Passenger cars sales up 4% in November

New Delhi Dec 11 (IANS) Domestic sales of passenger cars rose by 4.49 per cent in November as compared to the same period in 2016 industry data showed on Monday.

According to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) 181 395 units of passenger cars were sold during the month under review up from 173 607 units in November 2016.

Besides passenger cars sales the off-take of other sub-segments of passenger vehicle category such as utility vehicles edged-higher by 44.65 per cent during the month to 77 824 units while sales of vans rose by 19.34 per cent to 16 189 units.

Consequently the overall domestic passenger vehicle sales increased by 14.29 per cent in November 2017 to 275 417 units from 240 983 units sold during the corresponding period of 2016.

--IANS
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