Indian Automobile Sales - January 2016

• Maruti Suzuki India reported a 2.6 per cent decline in total sales in January at 1,13,606 units as against 1,16,606 units in the same month in 2015.The company said its domestic sales increased marginally by 0.8 per cent to 1,06,383 units as against 1,05,559 units in January 2015.Sales of passenger cars declined 1.4 per cent to 87,757 units compared with 89,014 units in the year-ago month, the carmaker said in a BSE filing.

• Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) on Monday reported 1.23% dip in total sales at 44,230 units in January. The company had sold 44,783 units in the same month last year, HMIL said in a statement.In the domestic market, the company's sales were up 9.3% to 38,016 units last month as compared with 34,780 units in January 2015.However, the company's exports declined by 37.87% to 6,214 units as against 10,003 units.

• Honda Cars India on Monday reported a 6.52 percent decline in its domestic sales at 17,135 units in January. It had sold 18,331 units in the same month last year, Honda Cars India (HCIL) said in a statement. Last month, the company sold 396 units of small car Brio, 4,709 units of hatchback Jazz, 3,471 units of compact sedan Amaze, 441 units of MPV Mobilio and 8,037 units of the mid-sized sedan City.

• Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M Ltd.), India's leading SUV manufacturer, today announced its auto sales numbers which stood at 43,789 units during January 2016 as against 39,930 units during January 2015, representing a growth of 10%.

• Home-grown auto major Mahindra and Mahindra today reported 1% increase in its tractor sales at 15,065 units in January, 2016.The company had sold 14,913 units in the same month last year.Domestic tractor sales last month rose 3.97% at 14,402 units against 13,852 in the year-ago month, the company said in a statement.

• Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) sold a total of 8,511 units in the domestic market and exported 745 units of the Etios series thereby clocking a total of 9,256 units for the month of January 2016. TKM sold 12, 650 units in the domestic market in January 2015 and exported 1,714 units of Etios series in the same period last year.TKM Sold 139, 815 units in the calendar year 2015 thereby registering a cumulative growth of 5% when compared to the total domestic sales in 2014.

• Ford India on Monday reported 41.64% increase in its total sales at 12,834 units in January as against 9,061 units in the same month last year.The company's domestic sales were up 5.98% at 7,045 units last month as against 6,647 units in the same period a year ago, Ford India said in a statement.

• Tata Motors continued to witness year-on-year growth in the M&HCV segment in January 2016, with a growth of 30%. Total sales of Tata Motors passenger and commercial vehicles (including exports) were at 47,034 vehicles, higher by 10%, over 42,595 vehicles, sold in January 2015. The domestic sale of Tata commercial and passenger vehicles for January 2016 were at 41,398 nos. higher by 7% over 38,634 vehicles sold in January 2015. Cumulative sales (including exports) for the fiscal at 411,979 nos., higher by 2% over 405,581 vehicles, sold last year.

• Tata Motors continued to witness year-on-year growth in the M&HCV segment in January 2016, with a growth of 30%. Total sales of Tata Motors passenger and commercial vehicles (including exports) were at 47,034 vehicles, higher by 10%, over 42,595 vehicles, sold in January 2015. The domestic sale of Tata commercial and passenger vehicles for January 2016 were at 41,398 nos. higher by 7% over 38,634 vehicles sold in January 2015. Cumulative sales (including exports) for the fiscal at 411,979 nos., higher by 2% over 405,581 vehicles, sold last year.

•  Indian arm of European carmaker Volkswagen has clocked year-on-year growth of 8 percent in sales for the month of January 2016, the company informed in a press statement.Last month, it sold 4,018 units as against 3,734 units during January 2015.

•  Indian arm of French automaker Renault has announced, its January sales figures, in a statement.Last month, the company has registered a growth of 151 percent with domestic sales of 8,031 units as against 3,203 units in the corresponding month last year.Renault Kwid will continue to play a pivotal role in the company's expansion plans in India with customer orders crossing the 90,000 mark, said the company.

• Country's largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp on Monday reported a marginal increase in sales at 5,63,348 units in January.The company had sold 5,58,982 units in the same month last year, Hero MotoCorp said in a statement.Riding on the success of its scooter range, the company continues to expand its market share in the segment, it added.

• ndian two wheeler manufacturer Bajaj Auto has announced, its January 2016 sales, in a BSE filing.The company's total sales registered a growth of 2 percent, and stood at 2,93,939 units for the month of January 2016. 

• TVS Motor Company recorded 12.1% growth in sales during the month of January 2016. The total sales increased to 208,485 units in the month of January 2016 from 185,997 units sold in the corresponding month last year, the company said in a statement.The company's total exports registered 39.1% growth with sales increasing from 25,029 units recorded in January last year to 34,823 units to January this year. Two wheeler exports grew by 51.2% with sales increasing from 19,232 units in January 2015 to 29,071 units in January 2016.

• India Yamaha Motor on Monday reported a 49.42 per cent increase in domestic sales at 58,743 units in January.The company had sold 39,313 units in the same month a year ago, India Yamaha Motor said in a statement.

• Continuing to grow rapidly in terms of month-on-month sales, Royal Enfield has now registered its highest-ever monthly sales in January 2016. The Chennai-based motorcycle manufacturer recorded total domestic sales of 47,140 units in January 2016, marking a substantial jump of 67.42 percent on the 28,157 units sold in January 2015. The company had registered its previous best in October 2015, a festive month last year, when it had sold 44,138 units in the domestic territories. A closer look at Royal Enfield’s calendar year 2015 sales highlights that it breached the 40,000 unit sales mark for the first time in August 2015, and since then it has continued to score over the 40k mark every subsequent month.

• tul Auto posted a sales growth of 2% for the month of January,2016, selling 3,708 units as against 3,636 units for same period corresponding year.

•  Hinduja Group flagship firm Ashok Leyland on Monday reported a 30.47 per cent increase in total sales at 13,886 units last month.The company had sold 10,643 units in January 2015.Sales of medium and heavy commercial vehicles jumped 39.94 per cent to 11,208 units last month as against 8,009 units in the corresponding period a year ago, the company said in a statement.

• VE Commercial Vehicles on Monday reported a 13.59 per cent increase in total sales in January at 3,768 units as against 3,317 units in the same month last year.The company, a joint venture between Sweden's Volvo Group and Eicher Motors, said Eicher-branded trucks and buses recorded total sales of 3,707 units in January compared with 3,262 units in the same month last year, up 13.64 per cent.