Top 5 UVs – October 2018 | Maruti Vitara Brezza, Hyundai Creta clock best-ever monthly sales, cross the 350,000 milestone
Maruti despatches 15,832 Vitara Brezzas and clocks 357,534 units cumulatively till now; Hyundai shifts 11,702 Cretas and would have crossed the 350,000 mark in November given that it has been averaging 10,717 units a month in the first seven months of FY2019.
Even as the overall passenger vehicle industry, which comprises both cars and utility vehicles (UVs), feels the pressure of slowing sales, it looks like the sun won't go down very soon on the UV sector. The Indian PV industry clocked total sales of 284,224 units in October 2018 (+1.55%); passenger car sales saw flat growth at 185,400 units while UV numbers at 82,414 units were up by 4 percent year on year. This means UVs accounted for 28 percent of overall PV sales or one of every four PVs sold in India continues to be a UV, and in line ...
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