The country?s second largest car manufacturer and the largest passenger car exporter saw the domestic market take a turn for the positive as sales grew by 5.2% as compared to sales in June, 2008. The cumulative sales also saw a healthy growth of 17.6% while the exports buoyed by large orders from some European countries like UK, Germany and strong demand for the recently launched i20 which sold over 72,000 units in the last two months continued to see a steady increase with a growth of 32.5% for the month ending June, 2009.
HMIL?s total sales for June, 2009 stood at 47,267 units against 40,182 units in June, 2008. The domestic sales it accounted for 23,016 units as against 21,881 units last June while it was the overseas sales which grew from 18,301 units in June, 2008 to 24,251 units in June, 2009.
Commenting on June, 2009 sales Arvind Saxena, Sr. Vice President – Marketing and Sales, HMIL said, ?The first half of 2009 sales saw us maintain a strong position in the overseas market which of course saw resurgence due to the incentives in many European countries. In the domestic market too we maintained our leadership position although the growth curve remained flat. We hope that in the coming budget too the Government will continue its initiatives which it had taken to support the domestic market and would also take some positive steps to support exports which has huge potential to increase the sales of Indian manufactured cars in the overseas markets.?
The segment-wise cumulative sales in the month of June, 2009 are as follows: A2 Segment (Santro, i10, Getz & i20) 42,524 units; A3 Segment (Accent & Verna) 4706 units; units, A5 Segment (Sonata Transform) 34 units; and SUV Segment (Tucson) 3 unit.