Domestic car sales down 4.5% in Dec: SIAM

Domestic passenger car sales declined 4.52% to 1,32,561 units in December compared with 1,38,835 units sold in the year-ago month.

According to data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), motorcycle sales last month fell 4.24% to 8,08,281 units from 8,44,046 units in the same period of the previous year.

Total two-wheeler sales in December rose 2.32% to 11,63,465 units from 11,37,081 units.

Total sales of commercial vehicles were down 25.53% to 46,757 units in December from 62,786 units, SIAM said.

Total sale of vehicles across categories registered a decline of 1.21% to 14,31,632 units from 14,49,203 units in December 2012, it added.