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Personal car, 2-wheeler preferred mode of transportation post Covid: Survey

The research shows that the pre-owned vehicle will see a good traction as 96 per cent of the respondents want to purchase used car

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In 2019-20, total new CV sales was 7.18 lakh vehicles, PV sales were 27.74 lakh, two-wheelers around 174.18 lakh and tractor sales were 7.09 lakh

T E Narasimhan Chennai

2 min read Last Updated : Jul 10 2020 | 9:42 AM IST

A majority of people are likely to use a personal car or two-wheeler as mode of transportation post Covid-19, says a new survey.

The research shows that the pre-owned vehicle will see a good traction as 96 per cent of the respondents want to purchase used car. The survey was conducted by Shriram Automall, India's largest platform for pre-owned vehicles and equipment.

The survey titled 'On Buyers’ Vehicle Purchasing Behaviour Trend due to Covid-19' stated that due to health and safety concerns, the personal convenience will become popular over public transport where demand of pre-owned vehicles would like to rise compared to

Topics : Coronavirus Lockdown vehicle car buyers automobile industry Used car market Commercial vehicle sales Two-wheeler market passenger vehicle sales

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