Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) on Thursday reported 3.21 per cent drop in total vehicle sales for July at 64,563 units, against 66,701 vehicles in the same month last year.
The automaker sold 49,013 units in the domestic market, a 3.33 per cent decrease from 50,701 vehicles sold in July last year.
In terms of exports, it stood at 15,550 units, 2.81 per cent down from 16,000 vehicles.
In the first half of this year (January-June period), the company sold 4,50,335 units, achieving a growth of 4.3 per cent (year-on-year).
SUVs accounted for 66.6 per cent of the domestic sales, with the new Hyundai CRETA achieving sales of 1 lakh units, since its launch in January.
Tarun Garg, Whole-time Director and Chief Operating Officer, HMIL, stated, “The new Hyundai CRETA achieved key milestones of 1 lakh unit sales till July, while also achieving highest-ever monthly domestic sales of 17,350 units in July 2024.”
With 20,507 domestic sales in July, Kia India maintained its growing pace in the meantime.
The carmaker saw a 2.5% YoY increase from the 20,002 units it sold in July of the previous year.
With 9,459 units sold, the recently released Sonet was the vehicle that contributed the most to Kia India’s July sales. Carens and Seltos came in second and third, with 5,679 and 5347 units sold, respectively.
According to data from Vahan, Kia India saw a 26% increase in the month compared to the industry average of 9%.
“We had strong year-over-year growth in sales in July, which gives us a positive outlook for the next Q3 and H2 periods. We all have faith in our future success because we are committed to keeping this momentum going throughout the year, said Hardeep Singh Brar, SVP and National Head of Sales and Marketing.
From its Anantapur facility, Kia India has dispatched over 1.2 million vehicles, comprising over 9.8 lakh sales inside the country and over 2.5 lakh exports.
