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Domestic passenger car sales grew 18.14% to 1,59,548 units in April this year compared with 1,35,054 in the same month of 2014.
According to the data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), motorcycle sales last month were down 2.77% at 8,81,751 units from 9,06,909 in the same month of the previous year.
Total two-wheeler sales in April 2015 slumped 0.16% to 12,87,064 units from 12,89,183 in the year-ago period.
Total sales of commercial vehicles, however, jumped 6.48% to 45,872 units from 43,080 a year ago, SIAM said.
Total sales of vehicles across categories registered a growth of 1.91% to 15,83,551 units in April 2015 as against 15,53,871 in the same month of 2014, it added.
