India Sales: Top 5 UVs – August 2017 | Maruti Vitara Brezza and Hyundai Creta post strong numbers

The Utility Vehicle category, which has been the major beneficiary of GST-driven rate cuts, particularly after July 1 when the reformative tax kicked in, saw demand rise 19.62 percent to 78,664 units in August 2017, accounting for 26.72 percent of the total passenger vehicles sold (294,335).

The UV segment, which currently accounts for one of every four PVs sold in the country, has done well across the first five months of the fiscal year. In April-August 2017, a total of 355,636 units have been bought (+15.97%), and account for 26.92 percent of the total PVs sold (1,320,990) during the ...