Momentum continues - April 2010 Automative sales figures

The April month carried a good momentum in sales form YoY basis however, the sales numbers are lower from Month on Month. Rising raw material cost and gas prices are being passed to the customer, however it appears to be the market has some more room to take this cost.

The highlight of the sales is for Ford and GM with their new aggressively priced models Figo, Beat. Both Companies are now ramping up production to meet the demand by adding second shifts. The higher sales in these models have also eaten away the share of Hundai Motors from i10, i20 space.

Honda has recorded a decline in sales consecutively since March 2010.

	Apr-10	Apr-09
Hundai Motors
growth	28.10%
sales	52020	44370
domestic	28501	22247
export	22123	23519
Maruti suzuki
growth	29.70%
sales	93058	71748
domestic	80034	64857
export	13024	6891
GM
growth	200%
sales	10601	4823
TATA motors
growth	52%
sales	57202	37518
cars	72.27%
sales	23102	13410
exports	3137	1261
lcv	17806	14245
M&HCV	13157	4869
cvs	30963	22847
M&M
growth	13.21%
sales	26043	23004
three wheeler
	5876	2972
utility vehicles	-2.43%
	17998	18447
logan	303	550
cv growth	32.72%
cv sales	860	648
exports	856	387
Honda
growth	-19.54%
sales	5928	7368
Toyota
growth	77%
cars, SUV	6001	3386
Ford
growth	270.00%
sales	7509	2034
Mercedes
growth	200%
sales	321	178

India ended the 200910 on a healthy note

Indian auto market ended the year 200910 with a healthy note as anticipated. The month of February saw in increase in the vehicle prices due to the hike in excise and also the new euro IV standards in 13 cities. However that has not affected the numbers since the growth has again led my the small car category.
The stars of march however are Ford Figo and Chevy Beat.

The CV market is making a steady move since last 3 months growing steadily for all CV makers indicating the confidence in Indian economy being pretty stable by now.

	Mar-10	Mar-09
Hundai Motors
growth	19.02%
sales	55035	46159
domestic	31501	24754
export	21405	23534
Maruti suzuki
growth	11.00%
sales	95123	85669
domestic	79530	73855
export	15593	11814
GM
growth	200%
sales	11330	5001
TATA motors
growth	38%
sales	75151	54452
cars	43.70%
sales	29868	25430
exports	4105	1799
lcv	22438	16620
M&HCV	20847	12335
cvs	43285	29050
M&M
growth	20.25%
sales	31698	26360
three wheeler
	7695	4043
utility vehicles	24.18%
	20914	19973
logan	351	962
cv growth	89.80%
cv sales	984	770
exports	1754	461
Ashok Leyland
growth	97%
sales	10067	5099
domestic	9299	4428
export	768	671
Honda
growth	-19.54%
sales	5928	7368
Audi
sales	220	162
Toyota
growth	90%
cars, SUV	6905	3643
Ford
growth	203.00%
sales	9478	4669
Eicher
growth	81.50%
sales	3814	2101
domestic	3649	1935
exports	165	166
BMW
growth	26.60%
sales	605	478