Representational image of cars from Hyundai Motor India’s plant near Chennai at the Chennai port
| Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam
Passenger vehicles dispatched from factories to company dealerships in the country increased 4% year-on-year to 3,48,847 units in April, industry body SIAM said on Thursday (May 15, 2025).
Passenger vehicle dispatches stood at 3,35,629 units in April last year.
“The passenger vehicles segment posted its highest-ever sales of April in 2025 of 3.49 lakh units, with a growth of 3.9% as compared with April 2024,” SIAM Director General Rajesh Menon said.
Total two-wheeler dispatches, however, declined 17% year-on-year to 14,58,784 units in April, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) said in a statement.
The bike, scooter and moped wholesales in April 2024 stood at 17,51,393 units.
Last month scooter sales stood at 5,48,370 units, down 6% from 5,81,277 units in April 2024.
Motorcycle dispatches declined 23% year-on-year at 8,71,666 units in April.
Moped wholesales stood at 38,748 units last month, down 8%, as compared to 41,924 units in the year-ago period.
Mr. Menon said the two-wheeler segment witnessed a high base effect in April last year, while it is likely to pick up in coming months.
Three-wheelers de-grew marginally year-on-year to 49,441 units last month.
Mr. Menon stated that the auto industry smoothly transitioned to the new regulatory regime of second stage of On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) 2 regulation for two- and three-wheelers from April 2025 onwards, in addition to rolling out E-20 compliant gasoline vehicles across the country from this month.
Published – May 15, 2025 01:15 pm IST