India's Best-Selling UVs in FY2019 | Gap between leader Vitara Brezza and rival Creta narrows
While the Maruti Vitara Brezza remains the No. 1 UV in India 32 months in a row, its growth is slowing while second-placed Hyundai Creta is seeing strong traction and maintaining strong buyer connect in the sub-Rs 20 lakh premium SUV segment.
17 Apr 2019
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In FY2018, the sales gap between the Vitara Brezza and the Creta was 41,326 units. In FY2019, it has reduced to 33,580 units, still a robust lead but the Creta is holding on to a better growth rate.
What scooters are to the overall two-wheeler market is what utility vehicles (UVs) are to the passenger vehicle market. And, like poor sales of scooters (-0.27%) pulled down the two-wheeler market in FY2019, UVs too (+2.0%) impacted overall PV numbers which ended in single-digit growth of 2.70 percent. Scarcely a year ago, growth for both scooters and UVs was accelerating hard at 20 percent but got upended by the sharp slowdown in the second half of FY2019.
UVs makers clearly would be disappointed with the less-than-expected growth. While buyers do get wooed by the muscular designs of SUVs and ...
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