India Market Analysis - March 2014

No year-end boost, sales remain in a rut

2013-14 ends on a flat note for industry. Brian de Souza reports.

Passenger car sales remained largely flat with the big three players recording declines in their March 2014 tallies. Maruti Suzuki India saw its sales dip by 5.2 percent as compared to the last year even as its 2013-14 fiscal tally was flat at 0.25 percent. Towards the end of the fiscal, the Celerio launched at the Auto Expo in February racked up sales of about 16,000-and-odd units so far and garnered bookings of about 20,000 units.

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