Passenger vehicles sales rise 9.01% in February: SIAM

New Delhi March 10 (IANS) The total domestic passenger vehicles sales rose by 9.01 per cent in February industry data showed on Friday.

According to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) total sales of passenger vehicles which include cars utility vehicles and vans surged to 255 359 units last year from 234 244 units sold during the corresponding month of 2016.

On the sub-segment basis sales of passenger cars rose by 4.90 per cent in the month under review to 172 623 units from 164 559 units in February last year.

The utility vehicles off-take during the month zoomed by 21.79 per cent to 65 877 units while the sales of vans edged up by 8.10 per cent to 16 859 units.

--IANS
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