The second wave of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is badly affecting our country and so many states and UT governments have announced restrictions to break the chain of the virus. As a result, carmakers have reported a slump in sales. Here’s a look at the sales chart of prominent carmakers for the month of April 2021: –
| Rank | OEM | April 2021 | March 2021 | MoM Growth |
| 1 | Maruti Suzuki | 1,37,151 | 1,46,203 | -6.19% |
| 2 | Hyundai | 49,002 | 52,600 | -6.84% |
| 3 | Tata | 25,095 | 29,654 | -15% |
| 4 | Mahindra | 18,285 | 16,643 | +5.21% |
| 5 | Kia | 16,111 | 19,100 | -15.65% |
| 6 | Toyota | 9,621 | 15,001 | -35.86% |
| 7 | Honda | 9,072 | 7,103 | +27.27% |
| 8 | Renault | 8,642 | 12,356 | -30.06% |
| 9 | Ford | 5,469 | 7,746 | -29.4% |
| 10 | Nissan | 3,369 | 4,012 | -16.03% |
| 11 | MG Motors | 2,565 | 5,528 | -53.6% |
| 12 | Volkswagen | 1,533 | 2,025 | -24.30% |
| 13 | Skoda | 961 | 1,159 | -17.08% |
| 14 | FCA (Jeep) | 846 | 1,360 | -37.79% |
| Total | 2,86,450 | 3,20,547 |
-10.64% |
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Takeaways: –
- We haven't compared the April 2021 sales numbers with those for April last year since a nationwide lockdown was in effect at the time.
- As the above table indicates, every manufacturer has registered negative growth except for Mahindra & Mahindra and Honda Cars India.
- As per some major brands, the negative MoM growth is due to the localised restrictions in some states. However, there was good demand from the customers.
- India’s largest passenger vehicle manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki, registered the highest domestic sales of around 1.37 lakh units in April 2021, a drop of 6.19% compared to March 2021. Being the top seller brand of the country, Maruti has also been affected by the biggest hit in terms of volume. A total of 9052 units of sales came down in April this year.
- In terms of percentage, MG Motors has been affected the most, selling 2565 units in April 2021 against the 5,528 units they sold in March month, which is around a 53.6% fall in the numbers. In fact, Renault and Nissan have done pretty well last month than the British-Chinese makers, thanks to their newly launched products- Nissan Magnite & Renault Kiger.