Launched in August, 2015, Ford India's first sub-compact sedan - the Figo Aspire - has received an overwhelming response in its very first month. The company retailed a total of 5,176 units of the Figo Aspire in August, thus making it the second best-selling sub-4 metre sedan in the month.
Honda Cars India has high expectations from the new-generation Honda Jazz that is set to launch on July 8, 2015. And things appear to be going in favour of the company, as it has already received over 2,336 bookings of the car even before its launch.
Tata Motors launched the Zest and Bolt with high expectations, but their sales numbers have been very disappointing. Both the products recorded their worst ever monthly sales in April 2015.
The company claims to have sold a total of 51,553 units of the Scorpio in the financial year 2015, which is the highest ever annual sales for the brand ever since its introduction. However, the growth of the Scorpio has been insubstantial since the annual sales numbers for the SUV has been hovering around 50,000 for last four years.
Indian passenger car market ended 2014-15 on a positive note with carmakers like Maruti Suzuki India, Honda and Hyundai posting their highest ever domestic sales in a financial year. Toyota and Nissan, too, did fairly well.
The new-generation Honda City, launched in 2014, has become the fastest mid-size sedan in India to achieve the 1 lakh sales figure in just 15 months. The company says that it has sold a total of 1,01,299 units of the vehicle since its launch in January 2014.
The company achieved its highest ever domestic monthly sales in March 2015 at 22,696 units, displacing Mahindra & Mahindra from the third place in the Indian passenger car market.
Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL), the country's second largest carmaker, registered a 2.4 per cent year-on-year rise in February 2015. As against February 2014's 46505 (Domestic + Exports), Hyundai managed to sell a total of 47,612 units in February 2015.
The first month of 2015 started on a positive note with the automobile industry observing about 3.14 per cent increase in domestic passenger car sales. Carmakers managed to sell 1,69,300 units in January, 2015 as compared to the 1,64,149 units sold in the corresponding month last year.
