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August Auto Sales: Auto Sales A Mixed Bag In August

Bajaj Auto sold 4.37 lakh units last month, an increase of 30 percent from the year-ago period.



Two spectators have a close look at the Bajaj Auto’s Pulsar DTS-i motorbike at the 8th annual Auto Expo in New Delhi, India. (Photographer: Sondeep Shankar/Bloomberg News)
Two spectators have a close look at the Bajaj Auto’s Pulsar DTS-i motorbike at the 8th annual Auto Expo in New Delhi, India. (Photographer: Sondeep Shankar/Bloomberg News)
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August Auto Sales Round-Up

Sales of passenger vehicles and two-wheelers in August were impacted due to floods in Kerala and heavy rainfall in other states.

Sales of Maruti Suzuki Ltd., the country’s largest carmaker, fell for the second straight month. It sold 1.58 lakh units last month, down 3.4 percent from the year-ago period, according to its exchange filing. Homegrown Tata Motors was the only company to report a double-digit growth in the passenger vehicles segment in the reporting month. Sales of sports utility vehicle maker Mahindra & Mahindra remained subdued.

Two-wheeler maker Bajaj Auto, however, outpaced rivals in August. The company’s sales rose 30 percent year-on-year last month, according to its exchange filing. That compares with a 0.9 percent rise in sales for the country’s largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp, and an 8 percent and a 2 percent increase for TVS Motor and Eicher Motors’ Royal Enfield, respectively.

“Bajaj Auto excelled well in the export market,” Ashwin Patil, senior analyst at LKP Securities, told BloombergQuint in an interaction. “The domestic segment also reported healthy growth, driven by new launches.”

Truckmakers continued to grow in August. Most commercial vehicle makers reported double-digit growth last month. “The commercial vehicle makers have grown well, driven by a pick-up in infrastructure activities, ease of mining and healthy monsoon,” Patil said.

Patil expects moderate sales growth in September due to a delayed festive season and high base but anticipates growth to pick up in October and November.

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M&M's Farm Equipment Sales Rise 7% in August, Shares Swing

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.’s farm equipment's sales rise 7 percent on a yearly basis in August, after it sold 16,641 units during the period, according to its stock exchange notification.

Key sales highlights (YoY):

  • Total domestic sales rose 7 percent to 15,356 units.
  • Total exports rose 10 percent to 1,285 units.

Shares of M&M fluctuated between gains and losses to trade at Rs 964.60 as if 11:10 a.m.


Bajaj Auto Clocks Highest Ever Monthly Sales In August

Bajaj Auto sold 4.37 lakh units last month, an increase of 30 percent from the year-ago period, according to its stock exchange filing. This was the highest ever monthly sales that the company recorded so far, it said.

Key sales highlights (YoY):

  • Domestic Motorcycle sales rose 27 percent to 2.18 lakh units.
  • Motorcycle exports rose 29 percent to 1.44 lakh units.
  • Overall Motorcycle sales rose 28 percent to 3.62 lakh units.
  • Domestic commercial vehicle sales rose 28 percent to 37,194 units.
  • Commercial vehicle exports rose 67 percent to 36,975 units.
  • Overall commercial vehicle sales rose 45 percent to 74,169 units.
  • Overall domestic sales rose 27 percent to 2.55 lakh units.
  • Overall exports rose 35 percent to 1.8 lakh units.
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Hero MotoCorp Sales Rise 0.9%

Hero MotoCorp Ltd. sold 6.85 lakh units last month, an increase of 0.9 percent from the year-ago period, according to its stock exchange filing.

The company plans to launch two new 125 cc scooters during the upcoming festive season and expects to maintain healthy double‐digit growth in coming months.


Eicher Motors Sales Stagnate

Eicher Motors Ltd., the maker of Royal Enfield motorcycles, reported largely flat sales in August. Two-wheeler sales grew a paltry 2 percent over last year to 69,377 units.

Key sales highlights (YoY):

  • Models with engine capacity up to 350cc saw sales rise 3 percent to 65,712 units.
  • Models with engines over 350cc saw a 16 percent decline in sales to 3,665 units.
  • Exports grew 23 percent to 1,263 units
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