Beating the slowdown, sales of luxury cars in Gujarat remained robust on the auspicious ocassion of Dussehra. In Gujarat, people have craze of buying vehicles on the Dussehra as it is considered to be auspicious day and traditionally high sales have been recorded on the day of this festival, vice-president of Benchmark Cars Paras Somani said.
A dealer outlet for Mercedes Benz claims to have sold around 45 units of the luxury car during this festival period in Gujarat, till now.
"We delivered 12 models of Mercedes Benz including E-Class and Special Edition C-Class on Dussehra today," Somani said. "So far, 45 Mercedes Benz have been sold from our outlet, this month," he added.
According to Sanjay Thakkar Managing Director of Landmark, dealer of Honda car, this has been the best month ever for sales.
"We are close to pushing around 100 cars comprising all models of Honda this month," Thakkar said. Landmark has outlets in all major cities of Gujarat including, Rajkot, Surat, Mehsana. Sales of Audi, which has around 48 per cent market share in luxury car segment of Gujarat was also robust on Dussehra.