INDIA SALES: Top 10 Passenger Vehicles in January 2017

When Maruti Suzuki India, the bellweather of the Indian passenger vehicle (PV) industry, clocks good monthly numbers, expect overall segment numbers to also see smart momentum.   

That's just what happened in January 2017. The first month of the new year opened to good tidings for the PV industry. The hit-by-demonetisation PV OEMs recorded total sales of 265,320 units across the passenger car, utility vehicle and van segments, with overall numbers notching 14.40 percent year-on-year growth.

The numbers compare very favourably versus December 2016’s de-growth of 1.36 percent and sales of 227,824 with demand for passenger cars down ...