India’s passenger vehicle sales plunge 24% in Sept

India’s passenger vehicle sales plunge 24% in Sept
The data comes as India’s domestic automobile industry faces a crippling slowdown in demand. (AFP)
Updated 11 October 2019
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India’s passenger vehicle sales plunge 24% in Sept

India’s passenger vehicle sales plunge 24% in Sept
  • Data comes as the domestic automobile industry faces a crippling slowdown in demand

NEW DELHI: India’s passenger vehicle sales slumped 23.7 percent in September — the eleventh straight month of declines — amid one of the worst slowdowns seen in the auto industry, data released by an industry body showed on Friday.
Passenger vehicle sales dropped to 223,317 units in September, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) data showed, while passenger car sales dived 33.4 percent to 131,281 units.
The data comes as the domestic automobile industry faces a crippling slowdown in demand that has led to production cuts and thousands of job losses.