Indian Automotive Sales Analysis Overview - April 2013

The month of April had mixed success for those involved in the automobile sector. Passenger Car segment and Truck segment suffered decrease in sales. While the bus segment is invigorated by positive growth. Three wheeler segment also shows some consistent growth in terms of sales figures.

Passenger Vehicle Segment

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Indian Passenger Vehicle Sales Analysis, April 2013

For the month of April 2013, a total of 208,386 units of passenger vehicles were sold in the Indian Market overall. This is an 8.21% de-growth as compared against same month last previous year where a total of 227,037  units were sold.

Source; Autobei

Indian Truck Market Analysis April 2013

In April 2013 48,316 trucks were sold in the Indian domestic market as against  48,889 trucks sold during the same month of previous year.  This is a 1.17 %  decrease in overall sales. Consistent performers in  LCV segment gained them a 3.13% growth whereas M&HCV decades by 10.93%.

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Indian Bus Market Analysis April 2013

The Indian bus industry has everything to cheer for looking at the sales figures for the month of April 2013. A total of 8362 buses were sold for the month of April 2013, which is 995 more than what they managed during the same month for 2012, recording a 13.50% growth.  Both the LCV and M&HCV shows positive growth during the period at 20% and 7.15% respectively.

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Indian Three Wheeler Market Analysis April 2013

An overall of 34348 three wheelers were sold in Indian market for the month of April 2013, recording a growth of 7.19 % as compared against the same month last year. Both passenger and good segments performs well, marking 7.24% and 7% increases in sales respectively in comparison with the same month last year.

Source: Autobei

Indian Two Wheeler Market Analysis April 2013

For the month of April 2013, the motor cycles segment suffered a slight setback, marking a negative growth of 2.06% as compared against the same month last year. The scooter segment recorded a 14.72% growth and mopeds manage a 7.2% growth in April 2013 as against April 2012.

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Tyres: Design, Construction and Selection

The tyres in the cars and commercial vehicles are subjected to the greatest stress. In order to get the extended life of the tyres the rolling resistance should be as low as possible. Low fuel consumption can be achieved once the rolling resistance is reduced. Sample economic feasibility study shows that the tyre cost accounted for 3% and the fuel cost accounted for 18% of the total operating cost of the commercial vehicles. A good tyre normally meets the following requirements.

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CFO DR Wolfgang Ollig to quit from Hella Mangaement Board

Dr Wolfgang Ollig, chief finance and controlling officer of HELLA KGaA Hueck & Co., has updated the company that he will not extend his contract of employment expiring on June 30, 2016.

Dr. Ollig has held several functions at HELLA since 2004 and was appointed to the Management Board as CFO in 2006. Dr Ollig has contributed substantially to the development of HELLA into a listed company. 

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Ford announces limited run for its “ Pony Car”

The original Shelby GT350, introduced in 1965, established Mustang’s performance credentials on racetracks round the world. The all-new Shelby GT350, that includes the foremost powerful naturally aspirated Ford production engine ever, re-establishes Mustang as a first sports automotive.Only a hundred Shelby GT350 models can feature a 2015 model year designation before production switches over to 2016. Of these, 50 are equipped with the Technology Package and fifty equipped with the Track Package. 2015 Shelby GT350 comes with a unique 2015 VIN – the envy of Shelby enthusiasts everyplace.

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Strong product portfolio Doubles Daimler Earnings

Even as 2 key U.S. rivals reported weak earnings for the primary quarter, Daimler AG delivered unexpectedly sturdy performance, its net nearly doubling as luxury patrons raced to showrooms to take a number of its newest Mercedes-Benz models. Net earnings rose to 2.050 billion Euros, of $2.232 billion, from 1.09 billion Euros a year agone. Revenue, meanwhile, surged 16% for the quarter, to 34.2 billion Euros.Daimler’s margin of profit, meanwhile, jumped from 7 % throughout the primary quarter of 2014 to 9.4%The ongoing product roll-out was the important issue for the primary quarter, once sales of Mercedes vehicles jumped 18 %, to 459,700 vehicles, worldwide.

Among the strongest of the new offerings was the Mercedes-Benz C-Class that recently went through a whole design.Daimler has set out a method of turning into one among the leaders within the rising field of autonomous vehicle technology.

Source: Autobei