The third largest manufacturer of passenger vehicles in the country, Tata Motors, today reported a dip of 9.65 per cent in sales for the month of April 2009.
Total number of passenger vehicles sold stood at 13,410 units as against the 14,843 units sold for the same month last year. Sales of the compact Indica rose by 16.2 per cent to 8633 units on the back of the demand for Indica Vista for which there's a waiting period of 2 weeks.
However, sales for the mid size sedan, the Indigo, dipped by 31.7 per cent to 2569 units. A similar trend was witnessed in the company's utility vehicle segment comprising the Sumo and the Safari. Sales dipped by 40 per cent to 2208 units.
In the company's commercial vehicles portfolio, on the back of good demand for its light commercial vehicles (LCV) models like the Tata Ace and Winger, sales rose a robust 52 per cent helping the company clock 14,794 units in April sales.
However, sales of the company's medium and heavy vehicles dipped by 28 per cent to 8053 units. Total exports for the month of April dipped by 45 per cent to 1261 units.
