From Hyundai's Creta to Kia's Seltos, SUVs drive auto recovery in February

Their popularity suggests that the market has travelled beyond the search for value-for-money

Take a look at car sales figures for February 2021 released earlier this week by auto industry body, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam): Passenger vehicle sales (includes sub-segments of cars, utility vehicles and vans) grew 17.92 per cent in February at 281,380 units, compared to 238,622 units in the same period in 2020. Sales of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) were up 45 per cent over February 2020, whereas car sales grew by just about 4 per cent. In other words, the growth in passenger vehicle sales was led by SUVs and defied the “supply chain challenges” that Siam