The automaker had dispatched 12,772 units to its dealers in August 2021. Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) reported a 17 per cent increase in total wholesales at 14,959 units for August. "We have been observing upward sales momentum since the beginning of this year, and it is a good sign for the Indian automotive market," Kia India Vice President and Head of Sales and Marketing Hardeep Singh Brar said. Similarly, Kia India said its dispatches to dealers increased by 33 per cent to 22,322 units last month as compared to 16,759 units in August 2021. M&M President, Automotive Division Veejay Nakra said the demand across the company's portfolio remained strong and new launches such as Scorpio-N, Scorpio Classic and new Bolero MaXX Pik-up also helped drive growth. Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) reported an 87 per cent year-on-year jump in domestic passenger vehicles sales at 29,852 units in August. On the other hand, Tata Motors saw its passenger vehicle wholesales in the domestic market increasing by 68 per cent to 47,166 units last month, as against 28,018 units in August 2021. Hyundai Motor India reported a 6 per cent increase in its domestic wholesales at 49,510 units against 46,866 units in August 2021. Now how the production gets ramped up would determine how well the industry performs," he said. "If we look at the entire industry, the pending orders should be in the range of 7-7.5 lakh units. Mr Srivastava stated that going into the festive period, Maruti Suzuki was sitting on an order backlog of 3.77 lakh units. He, however, cautioned about the buildup of some inventory in the marketplace on account of retail sales being on the lower side than the dispatches to dealerships. So, it appears that the demand continues to be strong and the supply is also improving," he stated. "In the last three months, the figure is 9.92 lakh units which is the highest number so far seen in the industry.
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Speaking to PTI on August numbers, MSI Senior Executive Director (Sales and Marketing) Shashank Srivastava said that coming on top of July's record numbers of 3.42 lakh units and two consecutive quarters of 9 lakh plus units for the industry, it appears that demand continues to be strong and there is a recovery as far as production is concerned. Utility vehicles, consisting of Brezza, Ertiga, S-Cross and XL6, clocked sales of 26,932 units last month as compared to 24,337 units earlier. Similarly, dispatch of compact cars, including Baleno, Celerio, Dzire, Ignis, Swift, Tour S and WagonR, to dealers rose by 57 per cent to 71,557 units as compared to 45,577 units in the year-ago month. Sales of mini segment cars, comprising Alto and S-Presso, grew to 22,162 units as against 20,461 units in August 2021.
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