Cars retail sales drop by 4.6%, two wheelers fall by 8.8%

Car dealers' body FADA on Thursday said traveler vehicle (PV) retail deals in January declined 4.61 percent to 2,90,879 units when contrasted with that month a year ago, hit by a lukewarm reaction by end clients.

As per Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), which gathered vehicle enrollment information from 1,223 out of the 1,432 local vehicle workplaces (RTOs), PV deals remained at 3,04,929 units in January 2019.

Bike deals declined 8.82 percent to 12,67,366 units a month ago as contrasted and 13,89,951 units in January 2019. Business vehicle deals declined 6.89 percent to 82,187 units when contrasted with 88,271 units in January 2019.

Three-wheeler deals, notwithstanding, rose 9.17 percent to 63,514 units a month ago as contrasted and 58,178 units in January 2019.

All out deals across classes declined 7.17 percent to 17,50,116 units a month ago as against 18,85,253 units in the year-back month."Auto deals keep on being in the negative domain in the long stretch of January, aside from three-wheelers, with numerous shoppers still not closing on their choices. The continuous progress of BS-IV to BS-VI is likewise a factor in deferred buy choice," FADA President Ashish Harsharaj Kale said in an announcement.

Generally feeble financial assessment proceeds and even the Budget 2020, albeit a comprehensive spending plan with development drivers for the mid to long haul, didn't have any immediate measures nor any prompt development empowering activities for the auto division, he included. On deals viewpoint, Kale said with proceeded with powerless shopper conclusion and the general monetary circumstance just as the up and coming change to BS-VI system, the close term request circumstance will keep on being dynamic.

"We claim to the administration to keep reporting positive measure, explicitly for the automobile business, just as for the general economy which will assist us with coming back to development direction at the most punctual," he included