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Winners and losers in the SUV market share game

The SUV segment has been a mover and shaker in the overall PV market in India and globally. Here's looking at how Indian OEMs stack up on the UV market share front.

By Ajit Dalvi calendar 14 Mar 2018 Views icon19774 Views Share - Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to LinkedIn Share to Whatsapp
Winners and losers in the SUV market share game

The surge of consumer demand for SUVs is getting stronger by the day. For the first 11 months of FY2018 (April 2017-February 2018), a total of 830,334 UVs have been sold in India (+21.34%), accounting for 27.79 percent of the overall passenger vehicle (PV) market which saw total sales of 2,987,259 units (+8.4%). Every fourth PV sold in the country is an SUV and this segment is gradually eating into PV sales.

February 2018 was a stellar month for UVs – a total of 80,254 units went home to new owners, posting year-on-year growth of 21.82 percent and accounting ...

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