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Low base, recovery in demand drive March auto sales into fast lane

Maruti Suzuki, India's largest carmaker, reported a near 100 per cent jump in sales in March at 167,014 units against just 83,792 units last year

Low base, recovery in demand drive March auto sales into fast lane
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Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) reported sales in March at 40,403 vehicles, compared to 6,679 in March last year

Arindam Majumder New Delhi
Auto companies racked up more than 100 per cent growth in sales in March on account of the low base of the same month last year.

However, industry executives warned the numbers must be seen in the context of last March, when seven days of sales were lost due to the lockdown and the pandemic began buffeting growth much before that.

The country had gone into lockdown on March 25.

“Sales numbers of March 2021 have been uncharacteristically high due to the extremely low numbers of March 2020, which was a reason for the lockdown. Hence, it cannot be used as a reference

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