Tata, Honda down; Mahindra up 25 per cent, Maruti up 11.4 per cent, and General Motors India up 64 per cent in September auto sales

03 October 2007

Mumbai: Commercial vehicle maker and the country''s No. 2 car manufacturer Tata Motors Ltd announced that its vehicle sales in September fell 1.26 per cent to 48,347 units from 48,963 units a year earlier.

Tata Motors commercial vehicles sales in the domestic Indian market went up by 1.5 per cent to 27,036 units from 26,627 units a year ago, with sales of cars and utility vehicles falling 8.6 per cent to 17,006 units.

For the same month, the Indian arm of global carmaker Honda, Honda Siel Cars has also announced a downward slide in sales for September. Honda sales went down 5.3 per cent compared to September 2006, with the company selling 5,674 units as against 5,993 in September 2006.

Honda Seil sold 3,635 City ZXs, the flagship sedans, along with 1,392 Civics in the more premium range, and 245 Accords in more expensive segment. The company sold 402 CR-V sport utility vehicles.

The fortunes of India''s utility vehicle manufacturer, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (M&M) seem to have taken a different path. Sales figures for the company reportedly went up in September by a substantial 25 per cent, totalling 19,871 units when compared to the same period last year, when it sold 15,920 units.

Mahindra sold 2,185 units of its Logan sedan, which is a product made by M&M as part of a a joint venture with France''s Renault.