain.

Originally Posted by teamveevee

The front view is excellent, but what about the rear?

This segment rarely goes by the looks as Venture does look better than EECO, at least in my humble opinion.

Originally Posted by teamveevee

Is it meant to be a taxi? Then they need a more powerful engine, They can not do an airport run with the luggage and full capacity seating. For Venture to be successful, they need to plonk the Safari engine on it.

Once again, when compared with Omni/EECO(73bhp/101Nm), Venture (71PS/135Nm) has more than adequate power/torque to suffice the requirements of the segment. In fact, a venture is far better than Omni/Eeco when it comes to space and practicality, it being a proper 7+ seater vehicle.

A safari engine (2.2L/140 BHP)would be an overkill for a van and would also shoot up the price massively. Also, A van requires compact engine bay that can be neatly stowed under the passenger compartment whereas safari engine is humongous.

[volkman10]

Maruti Suzuki gains post September sales up 11.7 pct .

MS reports a 20% year-on-year increase in total sales in September at 104,964 units as against 87,323 units in the same month last year

The country's largest car-maker said its domestic sales increased by 1.8% during the month to 90,399 units as against 88,801 units in September last year.

The popular compact sedan Dzire surged 43% during the month under review at 16,708 units as against 11,694 units in September 2012.

Exports stand at 14,565 units.

http://www.business-standard.com/art...0100155_1.html

[volkman10]

Maruti's breakup of sales,

Alto/Wagon R 41061
Swift/Ritz/Estilo 20828
Dzire 16708
SX4 378
Ertiga 2657
Omni,Eeco 8767

Cheers!

[volkman10]

Mahindra September sales down 10 pct.

Domestic sales at 40.574.

The Passenger Vehicles segment (which includes UVs and Verito) sold 18,916 units in September 2013, as against 23,808 units during September 2012.

The company’s domestic sales stood at 40,574 units during September 2013, as against 45,263 units during September 2012. Both the 3-wheeler and 4-wheeler segments had marginal growths, at 6,403 and 14,709 units respectively in September 2013, as compared to September 2012.

Source:M&M

[volkman10]

Second largest auto giant Hyundai Motor India sales decline 4 pct in September.

Hyundai Motor India Ltd today reported a 3.99 per cent decline in its total sales in September at 51,418 units as against 53,557 in the same month last year.
Domestic sales stood at 30,601 units.

http://www.financialexpress.com/news...tember/1176824

[rlvl]

Hyundai sales decline 4% in September YoY

The domestic sales stood at 30,601 units during the month, down from 30,851 units in September 2012.

Exports during the month declined by 8.31 per cent to 20,817 units from 22,706 units in the same month last year

Source: http://www.business-standard.com/art...0100354_1.html

[volkman10]

Honda India Ltd reported an increase in its domestic sales at 10,354 units for September 2013.

During September, the company sold 2,043 units of its sedan City and 1,452 units of small car Brio. It also sold 46 units of premium sedan Accord.

Besides, HCIL sold 6,679 units of its latest sedan Amaze last month.

The company sold 134 units of its sports utility vehicle vehicle CR-V in September 2013. In addition to these sales, the company also exported a total of 701 units during September 2013

Source: Honda India

[volkman10]

Ford reported 50.95 per cent surge in total sales to 14,217 units in September.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor today reported a total sales at 15,795 units in September.

Source: ET

[Kratos453]

More updates regarding September 2013 sales can be found here: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/bus...om_961412.html

Maruti Suzuki September sales up 12%
Mahindra & Mahindra September sales down 10%
Hero MotoCorp sales rise 16%
General Motors India sales down over 4%

[RSR]

The domestic sales for the month of September 2013 are as follows:

Maruti Suzuki - 90,399

Hyundai - 30,601

Mahindra - 18,916

Tata - 12,879

Toyota - 12,015

Ford - 10,640

Honda - 10,354

Chevrolet - 7,048

Sources: Press releases and news reports from ET



Note from Mod: Here is the September sales thread LINK